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I found a great map on melbourne.indymedia.org which outlines all the traditional territories of Australia - aswell as a Complete list of Indigenous Nations on the land. This is something people don’t see often so I thought I’d post it, along with the Tent Embassy Declaration which I’ve been meaning to add here…

DECLARATION, ABORIGINAL TENT EMBASSY
August 2002

We the Aboriginal Nations of Australia, declare our sovereignty over the country to which we belong.

Each Nation lived as one with the land, respecting the rights of other nations, and observing …

received via www.rightsaction.org: Please re-distribute this info all around. If you want on-off this e-list, or for more info about North American nickel and gold companies in Guatemala and Central America: info@rightsaction.org.

For detailed background information on the recent evictions in Guatemala, please see this post

Guatemala: Open Letter by Victoria Henderson to Ian Austin, CEO of Sky Resource Mining Company

[PLEASE NOTE: I would like to encourage those interested in this case to review my initial letter to Skye Resources, of 28 September 2006, and Mr. Austin’s response of 9 October 2006, both of which Mr. …

By Brian Charlton. HONOLULU (AP) - Hawaii Sen. Daniel Akaka warned the U.S. Senate Wednesday that failure to adopt his bill to grant Native Hawaiians federal recognition could lead to a “divided Hawaii,” with many young Hawaiians wanting the islands to become a separate nation.

After years of failing to overcome mostly Republican opposition to the Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act, the Democratic senator reintroduced his legislation to Congress controlled by Democrats for the first time in 12 years.

An identical bill was introduced in the House, where Hawaiian recognition legislation has passed before.

“Despite the perceived harmony, it is the generation of …

The following is a discussion started by a member here, which originally took place within our old forum. Eventually an essay will be put together based on it.

May 17, RevolutionReversal: hey folks,

this is a discussion I’ve been wanting to start for sometime, its quite hypothetical and idealists, nonetheless an important question for myself. So do to treaties, the various Native Nations have legal/ethical/spiritual claim the land. So if you get all the land back; how and on what terms do the non-natives that were born here integrate with your new sovereignty over the majority of the land? Will it …

The following is the first essay in a compilation of three essays and two declarations by Indians of the northern Sierra of Oaxaca, which can be found here: Communality and Autonomy

Autonomy and self-determination: The past and future of and for our peoples.
by Jaime Martínez Luna
translation by George Salzman and Nancie Davies

Note:. Where a term may be unclear, I included, in italics, a numbered explanatory note, as e.g. [3] followed by the note.

Perhaps at no moment of our history have the indigenous peoples been at such a historic juncture, in which the analysis of our self-determination was the most certain …

Aboriginal Tent Embassy, Canberra
Press Statement, 1st January 2007

1901-2007 They Are Still Dancing on Our Peoples Graves

The 1st January 2007 marks the 106th ‘Birthday’ of Australian Federation 1901. In the same year, Sir Edmund Barton endorsed the commonwealth government’s participation in the legislation of an archaic, barbaric act of genocide. Derived from the Papal Bulls of 1445 and their partnership with the Crown to “globally zone the black, red and yellow races of the world.” [Edmund Barton, Parliamentary Debate 7th August 1901]. The First Prime Minister, quoting and supporting Professor Pearson in the wiping out the non Christian …

This is a new opportunity we are offering the Chilean state: the opportunity to correct the historical relationship that it has maintained with the Mapuche people, characterised by subjection, colonialism, assimilation and ethnocidal integration

By Daniela Estrada

SANTIAGO, Jan 8 (IPS) - The Mapuches, Chile’s largest indigenous group, are tired of the promises of social justice and greater participation in decision-making voiced by the last three centre-left governments. Their leaders thus met with President Michelle Bachelet to propose a new working relationship.

“The president acknowledged the Chilean state’s ‘historical debt’ to the Mapuche people, agreed to appoint a special interlocutor to engage in …