National Human Rights Commission: In an Independent Country, Every People MUST Be Independent
Tornauli (17/03). In the morning at 9:30am, the Indigenous Peoples Community (IP) in Parmonangan Sub-district, North Tapanuli had a special…
Category: North Tapanuli
Gotilon Eme (Rice Harvesting Period)
Rice is one of the staple foods of the Indonesian people, so rice is not just an economic commodity, but…
Farmers Complain about Fertilizer: What’s the Government Doing?
In recent months, scarce and expensive fertilizers have been the main complaint of farmers in Indonesia, including in the North…
Strengthening Each Other to Protect Indigenous Forests
On the second day of the Earth and People Festival (Festival Bumi dan Manusia ) at Huta Ginjang (Friday, 20/5/2022),…
Indigenous Peoples’ Struggle: Sovereignty on Their Own Feet
“People’s self-reliance (standing on their own feet) is an important ideal of Bung Karno in the struggle for independence,” said…
Indigenous Peoples to Save the Environment
Friday, 20 May 2022. “Tano Batak will definitely be much better if it is built on the sovereignty of Batak…
Nagasaribu Indigenous Community Receives Customary Forest Decree (Part-3)
A Winding Journey Rebuilding the Organisation After the new board was elected in November 2020, for the first time after…
Nagasaribu Indigenous Community Receives Customary Forest Decree (Part-2)
A Winding Journey Dynamics of Struggle. In early 2020, KSPPM together with the Nagasaribu community celebrated the new year in…
Nagasaribu Indigenous Community Receives Customary Forest Decree (Part-1)
Initial Introduction to KSPPM That afternoon around 3pm, one of the staff from the Community Initiative Study and Development Group…
An Uninvited Guest “Robs” in Huta Napa Godang’s Customary Territory
Friday, 4 March 2022. The Op. Bolus Indigenous Community had uninvited guests in its ancestral territory, around Aek Bilah river.…