Tag: Indigenous identity
West Papua: Once was Papuan Independence Day, now facing ‘ecocide’, transmigration
On Papuan Independence Day, the focus is on discussing protests against Indonesia’s transmigration programme, environmental destruction, militarisation, and the struggle for self-determination. Te Ao...
FestPAC 2024: ‘One body, one people, one ocean, one Pacific’
By Tiana Haxton, RNZ Pacific journalist in Hawai'i
"One body, one people, one ocean, one Pacific" was Samoa's powerful statement during the parade of nations...
Indigenous rights flag-burning protest rocks CNMI community
By Mark Rabago, RNZ Pacific Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas correspondent
A man on Saipan has burned the official CNMI flag in protest, saying that...
Australian group warns of new ‘arrests, torture’ in Papuan crackdown
Asia Pacific Report
An Australian solidarity group for West Papua today warned of a fresh "heavy handed" Indonesian crackdown on Papuan villagers with more "arrests...
Bid to protect Pacific indigenous knowledge in the global digital space
By Ema Ganivatu and Brittany Nawaqatabu in Suva
A recent webinar hosted by the Pacific Network on Globalisation (PANG) brought together minds from across the...
Don’t say the Aboriginal flag was ‘freed’ – it belongs to...
ANALYSIS: By Bronwyn Carlson, Macquarie University
We woke to the news yesterday that the Australian government has negotiated with the designer of the Aboriginal flag...
