Posts of: Jay Taber
Sacred Trust
UN Human Rights Council hears complaints from Native Americans against the United States.
Read moreDefending Aboriginal Title
Coastal First Nations, a partnership of indigenous communities in British Columbia, takes a collaborative and strategic approach to defending aboriginal title and resources in their traditional territories.
Read moreJurists Makeover
The International Commission of Jurists has done a makeover of its website. Check it out.
Read moreBreaching the Ramparts
Indigenous survivors of Catholic residential schools in Canada to confront Pope at the Vatican on Easter Sunday.
Read moreBanking on Biofuel
Ethiopian government and World Bank team up to displace half a million tribal people for dam and biofuel.
Read moreGreat White North
Canada pays lip service to UNDRIP; British Columbia plans energy industry public relations campaign designed to marginalize and co-opt First Nations.
Read moreTestify
Iroquois, Sioux, and Navajo testify against the United States before the UN Human Rights Council. Written testimony via e-mail open through April 19.
Read moreRestitution
Reviving Our Culture, Mapping Our Future, a film about a gathering of indigenous leaders from South Africa, Russia, and the Amazon, offers a road map for restitution.
Read moreCochabamba Climate Talks
Bolivia to host peoples’ climate talks April 19-22 in Cochabamba.
Read moreChief George Manuel Memorial Indigenous Library
The library is dedicated to the memory of Secwepemc Chief George Manuel (1921-1989), to the nations of the Fourth World and to the elders and generations to come.
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