Canada: Indigenous land rights in court

From - Nuchatlaht First Nation: How a Legal Battle Could Change Land Rights for Good Indigenous groups have been fighting for land for decades, often with disappointing results

by Troy Sebastian / Nupqu ʔa·kǂ am̓
Illustration by bailey macabre / Cedar Sage Skoden 
Updated 10:26, Feb. 13, 2023 | Published 6:30, Feb. 13, 2023 

Robed figures entered the room in silence and took their seats on the dais at the Supreme Court of Canada in regal movements. Lawyers fidgeted as our delegation of Ktunaxa elders, leaders, and youth packed into a stockade-like public gallery. The hour was early, but it felt as though the day had already passed. This was the place to be, and yet it was not the location where justice was found.

Will a request for a Declaration of Aboriginal Title prevail?

Universities and Museums start to return Native American artifacts and remains.

Dozens of Museums and Universities Pledge to Return Native American Remains. Few Have Funded the Effort. Reporting from nearly 50 local newsrooms, based on ProPublica’s “Repatriation Project,” has sparked a wave of apologies and commitment to returning ancestral remains. But without funding for the work tribal nations could still face empty promises.

https://www.propublica.org/article/museums-universities-pledge-to-return-native-american-remains and the Repatriation Project, https://www.propublica.org/series/the-repatriation-project.

Canada, Australia, and Mexico, address Indigenous issues before the United Nations Human Rights Council

https://www.ohchr.org/en/news/2023/03/human-rights-council-hears-16-dignitaries-it-continues-its-high-level-segment

Re-forestation using local resources in Kenya

Using charcoal seedballs in Kenya to replant local forests. Charcoal-coated seedballs are re-planting Kenya’s lost forests. A method that could be utilised by other communities facing def0restation.