Joint Statement of Constitutional & Customary Indigenous Governments
Joint Statement drafted by CWIS with endorsements from eleven Fourth World governments from Argentina, Burma, Mexico, Nigeria, and the United States of America. The Statement with recommendations for the recognition…
Read moreCWIS #7 United Nations World Conference on Indigenous Peoples
The United Nations General Assembly decided in December 2010 by adopting resolution 65/198 to convene a Plenary Session of the General Assembly as the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples scheduled…
Read moreUS FEDERAL TAXATION DISPARITIES IN INDIAN COUNTRY
This is the sixth report of the Good Government Research Group at the Center for World Indigenous Studies. These Reports are are produced at the request of American Indian government…
Read moreEstablishment of an Ad Hoc Working Group on the Durban Platform for Enhanced Action 1/CP.17
A new round of climate change talks will commence on 14 May and end on 25 May in Bonn, Germany. This session will see simultaneous meetings of the Subsidiary Body…
Read moreOAXACA ACTION PLAN – UNFCCC in Durban
Indigenous nations representatives and representatives of indigenous organizations met for two days in Oaxaca, México October 10-12, 2011 participating in the Second technical workshop of Indigenous Peoples and States –…
Read moreIndigenous Peoples – WB Safeguards Policy Review
Concerns and recommendations of indigenous peoples on the Safeguard Policy review of the World Bank We, the undersigned Indigenous Peoples organizations and support NGOs, wish to express our dismay over…
Read moreReport Indigenous Rights Rapporteur – James Anaya
In the present report, the Special Rapporteur provides a summary of the activities carried out during his third year in the mandate, including cooperation with other international and regional mechanisms…
Read moreReport of the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
The Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples held its fourth session from 11 to 15 July 2011. In addition to the five members of the Expert Mechanism, the…
Read moreCWIS Food Security, FAO and the UNNWP
The UN Food and Agriculture Organization authorized the establishment of the Committee on World Food Security which in turn asked it High Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and…
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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