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Category: Human Rights

Obama Administration Endorses UNDRIP

Obama Administration Endorses UNDRIP

December 16, 2010

President Barak Obama endorsed the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples three years after the United Nations General Assembly adopted UNDRIP in September 2007 and after an extensive…

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Cancun Climate: Hopeful Signs

Cancun Climate: Hopeful Signs

December 6, 2010

China and India are easing their opposition to US demands for climate compliance monitoring, reporting and verification for developing countries (a long time demand of the US government) and environmental…

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World Indigenous Peoples' Conference - 2014

World Indigenous Peoples’ Conference – 2014

December 1, 2010

During the last forty years since the UN Commission on Human Rights designated José Martinez Cobo as the Special Rapporteur responsible for conducting the “Study of the Problem of Discrimination…

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Oolichan, Salmon Decline and Oil

Oolichan, Salmon Decline and Oil

November 26, 2010

The “Coastal First Nations” is the name of a enormously important alliance between the Wuikinuxv Nation, Heiltsuk, Kitasoo/Xaixais, Nuxalk, Gitga’at, Haisla, Metlakatla, Old Masset, Skidegate and Haida nations located on…

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Canada endorses UNDRIP; US stands alone

Canada endorses UNDRIP; US stands alone

November 15, 2010

On Friday, November 12th, 2010, Canada joined Australia and New Zealand in reversing its decision to officially endorse the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP). The…

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Anti-Indian Movement Again

Anti-Indian Movement Again

September 21, 2010

When ever privileged male voters in the United States believe their status and privileges are about to be challenged, they turn on the economically weakest with a vengeance. “Wealth has…

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WHO Admits to Not Have Done Enough

WHO Admits to Not Have Done Enough

July 18, 2010

“I hope this is a start of getting into a more intense contact,” the representative of the World Health Organization stated at the organization’s Geneva headquarters during a meeting with…

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Financial Liberalization, Globalization and Human Migration

Financial Liberalization, Globalization and Human Migration

May 16, 2010

Corporations and states’ governments have created a profoundly desperate situation for hundreds of millions of people that is already made more complicated by human induced climate change. Huge numbers of…

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UN Indigenous Discourse A Disappointment

UN Indigenous Discourse A Disappointment

April 25, 2010

I sat in the General Assembly Hall of the United Nations at the 9th Session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues last week listening to speakers from North American…

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UNDRIP Implementation

UNDRIP Implementation

April 21, 2010

UN Headquarters, United Nations. New York City I am sitting in on a side event preparatory to the afternoon meeting of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues.  The…

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Chief 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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