Poverty, Persecution Stalk Many Indigenous Peoples
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Indigenous issues are receiving more political attention worldwide, but many observers say most indigenous people remain mired in poverty. Dwindling land remains a chief cause, experts say.
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For centuries the Tsaatan people have roamed Mongolia with the reindeer that provide their livelihood. But disease and inbreeding now threaten their herds&#151;and cultural future. With photo gallery.
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Many ministries and congregations in the growing African diaspora in the United States and abroad are grappling with witchcraft.
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UNITED NATIONS -- The leaders of France and Brazil warned on Monday that poverty leads to violence and urged the international community to find ways to narrow the gap between rich and poor, casting a spotlight on the more than a billion people living on
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The National Museum of the American Indian has much to boast of, but it tries to serve too many constituencies.
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A recent census of the world's primate population finds that many of them are in danger of disappearing
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Aboriginal art in  Australia is booming and improving the lives of poor black  communities, but unscrupulous dealers are ripping off artists  and fraud from China and India is undermining the industry.
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A quarter of the nation now lives in poverty in a country that once prided itself on an egalitarian ethos.
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SELLS, Arizona  - An elite group of Native American trackers that use skills handed down from the ancestral hunt is being tapped to play a larger role in securing the United States' borders.
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The indigenous peoples of the Arctic are told their culture will be threatened by climate warming.
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ESPINAR, Peru  - Two years ago, 2,000 people in this small town in the Peruvian Andes stormed the offices of the Tintaya copper mine, demanding its owners spend more money on social projects and the environment.
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The West African nation of Cape Verde, where almost everyone has a relative abroad, is a microcosm of the forces of migration that are remaking societies across the globe.
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A new generation of hip-hop acts is  emerging from a community ravaged by poverty, drugs, alcohol  and education problems and struggling with a lack of  opportunities: Australia's indigenous peoples.
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There has been increased interest among Americans in recent months in the ethnic conflict in the Darfur region of Sudan. Following a visit by Colin Powell, millions of Americans who had little
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Across the developing world, migrants move to other poor countries nearly as often as they move to rich ones.
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The people of Belarus know oppression. They know hardship and misfortune on a scale far beyond most corners of the world. So it should be no surprise to learn that an entire countryâs great
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As tens of thousands of elderly victims live at or near poverty levels, the Israeli government faces growing criticism for not doing enough to help its survivors.