Baha’i International Community statement to the United Nations Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities
Standard Setting Activities: evolution of standards concerning the rights of indigenous populations
Read moreUnion of B.C. Indian Chiefs Statement to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights Working Group on Indigenous Populations: Seventh Session
Paper submitted to discuss the concerns of the British Columbia Indian Chiefs about the direction that State Governments are taking in regard to Indigenous peoples quest for self-determination according to…
Read moreRemarks of Tmicwus, Spokesperson for the eleven Chiefts of STL’ATL’IMX Nation under Agenda Item 5: Evolution of Standards Concerning the Rights of Indigenous Populations
The STL’ATL’IMX, people and the territory we are obliged to care for, address the WGIP about being distinguished as humans instead of being under the status of sub-humans. This statement…
Read moreNew Zealand: Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities
Key issues addressed: protection of Maori interests, improved educational opportunities, increases opportunities for Maori people to achieve social and economic development, strengthened recognition of culture and language and increased Maori…
Read moreThe Horrors of the Chittagong Hill Tracts
Occasional paper dealing with the Chittagong Hill Tracts people. Areas of discussion in this paper include, the nation of Chittagong, total Bengali invasion, oppression and genocide, the government of Hossain…
Read moreTranscultural Tapeworm Trafficking: the Indonesian Introduction of Biological Warfare in West Papua
A faculty member of the University of Queensland wrote this report regarding the outbreak of a tapeworm in West Papua and its effects on the indigenous peoples of the region….
Read moreHearing concerning the draft International Covenant on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Memorandum from: International Relations Committee, Ralph Eluska, Chairman Subject: Hearing concerning the draft International Covenant on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples 11 october 1983
Read moreA Statement from the People of the South Moluccas: A Human Rights Appeal
A statement in regards to invasion of ancestral land of the South Moluccas by Indonesian forces and the mistreatment of its people and land. Indigenous peoples are being chased out…
Read moreIndian Crisis in Central America: A Resolution Concerning the Urgent Situation of Central American Indian Peoples in the Face of Violence and Genocide, with particular References to the Situations in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Nicargua
Paper addressing the issue of the indigenous people of Central America and the poor treatment they are receiving from the government. The governments are not recognizing the natives as a…
Read moreIndigenous Crisis in Central American and the Carribean Region, Nicaragua: Sandinistas, MISURASATA and the Rights of the Miskitos, Sumas and Ramas
This paper begins with a statement of the problems in Nicaragua and lists those problems in four different sections. It goes on to give the demographics of the reserve territory…
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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