Arang dak is a small village in northern Nicaragua, near the border with Honduras, inhabited by members of the Mayangna indigenous community. Like many other indigenous villages, the people of Arang dak were violently forced to evacuate by the Sandanistas during the conflicts in that country in the 1980s. The Mayangna and Miskito fought the […]
Photographs from Chocó
Colombia has over 10 million people who have been displaced internally due to the violence there, fueled by politics, the drug economy, and illegal gold mining with dozens of armed organizations fighting for control of lucrative territories: paramilitaries, guerrillas, and more straightforward drug cartels. That is more people than have been displaced during the recent […]
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Video: “Raven Always Sets Things Right”
In August 2016, the Yahgulaanaas/Janaas clan of the Haida Nation held an historic potlatch, “Raven Always Sets Things Right”. It was held to strip two of their clan cheifs/spokesmen – litl’xaydaga – of their names and positions because they had clandestinely collaborated with the Enbridge oil pipeline company against the explicit wishes of their clan […]
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Video stills and photos from a Haida potlatch
In August 2016, the Yahgulaanaas/Janaas clan of the Haida Nation held an historic potlatch, “Raven Always Sets Things Right”. It was held to strip two of their clan cheifs/spokesmen – litl’xaydaga – of their names and positions because they had clandestinely collaborated with the Enbridge oil pipeline company against the explicit wishes of their clan […]