Hacker News with Generative AI: Indigenous Peoples

US tourist arrested for landing on forbidden Indian tribal island (theguardian.com)
Indian police said on Thursday they had arrested a US tourist who sneaked on to a highly restricted island carrying a coconut and a can of Diet Coke to a tribe untouched by the industrial world.

Tourism, Law Enforcement, Indigenous Peoples, Culture

10 points by n1b0m 23 days ago | 3 comments

Sacagawea (wikipedia.org)
Sacagawea (/ˌsækədʒəˈwiːə/ SAK-ə-jə-WEE-ə or /səˌkɒɡəˈweɪə/ sə-KOG-ə-WAY-ə;[1] also spelled Sakakawea or Sacajawea; May c. 1788 – December 20, 1812)[2][3][4] was a Lemhi Shoshone woman who, in her teens, helped the Lewis and Clark Expedition in achieving their chartered mission objectives by exploring the Louisiana Territory.

History, Exploration, Indigenous Peoples, Women

5 points by handfuloflight 40 days ago | 2 comments

Man from uncontacted tribe emerges in Amazon, villagers demonstrate a lighter (apnews.com)
In a rare encounter, a young man from an isolated Indigenous tribe approached a riverine community in Brazil’s Amazon, the country’s Indigenous affairs agency and local witnesses said Thursday.

Indigenous Peoples, Brazil, Amazon Rainforest, Anthropology, Culture

47 points by geox 69 days ago | 53 comments

In search of the ancient Amazonians who left only eerie forest islands (thetimes.com)

Archaeology, History, Amazon, Indigenous Peoples

11 points by lareading 75 days ago | 0 comments

Reports of Navajo people being detained in immigration sweeps (oregoncapitalchronicle.com)
As U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement intensifies its efforts to apprehend and deport undocumented immigrants throughout the country, concern is rising among Indigenous communities residing in urban areas about reports of Indigenous people being detained in the Valley.

Immigration, Indigenous Peoples, Human Rights, Law Enforcement

17 points by mandmandam 90 days ago | 8 comments

Norway apologises to Sami, Forest Finns and Kvens for forced assimilation policy (theguardian.com)
The Norwegian parliament has apologised unreservedly to minority groups and Indigenous people for more than a century of historical injustices committed against them as part of its “Norwegianisation” policy.

Norway, Indigenous Peoples, Apology, Assimilation Policy, History

7 points by impish9208 164 days ago | 0 comments

No basis for claim that 80% of biodiversity is found in Indigenous territories (nature.com)
A much-cited statistic about how much of the world’s biodiversity is under Indigenous stewardship is unsupported — and could harm the cause it is meant to support.

Indigenous Peoples, Biodiversity, Conservation, Science

9 points by morea 225 days ago | 0 comments

Man of the Hole (wikipedia.org)

Uncategorized, Anthropology, Brazil, Indigenous Peoples

125 points by thunderbong 278 days ago | 20 comments

New images show uncontacted tribe dangerously close to logging concessions (survivalinternational.org)

Indigenous Peoples, Deforestation, Environmentalism, Amazon Rainforest

17 points by geox 280 days ago | 8 comments

Rare footage of largest uncontacted tribe in the world [video] (youtube.com)

Indigenous Peoples, Amazon Rainforest, Anthropology, Video, Documentary

62 points by quantisan 280 days ago | 59 comments

Remote Amazon tribe did not get addicted to porn (nytimes.com)