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On April 24, 2019, Alaska Native Women’s Resource Center, Indian Law Resource Center, National Congress of American Indians, and the National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center held a panel discussion at the United Nations in New York, Violence against Indigenous women in the United States: How Indigenous nations and women are leading the movement to end the epidemic of violence in...
Indigenous peoples permanent sovereignty over natural resources .
[Helena, MT, July 2, 2019] - The United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues has recommended that the governments of Canada, Mexico and the United States, in cooperation with UN entities, “organize an international expert group meeting, by 2021, on ongoing issues of violence against indigenous women and girls in the region, including trafficking as well as the continuing crisis...
May, 2019 -- In Herrera v. Wyoming, the United States Supreme Court upheld the Crow Tribe of Indians' treaty right to hunt on unoccupied lands outside its reservation, ruling that the right survived Wyoming's statehood. Justice Sonia Sotomayor, writing the opinion for the majority in this 5-4 decision, expressly repudiated prior precedent finding treaty rights can be impliedly extinguished at...
The Not Invisible Act of 2019, S. 982, is a bipartisan bill introduced on April 2, 2019 by Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), and Jon Tester (D-MT), that seeks to engage law enforcement, tribal leaders, federal partners, and service providers to respond to the crisis of missing, murdered, and trafficked indigenous people. The bill also would create...
Junio 26, 2019Luis Fernando AriasOrganización Nacional Indígena de ColombiaMedellín, Colombia( Inglés) Honarable Secretario General de la OEA Luis Almagro, distinguidos Embajadores ante la OEA y líderes y representantes de gobiernos indígenas de las Américas: Mi nombre es Luis Fernando Arias. Yo soy un indígena Kankuamo de Colombia y el Consejero Mayor de la Organización Nacional Indígena de Colombia (ONIC). El...
June 26, 2019Luis Fernando AriasNational Indigenous Organization of ColombiaMedellín, Colombia( Español) Honorable Secretary General Luis Almagro of the OAS, distinguished Ambassadors, and Indigenous leaders and representatives of Indigenous governments: My name is Luis Fernando Arias. I am a Kankuamo Indian from Colombia and the Consejero Mayor of the Organización Nacional Indígena de Colombia (ONIC). Today, I speak on behalf of...
Indigenous peoples permanent sovereignty over natural resources Final report of the Special Rapporteur Erica-Irene A. Daes
**DISCLAIMER: Though the Center did not participate in the Indigenous Coordination of Abya Yala Coalition, it is important to highlight the contributions this Coalition made during the 49th General Assembly of the Organization of American States. The Coalition was very supportive of our Coalition's position and statement at the General Assembly. June 26, 2019Indigenous Coordination of Abya YalaMedellín, Colombia( Español)...