How do mercury emissions from industrialized countries reach the remote Arctic? Recent research shows that plants on the tundra absorb mercury vapor through their leaves, then pass it into soil.
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Genome sequencing is transforming the way we diagnose disease. But lack of diversity in genomic data means only some Canadians will benefit from this revolutionary technology.
A new look at some of the oral traditions of Aboriginal Australians shows a deep understanding of three red-giant variable stars, long before European observers.
Closing Uluru to climbers is vital to the preservation, maintenance and on-going development of culture, traditions and knowledge.
Just 210 of nearly 13,000 biographical entries in the Australian Dictionary of Biography are Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men and women. A new project aims to change this.
The disappearance of Santiago Maldonado in Argentine Patagonia is part of the global conflict between the forces of capital and indigenous rights.
The Indigenous in New Zealand have fared better than First Nations in Canada in terms of self-determination. Why? It’s about a lot more than geography, land mass and language.
Shattered by powerful back-to-back earthquakes, Mexico is facing daunting damages across six states. Now Chiapas and Oaxaca, the country’s two poorest states, which were hit first, fear neglect.
A leading Indigenous academic says too many Canadians take ugly pleasure in being ignorant about Indigenous issues. It’s time for some straight talk about Settlers with Opinions.
As New Zealanders head to the polls this week, there are lessons for Canada in the country’s electoral system — in particular how it gives Indigenous people a greater role in governing.
Remote tribes are supposedly safeguarded by a UN declaration, yet a recent alleged mass murder shows they are still vulnerable.
Brazil claims mining and logging will boost the economy and help it protect the environment. But there is little evidence this works.
Indigenous people recorded stories that provide much detail about eruptions in Australia. They can help us date natural events in the past and are legitimate sources of scientific information.
Inuit poet, scholar and writer Norma Dunning shares her experiences of trying to get published in Canada.
Freedom, social progress and tolerance are Norwegian values, but not everyone there gets to enjoy them equally.
Anthropologist Percy Leason thought he was painting the extinction of Victoria’s Indigenous people in the 1930s. He was wrong, but his portraits, part of a new exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria, are surprisingly sympathetic.
Historically, indigenous peoples used the natural seasonal cycles of weather, plants and animals as part of their religious calendar. What will be the impact of climate change on their practices?
Do you read Australia’s First Nations writers? If not, why not? The time is well overdue for non-indigenous Australians to engage with the original inhabitants of the country.
Cape York Partnership founder Noel Pearson told Q&A that Indigenous Australians were ‘the most incarcerated people on the planet Earth’. Is that right?
Native American scholars joined in the global March for Science. Their science blends seamlessly with beliefs.
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Professor of History, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Professor of Economics and Public Policy, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University
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Professor Emeritus of Latin American Studies and Geography, University of Florida
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Adjunct Professor, Stout Research Centre, Victoria University of Wellington and Auckland University of Technology, Professor of Political Science, Charles Sturt University
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Professor, School of Social and Political Sciences, Director, The (so-called) Australian Centre, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Archaeology and Biological Anthropology, School of Social Science, The University of Queensland
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Partner Investigator, ARC Centre of Excellence for Indigenous and Environmental Histories and Futures, James Cook University
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Researcher in ethnobiology, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
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Professor of Indigenous Health, Executive Director, Carumba Institute, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor of Law, University of Technology Sydney
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PhD student of law, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ)
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Professor of Geography, School of Law and Society, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Professor, Griffith Business School, Griffith University
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UN Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (EMRIP) and Professor in Political Science, Global Affairs and Public Policy, University of Toronto
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Distinguished Professor, Charles Sturt University