Essentially our goal and we believe the goal the President of the General Assembly should adopt is for indigenous peoples’ constitutional or customary governments and institutions to directly participate in…

The Center for World Indigenous Studies is proud to announce that Dina Gilio-Whitaker (Research Associate and Associate Scholar) has won two Native American Journalist Association awards for her articles, “Surfing…

The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) did not include in its narrative a method or methods for implementing principles and mandates adopted by the UN…

Publicado en el Cuarto Mundo Ojo en el inglés, le ofrecemos el mismo artículo en español para nuestros amigos de habla hispana en todo el mundo.

Alyssa Macy has been appointed to the post of Fellow for International Policy under the Center for World Indigenous Studies Forum for Global Relations program. She is a resident of…

The United Nations General Assembly adopted Resolution A69.L.1 – High Level Plenary Session – World Conference on Indigenous Peoples Outcome Document on 22 September 2010. Dubbed an “Action Oriented” document,…

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…

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…

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…

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…