Background on the term “Fourth World”
a chapter excerpt from, “The Meaning of ‘Nation’ and ‘State’ in the Fourth World,” by Dr. Richard Griggs
Read moreInternational Standards for Indigenous Rights: Statement by CWIS Before 3rd Session of UN Working Group on Indigenous Populations 8/1/84
Statement by the Prime Minister of Greenland on Home Rule, before the 11th Session of the UNWGIP
WCIP Indigenous Ideology and Philosophy Workshop II
National Aboriginal Conference Secretariat submmission “Some Reflections on Group Right Principles” and NCAI annex “Indigenous Ideology and Philosophy”
Read moreOn the Evolution of Standards Concerning the Rights of Indigenous Populations –
Helsinki Final Act
Read morePrinciples and Guidelines for the Protection of the Heritage of Indigenous People
Annex of the Final Report of the Special Rapporteur on the study of the protection of the cultural and intellectual property of indigenous peoples – 21 June 1995
Read moreInternational Covenant on the Rights of Indigenous Nations
Authorized Version Initialed July 28, 1994, Geneva, Switzerland. Also available in PDF format.
Read moreSpeech by Chief Leon Shenandoah, Haudenosaunee to the UN General Assembly supporting a Worldwide Day of Peace
24 October 1985
Read moreEvolving New International Laws From the Fourth World by Rudolph C. Rÿser
Background on the International Covenant on the Rights of Indigenous Nations. Also available in PDF format.
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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