The Department of Homeland Security’s headquarters are located on the ancestral lands of the Anacostans, also known as the Nacotchtank. Our headquarters neighbor the ancestral lands of the Piscataway and Pamunkey peoples. We acknowledge that many of our operations across the nation are on hundreds of Indian tribes’ lands. We recognize the sovereignty of Tribal Nations and support the nation-to-nation relationship between the sovereign Indian tribes and the United States.
learn more downloadThis notice publishes the current list of 574 Tribal entities recognized by and eligible for funding and services from the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) by virtue of their status as Indian Tribes
learn more downloadThe Standing Rock Tribal Government strives to be a more effective, efficient and visible government providing opportunities for our economy to grow through business development by educating our members to enhance the health and wellness of the people of Standing Rock.
learn more downloadWe, the undersigned organizations, call on the United Nations Security Council to urgently impose a comprehensive global arms embargo on Myanmar to help prevent further violations of human rights against peaceful protesters and others opposing military rule. In recent weeks, Myanmar security forces have killed hundreds of people, including dozens of children, merely for exercising their rights to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly.
learn more downloadRecognizing that the situation of indigenous peoples varies from region to region and from country to country and that the significance of national and regional particularities and various historical and cultural backgrounds should be taken into consideration, Solemnly proclaims the following United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples as a standard of achievement to be pursued in a spirit of partnership and mutual respect:
learn more downloadChinese Communist Party (CCP) policies towards Xinjiang have increased colonial development, further eroded Uyghur autonomy through force and ethnic assimilationism, and co-opted the “Global War on Terror” framing to portray all Uyghur resistance as “terrorism.” Since 2016, an intensified regime of technologically-driven mass surveillance, internment, indoctrination, family separation, birth suppression, and forced labor has implicated the provinces and municipalities of eastern China that fund the Xinjiang gulag through the Pairing Assistance Program, as well as potentially thousands of Chinese and international corporations that directly and indirectly supply and benefit from the system.
learn more downloadFor historical reasons such as being organized into autonomous regions, ethnic minorities reside in underdeveloped and remote areas, consequently, there is limited access to healthcare—in addition to technology, transportation, and economic resources.In a 2009 healthcare reform, the government vowed that equalization of basic healthcare to the public will be one of its five main projects. Even though this reform aided in attracting private investors, because of remoteness and the economy of regions, it does not have considerable impact, requiring the allocation of funds to alleviate the existing problems and encourage investment.
learn more downloadThis article explores how global environmental organizations unintentionally fostered the notion of indigenous people and rights in a country that officially opposed these concepts. In the 1990s, Beijing declared itself a supporter of indigenous rights elsewhere, but asserted that, unlike the Americas and Australia, China had no indigenous people. Instead, China described itself as a land of “ethnic minority” groups, not indigenous groups.
learn more downloadDue to the rapid disappearance of tradition and culture, many young indigenous people are strangers to their true indigenous names and worry that they will use it wrong or pick the wrong name. Many are also already used to using Chinese names and the changing of a name is not without its effects on daily life. What’s more, lack of awareness among employees at local government agencies also lead to breakdowns in communication and reduce indigenous people’s willingness to register their traditional names.
learn more downloadPresident of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy submitted a draft law “On the indigenous peoples of Ukraine” (№ 5506) to the Verkhovna Rada as urgent. This document defines the rights of the indigenous peoples of Ukraine and the peculiarities of their implementation in order to promote the consolidation and development of the Ukrainian nation, as well as the development of ethnic, cultural, linguistic and religious identity of such peoples.
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