Aboriginal Australians settled in the continent’s Riverland region 22,000 years earlier than previously thought, radiocarbon dating of ancient seafood remains reveals. The dated shell middens – remnants of ‘meals eaten long ago’ – capture a record of Aboriginal occupation that goes back 29,000 years in the Katarapko Riverland Floodplains, South Australia. They had to deal … Read more
An Aboriginal activist and former MP wants the state of Victoria to change its name under a new treaty with Australia’s First People. Lidia Thorpe, who represented the Greens in the Victorian Legislative Assembly in 2017 and 2018, is calling for the change because the state is named after British Empire ruler Queen Victoria. ‘Anything … Read more
An Aboriginal activist and former MP wants the state of Victoria to change its name under a new treaty with Australia’s First People. Lidia Thorpe, who represented the Greens in the Victorian Legislative Assembly in 2017 and 2018, is calling for the change because the state is named after British Empire ruler Queen Victoria. ‘Anything … Read more
‘Priceless’ Mayan wall paintings discovered in a house in Guatemala blend indigenous techniques with colonial-era Spanish motifs, researchers have revealed. The artworks — thought to date back to around 1524–1821 AD — were first uncovered in 2003 during renovations of the property, which lies in the town of Chajul. Wall art from this period is normally … Read more
Coronavirus could wipe out Brazil’s indigenous communities: Fears for isolated tribes after infection enters the Amazon region Community’s elders are most at risk of dying causing ‘chaos’ in communities Some indigenous people breaking into groups with hunting equipment to isolate Coronavirus has killed 486 and infected more than 11,000 in Brazil alone By Jemma Carr For Mailonline … Read more
Spanish conquistadors in Mexico had to ask indigenous smelters to make ammunition for them after running short of supplies, archeologists discover Researchers in Mexico studied copper slag samples at an old Spanish outpost The slag came from improvised smelting operations used to process copper The smelting operations were run by indigenous people to keep the … Read more