November, 2006

• So the UN Declaration was scrapped. Now What?

  

  November 30, 2006  1,947 views 5 comments Share

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  Well none of us should be suprised. Eventhough this declaration is non-binding (like all other UN declarations) it clearly proved to be too much for Nation-States to accept (in good faith.) Who can blame them? Can you imagine Indigenous Nations having a right to their own territory (in principle)? Can you imagine Nation-States like Canada [...]

  Filed Under Indigenous Peoples • movements • sovereignty • UNDRIP • United Nations

• UN Declaration (temporarily) Killed

  

  November 29, 2006  1,320 views 0 Comments Share

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  First Nations Leadership Council Troubled By Today’s Vote at the United Nations Inaction on Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Inexcusable BC -– After two decades of discussion and development, the slow pace of approval of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples came to a halt today at the current [...]

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• Global Support for the APPO

  

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  By Gloria Muñoz Ramírez, La Jornada November 27, 2006 The popular movement of Oaxaca has gained ground and legitimacy in the world of resistance. It is no longer only the repression that has brought together activists, collectives, political, religious and human rights groups, people of the art community, and academic and cultural representatives of more [...]

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• High court rejects state raid, land claim

  

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  The U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear two Indian law cases on Monday, closing the doors on a contentious sovereignty case and another tribal land claim. In the first case, the justices rejected an appeal from the Narragansett Tribe of Rhode Island. The tribe's reservation was raided by state troopers, who arrested tribal leaders and [...]

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• Chilean Mapuche Indians suing Microsoft

  

  November 27, 2006  1,582 views 0 Comments Share

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  Well my day was not going so good, but then I read the following the story--- It put a great big smile on my face! There is not necessarily anything wrong with creating such a tool/resource for the Mapuche or any other Indigenous Nation. I mean, I've read related stories in the past (eg the [...]

  Filed Under business • Chile • Indigenous Peoples • Mapuche

• Oppose The Genographic Project

  

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  The Genographic Project proposes to take over 100,000 blood samples and historical knowledge from Indigenous peoples around the world. It is a collaborative project of the National Geographic Society, IBM Corporation, and the Waitt Family Foundation (Gateway Computer funds). Why Oppose the Genographic Project? It is Exploitive, Unethical Research They will take the blood or [...]

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• Democracy Now: Indigenous resistance forum (listen)

  

  November 26, 2006  5,789 views 0 Comments Share

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  Democracy Now, a liberal-leaning radio show and TV news program, broadcast speeches from a recent forum on indigenous rights in New York City. "Indigenous Peoples' Resistance to Economic Globalization a Celebration of Victories, Rights and Cultures" was sponsored by the International Forum on Globalization and the Tebtebba Foundation. It was held November 18 and featured [...]

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