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
Gabriel S. Galanda

Deploying the U.N. Indigenous Rights Declaration in the Courts of the Conqueror

Nobody can deny that the Obama Administration has worked hard on behalf of Indian country. But despite its recent efforts, the United States still routinely violates Indian treaty rights and sovereignty....

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January 27, 2012

2011 Retrospective: December

ICTMN Staff
January 06, 2012
Disaster Response Heeding calls from tribal leaders, the Obama administration now supports a legislative amendment that would allow tribes to apply for federal disaster aid directl...

RBC to Require Indigenous OK for Lending

ICTMN Staff
December 27, 2010
The Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) has earned kudos from the Rainforest Action Network (RAN) for requiring clients to document that they have received clearance from indigenous communi...

'Most Teachers Don't Know Who First Nations Are'

Katie Hyslop, TheTyee.ca
December 29, 2011
We all pay when Aboriginal kids aren't given their best chance to learn. Second in a series...

U.N. Takes Canada to Task Over Attawapiskat

ICTMN Staff
December 20, 2011
As homes started wending their way toward Attawapiskat, some from as far away as New Brunswick, the United Nations special rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples took Canad...

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...

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)...

Red Friday: Native American Heritage Day 2011

Rob Capriccioso
November 25, 2011
WASHINGTON – Good or bad, American Indians have long been associated with Thanksgiving...

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’...

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