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The Interior Department’s Takeover of the Timbisha Shoshone Government

Updated 5-16-2014
World Conference Resources

UN Documents | Letters of the President | Outcome Document

Memos regarding World Conference follow-up
World Conference: The Center Calls for Indigenous Peoples to Respond

It is now extremely important that countries and the President of the General Assembly hear directly from indigenous peoples and governments.  Send letters, on behalf of your nations and organizations, saying you would like to see a productive World Conference.  

Report makes 40 recommendations to protect tribal communities

The United States Senate Committee on Indian Affairs conducted an oversight hearing on Feb.
Free, Prior, and Informed Consent: Not the Right it is Made Out to Be

Coulter warns an FPIC approach to indigenous rights is backward, confusing, and can be a disservice to indigenous peoples.
Appropriations Act sets new precedent for recognizing indigenous rights

 
Help protect indigenous peoples’ rights in Guatemala

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Restoring Safety to Native Women and Girls and Strengthening Native Nations

Center releases an assessment on the readiness of Indian nations to exercise enhanced sentencing authority under TLOA and VAWA 2013.
The Inter-American Human Rights System ─ Combating Violence Against Native Women in the United States

A resource documenting the Center's advocacy within the Inter-American Human Rights System to combat violence against Native women in the United States.

Raelyn Rodriguez
Showing compassion is the best way to demonstrate Native love, according to Raelyn Rodriguez who lives on the Rincon Indian Reservation in Southern California. Being compassionate can be as simple an act as seeing someone who is struggling and “just saying nice things and empowering them with...
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