For Abbott, who said she feels she’s only scratched the surface of her people’s history on her ancestral lands, the environmental changes feel especially tragic. “I think that’s going to be a part of ...

THE Supreme Court has upheld its decision that Baguio City is exempt from ancestral land claims under Republic Act No. 8371, also known as the Indigenous Peoples' Rights Act of 1997 (IPRA). In a ...

Tribes now have more say in what happens to ancestral lands and other issues important to Native peoples. "We had held consultations that really made sure that tribes had a seat at the table," she ...

Manila, Philippines – The Supreme Court (SC) upheld its decision that exempted Baguio City from ancestral land claims under the Indigenous Peoples’ Rights Act of 1997 (IPRA) or Republic Act No ...

Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall on Wednesday said his People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC)-led administration has a proven track record of regularising Afro-Guyanese ...

The Kichwas say land they were evicted from in 2001 to create a national park and later a carbon credit project that generated huge sums of money was their ancestral territory. The Kichwas got no ...

The Jamul Indian Village Land Transfer Act, sponsored by Senators Alex Padilla and Laphonza Butler, both D-California, and Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Bonsall, aims to secure the tribe's ancestral lands ...

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“The land in question includes our ancestral land, which Awka is now contesting in court. Three court decisions—Awka Court, High Court, and Appeal Court—have ruled in our favor ...

Juan Vargas, D-San Diego. “The Jamul Indian Village has sought for years to bring tribal members back onto their ancestral land — so they can raise their families, carry forward their culture ...

Importance of obtaining a certified copy of Himachal Pradesh of rights is described here: Himachal Pradesh Records of Rights (Jamabandi) endorses the real owner of a land This land record ROR ...

DAVAO CITY, Philippines — Threshing out the conflict over the indigenous peoples’ ancestral lands in Maguindanao —and the Bangsamoro as a whole — would need the power of general ...