Protests near the sacred summit of Mauna Kea in Hawai’i are increasing in urgency as Native Hawaiians fight to prevent the construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT). Mauna Kea is the tallest mountain in the Pacific and has traditionally been the site of religious ceremonies for Native Hawaiians, or Kanaka Maoli. The telescope has been scheduled for construction for over a decade, and has been the subject of legal contestation as Free, Prior and Informed Consent has not been given by Native Hawaiians.

The area of Mauna Kea is under a state of emergency, as proclaimed by Hawai'i Governor David Ige on Wednesday, July 17, 2019, after a day of arrests and escalating tensions between law enforcement and the opponents of the planned Thirty Meter Telescope. Approximately 1,000 people have gathered at the intersection of the Daniel K.

On June 26, 2019, the Organization of American States (OAS) held it's 49th regular session in Medellin, Colombia. The OAS is an organization of states in the Western hemisphere that provides a forum for political and policy discussion and decision-making. It was founded to build solidarity, promote peace and justice, and encourage collaboration. It focuses on four main pillars: democracy, human rights, security, and development.

By Haley Albano

El Caucus de Medios Indígenas y Comunicación es un grupo temático e informal de profesionales de medios Indígenas en el Foro Permanente de las Naciones Unidas para las Cuestiones Indígenas (UNPFII). Fue fundado por periodistas Indígenas en 2016, en la sede de la ONU, en la ciudad de Nueva York. Uno de los objetivos del Caucus fue crear una plataforma para periodistas y medios de comunicación Indígena de todo el mundo para unirlos y hacer un esfuerzo de defensa consolidado entre los medios de comunicación Indígena y profesionales de la comunicación en la ONU.

The Indigenous Media and Communication Caucus, a thematic and informal group of Indigenous media practitioners at the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII), was founded by Indigenous journalists in 2016, at UN Headquarters in New York City.

By Dev Kumar Sunuwar 

On June 26, 2019, after over a month of continuous and massive movements by Indigenous Peoples, especially by Newar Peoples in Kathmandu Valley, the Nepalese government finally was forced to withdraw the Guthi Bill. This Bill would have permitted the regulation of customary land trusts in the National Assembly, the supreme legislative body of Nepal.

By Katherine Hamilton

On May 20, 2019, 16-year-old Carlos Gregorio Hernandez died in a Texas Border Patrol station, after being diagnosed with influenza and waiting a week in holding facilities. He was the fifth Indigenous child to die on the border since December.

In September 2018, the first migrant child to die in federal custody since 2010 passed away due to heart complications. Since then, five more minors have died at Border Patrol, all of them from Guatemala, a country whose population is majority Indigenous.

By Katherine Hamilton

There has been a broad range of sincerity, depth, and publicity within the few apologies offered by the United States government to Native American Peoples throughout history. One more apology was added to this short list on June 18, 2019, delivered on behalf of the state of California by Governor Gavin Newsom.