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Why does a traditional healer matter in Mexico's presidential election?

AnindigenouswomanbackedbyMexico'srebelZapatistamovementregisteredonSaturdaytorunasanindependentcandidateinnextyear'spresidentialelection,addingtoagrowinglistofh

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Canada 150: Huge crowds celebrate nation's anniversary

Revellers, police and some protesters have converged on Canada's national capital on Saturday for a party that has been years in the planning.

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Sydney Opera House to come alive with indigenous art

AvibrantanimationtellingstoriesofindigenousAustraliawillbeprojectedontotheSydneyOperaHouseeverynightatsunset.Theseven-minuteshow,beginningonWednesday,willturnth

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Australia struggles to improve lives of indigenous population

Australia is failing to meet almost every target for improving the lives of its indigenous population, including reducing the infant mortality rate, getting children in school and adults in jobs, according to a government report released on Tuesday.

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Huge number of indigenous Australians in jail "catastrophe": report

​The over-representation of Indigenous Australians in prisons around the country is a " catastrophe," said Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander Social Justice Commissioner Mick Gooda in a report released on Friday.

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Overseas-born Australians live longer: study

Overseas-born Australian residents can expect to live longer than those born in Australia, according to a new research released Thursday.

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Remote Indigenous Australia struggles for economic equality

Indigenous Australia has remained a blind spot for successive governments and the drive for economic and social equality has come under renewed scrutiny in 2014.