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Mohawk councils welcome a deal with New York State to settle a decades long land claim dispute.
COMMENTARY Robert T. Coulter* by Robert T. Coulter* On December 16, 2010, President Barack Obama announced United States support of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. With that pronouncement, there is now no country in the world that opposes the rights of indigenous peoples to exist as distinct peoples and to secure their own future. Today, Native...
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January 23, 2013 ACT NOW! Help build support for an inclusive VAWA. Tell Congress to take immediate action to protect Native women and ALL women against domestic violence! The 113th Congress has made reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) a top priority. On Tuesday, identical bills for VAWA were introduced in both chambers of Congress. In the Senate...
February 19, 2013 Indian and Alaska Native Nations Must Get Involved Now The General Assembly of the United Nations will host a World Conference on Indigenous Peoples, September 22-23, 2014, in New York, NY. This will be a conference of all the countries of the UN, with the participation of indigenous peoples and non-governmental organizations as well. The purpose of...
ACT NOW! Help build support for an inclusive VAWA that Protects Native Women and ALL Women Against Domestic Violence! February 7 | Washington, D.C. -- After a day of debate on S. 47, the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act, the Senate repelled a watered-down substitute offered by Senator Grassley (R-IA) that would have gutted its core provisions and stripped out...
ACT NOW! Thank the Champions in the Senate who Passed a VAWA that Protects Native Women and ALL Women Against Violence! Tell the House to Quickly Do the Same! February 12 | Washington, D.C. -- After several days of heated debate, the Senate has passed S. 47, the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act, by a bipartisan vote of 78-22. The...
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Native women's advocates in the United States are praising lawmakers for passage of an inclusive, bipartisan Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act that will afford protection to all women and victims of violence. The bipartisan bill, S. 47, passed by the Senate on February 12, 2013, and now by the House, 286 to 138, includes critical provisions to restore and strengthen...
Guide for Communities: Indigenous Peoples and Sustainable Development: Protecting our Rights Download a printable version (print double-sided, duplexing on the short edge, and fold in half) International Law Principles for REDD+: The Rights of Indigenous Peoples and the Legal Obligations of REDD+ Actors We look forward to comments, suggestions, and alternative drafts. Please direct feedback to [email protected] or fill out...