indigenous

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Some indigenous groups have voiced opposition to the energy corridor, as has British Columbia Premier David Eby.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

The visit marks a near 200-year relationship between the indigenous peoples of New Zealand and the crown, formalised in the Treaty of Waitangi, one of New Zealand's founding documents.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

According to the chamber, materials excluded from the guidelines include shearling, vintage fur and fur obtained "by indigenous communities through traditional subsistence hunting practices".

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

Justice Shaina Leonard of Alberta’s Court of the King’s Bench said the Alberta government failed to consult indigenous groups about the potential fallout from holding a vote on the province’s future within Canada.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

Now everyone’s pretending to set the record straight: they’ll have their hearings, while Mobutu makes a show of changing all European-sounding place names to indigenous ones, to rid us of the sound of foreign domination.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver