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Dacho Alexander BOARD WELCOMES NEW MEMBERS We are honored to welcome two new members to the Center's Board of Directors: Dacho Alexander and Viviana Figueroa. Dacho Alexander is a member of the small community of Fort Yukon, Alaska, where he works as an airplane mechanic and serves as a magistrate. A former first chief on the Gwichyaa Zhee Gwich'in Tribal...
Edwin Legarda in the pickup truck in which he was killed.Photo courtesy of CRIC Legarda among 1244 people killed in five years BOGOTA - On Dec. 16, 2008 Edwin Legarda was attacked by a shower of bullets from Colombian military personnel while driving an official vehicle of the Regional Indigenous Council of Cauca (CRIC). According to press reports, bullets hit...
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...
Indian Country Today article.The working group in the Organization of American States’ in charge of preparing the Draft American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples held a special session in Washington moving the process forward for the Draft Declaration.
Background: Indigenous Rights within the OAS The Organization of American States was formed in 1948, at about the same time as the United Nations, and is made up of the 35 countries of the Americas. In recent decades, indigenous peoples have urged the member countries (or "states") of the OAS to recognize the human rights of indigenous peoples as distinct...
Indian Country Today article. Indigenous Leaders visit Washington, DC to testify before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.
Indian Country Today article. A brief has been distributed by the American Constitution Society for Law and Policy titled, "Addressing the Epidemic of Domestic Violence in Indian Country by Restoring Tribal Sovereignty."
Center to discuss Principles of International Law for Multi-lateral Development Banks at UN Permanent Forum session Attorney Leonardo Crippa will discuss MDB obligations during a Permanent Forum side event on May 26th. OAS Photo NEW YORK, New York - More than 2,000 indigenous leaders and representatives are expected to attend the eighth session of United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous...
Senator Carol Juneau, Governor Brian Schweitzer, and other supporters and advocates celebrate the passage of the resolution. State of Montana photo. HELENA, Montana - The Montana State Legislature passed a resolution aimed at protecting Montana's 27,529 American Indian and Alaska Native women living both on and off reservations. The resolution, introduced by Senator Carol Juneau (D-Browning), takes aim at the...