The 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 moreResolutions of the First Congress of Indian Movements of South America
Articles involving the native people of South America and their relationship with the government and Western society. Discussion about the abuse and massacre of Indians in South America.
Read moreTransnational Corporations and Their Effect on the Resources and Lands of Indigenous Peoples
Paper prepared based on the policies of the WCIP and the documentation that was made available after the WCIP Third General Assembly. Focus on the activities of the transnational corporations…
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 moreReport of the Tribal Summit on the Draft Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
The International Organization of Indigenous Resource Development submitted a revised text of the Draft Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People and proposes a new arrangement of the paragraphs of…
Read moreReport on the Present Situation of the Mapuche in Chile
Introduction to paper addresses the neglected Mapuche Indians who are victims of the Pinochet regime in Chile. Issues addressed include: land problems and legislation,and recent incidents of repression against Mapuche…
Read moreThe Indigenous People of the North East of India: An Ethnic Genocide
Paper discussing the troubles faced by the people of northeast India. The problem of illegal freign influx, what these illegal infiltrators do when they land in northeastern India, what is…
Read moreNeo-Termination and the Reagan Administration: U.S. Assimilation Policy with a New Label
An analysis paper discussing a new termination era for indigenous people in the United States under the Reagan administration. Topics introduced in this paper include discussing the termination era from…
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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