The American Indian Empowerment Act – a ‘Radical’ Tribal Land Plan

Rob Capriccioso
March 04, 2012
The American Indian Empowerment Act is going nowhere in Congress, but its sponsor, Rep...

Canada Blasted at U.N. for Treatment of Indigenous Peoples

Gale Courey Toensing
February 23, 2012
A United Nations expert panel on human rights has blasted Canada for its treatment of the country’s Indigenous Peoples. During hearings in Geneva on February 22, the U.N...

Everything You Need to Know About How to Write a Shadow Report—Indigenous Reports to the UN on Human Rights, Racism in US

Gale Courey Toensing
February 05, 2012
Indigenous nations, tribes, individuals and organizations now have a guide on how to prepare a “shadow report” for an upcoming review of the status of human rights and racism in th...

UN Special Rapporteur Review Declaration’s Implementation in US

Gale Courey Toensing
December 14, 2011
The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples will conduct his first official visit to the United States next spring...

The Shadow Knows: Begin Preparing Reports on US Racial Discrimination for UN Agency

Gale Courey Toensing
December 13, 2011
Tribal nations, organizations and individuals will have the opportunity next year to call attention to cases of racial discrimination by the United States government for the United...

UN Declaration’s One-Year Anniversary: 'Much to Celebrate, Much More to Be Done'

Gale Courey Toensing
December 12, 2011
One year ago this month, the United States formally reversed its opposition to the U.N. Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP)...

Respected Anishnabe Elder Among Aboriginal Achievement Award Honorees

ICTMN Staff
November 23, 2011
Celebrities, a cabinet minister and a revered healer and elder are among the newly minted winners of the 19th annual National Aboriginal Achievement Awards...

The Obama Administration Now Supports UNDRIP—But That’s Not Enough

Rob Capriccioso
June 30, 2011
When President Barack Obama signaled last year that the United States had changed course and was now supporting the U.N...

Boarding School Apology Advanced

Carol Berry
June 13, 2011
In recent years, Native Americans voices have grown louder in an appeal to the U.S...
Peter d'Errico

U.N. Declaration Is Not Dessert

In a recent announcement by President Obama, the United States became the last of four members of the United Nations that voted against the U.N. Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples to reverse position and issue a statement of support. Some commentators applauded the U.S....

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February 08, 2011

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