In December 1994, the United Nations proclaimed 1995–2004 the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples. In Latin America—where indigenous peoples comprise some 10 percent of the ...

Every year we celebrate the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples on 9 August. This date was declared a United Nations (UN) observance by the UN General Assembly in 1994 and has ...

Forests were cleared to plant valuable crops such as sugar, coffee, and tobacco. Biodiversity was damaged as single crops were planted. Economic damage was done to Caribbean islands: Single crops ...

The Garifuna people are descendants of Indigenous Caribbean tribes and enslaved Africans, who were exiled from St. Vincent ...

The Indigenous Peoples’ Day Convergence, October 10, 11, and 12, also spotlights Indigenous leaders, change-makers, and artists working on important contemporary issues.