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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...
January 28, 2016 Earlier in the fall, we reported that four Rapa Nui leaders were arrested for trying to manage their sacred sites and preventing an illegal search of Rapa Nui Parliament offices. Since then, investigations were started against three more people, although no further arrests were made. Four of those under investigation are from the Riroroko family. Those who...
January 28, 2016 During President Barack Obama’s administration, we have seen two major developments in the advancement of indigenous rights. The first came in December, 2010, when the President announced the U.S. endorsement of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. The second came in September, 2014, when the UN World Conference on Indigenous Peoples resulted in an...
January 28, 2016 The Commission on the Status of Women will hold it’s 60 th annual session (CSW60) in New York City on March 14-24, 2016. Composed of 45 member countries, the Commission is the global policy-making body for promoting gender equality and the empowerment of women. The Center, along with partners, submitted a joint written statement urging the Commission...