One of the first major steps was the creation of the Ministry of Amerindian Affairs, which replaced the ineffective department that had previously handled issues related to Indigenous Peoples. This ...

Over the past four years, more than 240 Amerindian villages in Guyana have benefited from government-led development programs and increased funding. These efforts have strengthened village economies, ...

“It was the PNC that agreed to and worked towards the facilitation of land titling in Guyana. It was the PNC that facilitated the formation and activities of the Amerindian Land Commissio ...

THE Opposition’s failure to develop substantive policies for the betterment of Amerindians was sharply criticised by Minister of Amerindian ... “The budget is fundamentally strong on transitioning and ...

Guyana has been invited to lead a group comprising the world’s newest oil-producing nations, starting next month. Guyana’s Minister of Natural Resources Vickram Bharrat said the group would ...

Lynda Frost, senior project manager for Trust for Public Land in Virginia, praised the program for allowing tribes access to their native land. “We believe that every tribe should have a ...

The Shoshone-Paiute-Tribes, Shoshone-Bannock Tribes and Coeur D'Alene Tribe have issued statements. All acknowledge that Native Tribes existed long before the United States and emphasize the ...

Carbon credit programme Some 248 Amerindian villages across Guyana have received an additional injection of $9.6 billion, under the landmark Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS) 2030 Carbon Credit ...

It includes $650 million to accelerate Amerindian land titling activities, $1.5 billion to support more than 2,700 Community Service Officers (CSOs) and $5 billion to fund economic, ecotourism, ...

On Monday, the Patawomeck Indian Tribe of Virginia officially took ownership of 870 acres of ancestral homeland along the Rappahannock River. According to a press release, the property, situated along ...