"While thousands of soldiers and civilians are killed or wounded on the other side of the world, companies move quickly to unlock projects that feed strategic supply chains in times of war. In this context, the Brazilian Amazon – a living territory home to more than 180 Indigenous peoples – is once again being treated as a sacrifice zone."
#IndigenousPeoples #Ecocide #Brazil #BeloSun #Canada #Futuricide #IndigenousKnowledge #Amazonia
A New Gold Rush Threatens the Amazon
https://amazonwatch.org/news/2026/0506-a-new-gold-rush-threatens-the-amazon?mc_cid=a630738ac1&mc_eid=10b0b28643
A New Gold Rush Threatens the Amazon | Amazon Watch

Whenever gold returns to the center of global geopolitics, the Amazon comes back into the crosshairs. The war between the United States and Iran has put the metal back on the radar of markets, investors, and the extractive industry.

Amazon Watch

I recall reading a description of tracking in the red rocks in Navajoland and thinking how difficult it would be
#IndigenousKnowledge #AnimalTracking

https://news.mongabay.com/2026/05/using-songlines-elders-codify-traditional-knowledge-to-care-for-country/

Using songlines, elders codify traditional knowledge to care for Country

LAJAMANU, Australia — A group of Warlpiri men and women gathered along one of the most remote tracks in Australia and stared intently at the ground. Here in the Tanami Desert, along the dirt back road between Lajamanu and Tennant Creek, they all agreed that the tracks they could see told a story: A dingo, […]

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Western science is having a reckoning… and it’s long overdue 🌎

For generations, Indigenous communities have understood ecosystems in ways modern research is only now catching up to—saving time, money, and maybe even the planet.

What happens when knowledge systems finally meet as equals?

#IndigenousKnowledge #Science #ClimateSolutions #Sustainability #Environment

https://www.optimistdaily.com/2026/04/why-western-scientists-are-turning-to-indigenous-knowledge/

Why Western scientists are turning to Indigenous knowledge | The Optimist Daily

For generations, Indigenous communities managed ecosystems that western science is only now learning to study. A reckoning is underway.

The Optimist Daily: Making Solutions the News |
Kinship Interlock: How The Elite Remains on Top

Podcast Episode · Heliox: Where Evidence Meets Empathy 🇨🇦‬ · May 1 · 43m

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During Trump’s first term, border wall construction had widespread impacts on protected landscapes and sacred sites... A contractor also bulldozed a road through an archaic Hohokam burial site on the border in Coronado National Forest, even though they’d been briefed by the tribe beforehand.
#USpol #IndigenousKnowledge #Archeology #Futuricide #Ecocide #Semiocide #IndigenousPeoples #WarOnMigrants #Mexico

Trump Bulldozed Ancient Archeological Site for Second Border Wall
https://theintercept.com/2026/04/30/arizona-archeological-site-bulldozed-border-wall/

Trump Bulldozed a 1,000-Year-Old Archeological Site to Make Room for a Second Border Wall

DHS was in talks with the wildlife refuge that hosts the 1,000-year-old archeological site to make sure it was protected, a local said.

The Intercept