World Indigenous Conference: Melding Conservation and Land Rights

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Conservation seems like a 100-percent great idea. Who wouldn't want to protect diverse natural areas from logging, over-hunting or environmental contamination?...

Anaya Seeks Information for Study on Extractive and Energy Industries

Gale Courey Toensing
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James Anaya, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, has put out a call for information on extractive and energy industries in or near indigenous...
Rev. John Norwood

American Indian Untouchables and the 2012 White House Tribal Leaders Summit

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Advancing the State-Tribal Consultation Mandate

This summer, in the face of an impending private land sale of Pe’Sla, a Lakota/Dakota/Nakota Indian sacred site in the Black Hills, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, S....

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October 17, 2012

Elections 2012: Vice Presidential Debate – Is the United States Doing Enough for Native Americans?

Mark Trahant
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It’s too bad that Al Jazeera’s host of The Stream , Lisa Fletcher, is not moderating the vice presidential debate...
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Statement of Vision Toward the Next 500 Years, Revisited

"Our Visions” was a historic gathering of 100 Native writers, artists and wisdomkeepers at Taos Pueblo and sponsored by The Morning Star Institute and The 1992 Alliance....

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October 08, 2012

Anaya: US Needs ‘New Measures for Reconciliation and to Address Historical Wrongs’ Against Indigenous Peoples

Gale Courey Toensing
September 17, 2012
When James Anaya , the United Nations Special Rapporteur for Indigenous Peoples was finishing up his tour of the United States last spring, he received a packet of letters from hig...

Video Spotlight: Children Read U.N. Declaration as Fifth Anniversary Shows Lack of Progress

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Five years ago today, on September 13, 2007, the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) was ratified ...

James Anaya Urges Consultations on Black Hills Sacred Site

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The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples,

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It has been a bumpy couple of months for Indian rights. The Violence Against Women Act is meeting opposition in Congress, Carcieri still isn’t fixed, and the U.S...

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