The State of the American Indian Nations: 1983
“The State of the American Indian Nations: 1983” A Report to President Ronald Regan, Members of the Congress, Partisan Political Parties, Federal Bureaucrats, and Citizens of the United States. From…
Read moreConvention No. 107
Convention concerning the Protection and Integration of Indigenous and Other Tribal and Semi-Tribal Populations in Independent Countries
Read moreNation-States, Indigenous Nations and the Great Lie
this paper analysis the relationship of selected indigenous nations in various parts of the world to the governments of the countries in which they are found. The United States, Canada,…
Read moreInternational standards for indigenous rights
Statement by the Center for World Indigenous Studies before the third session on indigenous populations
Read moreFulfilling our Promises; The United States and the Helsinki Final Act
From the November 1979 Report of the Commission on Security & Cooperation in Europe, “Fulfilling our Promises; The United States and the Helsinki Final Act” as pertaining to American INdians
Read moreIndonesia: Reports of Human Rights Violations in Irian Jaya
The Indonesian army and the Kopassandha undertook a series of arrests in the Jayapura area of Irian Jaya. The arrests were made without warrant and are considered a violation of…
Read moreWestern Papuan Observer
Multiple articles from the Western Papuan Observer dealing with the mistreatment and war going on in the area.
Read moreStatement on behalf of the Free Papua Movement
The West Papuam people’s desire for freedom and Indonesia’s claim to West Papua. International support for the right of West Papuan people to self-determination. The 1962 New York agreement and…
Read moreOn the Question of Which Groups of People Should be Considered as Indigenous Populations and on the Question of International Standards of Indigenous Land Rights
The purpose of this paper is to describe the views of the Nuxalk Government regarding the evolution of standards concerning the rights of Indigenous populations. Issues discussed include: a description…
Read moreBurma: Situation of Karens, Kachins, Arakaese, Pa-os, Was, Shans, Mon, and Karenis
“From a Karen living in exile in a Far Eastern Country, this was receive which depicts the very grave situation of the indigenous peoples of Burma.”
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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