Indigenous groups

Indigenous groups

Participants attend the two-day 'Karam festival' at Jahangirnagar University last night (27 August), celebrating the traditional culture and heritage of Indigenous communities. Photo: TBS

Indigenous community celebrates traditional Karam festival at Jahangirnagar University

Two-day celebration features traditional rituals, folk tales, jhumur dance and music.

Youth TIPRA Federation protested against Bangladesh Deputy High Commission in Agartala. Photo: NDTV

Protests in Tripura over attacks on minorities in Bangladesh

Elder Ka'nahsohon Kevin Deer performs a ceremony prior to Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau making an announcement supporting Indigenous-led conservation COP15 U.N. Biodiversity summit in Montreal, Quebec, Canada December 7, 2022. REUTERS/Christinne Muschi

Indigenous people seek stronger land rights at COP15 nature talks

In Bangladesh, marginalised communities are discriminated against but without redress. Pictured here is a Chakma home, torched in an arson attack in 2017 in Rangamati. Photo: Reuter

‘Anti-discrimination law meaningless if culprits cannot be punished’

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5th Hill Film Festival held

People visit a makeshift memorial on the grounds of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School, after the Tk'emlups te Secwepemc band council encouraged mourners to take part in a national day of prayer to honor the remains of 215 children that were found at the site in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada June 6, 2021. REUTERS/Jennifer Gauthier/File Photo

Canada indigenous groups in nationwide hunt for more graves after new discoveries