The beginning of the end of Andaman & Nicobar’s Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups

The Indian government’s recent removal of Restricted Area Permit from 29 islands in the archipelago reeks of avarice and tokenism, and …

COVID-19: Lack of funds in new normal may push some North American ethnic cultures into extinction

Museums and art venues turn to virtual tours to stay afloat but need tech overhaul

"Dialects are the avant-garde teams exploring new semantic possibilities"

Linguist GANESH DEVY has just published a new volume of a unique language survey that is based on geography and people's vernacular claims. He …

Boomerangs, spears and rocks: The story of Pemulwuy who challenged colonial Sydney

As Australia’s First Nations reflect after a bruising ‘Voice To Parliament’ referendum, they can take heart from the Bidjigal …

How climate change is killing languages

Forced migration is a major cause of language extinction. Environmental disasters are driving these displacements in the very regions richest in …

Extinct but not gone — the thylacine continues to fascinate us

Aboriginal peoples hold intergenerational knowledge of thylacines, 3,000 years after their extinction on mainland Australia

Remains of Empire: Trinity College to return spears taken by James Cook from Australian Aboriginal Nation

The spears were taken in 1770 from the Gweagal clan that inhabited the south shore of Botany Bay, Sydney

World Biodiversity Day: Why language should not be forgotten

Languages are a treasure trove of knowledge about a region’s flora, fauna and medicinal plants, say experts

'Australia must sign a treaty with its First People'

Aboriginal activist Lidia Thorpe says a treaty is the only way to bring closure to Australia, which is after all, a settler-colonial project

Indigenous islanders complain against Canberra over climate change

The residents of the islands located in the Torres Strait between Australia and New Guinea say the Australian government is not doing enough to …

Water in northern Australia: a history of Aboriginal exclusion

Ever since British settlement, water rights in Australia's north have favoured landowners over traditional owners, effectively locking Aboriginal …

“Aboriginal people in Australia still do not have right over their land”

Poet and writer ALI COBBY ECKERMANN was in India recently to launch her memoir, Too Afraid To Cry. The book is an account of her growing up as a …

Strength from perpetual grief: How Aboriginal people experience the bushfire crisis

Any bushfire recovery policy must be culturally sensitive to the aboriginal people

It’s official: Australia is set for a hot, dry El Nino. Here’s what that means for the flammable continent

Australia, with its wealth of scientific knowledge and long history of Indigenous land management, should be well placed to manage fire …

Fix housing and you’ll reduce risks of coronavirus and other disease in remote Indigenous communities

Indigenous Australians living on remote country urgently need additional and functional housing

‘Ecology on steroids’: How Australia’s First Nations managed Australia’s ecosystems

A return to First Nations management is long overdue, as human-made climate change intensifies

Tribal hunting rights vs wildlife protection laws: Is there a middle ground?

Forest rights in India reflect correlative duties of tribal communities to preserve wildlife and it is in consonance to the fundamental duty …

Indigenous knowledge: Australian Aboriginal fire practices can help protect koalas from bushfires, study finds

‘Cultural burns’ encouraged regeneration of native plants, did not cause any stress in koalas and were cooler and slower than ‘…

New law finally gives voice to the Yarra River's traditional owners

New legislation has recognised the Yarra River as a single, living entity. But what does that mean in practice?

Trouble for Adani’s Carmichael project continues as locals go to court

The Carmichael mining project in Australia faces another legal challenge as aboriginal group claims ownership of land

Andaman isles should've been given indigenous names: Anvita Abbi

Prominent linguist and expert on Andamanese languages says the Ross, Neil and Havelock islands should have been given names from the Great …

Why most Aboriginal people have little say over clean energy projects planned for their land

While renewable energy projects are essential for transitioning Australia to a zero-carbon economy, they come with a caveat

Are the indigenous people of Andaman and Nicobar contracting COVID-19

Jarawas also very vulnerable; experts say administrative failure to blame for tribals getting infected

Tourism to be prohibited in Jarawa reserve

Cabinet approves regulation declaring five km reserved area inhabited by the aboriginal tribe as buffer zone

Jarawa man speaks out against sexual abuse of young women

Audio clip reveals that poachers and settlers are introducing the tribe to alcohol and marijuana