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Protection of the environment is enormously important to Indian and Alaska Native nations. Yet collaboration between Native peoples and conservation organizations is often impeded because conservationists lack information about Native nations and their resources. There is no ready resource to provide conservationists with practical information about Indian and Alaska Native peoples, their lands, histories, cultures, and legal rights. We are...

United Nations adopts Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in an Historic Vote on Thursday, September 13, 2007 Read more... Indian and Alaska Native nations and tribes have long used international law, especially human rights law, to challenge the discrimination and injustice that affect them. International human rights offer some real hope for overcoming the severe unfairness of the...

We have continued with our training in human rights advocacy for indigenous leaders in Central and South America and we are very excited about our new project, which we began in July 2006, to provide human rights training to tribal leaders in the United States. Indigenous peoples face many serious human rights and environmental problems due to illegal land expropriation...

The UN General Assembly adopted the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in an historic vote September 13, 2007. The Declaration was adopted by a substantial majority of nation states, with 143 voting in favor, 4 against, and 11 abstaining. Center staff have worked with the many indigenous nations, tribes and communities we represent for over 30 years toward...

We are very excited about our new project, which we began in July 2006, to provide human rights training to tribal leaders in the United States. The purpose of the project is to enable Indian and Alaska Native leaders to use human rights and human rights procedures both domestically and in the United Nations and the Organization of American States...

Reactions to the November 5th White House Tribal Nations Conference Rob Capriccioso/Indian Country Today photo President Obama met with Indian leaders on November 5th, and promised the over 400 in attendance that he would make sure First Americans, along with all Americans, get the opportunities they deserve. "The first step should be a commitment by the Administration to respect and...

ASOCIACIÓN ESTOREÑA PARA EL DESARROLLO INTEGRAL –AEPDI- Y SU PROGRAMA DE JUSTICIA “DEFENSORÍA Q’EQCHI” El Estor, Izabal, Guatemala, 29 de septiembre de 2009, La Defensoría Q’eqchi’ ante los hechos lamentables ocurridos contra la población Maya Q’eqchi’ en el municipio de El Estor, Izabal, ante la opinión pública nacional e internacional manifiesta: Su repudio total por los actos violentos que han...

Asociación Estoreña para el Desarrollo Integral (AEPDI) and their justice program, La Defensoría Q'eqchi', have issued a press release about the murder of Adolfo Ich Chaman, a leader of the Maya Q'eqchi' indigenous community of La Unión. They are calling on governmental authorities to take the necessary steps to resolve the conflicts between the mining company C.G.N. (Compañía Guatemalteca de...

September 30, 2009; Rio Upano, ECUADOR (Unofficial English translation) At 4:40 PM in the area of Río Upano, in the county of Morona, in the province of Morona Santiago, a picket line of 500 police officers launched a violent offensive against over 1,000 protestors of the Shuar nationality that were maintaining a blockade on the bridge over the Upano River...

Human rights are rights that are inherent to being human. Human rights include the right to life, to security of the person, freedom from torture, freedom of expression, and much more. Everyone is entitled to enjoy these rights without discrimination. All women have the right to be safe and free from violence. Native American women face the highest rates of...