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Portrait of a place trying to wear me down

[Update 9/23/12: I published this piece last night. This morning I was awoken with the news of the suicide of a local youth, a friend of friends, someone involved in several of the town's most...

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It’s about time to rewrite history: Nunavut and NWT launch Residential School...

Via CBCNews North, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut launch a *mandatory* school program that covers devastating legacy of residential schools for indigenous peoples of Canada: Students will follow...

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Decolonizing the digital North: why Inuit need better broadband, now.

“The cultural survival of marginalized peoples may soon depend (if it does not already) on an ability and willingness among the otherwise defenseless to plug into – literally and figuratively –...

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Plotting participation: training indigenous communities to map the Amazon

Deep in the heart of the Amazon, a compelling concept is taking root alongside towering ancient trees: that indigenous peoples — given the training and technology — can play a central role in mapping...

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TV MICC and the digital politics of diversity

Para la sociedad indígena es importante contar con un sistema de comunicación con el cual puedan compartir sus ideas y su cultura, sobre todo, en su propio idioma. Los medios comunitarios son un...

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Ecuador, oil, and indigenous peoples: writing for Global Voices

 Last week, I visited Sucúa, Morona Santiago to assist with a Shuar radio station –  ”La Voz De Arutam”  - that belongs to la FICSH, or the Interprovincial Federation of Shuar Centers in Ecuador. The...

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The natives are angry… and tweeting: the digital subaltern and #idlenomore

Somewhere, an indigenous chief is starving to speak with her country’s leadership. Flashmobs overtake malls and public spaces, teach-ins instruct natives and non-natives alike about the long legacy of...

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Federal court recognizes native title for Warlpiri

Last week, PAW packed up our gear and headed to the 8-mile bore, about 35 kilometers away from Yuendumu, for a very special event: the federal court of Australia granted the Ngaliya Warlpiri people...

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