IC Magazine: Cutting Edge News and Analysis to Educate and Inspire

Last Updated on April 10, 2025

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They may not be issuing any press releases, but you can be sure that indigenous rights abusers, anti-environmentalists and industry sycophants alike would love to get rid of IC Magazine.

We only need to look at a few quick highlights to understand why:

In 2009, when the Awajun and Wampis started protesting a serious of controversial laws that threatened to undermine or extinguish Indigenous Rights in Peru, IC Magazine was front and center. It took more than five weeks and a horrible tragedy before the rest of the world’s media would speak up.
In 2010, When the Palawan stood up to defend their lands from the threat of mining and oil palm development, we were the first and only organization outside of the Philippines to stand with them. To date, no other publication in North America has covered the Palawan’s struggle.
In 2011, when the Kanai started calling out for a moratorium on fracking, IC Magazine dropped everything to give them some desperately-needed media support. This time, it took six months before any other media in Canada would cover the same story.
In 2012, thanks to a well-timed essay by Russell Diabo, we were able to blow the lid off Stephen Harper’s Termination plan, helping to build a foundation for #IdleNoMore.
In 2013, we were the first publication in the world to expose CERA’s national offensive to terminate American Indian treaty rights in the United States.

We may not be good at marketing ourselves, but we do our very best to make sure you know exactly what’s going on when Indigenous rights are being threatened and when Indigenous Peoples step forward to defend and preserve their lands and ways of life. IC Magazine picks up where so many others disappear!

As Jay Taber noted earlier this year, we’re also “Setting the terms for thought leaders in academia and media, that consumers of mass communication turn to to interpret what is happening in the conflicts between tribes, institutions, markets and networks. IC’s framework is the cutting edge analysis that progressive leaders use to inform, educate and inspire.”

With your support, IC Magazine can continue to stand on the front lines, with an ear to the ground and a finger on the pulse of the Indigenous Peoples Movement.

Don’t do indigenous rights abusers the favour! Stand with IC Magazine!

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Dear reader,

Across the world right now, Indigenous peoples are facing a renewed assault on their lands, rights, and ways of life. From extractive industries pushing deeper into ancestral territories, to governments rolling back hard-won protections, the threat is global—and it is growing.

What makes this moment especially dangerous is how little attention it receives.

Stories like this are disappearing in real time. Mainstream media barely covers it and the coverage is fragmented. The public is left without the context needed to understand what is truly at stake.

That is exactly why IC Magazine exists..

For more than 20 years, IC has reported on Indigenous struggles worldwide — consistently, independently, and without compromise. We don’t follow news cycles; we trace patterns. We don’t sensationalize; we provide context. And when the world looks away, we stay focused.

But this work is increasingly difficult to sustain.

We refuse to lock our reporting behind a paywall. We don’t sell access through subscriptions. And we don’t answer to advertisers. IC Magazine survives solely because readers like you choose to support independent Indigenous journalism.

Please donate today if you can. Every contribution helps us to continue this crucial work.

Thank you,

John Ahni Schertow
Founder and Editor in Chief