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The Missoulian. Over the years, and even in the present day, indigenous communities world wide struggle to protect their lands and resources from extractive transnational companies.
VALLE DUPAR, Colombia - At the Latin American Forum held here on July 17, staff attorney Leonardo Crippa addressed concerns of indigenous peoples about the "Initiative for the Integration of Regional Infrastructure in South America" (IIRSA) that will extensively alter their land and livelihoods. Marlon Santi, President of the National Indigenous Organization of Ecuador, spoke about the struggle of the...
Skye Resources/HudBay Inc. images In April, Indigenous Notes reported that turbulent credit markets had forced Canadian mining company Skye Resources to temporarily suspend development of its Fénix nickel mine in El Estor, Guatemala (http://www.indianlaw.org/enews/april08/skye). Unfortunately, a recent merger between Skye Resources and HudBay Minerals Inc. means plans to bring the 31-year-old mine back online are moving forward again. Skye CEO...
Op-Ed written by Robert T. Coulter Published Sep 17, 2008 A year ago, the international community at last officially recognized that indigenous peoples have a permanent right to exist as peoples, nations, cultures and societies when the U.N. General Assembly overwhelmingly adopted the U.N. Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples on Sept.13, 2007. The Declaration on the Rights of...
Indian Country Today article. National Congress of American Indians passed a "resolution supporting the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, urging endorsement from State and Federal governments."
Chief Karl Hill's Opening Statement of the Indigenous Peoples Caucus at the Special Meeting of the Working Group to Prepare the Draft American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Washington, D.C., December 9-12, 2008 Ambassador Jorge Reynaldo Cuadros, Dr. Luis Toro of the Department of International Law, Maria Juliana Ruiz, Committee Secretary, Isabel Madariaga of the Inter-American Commission on...
Declaración de Apertura del Conclave de Pueblos Indígenas Sesión Especial del Grupo de Trabajo encargado de la Elaboración del Proyecto de Declaración Americana sobre los Derechos de los Pueblos Indígenas Washington DC, 9-12 de Diciembre de 2008 Embajador Jorge Reynaldo Cuadros, Dra. Luis Toro del Departamento de Derecho Internacional, Maria Juliana Ruiz, Secretaria de Comité, Isabel Madariaga de la Comisión...
Orion magazine November/December 2008 issue. The Onondaga Nation of central New York proposes a radical new vision of property rights.
More than 400 people from dozens of tribes gathered at Bear Butte to formulate ways to protect this sacred site. Photo by Valerie Taliman BEAR BUTTE, South Dakota -- Ignoring the cultural and spiritual rights of Native peoples, the Meade County commissioners recently approved renewed liquor licenses for four bars that have raised controversy because of their proximity to Bear...