Native News Online is covering the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. This is a photo gallery from Day 2.
The Permanent Forum brings together Indigenous Peoples from all over the world over a two-week conference in New York. (Photo/Jenna Kunze)
Penelope Makgati, a delegate from South Africa. (Photo/Jenna Kunze)
Melania Canales Poma, president of the National Organization of Andean and Amazonian Women in Peru, said that the Peruvian government imposes plans on its Indigenous peoples and their lands, rather than including them in the planning. “Human rights are not possible without the rights of Mother Nature,” she said. (Photo/Jenna Kunze)
Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim, an indigenous Mbororo woman from Chad, speaks to a delegate after a panel of day two. She is one of the sixteen members of the Permanent Forum. (Photo/Jenna Kunze)
Youth council members stand in solidarity. (Photo/Jenna Kunze)
Delegates from Taimyr, the northernmost point of the Siberian mainland Arctic, where Indigenous peoples rely on reindeer herding, hunting and gathering, and fishing. From left to right: Edward Yaungad, Grigory Dykarev, and Valentin Andreytsev. (Photo/Jenna Kunze)
Lance Gumbs (right)—Regional Vice President National Congress of American Indians and a member of the Shinnecock Nation— along with an inter-tribal drum circle, sings an Honor Song for tribal nations on Tuesday evening. (Photo/Jenna Kunze)
Jenna Kunze previously covered Indian health, the environment and breaking news for Native News Online. She was also the lead reporter on stories related to Indian boarding schools and repatriation. Her...
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