The Piripkura are safe – but only for 6 months

Good and bad news for the Piripkura tribe: the land protection order has been renewed – but only for 6 months ahead. Survival Internation has more on the situation: https://www.facebook.com/19668531552/posts/10158557232456553/ ^Survival International fights for the rights of indigenous people worldwide. Follow their important work if you can.

Sami National Day

Today is February 6th, which means it’s the national day of the Sami people. Let us celebrate and honour this culture, which has survived for thousands of years despite suppression from dominant surrounding nations. In my own country of Sweden, Sami people were forced off their land by the state and had their native religion