Proud to Be Indigenous Launched for UN Permanent Forum

Gale Courey Toensing
May 15, 2013
Indigenous Peoples around the globe will have the opportunity to celebrate themselves and their communities on the Internet during the 12 th session of United Nations Permanent For...

United Nations Permanent Forum is Going Paperless

Gale Courey Toensing
May 02, 2013
Tables piled high with multi-paged documents, brochures, announcements for side events, programs, agendas and reports in teetering stacks that overflow onto the floor – a forest’s ...

Organizers Begin Planning for World Indigenous Conference; UN General Assembly to Host

Jenni Monet
October 20, 2012
It’s an event not expected to unravel for another two years, but organizers of the 2014 World Conference on Indigenous Peoples say the clock is ticking...

UNPFII Chairman, Grand Chief Edward John Discusses the Power of Indigenous Storytelling

Jenni Monet
August 14, 2012
NEW YORK - Diplomats, journalists and media activists from around the globe turned out at United Nations headquarters on Thursday, August 9 th for the 18 th annual International Da...

International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples Observes Media-Makers; Explores Next Steps for Media Empowerment

Jenni Monet
August 11, 2012
NEW YORK— Amidst throngs of summer tourists posing for photos and gazing at sculptures and paintings inside the United Nations headquarters, distinguished visitors, journalists and...
Steven Newcomb

On Conspiracy, Independence and Dependence

In a previous column on this topic, I pointed to various historical illustrations of plans by agents of the U.S....

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July 19, 2012

Indigenous v. Indigenous; Bolivia’s Government Is Pitting One Community Against Another

Bill Weinberg
June 21, 2012
With a second cross-country protest march by indigenous rainforest dwellers and their allies advancing on La Paz, it was clear that Bolivia’s Indigenous Peoples are divided on Pres...
Steven Newcomb

Rethinking Indian Law 30 Years Later

In 1982, the National Lawyers Guild published a book entitled Rethinking Indian Law....

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June 08, 2012

UNPFII Recommends Redress of Doctrine of Discovery Harm

Gale Courey Toensing
June 02, 2012
The 11 th session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues ended with the acknowledgment that the racist Doctrine of Discovery continues to impact Indigenous Peop...

Bringing UNDRIP to the People Is Next Step for Indigenous Rights: Chief

ICTMN Staff
May 25, 2012
This year marks the fifth anniversary of the signing of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, and First Nations chiefs are ready to take it to the nex...

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