An Analysis of the Bangladesh Government Report on the Logang Massacre of 10 April, 1992
Paper discussing the horrific massacres happening in the Chittagong Hill Tracts region by the Bangladesh Military and the elaborate cover-ups of the massacres. This paper discusses a specific Logang Massacre…
Read moreThe Existing Working Group as a Subsidiary Body of the Commission on Human Rights and a Case for the Setting Up of a Fully Operational Indigenous Peoples Secretariat
Objectives of this paper are to set in place at the UNO an Indigenous Peoples secretariat, working within criteria to be determined and the work of the secretariat to be…
Read moreReview of Developments Pertaining to the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms of Indigenous Populations
Paper addressed to the Madame Chairperson of the WGIP regarding issues such as land claims in Canada, the British Columbia Treaty Commission, Council of Yukon Indians and self-government. Also written…
Read moreDiscussion 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 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 moreIndigenous Peoples in the Netherlands Foreign Policy and Development Cooperation
Memorandum to the Netherlands Parliament informing them about the Netherlands Governernment policy with respect to the issue of indigenous people. Issues in the memorandum include a definition of terms, indigenous…
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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