SAMI SELF-DETERMINATION AUTONOMY AND SELF-GOVERNMENT: EDUCATION, RESEARCH AND CULTURE
SAMI SELF-DETERMINATION. AUTONOMY AND ECONOMY – THE AUTHORITY AND AUTONOMY OF THE SÁMEDIGGI IN THE HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES SECTOR
Indigenous Children’s Education as Linguistic Genocide and a Crime Against Humanity? A Global View
The Convention on the Rights of the Child and Sámi children in Norway
Sami Self-Determination: Scope and Implementation
 
 
 
 
Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, James Anaya
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous people
State of the World’s Indigenous Peoples

 
Anchoring Education for Indigenous Youth in Context of Time-tested Customs Better than Assimilating Them into Mainstream System, Permanent Forum Told
Indigenous youth should have the right to receive education in their mother tongue and determine their curricula in line with their time-tested cultures and customs, rather than be obliged to assimilate into a mainstream educational system virtually unresponsive to their way of life, the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues heard today as it continued its work.
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22.05.2013
Photo credit: Liv Inger Somby. UN Headquarter in New YorkUN Secretary-General Says ‘Priorities And Vision’ Of Indigenous Peoples Must Be Part Of Development Efforts
United Nations Permanent Forum On Indigenous Issues Twelfth Session Opens
UNITED NATIONS, New York -- “We must treasure, reflect and protect the rich heritage and value systems of indigenous peoples, starting with education,” Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues as it opened its twelfth session today, set to focus on culture, education and health, concluding 31 May.
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22.05.2013
Courtesy of PCSAN/Daniela Silva. Indigenous students learning to operate equipment at a communications workshop. Credit: Courtesy of PCSAN/Daniela Silva
Indigenous Brazilians Learn to Fight for the Right to Food
The lack of prospects for Ticuna and Kokama indigenous youth in the far northwest of Brazil led to high rates of alcoholism and suicide.
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22.05.2013
Rebecca Murray/IPS. Tebu security staff at Saharan oil fields in southern Libya. Credit: Rebecca Murray/IPS
Indigenous Tribes Keep Uneasy Peace in Southern Libya
SOUTHERN LIBYA -- Kaltoum Saleh, 18, is elated to graduate from her overcrowded high school in the remote Saharan town of Ubari, near the Algerian border.

Saleh, a member of Ubari’s indigenous Tebu tribe, says that for decades under former Libyan dictatorMuammar Gaddafi, the Libyan Tebu suffered from state-sanctioned discrimination, which stemmed in part from the failure of the semi-nomadic tribe to register under Libya’s 1954 citizenship law.
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22.05.2013
Bigstock. Hubbard glacier in Seward, Alaska. Credit: Bigstock
Profits vs. Disaster in Arctic Meltdown
UXBRIDGE, Canada -- Many eyes are turning north to the Arctic, some in horror at the rapid decline of a key component of our life support system, others in eager anticipation at the untapped resources beneath the vanishing snow and ice.
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22.05.2013
Jillian Kestler-D´Amours/IPS. The view from the Al-Qatrawani shrine, a stop along the Sufi Trail in the village of ´Atara in the West Bank. Credit: Jillian Kestler-D´Amours/IPS
Walking Tours Connect Palestinians to Their Past
DEIR GHASSANEH, Occupied West Bank -- A reddish-brown dome sits atop an ancient stone house, used hundreds of years ago for prayer. It peeks out from the surrounding trees as the rolling green valleys and hills of the central West Bank stretch out into the distance.
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22.05.2013
. EcuadorUN Expert Calls for End to Violence between Waorani and Tagaeri-Taromenane Indigenous Peoples in Ecuador
UNITED NATIONS, Geneva -- The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, James Anaya, has maintained a dialogue with the Government of Ecuador in which he urged the Government to adopt measures necessary to prevent further violence between the indigenous Tagaeri-Taromenane and Waorani peoples of the Yasuní Biosphere Reserve, located in the Ecuadorian Amazon.
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18.05.2013
. Rio Tinto mine in Australia.Australian Mining Companies Fall Short on Gaining Consent from the World’s Indigenous Peoples: New Report
SYDNEY, Australia -- The vast majority of Australian mining, oil and gas companies have no clear public commitment to gain the consent of Indigenous peoples before commencing projects on their land, according to a new report.
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18.05.2013
Arctic Council. Leona Aglukkaq, Canadian Minister for the Arctic Council, signs the Kiruna declaration.
Arctic Council Presents Vision for Future Cooperation in the Arctic
GIRON/KIRUNA, Sweden -- Ministers from the eight Arctic states and representatives of the Arctic Indigenous Peoples met on 15 May 2013 in Kiruna at the conclusion of Sweden’s two-year Chairmanship of the Arctic Council.
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16.05.2013
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Justice in Guatemala Vital for Preventing Recurrence of Heinous Crimes, say UN Experts
NEW YORK, USA -- Establishing truth and justice in Guatemala is essential to ensuring that heinous crimes such as arbitrary executions, rape and forced displacement – committed during the country’s civil war – do not take place again and to ending impunity, a group of independent United Nations experts said on Wednesday.
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16.05.2013
José Garth Medina/IPS. Logging is one of the main threats in the southern area of the Bosawas Biosphere Reserve. Credit: José Garth Medina/IPS
Indigenous People in Nicaragua Fight to the Death for Their Last Forest
MANAGUA, Nicaragua -- Mayangna indigenous communities in northern Nicaragua are caught up in a life-and-death battle to defend their ancestral territory in the Bosawas Biosphere Reserve from the destruction wrought by invading settlers and illegal logging.
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16.05.2013
. UN Expert Calls for Protection of Indigenous Peoples in Light of Growing Tension in Nicaragua
UNITED NATIONS, Geneva -- The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, James Anaya, issued a press on Monday urging the Nicaraguan Government to adopt measures to protect indigenous peoples in the Bosawás Reserve as well as to secure their land rights within the reserve.
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15.05.2013
Courtesy of Cascos Rosa. Damián Valencia (second right) and other members of the young people´s network against machismo. Credit: Courtesy of Cascos Rosa
Young Men Break with Machista Stereotypes in Ecuador
QUITO, Ecuador -- At the age of 20, Damián Valencia speaks knowledgeably about every aspect of gender equality. He is a member of Cascos Rosa, a young people’s initiative working for cultural change against machismo and violence against women in Ecuador.
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15.05.2013
S. James Anaya, UN Special-Rapporteur on Indigenosu Rights. Indigenous Peoples in Namibia “Not Seen Promises of Independence Fulfilled”
UNITED NATIONS, Geneva -- Indigenous groups in Namibia, including the San and Himba people, continue to be particularly disadvantaged more than 20 years on from the country´s independence, a UN expert on indigenous rights says.
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13.05.2013
The Challenge of Being a Maasai Woman
UNITED NATIONS, New York -- The Maasai indigenous people of Kenya and Tanzania has long been a beacon of traditional culture to many Africans – and for Westerners on safari through Maasai Mara, Samburu or Amboseli, a familiar face.
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12.05.2013		 U.S. Faces Significant Challenges to Address Adverse Business Impacts on Human Rights
UNITED NATIONS, WASHINGTON D.C. / GENEVA -– The United States still faces significant challenges to address the adverse impacts of business activities on human rights, despite progress and innovation in key sectors of the economy, a United Nations expert group said at the end of a ten-day mission to the country.
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11.05.2013
Displaced by Gold Mining in Colombia
BOGOTÁ, Colombia -- “I was displaced here by mining a month ago. Illegal miners forced me out of my municipality. No, don’t write down where I’m from, let alone my name,” said a 40-year-old black man frightened for his safety. IPS agreed to say only that he is from Colombia’s southern Pacific coast region.
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10.05.2013		 Chile Looks to Volcanoes and Geysers for Energy
Chile is home to 20 percent of the world’s active volcanoes, according to the Andean Geothermal Centre of Excellence.
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09.05.2013
Critics Slam California “Forest Offset” Plan
WASHINGTON, USA -- More than two dozen environmental organisations are urging California Governor Jerry Brown to disregard recommendations from a United Nations task force to include so-called forest “offsets” in the state’s new emissions-trading scheme.
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08.05.2013		 Indigenous Awá’s Plight Reaches Top Human Rights Watchdog
LONDON, U.K. -- The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), the Americas’ leading human rights body, has received an urgent petition from Survival International and Brazilian indigenous rights organization CIMI to save Earth’s most threatened tribe.
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07.05.2013
Mexico’s Community Radio Stations Fight for Survival and Recognition
MEXICO CITY -- Radio Totopo was founded in February 2006 in the Pescadores neighbourhood, the oldest and poorest part of the city of Juchitán in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca. But the authorities closed it down in late March, even though Congress is debating a constitutional reform that would recognise community radio stations.
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07.05.2013		 “REDD+ Will Not Stop Deforestation,” New Report Argues
A new report by Carbon Trade Watch takes a detailed and critical look at REDD from the perspective of land enclosures. “REDD+ will not stop deforestation,” the report argues. Rather than addressing the root causes of deforestation, REDD promotes the argument that environmental destruction in one location can be ‘compensated’ in another. As such, REDD reinforces underlying causes of deforestation.
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06.05.2013
Making Free Prior And Informed Consent A Reality – New Report on Indigenous Peoples And The Extractive Sector
LONDON, U.K. -- A new report on making free, prior and informed consent a reality in an indigenous context, advocates for multinational mining companies, the investor community, and state actors to understand the importance of the FPIC principle from ethical, sustainability and economic perspectives.
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06.05.2013		 Tribes from Xingu and Tapajós Rivers Unite to Protest Violations of Rights to Prior Consultations in Construction of Amazon Dams
ALTAMIRA, Brazil -- Some 200 indigenous people affected by the construction of large hydroelectric dams in the Amazon launched an occupation 3 May on one of the main construction sites of the Belo Monte dam complex on the Xingu River in the Brazilian Amazon.
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04.05.2013
U.N. Finds “Little Appreciation” for Human Rights among U.S. Businesses
WASHINGTON, USA -- A United Nations expert group is warning that too many gaps remain in implementing new safeguards among businesses based in the United States, both in terms of their domestic and international operations, to ensure the protection of human rights of workers and communities affected by those operations.
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04.05.2013		 Namibia Must Address Land Insecurity of Indigenous People – UN expert
UNITED NATIONS, New York -- Namibia must increase efforts to address the loss of land of indigenous groups and ensure their traditions and customs are preserved without marginalizing them, a United Nations independent expert said on Thursday.
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03.05.2013
Ecuador’s Indigenous People Still Waiting to Be Consulted
QUITO, Ecuador -- The Constitution of Ecuador adopted in 2008 establishes a broad range of rights for indigenous peoples and nationalities, including the right to prior consultation, which gives them the opportunity to influence decisions that affect their lives.
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03.05.2013		 Unearthing Trinidad’s Carib Ancestry
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad -- Ricardo Bharath-Hernandez, like most citizens of Trinidad and Tobago, has probably lost count of the millions of dollars being spent to renovate the Greek revival style “Red House” that serves as the parliament building in the oil-rich twin island republic.
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03.05.2013
Opinions Deeply Divided Over Fracking in Argentina
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina -- The enthusiasm of the government and oil and gas companies over Argentina’s unconventional fuel potential has come up against fierce opposition from communities living near the country’s shale gas reserves and environmental organisations.
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03.05.2013		 Where the Sea Has Risen Too High Already
AUKI, Malaita Province, Solomon Islands -- The deceptively calm waters of Langa Langa Lagoon on the west coast of Malaita Island in the Solomon Islands is home to thousands of people who have lived on artificial islands for centuries. For generations the islanders in this south-west Pacific nation have employed tenacity and ingenuity to maintain their existence on these tiny low-lying man-made atolls, devoid of freshwater and arable land. But climate change is now the greatest threat to their survival.
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03.05.2013

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Guatemala trial of Rios Montt likely collapsed: lawyers
The trial of former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt has likely collapsed after the country's top court struck down his conviction for genocide, defense and prosecution lawyers said on Tuesday.
22/05 10:16 World Bulletin
First Nations should be a priority
22/05 10:09 Vancouver Sun
The Tanzanian Government Is About to Kill Off the Maasai
In Loliondo, northern Tanzania, thousands of Maasai tribespeople are digging their heels deep into their ancestral land. Again. This time it's because the Tanzanian government claim they want to turn that ancestral land into a wildlife reserve – a move that could potentially wipe out every member of
22/05 09:24 Vice (UK)
Are savages noble? Two new books ask whether our ancestors were right about food, sex, war, and trade.
Paleofantasy: What Evolution Really Tells Us About Sex, Diet, and How We Live, by Marlene Zuk, Norton, 304 pages, $27.95 The World Until Yesterday: What Can We Learn from Traditional Societies?, by Fared Diamond, Viking, 499 pages, $36 [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] MODERN ANTHROPOLOGICAL research may be
22/05 07:09 The Free Library
Eric the Red's white and green land
22/05 06:46 Windsor Star
New Canadians adopt prevailing view on aboriginals
22/05 06:00 The StarPhoenix
- Se for dere en verden hvor alle er frie
- Alle samfunn har grupper som lever under "slave-lignende" tilstander, sier Joy Johnsen.
22/05 05:34 Sykepleien.no
Damning report shows need for police culture change
Today's damning report into the Ruatoki raid shows a dramatic overhaul of police culture is urgently required, the Green Party said today.
22/05 05:24 Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand
Top Shell executives grilled on Alaska
Guy Chazan By Guy Chazan in London Royal Dutch Shell's top brass were grilled yesterday over their troubled Alaska oil campaign, with some shareholders calling for a complete rethink of the company's strategy in the region.
22/05 04:32 Financial Times Print Edition (Europe)
SD social services wants tribes' lawsuit tossed
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — The head of South Dakota's Department of Social Services asked a judge to toss out a lawsuit filed by two tribes alleging that the state routinely breaks federal law governing foster care and adoptions for American Indian children.
22/05 03:58 Sioux City Journal
Unmasking Chile's hooded protest movement
They turn up to almost every demonstration in the Chilean capital Santiago and hurl stones, petrol bombs and even acid at the police.
22/05 03:25 BBC News
Alaska Tribal Coalition to Fight Chemical Dispersant Oil Spill Response Enforcement
(Before It's News) The words of an Alaskan tribal elder, “We watched our family and friends die,” represent the feelings of many about the use of chemical dispersants in their waters.
22/05 02:57 Before It's News