Indigenous peoples are those groups whose inhabitation of an area spans prior to its colonization by settler populations. In the United States, indigenous peoples are commonly referred to as American ...

By Aimee Gabay At the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues — the world’s largest convening of Indigenous peoples — Indigenous leaders from South America are taking the chance to ...

Police used tear gas to clear demonstrators near Congress in Brasilia. Thousands of Indigenous people were rallying at a protest camp in Brazil's capital city to call for their land rights to be ...