Redressing History: First Nation Leaders' Hopes for the U.N. Forum

ICTMN Staff
May 07, 2012
When the World Council of Churches (WCC) formally renounced the Doctrine of Discovery in February, it was welcome news for Native peoples...

The U.N. Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues Will Be Dominated by Doctrine of Discovery

Gale Courey Toensing
May 07, 2012
Indigenous delegates will come away from the 11th Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) with a deeper understanding of the centuries-old ideol...

The Doctrine of Discovery: Another Condemnation

Carol Berry
April 24, 2012
Whether they are looking ahead a couple of weeks to the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues or recalling the past of 500 years ago, a panel of Native scholars on Ap...

Can UNDRIP Be Enforced?

Duane Champagne
March 05, 2012
It was four and a half years ago—September 13, 2007 to be precise—that the U.N...

Looking Ahead to the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

Jenni Monet
January 25, 2012
In a little more than three months, thousands of Indigenous Peoples from across the world will converge on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, New York for the United Nations Permane...
Russell Means

The Next Chapter in the Lakotah Revolution for Freedom

Two weeks ago, I went to New York with a delegation from the Republic of Lakotah, to utilize the annual meeting of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII, May 16-27)....

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June 01, 2011

Water Rights Highlighted at United Nations Indigenous Issues Forum

ICTMN Staff
May 26, 2011

At the 10th annual Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, being held at UN headquarters in New York City through the e

Peter d'Errico

Aboriginal Leader Calls for Vigilance as U.N. Looks at 'Doctrine of Discovery'

Michael Anderson is leader of the Euahlayi People, a 3,000 strong Aboriginal Nation and convener of the New Way Sovereignty Summit on the status and place of Aboriginal peoples in contemporary Australia and beyond....

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May 24, 2011

Indigenous Issues Are Green Issues, Say UN Delegates

ICTMN Staff
May 23, 2011
Indigenous leaders from around the world speaking at the United Nations' Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues expressed their concern that the so-called "green economy" ignores the...

Ban Ki-moon Addresses Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

ICTMN Staff
May 17, 2011
Ban Ki-moon made the following remarks to open United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, May 16...

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