Deep sea mining threatens indigenous culture in Papua New Guinea

Photo gallery: Stunning images of Indigenous peoples in their traditional splendor

🪶 Indigenous Roots: Today in History… December 1, 1790 – In Philadelphia, Seneca chief Gyantwakia (Cornplanter) stood before President George Washington as a spokesman for his people. Speaking for himself, Half-Town, and Big Tree, he addressed the “Great Councillor of the Thirteen Fires” and laid out how the new United States had taken “a great country” from the Seneca after promising peace. Cornplanter reminded Washington that U.S. negotiators had once told the Seneca they were “in your hand,

Tribal bloodshed shines spotlight on instability in strategically vital Papua New Guinea