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Note Of Protest Against Suspension Of Declaratory Orders Concerning Guarani Land In Santa Catarina
Translated from Portuguese, Original Below
Note of protest by the Indigenous Missionary Council against the decision of the Minister of Justice to suspend the effect of the declaratory orders of Guarani land in the state of Santa Catarina
The justice minister, Luiz Paulo Barreto, stayed through the 2564 Ordinance of ...
Gambling In A Remote Aboriginal Setting: The Good, The Bad And The Ugly
Sue Bertossa, Peter Miller, Alwin Chong, and Peter Harvey, 2010
The effort undertaken by the Ceduna Koonibba Aboriginal Health Service (CKAHS) and Statewide Gambling Therapy Service (SGRS) to investigate the impact of gambling on Aboriginal people living in the region is discussed. The different initiatives undertaken after obtaining additional funding to help stop gambling in the region ...
Urgent Support Request From Raramuri Communities Of Mogotavo, Bacajipare, Huetosachi, And Repechike
REGARDING: Support for the Rarámuri (Tarahumara) communities of Mogótavo, Bacajípare, Huetosachi and Repechike for the grievance they have sent to the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous people of the United Nations against the Mexican Government for the continuous violation of their rights in the Copper Canyon Tourism Project.
Final Report: SPWD Study Of Niyamgiri Mine: Livelihood Of Dongria Kondhs
Representatives from National and Regional NGOs, Jharkhand University, Mining and Environmental Institutes at Dharbad and representative from local Institutes attended a workshop on mining issues in Ranchi in March 2009.
SPWD had initiated work on reclamation of wastelands 25 years earlier which focused primarily on rehabilitation of mine dumps, TSRDS took the issue forward in the mine ...
Ngati Rarua Atiawa Iwi Trust Payment Recognises Past Losses
Pita Sharples
An ex-gratia payment to the Ngati Rarua Atiawa Iwi Trust signals a new step forward for the management of the Whakarewa lands around Motueka, says Maori Affairs Minister Dr Pita Sharples.
The reserves were formerly administered by the Whakarewa School Board on an imposed perpetual leasing regime similar to the adjacent M?ori reserves, which saw less ...
Government Of Canada Invests In Aboriginal Youth In Calgary
On behalf of the Honourable James Moore, Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages, Lee Richardson, Member of Parliament (Calgary Centre), today announced funding for Calgary-area Aboriginal youth projects, including New Tribe magazine, the Aboriginal Youth Animation Project, and the Niipaitapiiyssin Leadership Program.
"The Government of Canada is committed to helping Aboriginal youth gain the skills they need to ...
Government Of Canada Partners To Provide Employment For Aboriginal People In The Northwest Territories
The Honourable Diane Finley, Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development, today announced a partnership with the Dehcho First Nations Futures Society for its Our People, Our Future project. The project will help prepare Aboriginal people in the Northwest Territories for employment opportunities created through construction and petroleum exploration and production.
In July, Justice Walia dismissed the Bushmen’s application for permission to use a well on their lands inside the Central Kalahari Game Reserve, expressing sympathy for the government’s position that ‘having chosen to settle at an uncomfortably ...
Displacement And Discrimination: The Lot Of The Bambuti Pygmies
Conditions in Mugunga camp for displaced people on the outskirts of the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo city of Goma are tough, but tougher still are those endured by hundreds of people from the Bambuti Pygmy community living just outside the camp.
“We can’t plant seeds here,” said Bambuti chief Mupepa Muhindo, scratching the ground, which is littered with ...
The children of most Nigerian nomads fall through the education net – the focus is to teach them the family trade, and their wandering lifestyle means they seldom attend school – but as the nomadic way of life becomes increasingly unsustainable, educators and state authorities are finding innovative ways to remedy this.
Nigerian nomads fall into three groups: cattle-herders, fishermen and farmers, ...
The government has cleared the decks for creating a buffer zone around the Jarawa reserve in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The Jarawas are one of the indigenous peoples of the islands with a population of 273.
An amendment to the Andaman and Nicobar (Protection of Aboriginal Tribals) Regulation Act of 1956, promulgated by President Pratibha Patil on July 22, ...
Protests In The Peruvian Amazon: Domestic Problem Or Global Concern
Jorge Balarezo, 2009
The Peruvian jungle has been stained red again due to the deplorable mortal violence among Peruvians. 24 policemen dead (6 of whom had their throat cut by indigenous people), 9 natives dead, 109 injured 2 missing people and 36 arrested is the sad balance of the confrontations between police and indigenous protesters in the Bagua area of ...
Wet'suwet'en Hereditary Chiefs Frustrated With Enbridge
The Wet'suwet'en are increasingly frustrated over the lack of recognition and respect for Wet'suwet'en Traditional Governance and Authority. The Crown's (Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency) regulatory process for Enbridge's proposed project acknowledges Aboriginal Rights but not Title, despite the Delgamuukw/Gisday'wa Supreme Court of Canada ruling that Aboriginal Title has never been extinguished.
The Wet'suwet'en continue to assert title, rights and authority as the ...
WIPO Director General Welcomes Moves To Enhance Protection Of Traditional Knowledge And Folklore In Africa
WIPO Director General Francis Gurry has welcomed the adoption by member states of the African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO) of a new legal instrument that seeks to protect African traditional knowledge and folklore.
Mr. Gurry described the adoption in Swakopmund, Namibia, earlier this month, of the Swakopmund Protocol on the Protection of ...
‘Brothers 30,000, Sisters 20,000; Nephews 15,000, Nieces 10,000’: Akan Funeral Ledgers’ Kinship And Value Negotiations, And Their Limits
Stefano Boni, 2010
This article compares indigenous conceptualizations, as expressed in ledgers recording the collection of funeral offerings, with academic knowledge on kinship and value negotiation in the Akan area of West Africa. Donors are inserted in social circuits defining their residential belonging (in villages and households), parental affiliation (with specific offerings ...
Coastal First Nations Say Ban On Oil Tankers On BC Coast Must Remain
The proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline project threatens the existence of First Nations on the North and Central Coast and Haida Gwaii.
Art Sterritt, executive director of the Great Bear Initiative, told the Enbridge Northern Gateway Joint Review Panel at a hearing in Kitimat today, it's inevitable that an oil spill will occur. "The consequences ...
Court Filing: Chevron’s Own Audits Prove Company Lied About Massive Pollution In Ecuador: Evidence Of Chevron’s “Stunning Hypocrisy” And Lies To U.S. Federal Courts
A U.S. Federal Court has been presented with two separate audits conducted at Chevron’s request that show “clear and convincing evidence” that the oil giant knowingly dumped billions of gallons of toxic waste directly into the Amazon and subsequently lied to cover it up, according to ...
Burying Indigeneity: The Spatial Construction Of Reality And Aboriginal Australia
Rowland Atkinson, Elizabeth Taylor, and Maggie Walter, 2010
In this article we argue that spatial distance and historic socio-ethnic boundaries play a critical role in determining the relative priority given to groups that are marginally placed. These priorities are materialized through law. We utilize theories that understand ‘reality’ as something socially constructed: our impressions of the structure of everyday ...
Government Of Canada Increases Economic Opportunities For First Nations In Atlantic Fisheries Sector
The Honourable John Duncan, Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and Federal Interlocutor for Métis and Non-Status Indians, together with Chiefs Jesse Simon and Lawrence Paul of the Atlantic Policy Congress, announced today new investments through the Federal Framework for Aboriginal Economic Development to support Atlantic First Nations fisheries enterprises.
Signing Of An Agreement On Terms Of Reference For Consultations With First Nations In Nova Scotia: Speaking Notes
Speaking Notes for The Honourable John Duncan, PC, MP Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and Federal Interlocutor for Métis and Non-Status Indians
Mi'kmaq Of Nova Scotia, Province Of Nova Scotia And Canada Sign Landmark Agreement
The Honourable John Duncan, Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and Federal Interlocutor for Métis and Non-Status Indians, Darrell Dexter, Nova Scotia Premier and Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Co-Chairs of the Assembly of Nova Scotia Mi'kmaq Chiefs, Chief Terrance Paul of Membertou and Chief Gerard Julian of Paqtnkek, finalized an agreement to create one-window access to ...
A Small Paradise That Will Be Annihilated: View From Merauke, West Papua
Rosa Biwangko Moiwend, 2010
The Land of Papua, a land of great riches, a small paradise that fell to earth. This is how Frangky Sahilatua, the Malukan musician, sings the praises of the land of Papua in his song Aku Papua which is so popular thanks to the singer Edo Kondologit.
Nicaragua Ratifies ILO Indigenous And Tribal Peoples Convention No. 169
The Government of Nicaragua has delivered to the ILO the instrument of ratification of the Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989 (No. 169), whose purpose is to protect the rights of these peoples and to guarantee respect for their integrity.
Mr Néstor Cruz Toruño, Permanent Representative of Nicaragua to the United Nations in Geneva, delivered the instrument bearing ...
Letter Of The Four Rivers: Denouncing Major Infrastructure Projects In The Amazon
Translated from Portuguese, Original Below
We, indigenous peoples, black and maroon, women, men, young people from rural and urban communities in the Brazilian Amazon, participants of the First Meeting of Peoples and Communities Affected and Threatened by Major Infrastructure Projects in the basins of the Amazon: Wood, Tapajós, Xingu and Teles Pires in Itaituba, west ...
Public Statement From Mukoche Mapuche Concerning 50 Days Of Hunger Strike of Mapuche Political Prisoners
Translated from Spanish, Original Below
Muko LOF
We Mukoche communicate to our Mapuche Nation and all social sectors and foreign Chilean following 50 days of hunger strike of Mapuche political prisoners in jail in Temuco:
- Today more than ever is our duty to continue raising ...
Sunday, 02 September 1838
Last Sovereign Queen of Hawai'i Born
On This Day: In 1838 the last sovereign Queen of Hawai'i, Lydia Kamakaʻeha Kaola Maliʻi Liliʻuokalani, was born. Liliʻuokalani inherited the throne from her brother Kalakaua on 29 January 1891. On 14 January 1893, a group composed of Americans and Europeans formed a Committee of Safety seeking to overthrow the Hawaiian Kingdom, depose the Queen, and seek annexation to the United States. The Queen was deposed on 17 January 1893 and temporarily relinquished her throne to "the superior military forces of the United States". She had hoped the United States, like Great Britain earlier in Hawaiian history, would restore Hawaii's sovereignty to the rightful holder.
The Role Of Indigenous Peoples In Guatemalan Political Advertisements: An Ethnographic Content Analysis
Colleen Connolly-Ahern, Antoni Castells i Talens, 2010
This study investigates the current status of indigenous peoples within Guatemalan society, as articulated in one of the most relevant forms of modern communication, political advertising, and defined by ...
IACHR Condems Murders Of Indigenous Leaders In Colombia
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) condemns the murder of three indigenous leaders in Colombia, and the wife of one of them, over the last two weeks.
According to the information available, three leaders of the U’wa, Sikuani, and Pasto peoples, and the ...
Note Of Protest Against Suspension Of Declaratory Orders Concerning Guarani Land In Santa Catarina
Translated from Portuguese, Original Below
Note of protest by the Indigenous Missionary Council against the decision of the Minister of Justice to suspend the effect of the declaratory orders of Guarani land in the state ...
Resentment Fear Over Fiji Nationality Switch
The interim Fijian government has ordered the word "iTaukei" to replace "Fijian" in all written laws.
iTaukei means indigenous or native.
Fiji language experts are warning it could increase division.
Observers say its use could lead to resentment by indigenous Fijians.
Until now, "Fijian" as a term has ...
Gambling In A Remote Aboriginal Setting: The Good, The Bad And The Ugly
Sue Bertossa, Peter Miller, Alwin Chong, and Peter Harvey, 2010
The effort undertaken by the Ceduna Koonibba Aboriginal Health Service (CKAHS) and Statewide Gambling Therapy Service (SGRS) to investigate the impact of gambling on Aboriginal people living ...
Urgent Support Request From Raramuri Communities Of Mogotavo, Bacajipare, Huetosachi, And Repechike
REGARDING: Support for the Rarámuri (Tarahumara) communities of Mogótavo, Bacajípare, Huetosachi and Repechike for the grievance they have sent to the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous people of the ...
Final Report: SPWD Study Of Niyamgiri Mine: Livelihood Of Dongria Kondhs
Representatives from National and Regional NGOs, Jharkhand University, Mining and Environmental Institutes at Dharbad and representative from local Institutes attended a workshop on mining issues in Ranchi in March 2009.
SPWD had initiated work on reclamation of wastelands 25 years ...
Ngati Rarua Atiawa Iwi Trust Payment Recognises Past Losses
Pita Sharples
An ex-gratia payment to the Ngati Rarua Atiawa Iwi Trust signals a new step forward for the management of the Whakarewa lands around Motueka, says Maori Affairs Minister Dr Pita Sharples.
The reserves were formerly administered by the Whakarewa School ...
Government Of Canada Invests In Aboriginal Youth In Calgary
On behalf of the Honourable James Moore, Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages, Lee Richardson, Member of Parliament (Calgary Centre), today announced funding for Calgary-area Aboriginal youth projects, including New Tribe magazine, the Aboriginal Youth Animation Project, and the Niipaitapiiyssin ...
