Mercury Treaty Falls Short of Tough Measures and 'Indigenous Peoples'

Gale Courey Toensing
January 24, 2013
A new and legally binding international treaty to reduce harmful emissions of mercury was adopted by more than 140 states at the 5 th International Negotiating Committee session at...
Robert T. Coulter

Two Years Later: Native Nations Pushing for Implementation of the UN Declaration

On December 16, 2010, President Barack Obama announced United States support of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples....

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December 15, 2012
Peter d'Errico

Gold Mining Doesn't Glitter

People have mined gold for centuries. Archeological evidence points to gold mining at least 7,000 years ago. Stories of Aztec gold drove 16th century Spaniards to invade the continent, where they found products of a rich mining and smelting history....

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November 18, 2012
Lise Balk King

What UNDRIP Can Mean for the Future

An oft-heard criticism of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples is that it’s an “aspirational” document, one with no teeth, enforceability or bearing in la...

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April 24, 2012
Steve Russell

Citizenship and Nations

Citizenship is a tricky word in Indian country. It’s “citizenship” rather than “membership” if an Indian nation is not a club and you can’t join it....

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March 20, 2012
Peter d'Errico

Canaries, Frogs and the National Congress of American Indians: What's Realistic?

Felix Cohen, author of the original Handbook of Federal Indian Law, played a major role in the Indian New Deal...

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February 10, 2012
Jana L. Walker

Using the UN Declaration to End the Epidemic of Violence Against Native Women?

The UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples signals a new means to change federal law and policy to restore safety to Native women, to strengthen ...

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February 06, 2012

Aboriginals Mark First Anniversary of Canada UNDRIP Signing

ICTMN Staff
November 13, 2011
November 12 marked the one-year anniversary of Canada's signing of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), and aboriginal and Canadian leaders ...

Paraguay’s Indigenous Peoples’ Rights Slowly Improving

ICTMN Staff
November 10, 2011
On a recent visit to Paraguay , Kyung-wha Kang, UN Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, noted that the government has made progress to protect and respect Indigenous Peoples’...

Wikileaks: UN Declaration Raised US Fears Over Indigenous Land Rights, Sovereignty, Anti-Free Market Movements

Gale Courey Toensing
September 13, 2011
The United States apparently feared that the U.N...

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