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Left homeless: Displaced by mining, these children face an uncertain future without intervention and support. Photo by James A. Rodriguez EL ESTOR, Guatemala - In response to deteriorating financial markets, Skye Resources of Vancouver, B.C. has suspended development of its nickel mining project. El Estor has been the site of protests by the indigenous Maya Q'eqchi' people in response to...
GENEVA - A delegation of Native women traveled to United Nations headquarters to seek interventions that will spur the United States government to take action to reduce the epidemic of sexual and physical violence against Indian women. One in three Native women will be raped and six in 10 will be assaulted in their lifetimes, the delegation told members of...
This op-ed appeared in the March 12, 2008 edition of Seattle Post-Intelligencer. A longer version was printed in Indian Country Today on March 7, 2008. To download a printer-friendly version from either publication, click on the attachments at the bottom of the page. ................................................................................................................................ Real apology means you won't do it again March 12, 2008 ROBERT T. COULTER GUEST COLUMNIST...
Arnoldo Yat Coc Photo by Valerie Taliman QUERETARO, Mexico - Nearly 180 representatives of indigenous nations, NGOs and international funders gathered here recently to share information and to discuss critical issues on human rights, resource exploitation and globalization. Attendees expressed great excitement about the recent adoption of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples by the United Nations. "The...
Indian Country Today Robert T. Coulter, Executive Director of the Indian Law Resource Center, discusses US Congress' apology to Native Americans
elcome to the first edition of the Indian Law Resource Center's e-newsletter, Indigenous Notes. We are pleased to share news about cutting-edge issues and information about our work in the Americas to seek justice for Indigenous peoples. This issue our Executive Director, Robert "Tim" Coulter, responds to the proposed congressional apology to Native Peoples with an Op Ed entitled "...
International law and legal procedures offer a number of opportunities for creative advocacy that aims to change existing, unjust legal doctrines. There are two upcoming advocacy opportunities at the United Nations and the Organization of American States: the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues and the OAS Working Group to Prepare the Draft American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous...
Helena Independent Record | February 23, 2008 By Marga Lincoln More than one in three Native American women will be sexually assaulted in their lifetimes. And 80 percent of the assaults will be committed by non-Indians. These startling statistics, based on U.S. Department of Justice statistics, have caught the attention of a United Nations committee meeting this week in Geneva...
Missoulian article. Crow Tribal Chairman Carl Venne asks the presidential candidate to commit to the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples during recent visit.
The Center's Native Land Law Project has prepared a framework of 15 General Principles of Law concerning Native Lands that would recognize that Indian nations have the full legal rights of ownership of their lands and resources. Three expert seminars were held in Seattle, Oklahoma City and Minneapolis. This project is supported by the Indian Land Tenure Foundation. Photo by...