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The Center's best known work is our 30 years of organizing and advocacy to win adoption of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. The Declaration was adopted by the UN General Assembly in 2007.
On June 15, 2016, after nearly 30 years of advocacy and negotiation, the Organization of American States (OAS) adopted the American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. The OAS is a regional intergovernmental organization of 35 member countries of the Americas, including the United States.
Elder Annie Lou Williams lives in a small Native village in the Kuskokwim region of Alaska known as Upper Kalskag. Her ways are simple and traditional. "The river is alive and it helps me to survive. I drink the water, and everything that is connected to the land is connected to the water," said Williams. Hear Annie Lou Williams describe...
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By Rob CapricciosoStory Published: Jan 13, 2010 WASHINGTON - Is an apology that's not said out loud really an apology? What if the person expressing the apology doesn't draw attention to it?Those are questions that some tribal citizens are asking upon learning that President Barack Obama signed off on the Native American Apology Resolution Dec. 19 as part of a...
On May 10, 2005, the World Bank approved a revised version of its Operational Policy on Indigenous Peoples (OP 4.10). 2 Despite the World Bank’s mission to reduce poverty, many of the development projects it has funded have caused significant damage and dislocation to indigenous communities. By the 1970s, the need for internal checks on the Bank to avoid the...
Hello and Happy New Year! This is the first chance I have had in 2010 to tell you about the exciting work ahead for the Indian Law Resource Center. Looking forward, the Center's key initiatives will seek to change the legal framework that is causing Indian and Alaska Natives to endure poverty and marginalization throughout the United States. This framework...
Indigenous leaders from 29 countries met in Washington, D.C. in early December seeking consensus on a proposed legal framework to protect economic, cultural and political rights. The meetings were hosted by the Organization of American States, a regional organization which seeks to build peace, solidarity and collaboration among countries. OAS Photo - Juan Manuel Herrera This was the 12th meeting...