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One of the largest indigenous organizations in South America, Coordinator of Indigenous Organizations from the Brazilian Amazon (COIAB), has for the first time in its history, elected an indigenous woman to serve in its top post. In August, nearly 600 leaders representing indigenous communities throughout the Brazilian Amazon River basin, gathered at the Alto Rio Guamá village in the State...

Land rights are crucial to the existence and wellbeing of indigenous peoples around the world. For many communities, securing collective property rights means ensuring cultural survival and gaining a foothold on economic development. The Center, with funding from the Bay and Paul Foundations, launched a research project to identify how to overcome the legal, procedural, and political hurdles indigenous communities...

Strengthening Ties With the Maya Lawyers Association of Guatemala: Senior Attorney Leonardo Crippa Contributes an Article to the Association’s Nim Ajpu Newsletter on the American Declaration and Indigenous Land Ownership in Guatemala

Since the of the adoption of the American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (ADRIP) on June 15, 2016, the Organization of American States (OAS) has outlined steps toward advancing the promises in the declaration. Last June, the OAS adopted a Plan of Action with the mission to promote policies to ensure that indigenous peoples in the Americas enjoy...

During the 62 nd session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women, indigenous experts called for action to fix a legal system that too often leaves Native women, particularly those in rural America, unprotected from violence and sexual assault. The March 19 panel, part of the NGO-CSW62 Forum, took place along with a screening of select scenes from...

The Center’s Safe Women, Strong Nation project works to educate partners and advocates on opportunities to create systemic change through advocacy in the United Nations. In February, Chris Foley, Center attorney, provided the National Congress of American Indians’ Task Force on Violence Against Native Women with an update on using international mechanisms to press the United States to live up...

The Tlingit, Haida, Aleut, and Tsimpsian peoples of the Sitka Tribe of Alaska are fighting to protect Pacific herring in Sitka Sound. Pacific herring roe has long been an important food source and cultural mainstay of Native peoples of southeast Alaska. Pacific herring is also a key food source for many species in the marine ecosystem, including commercially prized salmon...

(New York, NY) — Indigenous experts called for action during a March 19, 2018, panel to fix a legal system that too often leaves Native women in rural America unprotected from violence and sexual assault. The discussion included a screening of select scenes from Wind River, a feature film written and directed by Taylor Sheridan, that tackles the subjects of...

On July 5, 2013, Hanna Harris, a member of the Northern Cheyenne Tribe, was reported missing by her family in Lame Deer, Montana. When her body was found five days later, she had been raped and murdered. “Too often in Indian country and Alaska Native villages indigenous women are disappearing and nothing is done,” says Jana Walker, director of the...