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The concrete skatepark oasis in the Navajo Nation desert

Diné Skate Garden — Opening in 2023, the Two Grey Hills spot is getting people of all ages on the reservation onto boards. We spoke to those behind the project about its impact, its growing importance as a community gathering space, and their ambitious vision for expansion.

  • Sport
  • Tyrone Bulger
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Katarina Barruk sings for Sámi culture and the Ume language

Dárbasjub Duv — Ume Sámi, spoken by just a handful of indigenous people in Sweden’s Sábmie region, is one of the world’s most endangered languages. With her songs that blend modern pop and indie aesthetics with folk rhythms and joik, the singer-songwriter and pianist is using music to keep the centuries of tradition and knowledge alive.

  • Music
  • Ben Broyd
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Meet the Kumeyaay, the indigenous peoples split by the US-Mexico border wall

A growing divide — In northwestern Mexico and parts of Arizona and California, the communities have faced isolation and economic struggles as physical barriers have risen in their ancestral lands. Now, elders are fighting to preserve their language and culture.

  • Activism
  • Alicia Fàbregas
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Maryam El Gardoum is breaking new shores for Morocco’s indigenous surfers

The Amazigh Atlantic — Through her groundbreaking career and popular surf school, the five-time Moroccan champion is helping women find their places in the waves.

  • Sport
  • Sam Haddad

Exploring the impact of colonialism on Australia’s Indigenous communities

New exhibition, ‘Under a Southern Star: Identity and Environment in Australian Photography’ interrogates the use of photography as a tool of objectification and subjugation.

  • Photography
  • Miss Rosen

Inside the exhibition raising funds for the guardians of the Amazon Rainforest

From The Ashes brings 29 Indigenous and non-Indigenous contemporary artists together in support for Xingu Indigenous communities.

  • Culture
  • Huck

The activists fighting to give nature human rights

Law of the land — Pollution levels are rising once again after reaching a record low in lockdown. Could rights of nature legislation prevent impending catastrophe?

  • Activism
  • Poppy Koronka

The indigenous artists making their own comics industry

New narratives — With Native American history almost entirely excluded from the US curriculum, a group of illustrators are rewriting the narrative.

  • Activism
  • James Stout

For indigenous people, COVID-19 is only the latest battle

A view from Brazil — Brazil’s former vice-presidential candidate Sonia Guajajara calls for urgent environmental action amid the existential threat posed by the coronavirus.

  • Opinion
  • Sonia Guajajara

Brazil's indigenous people stand on the brink of disaster

Under threat — As fires rage across the Amazon and Bolsonaro tightens his grip on the country, Brazil’s indigenous people are facing an unprecedented threat to their future. Photographer and filmmaker Lucca Messer is exploring how their way of life is disappearing.

  • Reportage
  • Huck

The photographer using old-world processes to capture new-world tribes

Timeless portraits of the past — Brooklyn-based Joni Sternbach employs Nineteenth Century wet plate collodion photography to document Long Island’s Shinnecock Indian Nation.

  • Photography
  • Joni Sternbach

The feminist activists sparking a new wave of radical protest

Fighting to end violence against women — Whether it's Sisters Uncut or the photographers turning acts of domestic violence into inspirational art, activists are discovering innovative means to promote social change.

  • Activism
  • Adam White

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