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U.N. Human Rights Council adopts Declaration on Indigenous Rights (Indian Country Today)

National Day of Awareness of Missing and Murdered Native Women and Girls

On July 5, 2013, Hanna Harris, a member of the Northern Cheyenne Tribe, was reported missing by her family in Lame Deer, Montana. Hanna’s body was not found for five days. She had been raped and murdered. On some reservations, Native women are murdered at a rate more than 10 times the national average. Too often, indigenous women go missing...

U.S. Withdrawal from Paris Agreement Harmful to Indigenous Peoples

The decision by President Trump to withdraw from the Paris Agreement is stupid and harmful. Climate change threatens every region of our country, and every nation in this world, but it is Alaska Native tribes and indigenous peoples in other coastal areas who are among those most critically threatened and harmed by climate change. The refusal of this Administration to...

Standing with Standing Rock

Call for Partial Summary Judgement | Feb. 21, 2017The Center was among more than 118 Tribal Nations and organizations who joined the National Indigenous Women's Resource Center in an Amicus Brief urging the Federal District Court to declare the Army Corps' early termination of the EIS Process and grant of an easement to Dakota Access unlawful. Download Amicus Brief Sixth...

Indigenous leaders call for implementation of the American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

June 20, 2017 (Español) | Indigenous leaders are in Cancun, Mexico, this week calling on the Organization of American States (OAS) to take action during its 47th General Assembly to implement the promises in the American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, adopted June 15, 2016. The American Declaration offers specific protection for indigenous peoples in North America, Mexico...

Statement of the Indigenous Peoples and Nations Coalition to the Organization of American States’ 47th General Assembly

June 19, 2017Jaime AriasOrganization of American StatesCancun, MEXICO ( Español) Secretary General Luis Almagro, Ambassadors and Distinguished Guests of the Organization of American States:My name is Jaime Arias and I am a Kankuamo from Colombia, representing the National Indigenous Organization of Colombia (ONIC). I thank you for this opportunity to contribute to this interactive dialogue on human rights, democracy, and...

Declaración de la Coalición de Pueblos y Naciones Indígenas ante la Asamblea General 47° de la Organización de Estados Americanos

Junio 19, 2017Jaime AriasOrganización de Estados AmericanosCancún, MEXICO( Inglés) Sr. Secretario General Luis Almagro, Embajadores, Invitados Distinguidos de la Organización de los Estados Americanos:Mi nombre es Jaime Arias y soy Kankuamo de Colombia. Les agradezco esta oportunidad para contribuir al diálogo interactivo sobre los derechos humanos, la democracia y el estado de derecho. Agradezco asimismo la oportunidad de tomar la...

Líderes indígenas hacen un llamado a la implementación de la Declaración Americana sobre los Derechos de los Pueblos Indígenas

June 20, 2017 ENGLISH | Esta semana, líderes indígenas se encuentran en Cancún, México exigiendo que la Organización de Estados Americanos (OEA) adopte medidas durante su 47° Asamblea General para implementar la Declaración Americana sobre los Derechos de los Pueblos Indígenas, la cual fue adoptada el 15 de Junio de 2016. La Declaración Americana ofrece protección especial para pueblos indígenas...

Coulter: Determined to get consensus (Indian Country Today)