Discussion Paper for National Tribal Leaders’ Meetings: 1993 Administration Transition Pland and 1992-97 Congressional Initiatives
Discussion paper addressing the new Federal Administration on the issues of Indian Affairs in America. Issues include Inian Policy, principlesof government-to-government relations, commitment to protect trust assets, NCAI 12 point…
Read moreStatement Concerning the Right of Self-Determination of the West Papuan People
Paper addressing the issues of the indigenous people of West Papua. The main issues this paper points out are the people of West Papua are engaged in a struggle for…
Read moreSubmission to the Working Group on Indigenous Populations at its Fifth Session, by the National Indian Youth Council, Inc. and the Indian Law Resource Center
Paper discussing debates over indigenous self-determinaiton concerning the autonomy demands of the Miskito, Sumo and Rama Indians of the Atlantic Coast region of Nicaragua. The indigenous people of this area…
Read moreStatement Submitted to the Eleventh Session the Working Group on Indigenous Popluations
Speech presented by the Ainu people of Japan. The speech covers many topics but three main issues are: Ainu territory was divided as a result of historical progress and due…
Read moreAboriginal Land Rights in Australia: Background Paper, Draft Survey and Recommendations
Paper discussing the indigenous people in the different regions of Australia. Some regions mentioned include New South Wals, Victoria, Tasmania and Queensland. Other issues mentioned involve special inadequacies in the…
Read moreDeclaration on State Sovereignty of the Yakut-Sakha Soviet Socialist Republic
Considerations and concerns over the autonomous republic limits of sovereign rights. Included are the eleven articles of the declaration.
Read moreStudy on Treaties, Agreements, and other Constructive Arrangements between States and Indigenous Populations
Study on some anthronpoligical and historical considerations that are relevant on key issues, the first encounters: indigenous peoples, euro-centrism and the law of nations and diverse juridical situations within the…
Read moreLakota: Confederacy of the Black Hills, Declaration of Sovereignty
A charge toward the United States by the Lakota and Northern Cheyenne about the infringement of their national sovereignty. Includes a claim to jurisdiction for the Lakota people and their…
Read moreThe United Native Nations Presentation to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Indian Affairs Respecting Bill C-31
Response by the United Native Nations on bill C-31. The response involves subjects such as sovereignty, land, co-existence, self-government, self-determination: the doctrine of consent, relations with Canada and idigenous people…
Read moreStatement of Maivan C. Lam
Paper submitted to discuss two matters: the wording of the provision on self-determination in the Draft Declaration and its general tenor. Presented to the Working Group on Indigenous Populations.
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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