Stories
Global Indigenous Peoples News Bulletin #20 (September 2026)
This month’s bulletin spotlights emerging conversations at the UN and elsewhere regarding Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property in the age of AI.
Global Indigenous Peoples News Bulletin #19 (August 2026)
This month’s bulletin spotlights a range of issues including recognition of Indigenous territories in the Amazon region, struggles for cultural survival, and ongoing dialogue over the impact of AI and digital technologies.
Global Indigenous Peoples News Bulletin #18 (July 2026)
This month’s bulletin spotlights ongoing dialogue on the evolving relationship between artificial intelligence (AI) and Indigenous Peoples.
Global Indigenous Peoples News Bulletin #17 (June 2026)
This month’s bulletin spotlights a range of stories related to Indigenous peoples and climate change, extractivism, and the commemoration of the 250th anniversary of the United States.
Global Indigenous Peoples News Bulletin #16 (May 2026)
This month’s bulletin spotlights ongoing threats to Indigenous communities across the Amazon Basin as well as ongoing dialogue about the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues.
Weavers of Life: Between the Academy and the Root -William and the Defense of Mother Earth from Kamëntsá Bíolugargogía
There are teachers who teach content, and there are those who teach us to remember. To remember where life comes from, to whom we owe our breath, and why the earth is not a resource, but a mother who should be listened to, cared for, and defended.
Global Indigenous Peoples News Bulletin #15 (April 2026)
This month’s bulletin spotlights key developments at the 2026 session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues as well as stories on AI and data centers, land rights, and Indigenous knowledge.
Global Indigenous Peoples News Bulletin #14 (March 2026)
This month’s bulletin spotlights ongoing struggles over water and land rights as well as important new initiatives to promote and expand Indigenous reporting projects.
Weavers of Life: Luz Mery Panche Chocué - From Ancestral Territory to the Defense of Life in the Colombian Amazon
In a place where rivers are born and the jungle sets the pace of existence, the story of Luz Mery Panche Chocué reveals the paths of resistance and continuity of Indigenous peoples beyond their original territories.
Global Indigenous Peoples News Bulletin #12 (January 2026)
This month’s round-up highlights ongoing threats to Indigenous lives and sovereignty from Ghana and Colombia to the Philippines and Greenland.
“Tear Down That Fort!”: Nick Estes on Minnesota’s Resistance - and Responsibility
For the author of Our History Is the Future, the struggle against ICE is incomplete without a true anticolonial reckoning.
Weavers of Life: Mónica Solarte Moreano - Guardian of the Seed and the Memory of the Iguailik People
The life of Mónica Solarte Moreano is interwoven with the history, struggle, and spirituality of the Iguailik people. Through her experience as a woman, mother, and professional, she embodies ancestral knowledge, the defense of territory, and the transmission of an identity.
Global Indigenous Peoples News Bulletin #11 (December 2025)
News on climate resistance, land restoration efforts, digital activism, and more.
Global Indigenous Peoples News Bulletin #10 (November 2025)
Indigenous voices at the COP30 summit highlight this month’s round-up
Global Indigenous Peoples News Bulletin #8 (September 2025)
News of Indigenous resistance, leadership, education, and reflection on the impact of AI.
Global Indigenous Peoples News Bulletin #7 (August 2025)
News from Mexico, Thailand, Cambodia, and Argentina
No Price Tag for the Priceless
Upper Peninsula residents fight for Lake Superior and the Porcupine Mountains
Global Indigenous Peoples News Bulletin #3 (April 2025)
This bulletin devoted to Global Indigenous Peoples News, part of the Glocal Exchange project of Weave News, seeks to highlight some of the current issues from Indigenous communities in different parts of the world. Issue #3 highlights stories related to Indigenous struggles in the Arctic, land rights in the Amazon region, and more.
Global Indigenous Peoples News Bulletin #2 (March 2025)
This newly launched bulletin focused on Global Indigenous Peoples News, part of the Glocal Exchange project of Weave News, seeks to highlight some of the current issues from Indigenous communities in different parts of the world. Issue #1 of the bulletin was published in Weave Notes, our Weave News newsletter. The focus of the bulletin is aligned with the overall purpose of the Glocal Exchange project, which examines globalization through its impact from the perspective of local communities. It also supports the Weave News mission to “investigate and report about contemporary issues that are either underreported by establishment and other corporate media or reported in a way that excludes essential context, perspectives, and voices.” These are “issues that have a strong justice component and that reveal connections across communities, borders, struggles, and experiences.”
Information Activism for Indigenous Rights in Thailand: An Interview With Pi Phnom
In the first article in this series, I explored some of the systemic injustices faced by Indigenous communities in Thailand as well as their efforts to build networks of solidarity. To provide additional insight into the subject, I had the opportunity to speak with Pi Phnom, an Indigenous journalist based in Northern Thailand. He is known for founding the Indigenous Media Network (Thailand) and has collaborated with other Indigenous organizations such as the Inter Mountain People Education and Culture in Thailand Association (IMPECT) on many pertinent Indigenous issues in the country.