Topic
Indigenous rights
With half a billion Indigenous people around the globe, we focus on amplifying Indigenous voices — from northern Canada to Norway to Brazil. We’ve reported in communities fighting for access to health care, education, employment, housing, and their traditional lands.
4 features
2 awards and nominations
Recent partners
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Indigenous Rights / Docuseries
Turning Points
Eight short films about alcohol use, addiction, and healing in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. This project uses an approach we call empowerment journalism to leave key editorial, directorial, and production decisions in the hands of the storytellers themselves.
First screened at a community event in Yellowknife, and then aired in partnership with PBS NewsHour. Winner of a national Edward R. Murrow Award in the Excellence in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.
Overhead view of the Arctic Indigenous Wellness Foundation in Yellowknife, NWT. (Featured in William and Donald’s stories.) Indigenous Rights / doc
Catherine
“I have clarity. Being on the land, that’s what it does. It brings out the truth in who you are and that’s the most healing thing.”
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Donald
“Nobody ever asked me what happened to me. They always want to know what a bad guy I was.”
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Eric
“I still have trauma in my life, I still have that you know, ‘why did my mother throw me away?’, but today I’m doing so much better.”
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Devin
“It’s so easy up here to go down the rabbit hole… I feel like there’s a stigma around sobriety and recovery.”
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Louise
“I lost my language, my culture. I really lost myself.”
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Ernest
“There was too many emotions, too many feelings that I didn’t know how to experience. I just ended up starting drinking again, because I didn’t know how to handle it.”
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William
“The turning point for me was to stop the cycle of abusing myself with alcohol, so I could give my son a good future.”
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Muriel
“Through my story there is a lot of healing. And I’m so happy about that. People listen. People have ears now. People have eyes now.”
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Indigenous Rights / Feature Story
‘Disaster Land Grabs’ Worldwide and in British Columbia
Amidst a crushing pandemic, a pipeline pushed through unceded territory. Experts say this fits a global pattern of power plays.
Reported in partnership between the Tyee and the Global Reporting Program’s 2020 fellows.
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Indigenous Rights / photo series
Beyond school
In a series of photo stories, Beyond school reveals how new curriculums and alternative teaching methods are transforming schools for students around the world.
Produced by the Global Reporting Program’s 2019-2020 fellows.
Photo: Candice Lipski Indigenous Rights / photo Story
1. Culture/Norway
In Norway, educators, politicians, parents and students are finding ways to incorporate traditional practices into the school system.
Photo: Britney Dennison Indigenous Rights / podcast
Reindeer school
Listen to learn about the effort to build a stronger education system for Norway’s Sámi people. In partnership with The World.
Photo: Logan Turner Indigenous Rights / photo story
2. Language/Nepal
In Nepal, educators are on the frontlines of the effort to preserve the country’s nearly 131 mother tongue languages.
Photo: Alison St. Pierre Indigenous Rights / photo story
3. Inclusion/Kenya
In Kenya, a new curriculum promises to focus on the needs of individual students, including those with disabilities.
Photo: Candice Lipski Indigenous Rights / photo story
4. Religion/Pakistan
In Pakistan, a new curriculum aims to pull religious madrassas into the mainstream school system.
Photo: Peter Klein photo seriesBeyond school1photo Story1. Culture/Norway2podcastReindeer school3photo story2. Language/Nepal4photo story3. Inclusion/Kenya5photo story4. Religion/Pakistan6
Indigenous Rights / Feature
Canada’s water crisis
Many Indigenous communities across Canada have been under long-term boil water advisories. This story is about one community’s fight for clean water. Published in partnership with BBC News and graduate students from the University of British Columbia.