By living in harmony with nature, indigenous peoples have developed traditional ancestral knowledge that has been a source of resilience, enabling them to devise climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies.

American Indian and Alaska Native Tribal Nations are sovereign governments recognized under the Constitution of the United States, treaties, statutes, Executive Orders, and court decisions. It is a priority of my Administration to make respect for Tribal sovereignty and self governance, commitment to fulfilling Federal trust and treaty responsibilities to Tribal Nations, and regular, meaningful, and robust consultation with Tribal Nations cornerstones of Federal Indian policy

An Act To increase intergovernmental coordination to identify and combat violent crime within Indian lands and of Indians.

An Act To direct the Attorney General to review, revise, and develop law enforcement and justice protocols appropriate to address missing and murdered Indians, and for other purposes

Today, thousands of unsolved cases of missing and murdered Native Americans continue to cry out for justice and healing. On Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Awareness Day, we remember the Indigenous people who we have lost to murder and those who remain missing and commit to working with Tribal Nations to ensure any instance of a missing or murdered person is met with swift and effective action.

The Senate designates May 5, 2021, as the ‘‘National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Native Women and Girls’’; and calls on the people of the United States and interested groups to commemorate the lives of missing and murdered American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian women whose cases are documented and undocumented in public ecords and the media; and
to demonstrate solidarity with the families of victims in light of those tragedies

The Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, as an expert body of the Economic and Social Council, plays a significant role in providing expert advice on how to ensure that the rights of indigenous peoples are effectively accounted for and realized in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda.

The purpose of the present summary report is to present an overview of all the activities performed and measures taken by UNESCO together with the Department of Economic and Social Affairs, other United Nations system entities, Governments, organizations of indigenous peoples, broader civil society, academia, the private sector and other interested actors in relation to the Year

At its nineteenth session, the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues appointed Darío José Mejía Montalvo, a member of the Forum, to conduct a study on the rights of indigenous peoples in Latin America and the Caribbean in the context of the exceptional measures adopted during the pandemic, to be submitted to the Forum at
its twentieth session.

The consultation focused on self-determination, governance and justice systems; lands, territories and resources; conservation; climate change; business and human rights;
human rights defenders; and the Sustainable Development Goals. The impact of climate change on the enjoyment of economic, social and cultural rights was emphasized, as was the critical role played by indigenous peoples in protecting the environment, including through traditional knowledge.