YOU WONT BELIEVE: 24 | Mind Blowing Facts

Amazon tribe sues New York Times over ‘porn addicts’ claim

Indigenous Brazilian Amazon tribe sues NYT over newspaper's reporting on community's introduction to internet

The Independent UK · May 23, 2025

Tribes say the U.S. misappropriated funds to pay for Native American boarding schools

The Wichita Tribe and the Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California filed a lawsuit Thursday saying the federal government used the trust fund money of tribes to pay for boarding schools where generations of Native children were systematically abused

The Independent UK · May 22, 2025

Peru court rules in favor of Kichwa territorial rights in the Amazon

Peru’s top court has issued a landmark ruling recognizing the territorial rights of the Kichwa people within a protected area of the Amazon

The Independent UK · May 22, 2025

NY governor to visit Seneca Nation to apologize for state's role in boarding school

New York’s governor plans to visit the Seneca Nation to formally apologize for the state’s role in running an upstate boarding school that separated Native American students from their families and forced them to assimilate into American society

The Independent UK · May 20, 2025

Ecuador to host Indigenous summit seeking enforcement of court's human rights rulings

Indigenous leaders from across Latin America are gathering in Sarayaku, Ecuador, to discuss enforcing Inter-American Court rulings affirming their territorial rights

The Independent UK · May 19, 2025

Is Bolivia About To Ban Child Marriage?

Bolivia's Plurinational Assembly is inching closer towards outlawing marriage for under 18s.

Latin Times · May 18, 2025

Amazonian communities in Peru rejoice as plan for oil drilling on ancestral land stalls

Peru’s state-run oil company failed to attract any bids to develop an oil field that overlaps ancestral territories of several Indigenous groups

The Independent UK · May 16, 2025

‘We sometimes milked 3,000 snails a day!’: the dying art of milking molluscs

For 1,500 years, Mexico’s Mixtec people have extracted ink from the rare purpura snail to dye yarn. But they fear the species – and their rich tradition – may soon be lost for ever

The Guardian - UK · May 16, 2025

Arizona governor signs ‘Emily’s Law’ to alert when Native Americans go missing

Arizona’s governor has signed legislation to create an alert system for Native Americans who have gone missing in the state

The Independent UK · May 13, 2025

Video of Traditional Wedding Between Two 12-Year-Olds in Mexico Sparks Controversy and Discussion

The video has shed light on the tradition of arranged, underage weddings in the mountainous region of Guerrero in Mexico.

Latin Times · May 10, 2025