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Not everyone who attended the UN's human rights conference in Vienna last month knew what they were going to say to the world assembly.
When asked what he had to tell the international community, Native American activist and actor Johnny Looking Cloud sat back in a plush leather seat in the foyer of
the UN's Austria Centre and shrugged his shoulders.
"I don…
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The United Nations has "no idea" who Indigenous peoples are, a high-ranking member of that international organization's Working Group on Indigenous Peoples said.
But recognizing Indigenous rights, as outlined in the draft Universal Document on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, will be a step towards understanding, said Julian Burger, secretary to the UN's Working Group…
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The United Nations has "no idea" who Indigenous peoples are, a high-ranking member of that international organization's Working Group on Indigenous Peoples said.
But recognizing Indigenous rights, as outlined in the draft Universal Document on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, will be a step towards understanding, said Julian Burger, secretary to the UN's Working Group…
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The United Nations has "no idea" who Indigenous peoples are, a high-ranking member of that international organization's Working Group on Indigenous Peoples said.
But recognizing Indigenous rights, as outlined in the draft Universal Document on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, will be a step towards understanding, said Julian Burger, secretary to the UN's Working Group…
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The United Nations has "no idea" who Indigenous peoples are, a high-ranking member of that international organization's Working Group on Indigenous Peoples said.
But recognizing Indigenous rights, as outlined in the draft Universal Document on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, will be a step towards understanding, said Julian Burger, secretary to the UN's Working Group…
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Negotiating a legal and internationally recognized land base for all Indigenous peoples is the only way to secure their future, a Non-Government Organization delegate told an Indigenous peoples working group at the Vienna NGO Forum.
"Our right to land and all rights to develop and live within the land," said Hjalamr Dahl, one of the three Aboriginal staff with the United…
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Negotiating a legal and internationally recognized land base for all Indigenous peoples is the only way to secure their future, a Non-Government Organization delegate told an Indigenous peoples working group at the Vienna NGO Forum.
"Our right to land and all rights to develop and live within the land," said Hjalamr Dahl, one of the three Aboriginal staff with the United…
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Negotiating a legal and internationally recognized land base for all Indigenous peoples is the only way to secure their future, a Non-Government Organization delegate told an Indigenous peoples working group at the Vienna NGO Forum.
"Our right to land and all rights to develop and live within the land," said Hjalamr Dahl, one of the three Aboriginal staff with the United…
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Negotiating a legal and internationally recognized land base for all Indigenous peoples is the only way to secure their future, a Non-Government Organization delegate told an Indigenous peoples working group at the Vienna NGO Forum.
"Our right to land and all rights to develop and live within the land," said Hjalamr Dahl, one of the three Aboriginal staff with the United…
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For seven years, Xokonoschtletl Gomora has marched in the Austrian countryside trying to reclaim a piece of his central American past.
The Nahuatl Aztec from northern Mexico has walked the length and breadth of the central European country to force the government to hand back an ancient Aztec head-dress.
"I'm sure we're going to get it back to Mexico," he said. "…
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For seven years, Xokonoschtletl Gomora has marched in the Austrian countryside trying to reclaim a piece of his central American past.
The Nahuatl Aztec from northern Mexico has walked the length and breadth of the central European country to force the government to hand back an ancient Aztec head-dress.
"I'm sure we're going to get it back to Mexico," he said. "…
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For seven years, Xokonoschtletl Gomora has marched in the Austrian countryside trying to reclaim a piece of his central American past.
The Nahuatl Aztec from northern Mexico has walked the length and breadth of the central European country to force the government to hand back an ancient Aztec head-dress.
"I'm sure we're going to get it back to Mexico," he said. "…
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For seven years, Xokonoschtletl Gomora has marched in the Austrian countryside trying to reclaim a piece of his central American past.
The Nahuatl Aztec from northern Mexico has walked the length and breadth of the central European country to force the government to hand back an ancient Aztec head-dress.
"I'm sure we're going to get it back to Mexico," he said. "…
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Chilean Mapuche social activist and educator Nilsa Rain recently spent a month touring Canada, exchanging ideas and comparing living realities with Canadian Aboriginal peoples.
And like to many Indigenous Canadians, Chilean Mapuche Indians are fighting for a land base to sustain them.
Rain, who represents an organization called the Council of Whole Lands, is one…
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Chilean Mapuche social activist and educator Nilsa Rain recently spent a month touring Canada, exchanging ideas and comparing living realities with Canadian Aboriginal peoples.
And like to many Indigenous Canadians, Chilean Mapuche Indians are fighting for a land base to sustain them.
Rain, who represents an organization called the Council of Whole Lands, is one…