What can we do to help indigenous peoples?

So, Where do we begin?

1. Donate. There are many Canadian charities and organizations serving and supporting northern Indigenous communities and True North Aid is one of them.
2. Listen.
3. Volunteer.
4. Attend a First Nations traditional event like a Pow-wow.
5. Attend a Kairos Blanket Exercise.

Why do we need to help indigenous peoples?

Third, Indigenous Peoples help protect our environment, fight climate change, and build resilience to natural disasters, yet their rights aren’t always protected. While Indigenous Peoples own, occupy, or use a quarter of the world’s surface area, they safeguard 80\% of the world’s remaining biodiversity.

Why should we celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day?

Indigenous Peoples’ Day is a holiday that celebrates and honors Native American peoples and commemorates their histories and cultures. “Each October, when Columbus is honored, it further diminishes and erases Native people, their history and their culture.”

How can we reconcile with Indigenous?

research First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples in your area to understand their history and contributions to society. watch movies by Indigenous filmmakers or read Indigenous literature. learn more about Indigenous arts and artists. attend local Indigenous cultural events open to the public.

How can we improve the lives of indigenous people?

1. Focus on the priorities Indigenous people can’t choose their own way of life, get control over their own education, healthcare and so on, unless their lands are secure. That’s the overwhelming priority. All other issues are secondary. If their land rights are recognised, tribal peoples thrive.

How can we solve the indigenous rights crisis?

1. Focus on the priorities. Indigenous people can’t choose their own way of life, get control over their own education, healthcare and so on, unless their lands are secure. That’s the overwhelming priority. All other issues are secondary. If their land rights are recognised, tribal peoples thrive.

How can we help indindigenous peoples?

Indigenous peoples need to be consulted about use of their land and included in development processes. Companies need to take this on board too and conduct proper due diligence prior to embarking on, and during, investment projects.

What is the role of indigenous peoples on the global stage?

This poignant fact speaks well to the enormous role that Indigenous Peoples play not only as environmental stewards, but as political actors on the global stage.