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Indigenous People Gaining Ground (On Paper)
For the first time ever, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) has devoted a chapter to indigenous peoples in its annual Social Panorama report on the…
Read moreIndigenous Groups Tell WIPO,
This week, a key World Intellectual Property Organization committee is debating policies related to the protection of traditional knowledge, traditional cultural expressions (folklore) and genetic resources with an eye to…
Read moreChin: Turning Refugees into ‘Terrorists’: A U.S. Legislative Trap
The Karen refugees from on the Thai-Burmese border do not know it yet, but perhaps their miserable existence in legal limbo will end soon, thanks to the results of the…
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A New UNPO for the Challenges of a New Century
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Read moreA New UNPO for the Challenges of a New Century
The Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) has held its VIII General Assembly (GA), and deliberated on organizational reform to strengthen UNPO and its upcoming activities around the world.
Read moreQ&A With Chairperson of the Indigenous Peoples Caucus, Les Mazeler, by Elisa Burchett
Elisa Burchett talks with Les Mazeler to answer a few basic questions regarding the November 28 vote to delay the passage of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Read moreBanned Papua flag flies in Papua New Guinea
A flag banned from being raised in Indonesia flew in Port Moresby today as activists called on Australia and other nations to support the province of Papua’s independence from Jakarta
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U.N. Delays Vote on Indigenous Self-Determination
Leaders of the world’s 370 million indigenous peoples and their supporters expressed sadness and anger Tuesday as a subsidiary body of the U.N. General Assembly rejected a draft declaration calling…
Read moreChilean tribe allege ‘intellectual piracy’ by Microsoft
Mapuches, a tribe of Chilean Indians, have opposed Microsoft’s move to launch a Windows package in their language
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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