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Rapa Nui lies roughly 2,200 miles west off the coast of Chile. The small island has been inhabited since time immemorial by a Polynesian people, the Rapa Nui, who have their own distinct language and culture. Currently, the Rapa Nui are organized into 36 clans. Chile claimed control of the island in 1888, immediately confining the Rapa Nui people to...
Rapa Nui culture and heritage are recognized around the world. The iconic statues – the Moai – are a part of the cultural heritage of humanity. The moai, along with other sacred ceremonial and ancestral sites of the Rapa Nui, have been incorporated into a Chilean national park. The island, marketed by Chile as an international tourist destination, attracts tens...
In 2010, the Rapa Nui people protested against Chile's lack of recognition of the clans' land rights, poor management of their sacred sites, and lack of control over immigration to the island. These peaceful protests led to violent clashes with police. The Indian Law Resource Center helped the Rapa Nui petition the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to file a...
On August 15, the President and Vice President of the Parliament were arrested for collecting the entrance fee to Rapa Nui National Park. They were released the next day but were forbidden to enter their sacred sites. The President, Leviante Araki Tepano, was arrested twice more for returning to and protecting his ancestral territory. These first arrests were followed by...
Washington, D.C. | On December 7, 2015, the Indian Law Resource Center partnered with the National Indigenous Women's Resource Center (NIWRC), the National Congress of American Indians, the Tulalip Tribes, the Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomi, FORCE: Upsetting Rape Culture, and the Monument Quilt Project in support of justice and safety for Native women and children and the sovereignty of...
Tribal Justice on Trial: Dollar General, Part II • ICTMN • November 24, 2015 The Struggle for Justice on Tribal Lands • The New York Times • November 25, 2015 At the Supreme Court: Contentious Questions of Tribal Jurisdiction in Dollar General v. Choctaw Nation of Miss. • Stanford Law School • December 3, 2015 Advocates: Supreme Court Ruling in...
On December 7, 2015, the Indian Law Resource Center partnered with the National Indigenous Women's Resource Center (NIWRC), the National Congress of American Indians, the Tulalip Tribes, the Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomi, FORCE: Upsetting Rape Culture, and the Monument Quilt Project in support of justice and safety for Native women and children and the sovereignty of Indian tribes. Some...
The Indian Law Resource Center and supporting organizations – Americans for Indian Opportunity, the Ewiiaapaayp Band of Kumeyaay Indians the National Congress of American Indians, and the Native American Rights Fund, all ECOSOC-accredited organizations – participated in the Human Rights Council’s 30 th Session in September, presenting three joint oral statements to advance the decisions of the World Conference, and...