The bishop sat quietly near the front row, hands folded, listening as Indigenous leaders and church workers spoke about the ...

Indigenous groups in Canada say they want to see Pope Leo XIV continue the reconciliation work started by his predecessor, ...

For years before becoming Pope Leo XIV — as a parish priest and then bishop in Peru — Robert Prevost built ties with ...

Colombia has taken a major step in Indigenous rights by formally recognizing Indigenous councils as local governments across ...

When they saw men with arrows and machetes bearing down on them, Daniel Braun and other Mennonites living in the Peruvian Amazon fled across rice paddies, some of their barns ...

Although their own name for themselves remains unknown, the Chavín of Peru clearly shared common agricultural techniques, ...

This is the first of three interviews with Indigenous representatives attending the 2025 U.N. Permanent Forum on Indigenous ...

The Picuris Pueblo tribal nation initiated a genetic study that confirms their connection to Chaco Canyon -- a potential ...

Despite facing existential threats, unarmed Indigenous guards are struggling to reclaim ancestral lands and end oil drilling in the Amazon.

DNA supports modern Picuris Pueblo accounts of ancestry going back more than 1,000 years to Chaco Canyon society.

Deforestation in the Amazon is closing in around isolated communities, many of which lack official recognition by governments ...

Around 5,000 years ago, members of an ancient Peruvian Indigenous group buried an elite member of their society: They wrapped ...