United Nations

Report from Sycuan

Mar 23, 2013 • Editor’s note: The following report was composed and edited over a three-day period as new information became available. For... Read More

A question of relevance: the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples

Sep 17, 2012 • In 2010, the United Nations General Assembly unanimously agreed to organize a high-level plenary meeting in 2014, to be... Read More

The Slogan is Attack

Jun 30, 2012 • The acceleration of annihilation of Indigenous societies by states, that proceeds apace with the voracious appetite of the first... Read More

The Taureg struggle to create an independent multi-ethnic homeland

Jun 22, 2012 • June 22, 2012 – Less than a month ago, the media charged forward with reports that the Tuareg-led National... Read More

Climate change, the Arctic and the colonial imagination

May 7, 2012 • This is the first in a two-part feature examining the impact of climate change on the Arctic. Next week,... Read More

False Magnanimity

Apr 10, 2012 • With the celebratory announcement by the United Nations General Assembly president, that a member of the Sami people has... Read More

Public Relations Puppets

Mar 21, 2012 • In Poznan, Poland in 2008, the UN excluded indigenous nations delegates from participating in climate change talks, insinuating that... Read More

Canada isn’t living up to its Treaty obligations or its responsibilities to First Nations

Mar 15, 2012 • The Canadian government is being reminded once again of its obligations to Indigenous Peoples in Canada and its failure... Read More

Indigenous Himba take fight to the UN

Mar 1, 2012 • The Namibian government can usually ignore the demands of indigenous groups – safe in the knowledge that their voices... Read More

Will the UN stand by its commitment to secure indigenous peoples’ full participation?

Jan 19, 2012 • The United Nations is pretty notorious these days for sidelining Indigenous Peoples at high level meetings and conferences, despite... Read More

Ten of the worst REDD-type projects that affect Indigenous Peoples and local communities

Nov 27, 2011 • A group of Indigenous and environmental organizations have published a new booklet that highlights ten of the worst REDD-type... Read More

Call On The World Bank to Respect Indigenous Peoples, Before It’s Too Late!

Nov 9, 2011 • The World Bank is getting ready to steamroll ahead with a new funding program that would virtually eliminate 26... Read More

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