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World Conference Resources UN Documents | Letters of the President | Outcome Document Memos regarding World Conference follow-up Actions to combat violence against indigenous women.pdf An Implementing and monitoring body for the UN Declaration.pdf Participation of indigenous governments in the UN.pdf Resolutions of the UN General Assembly Enhancing the participation of indigenous peoples’representatives and institutions in meetings of relevant United...
Updated October 26, 2016 October 3, 2016New YorkThe incoming President of the United Nations General Assembly’s 71st session (September 2016-September 2017) held an informal briefing with member states and indigenous peoples to discuss next steps to finalize and adopt a text on how to enable the participation of indigenous governments at the United Nations. Following the meeting, the President circulated...
The Timbisha Shoshone Tribe, based in Death Valley California, is among those Indian nations enduring an especially long and nasty fight in its dealings with the United States and Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) – a 165-year long battle. The latest conflict involves the BIA’s installation of its own so-called government for the Tribe. This takeover of the Timbisha Shoshone...
A photo by Rose Quilt courtesy of NIWRC In March 2014, the Center, along with the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) and its Task Force on Violence Against Women, the National Indigenous Women's Resource Center (NIWRC), and Clan Star, Inc., participated in the 58th Session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women to raise awareness about...
Ending poverty globally can only be accomplished if you are in conversation with the people who live in poverty. The new World Bank president, Jim Yong Kim, is doing a commendable job creating global dialogue on how to “end extreme poverty” and “promote shared prosperity.” However, we at the Indian Law Resource Center see a fundamental flaw in the effort...
This week Timbisha Shoshone tribal leaders filed a challenge contesting the results of a Secretarial election on a new constitution for the Tribe, taking a further step in their ongoing battle to preserve Timbisha sovereignty and self-government. This follows a March 18th filing of an administrative appeal, still pending, to stop the vote. Under the proposed constitution, a large group...
Preparations for the UN World Conference on Indigenous Peoples continue and the Center remains committed to supporting tribal nations and indigenous peoples to achieve lasting measures to improve the lives of indigenous peoples. Providing regular updates to tribal nations and organizations is part of our work to ensure indigenous peoples are up to date on key developments and decisions, and...
By Gary Fife NORMAN, Okla.—The exercise of sovereignty for Native Americans and other native peoples of this hemisphere may best be accomplished through commerce—with one another and with the rest of the world. Those were the thoughts of various speakers sharing information at the “Tribal Sovereignty—A Global Perspective” forum at the University of Oklahoma School of Law, Feb. 27. Muscogee...
Indigenous Peoples are Key to Ending Poverty Ending poverty globally can only be accomplished if you are in conversation with the people who live in poverty. The new World Bank president, Jim Yong Kim, is doing a commendable job creating global dialogue on how to “end extreme poverty” and “promote shared prosperity.” However, we at the Indian Law Resource Center...