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A Chinese writer's memoir about growing up in a traditional Yi village reveals how deep connections with nature and animals created an inner sanctuary that sustains her today. Her book became one of 2025's most celebrated works in China.
Researchers discovered ancient microbes working together in Australia's Shark Bay, revealing how the first complex life may have formed on Earth billions of years ago. The team honored Indigenous Malgana language by naming the microbe after their word for "ancient home."
Newly documented Aboriginal rock paintings in Australia suggest Tasmanian tigers survived on the mainland far more recently than scientists believed. The discovery bridges ancient Indigenous knowledge with modern science in a beautiful way.
Ancient Native Americans were rolling dice and playing games of chance thousands of years before anyone in the Old World, rewriting what we thought we knew about early probability. These weren't just simple toys but sophisticated social tools that built bridges between communities.
A new documentary celebrates Rhoda Roberts AO, whose decades of work connected Indigenous stories and knowledge to millions of Australians. Her passion for sharing Country's deep wisdom continues inspiring cultural understanding nationwide.
Rhoda Roberts AO, the Indigenous leader who coined "Welcome to Country," was remembered by over 1,000 mourners as a storyteller who changed Australia's cultural landscape. Her funeral on Bundjalung Country celebrated a life that turned everything she touched to gold.
Jeremy Hansen will become the first non-American to fly beyond low Earth orbit when Artemis 2 launches April 1. His custom mission patch celebrates a decade of learning from Indigenous Elders across Canada.
Indigenous basketmakers and researchers are racing to protect Maine's ash trees from an invasive beetle that threatens a 10,000-year-old tradition. Most of the state's ash trees remain healthy, and a new collaboration is working to keep it that way.
Wayne Coolwell spent five decades capturing Indigenous Australian life through his camera lens, and now his stunning photo archive is showing the world what he saw. The State Library of Queensland is celebrating the late broadcaster's visual legacy starting Saturday.
Rina Lazo, the only female muralist in Mexico City's prestigious Palacio de Bellas Artes, spent decades bringing Mesoamerican heritage to life through her art. The Guatemalan painter who worked alongside Diego Rivera left behind a powerful legacy celebrating Indigenous culture. #
An Indigenous craft school in Hokkaido is preparing to graduate its first students who learned traditional Ainu woodcarving and embroidery. The program is keeping centuries-old cultural skills alive for a new generation.
Scientists used laser mapping technology to uncover Betoma, a vast network of indigenous settlements hidden beneath Colombian jungle that's 12 times larger than the famous Lost City. The discovery rewrites the history of how sophisticated indigenous societies organized their territories before Spanish colonization.
Indigenous artists from Amazonia are rewriting centuries of European stereotypes through a groundbreaking exhibition in Bonn that flips the colonial narrative on its head. Their work proves Indigenous cultures aren't frozen in time but thriving, evolving, and reclaiming their own stories.
A spectacular light installation spanning 12 kilometers of Western Australia's coastline is drawing thousands to Albany. Finnish artist Kari Kola created the world's largest light show, blending Indigenous culture with cosmic wonder.
A coalition of Indigenous elders, conservationists, and cattle ranchers is pushing Western Australia to stop treating dingoes as pests and embrace them as ecological allies. Their surprising success story: farms where dingoes actually help manage livestock land.
Thousands gathered in Sovima Village as the sacred Sekrenyi festival brought together leaders from diverse Naga tribes to celebrate cultural heritage, spiritual renewal, and indigenous unity. The event transformed an ancient purification ritual into a modern call for peace and trust across communities.
Archaeologists in Venezuela just uncovered a massive petroglyph complex that could be 8,000 years old, featuring ancient symbols of the sun, water, and ancestral spirits. The discovery is reshaping what we know about early human creativity in South America.
In 1991, Dr. Madhumala Chattopadhyay became the first woman to peacefully contact the Sentinelese, one of the world's most isolated tribes. Her groundbreaking approach proved respect and patience could bridge centuries of isolation.
The Zafimaniry people of Madagascar are finding creative ways to preserve their UNESCO-recognized woodcraft traditions even as deforestation forces them to reimagine their forest-based way of life. Communities are blending old customs with new realities, keeping their cultural identity alive.
Indigenous cultures that view time as a spiral rather than a straight line are teaching scientists new ways to tackle environmental crises. Māori wisdom from New Zealand shows how rethinking our relationship with past, future, and nature could help communities prepare for what comes after ecological tipping points.
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