FILE - Ashaninka Indigenous people from Brazil and Peru dance and sing at dawn during the annual celebration recognizing the Ashaninka territory in the Apiwtxa village, Acre state, Brazil, June 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz, File)
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Indigenous leaders from the Amazon are taking their fight against illegal mining, drug trafficking, and deforestation to a United Nations conference in Vienna next week. They want stronger international action against criminal networks threatening their forests and communities. More than a dozen representatives from Peru, Brazil, Colombia, and Ecuador are participating. They aim to tackle financial networks behind environmental crimes and seek a greater role in protecting their territories. Leaders report threats and violence from criminal groups. They call for stronger Indigenous land rights and support for community-led protection.
Shiyazh Pete’s time with the Dallas Cowboys was brief, but his NFL debut in a preseason game in August gave Navajo fans a moment to remember. Now a free agent after being waived by the Cowboys, Pete has returned to the Navajo Nation where he's been embraced by fans while he awaits another opportunity with the NFL. Pete joins a long list of Indigenous athletes who have broken barriers in sports, inspired pride in their communities and become role models for children. On Monday, he'll meet and greet fans at an Indigenous Peoples Day event in New Mexico.
Felipe Arapiuns, who is part of the Arapium Indigenous group, installs a donated solar panel on the roof of his home in the Nova Sociedade community near Santarem, Para state, Brazil, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
A man, who is part of the Arapium Indigenous group, stands next to boxes containing donated solar power systems in the Nova Sociedade area near Santarem, Para state, Brazil, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
Men, who are part of the Arapium Indigenous group, carry boxes containing donated solar-power systems in the Nova Sociedade community near Santarem, Para state, Brazil, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
Ideilde Arapiuns, who is part of the Arapium Indigenous group, holds a box containing a donated solar-power system in the Nova Sociedade community near Santarem, Para state, Brazil, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
Daiana Arapiuns, who is part of the Arapium Indigenous group, sits with relatives holding a box containing a donated solar-power system in the Nova Sociedade community near Santarem, Para state, Brazil, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
Solar panels operate near water tanks in Nova Sociedade, a riverine Arapium Indigenous community, near Santarem, Para state, Brazil, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
SANTAREM, Brazil (AP) — For the riverine community of Nova Sociedade, deep inside a protected area of Brazil's Amazon rainforest, the Arapiuns…