Aboriginal owners ban climbing Australia’s iconic red rock

David Whitley November 1, 2017 Share this article Climbing Uluru, the sacred red rock in Australia’s Outback, will be banned from October 2019. What’s the impact of this historic vote and what does it mean for the rock’s traditional owners? Enough, it has been decided, is enough. From October 2019, it will no longer be […]

Justin Trudeau invited Pope Francis to Canada to apologize for the Church’s treatment of aboriginal children

ROME (Reuters) – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday urged Pope Francis to visit Canada to apologize to indigenous peoples for the Catholic Church’s treatment of aboriginal children in schools it ran there. Starting in the late 19th century, about 30 percent of children of Canada’s native peoples, or about 150,000 children, were placed […]