Thursday, April 15, 2010

alternatives to destroying indigenous people

After taking more than 20 years to draft and agree, on June 29, 2006, the United Nations Human Rights Council adopted the U.N. Draft Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

http://daccess-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/LTD/G06/125/71/PDF/G0612571.pdf?OpenElement

these are laws and regulations established by the United Nations protecting the rights of Indigenous people in areas around the world. These rights and regulations give a precedent to protect and establish protection for the indigenous people and their ways of life. Unfortunately not everyone follows the United Nations rules and regulations set in place. This does however set a precedent in that this is the first treaty that has been written into modern law which should hopefully sustain itself and hold legal obligation to those who created it.

UNITED NATIONS DECLARATION ON THE
RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES*
PP1
Affirming that indigenous peoples are equal to all other peoples, while recognizing
the right of all peoples to be different, to consider themselves different, and to be respected as
such,
PP2 Affirming also that all peoples contribute to the diversity and richness of
civilizations and cultures, which constitute the common heritage of humankind,
PP3 Affirming further that all doctrines, policies and practices based on or advocating
superiority of peoples or individuals on the basis of national origin, racial, religious, ethnic or
cultural differences are racist, scientifically false, legally invalid, morally condemnable and
socially unjust,
PP4 Reaffirming also that indigenous peoples, in the exercise of their rights, should be
free from discrimination of any kind,
PP5 Concerned that indigenous peoples have suffered from historic injustices as a result
of, inter alia, their colonization and dispossession of their lands, territories and resources, thus
preventing them from exercising, in particular, their right to development in accordance with
their own needs and interests,


http://www.globalissues.org/article/693/rights-of-indigenous-people

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Friday, April 9, 2010

15 sources

Resources of steps being taken to reserve and preserve the natural resources and indigenous people from around the world.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/30/science/earth/30forest.html

Discussion of returning the older farms back into rain forest. "Here, and in other tropical countries around the world, small holdings like Ms. Ortega de Wing’s — and much larger swaths of farmland — are reverting to nature, as people abandon their land and move to the cities in search of better livings."

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/16/science/earth/16forest.html

Compensation program designed for saving natural habitat around the world.

http://http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/26/world/asia/26iht-australia.1.19673023.html

Columbus day in Australia, is the basic idea behind this article it is the invasion day of Australia that is celebrated to this day.

http://indigenousissuestoday.blogspot.com/2009/06/national-association-of-tribal-historic.html


http://indigenouspeoplesissues.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4297:shown-but-not-shared-presented-but-not-proffered-redefining-ritual-identity-among-warlpiri-ritual-performers-19902000&catid=54:australia-indigenous-peoples&Itemid=76


Aboriginal rituals and rights surrounding them.


http://indigenouspeoplesissues.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3936:bauxite-mine-and-refinery-harming-health-of-local-tribes-in-india&catid=63:central-asia-indigenous-peoples&Itemid=85


Bauxite Mine And Refinery Harming Health Of Local Tribes In India

http://indigenouspeoplesissues.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4451:kokonukococonuco-indigenous-people-declaration-of-autonomy-in-defense-of-traditional-territory&catid=53:south-america-indigenous-peoples&Itemid=75

Kokonuko Indigenous People Declaration Of Autonomy In Defense Of Traditional Territory


http://indigenouspeoplesissues.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4574:lost-in-transition-traditional-healers-of-south-east-nigeria-and-the-delegitimization-of-traditional-knowledge-and-cultural-expressions-in-the-age-of-modernity-indigenous-and-local-community-experiences&catid=55:africa-indigenous-peoples&Itemid=77

Traditional healers of south east Nigeria and the delegitimization of of traditional knowledge and cultural expressions in the age of modernity

http://indigenouspeoplesissues.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4394:is-land-inalienable-historical-and-current-debates-on-land-transfers-in-northern-ghana&catid=55:africa-indigenous-peoples&Itemid=77


The article traces the history of debates on land transfers in northern Ghana and discusses the ways in which African and European views on land tenure influenced and instrumentalized each other.


http://indigenouspeoplesissues.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4419:auditor-generals-report-government-failing-nunavut-land-claims-agreement-article-23&catid=52:north-america-indigenous-peoples&Itemid=74


land claim issues involving the Nunavut people with the government.

http://indigenouspeoplesissues.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4181:one-year-anniversary-of-oil-spill-in-ecuadors-amazon-still-no-progress-for-residents&catid=53:south-america-indigenous-peoples&Itemid=75


One Year Anniversary Of Oil Spill In Ecuador's Amazon: Still No Progress For Residents

http://indigenouspeoplesissues.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4294:european-settlement-and-the-making-and-unmaking-of-aboriginal-identities&catid=54:australia-indigenous-peoples&Itemid=76

European Settlement And The Making And Unmaking Of Aboriginal Identities


http://indigenouspeoplesissues.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4200:isolated-indigenous-peoples-in-rondonia-brazil-genocide-alert-public-statement&catid=53:south-america-indigenous-peoples&Itemid=75


Isolated Indigenous Peoples In Rondonia, Brazil - Genocide Alert


http://indigenouspeoplesissues.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4345:federal-appeals-court-approves-of-uranium-mining-on-navajo-reservation-despite-opposition&catid=52:north-america-indigenous-peoples&Itemid=74

Federal Appeals Court Approves Of Uranium Mining On Navajo Reservation Despite Opposition

http://indigenouspeoplesissues.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4084:delaware-nation-of-oklahoma-gets-250000-grant-for-solar-power&catid=52:north-america-indigenous-peoples&Itemid=74

Delaware Nation Of Oklahoma Gets $250,000 Grant For Solar Power


http://indigenouspeoplesissues.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4206:police-harass-huichol-wixarika-during-traditional-peyote-pilgrimage&catid=60:central-american-and-caribbean-indigenous-peoples&Itemid=82

Police Harass Huichol Wixarika During Traditional Peyote Pilgrimage



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