Can Japan's Ainu language outlive its last native speakers?
Ainu had about 15,000 speakers in 1870 and 350 by 1917. Japanese policy nearly ended it. Laws, classes, radio and now AI are trying to bring it back.
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Winning native title in Australia brings a right to negotiate
Australian native title rests on traditional law and custom that continues today. A win brings a right to negotiate. The first compensation came in 2019.
A UK network is testing the old recipe for saving a language
A UK network asks if a language still needs a settled community, home use, job value and state funding. A UNESCO seminar urged cooperation and steady funding.
Ecuador gave nature legal rights, and its courts enforce them
Since 2008, Ecuador's constitution has given nature the right to exist. Judges have used it to block mines in the Los Cedros cloud forest and a frog's valley.
Australia's Stolen Generations survivors still wait on redress
Nearly 30 years after the Bringing Them Home inquiry, the Healing Foundation says Stolen Generations survivors still lack records, care and redress.
A 1978 US law put Native American families first in adoption
The Indian Child Welfare Act told US states to place a Native child with family or their tribe first. The Supreme Court upheld it in 2023.