Standard-Setting Activities: Evolution of Standards Concerning the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Paper presented with information received from the government in Finland about the Draft Declaration for the rights and protection of indigenous peoples.
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 moreAustrailian Submission to Working Group on Indigenous Populations
Mr. Tickner addresses the WGIP with issues on self-determination in the draft declaration, national leadership in Australia, the process of reconciliation, royal commission into aboriginal deaths in custody, indigenous heritage,…
Read moreStandard-Setting Activities: Evolution of Standards Concerning the Rights of Indigenous Populations
Replies from indigenous peoples and non-governmental organizations concerning the Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities regarding issues in regions such as the Grand Council of the Crees…
Read moreThe Statement of the representative of Mejilis on the Crimean Tatar People
Statement addressed to the WGIP on the twelfth session by a represenatative of Mejilis. Statement is in regards to the Crimean Tatar people, an indigenous peoples of Crimea and the…
Read moreStatement by the Observer Delegation of Canada
Paper discussing the support of Canada on the efforts of the United Nations to draft an instrument addressing the rights of indigenous people.
Read moreComments of the Western Shoshone National Council at the Twelfth Session of the WGIP
Paper about the importance of meeting at the Conference on Disarmament of a Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban. This meeting is very important to the Western Shoshone Government. Territory used for…
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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