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The UN Decade on Indigenous Peoples

Articles » General
Indigenous Affairs, no. 3, The UN Decade: Expectations and Realities, 2004, pp. 8-18
Looks at the effect the International Decade of the World's Indigenous People had on the world's Indigenous people as well as their impact on the United Nations. To access this article, scroll to page 3.
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The UN Declaration: Hopes and Challenges

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Author/Creator
Paul Chartrand
Eagle Feather News, vol. 14, no. 1, January 2011, p. 6
Discusses the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples finally being endorsed by the United States, and what it will mean to Canada and the rest of the world. Article found by scrolling to page 6.
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The UN Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and the Ainu of Japan: Development and Challenges

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Author/Creator
Yoko Tanabe
Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 24, no. 4, Developments and Challenges of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Five Years On, Spring, 2014, pp. 1-32
Comments on the Ainu being recognized as indigenous people in 2008 and how this corresponded with the development of global indigenous movements and the international legal discourse on indigenous people.
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The UN Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights and Fundamental Rights of Indigenous People: Benefits for Indigenous People in Africa

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Author/Creator
Maureen Tong
Indigenous Affairs, no. 1, International Processes: Perspectives and Challenges, 2002, pp. 36-41
Reports on the varying interpretations of the term 'indigenous' by Africans and how this impacts human rights progress. To access this article scroll down to page 36.
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UN Steps Up Action on Traditional Knowledge

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Clare Kapp
Lancet, vol. 362, no. 9391, October 11, 2003, p. 1206
Discussion of an agreement to increase efforts in protecting traditional knowledge and genetic resources.
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UNESCO: (Dis)honoring Indigenous Rights

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Author/Creator
Mililani Trask
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 38, no. 1, From the Heart of the Earth, March 2014, p. [?]
Discusses concerns about the management and protection of World Heritage sites, and Indigenous peoples' rights to self-determination and sovereignty.
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United Nations Seminar on Indigenous Peoples and States

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Russel Lawrence Barsh
American Journal of International Law, vol. 83, no. 3, July 1989, pp. 599-604
Discusses recommendations from a United Nations conference on effects of racism and discrimination on social and economic relations between Indigenous peoples and countries they live in.
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The United Nations Special Rapporteur on Indigenous Human Rights

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Author/Creator
Alberto Saldamando
Indigenous Affairs, no. 1, International Processes: Perspectives and Challenges, 2002, pp. 32-35
Outlines the history of the human rights ambassador and explains the complaint process. To access this article scroll down to page 32.
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Use Your Voice Ta’Kaiya Blaney Speak - and Sing - Her Hope for the Future

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Author/Creator
Ta’Kaiya Blaney
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 37, no. 3, The World on Our Shoulders: Cultivating Indigenous Youth Leadership, September 2013, p. [?]
Young environmentalist discusses her views and her song, Shallow Waters which highlights how an oil spill in the northwest coast could tragically end the traditional way of life for many coastal First Nations and devastate all marine and coastal life and habitat.
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Violence Against Women and Due Diligence: Applying the Inter-American Court of Human Rights’ Cotton Field Framework to the Case of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women in Canada

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Author/Creator
Olívia Radics
De iurisprudentia et iure publico / Journal of Legal and Political Sciences, vol. 7, no. 1, 2013, pp. [1]-23
Discusses statistics, historical, social and economic context of the issue, Canadian state's investigations, and specific responses and observations by international treaty bodies.
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Violence and Abuse in Sámi Communities

Alternate Title
Thematic Report (Norwegian National Human Rights Institution)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Norwegian National Human Rights Institution

Analyzes the State's human rights obligations as found in the European Convention on Human Human Rights, the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, the Istanbul Convention, and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and examines the challenges that prevent Sámi victims from accessing support services and the measures implemented to provide remedies to the problem.

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Vulnerable: The Law, Policy and Ethics of COVID-19

E-Books
Author/Creator
Katherine Fierlbeck
Lorian Hardcastle
Aimée Craft
Deborah McGregor
Jeffery Hewitt … [et al.]
See: Chapter A-2 "COVID-19 and First Nations' Responses" by Aimée Craft, Deborah McGregor, and Jeffery Hewit. Chapter D-6 "Systemic Discrimination in Government Services and Programs and Its Impact on First Nations Peoples During the COVID-19 Pandemic" by Anne Levesque and Sophie Theriault.
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Water and Indigenous Peoples

Alternate Title
Knowledge of Nature ; 2
E-Books
Author/Creator
Douglas Nakashima
Moe Chiba
Jeanette Armstrong
Evo Morales
Victoria Tauli Corpuz … [et al.]
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The Way Forward: How Indigenous Philanthropy Can Change the World

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Author/Creator
Evelyn Arce
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 37, no. 2, The Seventh Generation: Spotlight on Indigenous Youth, June 2013, p. [?]
Describes effective grant-making strategies to support sustainable and culturally appropriate development projects, planned and implemented by and for Indigenous communities.
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We Are All Crees

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cs canada 17.2
Articles » General
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 17, no. 2, Behind the Headlines, Summer, 1993
Highlights an excerpt from a testimony to the Massachusetts legislature given by Grand Chief MathrewCoon Come of the Grand Council of the Cree regarding hydroelectric developments in Quebec.
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"We're Going Slowly Because We're Going Far": Building An Autonomous Education System in Chiapas

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Author/Creator
Stine Krøijer
Indigenous Affairs, no. 1, Indigenous People and Education, 2005, pp. 16-20
Looks at the implementation of an Indigenous education program that reflects the needs of the community by focusing on four areas: life and environment, history, languages and mathematics. To access this article, scroll down to page 16.
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When Do Ideas of an Arctic Treaty Become Prominent in Arctic Governance Debates?

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jon Rahbek-Clemmensen
Arctic, vol. 72, no. 2, June 19, 2019 , pp. 116-130
Article identifies and examines the social and geopolitical factors and questions which contribute to the prominence of the idea of an international Arctic governance treaty over time; author traces the evolution of the Arctic treaty debate from 1970 to the current moment.
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When is Indigeneity: Closing a Legal and Sociocultural Gap in a Contested Domestic/International Term

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Julia Bello-Bravo
AlterNative, vol. 15, no. 2, June 2019, pp. 111-120
Author examines the multiple factors at play in defining the term indigeneity. Considers the right of people to self-identify, the legal implications and complications that result based on the definition, and the gap between the legal definition and the sociocultural practice thereof. Discuss both United States contexts and global ones.
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