Gáldu www.galdu.org NEW.BRUNSWICK -- First Nations languages are on the verge of extinction unless future governments help children learn their traditional languages, says an expert. http://www.galdu.org/web/?odas=4724&giella1=eng The San people (Bushmen) of Botswana have lodged an appeal against a High Court decision that denied them access to water on their ancestral lands. http://www.galdu.org/web/?odas=4722&giella1=eng TROMSØ, Norway -- The reactions to the assassination of Lisandro Guarcax have been strong in Guatemala and Norway alike. The Guatemalan ambassador to Norway, his Excellency Mr Juan Leon Alvarado, has asked that his country´s authorities give top priority to the investigation. http://www.galdu.org/web/?odas=4720&giella1=eng LIMA, Peru -- Hilaria Supa has broken down many barriers in her life. Now she has overcome another one, in an unprecedented achievement: this Quechua indigenous woman who never went to school is today chair of the congressional education committee in Peru. http://www.galdu.org/web/?odas=4721&giella1=eng TROMSØ, Norway -- This summer, under the leadership of multi-talented artist Lisandro Guarcax, the group called Sotzil took part in the Riddu Riddu Festival. On 25 August Lisandro Guarcax was abducted. The next day he was found assassinated and his body showed clear signs of torture. http://www.galdu.org/web/?odas=4717&giella1=eng CARACAS -- Franklin Brito, who held several long hunger strikes since 2004 to defend ownership of his farm, became the first Venezuelan to fast to the death. http://www.galdu.org/web/?odas=4719&giella1=eng NAIROBI, Kenya -- Kenya’s smallest Indigenous tribe that resides in the world’s largest desert lake is in the verge of extinction as climate change and human activities continues unabated on the tributaries that feed the lake. http://www.galdu.org/web/?odas=4718&giella1=eng XIADIAN, China -- Feng Jun´s fight against a local government and the steel mills he believes polluted the water that killed his daughter has cost him nearly everything. http://www.galdu.org/web/?odas=4716&giella1=eng CANADA -- Cities are home to a rising number of Aboriginal Peoples, who -- despite pride in their heritage -- live in Canada´s ethnically diverse urban centres and are reluctant to return to native communities, according to a study on urban aboriginals. http://www.galdu.org/web/?odas=4715&giella1=eng GUATEMALA -- Due to human rights violations affecting the indigenous peoples of the country, Guatemala risks becoming “ungovernable” according to the U.N. indigenous rights special rapporteur, James Anaya, after his visit in June. http://www.galdu.org/web/?odas=4713&giella1=eng