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
The UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
The Nordic Sami Convention: International Human Rights, Self-Determination and other Central Provisions
 
 
 
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State of the World’s Indigenous Peoples
THE SITUATION OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES IN BOTSWANA
OBSERVATIONS ON THE NORTHERN TERRITORY EMERGENCY RESPONSE IN AUSTRALIA
Govva/Photo: nwac.ca. Health Canada studies reveal that suicide rates are five to seven times higher for First Nations youth than for non-Aboriginal youth. Among Inuit youth these rates are sadly even higher. Suicide rates of Inuit youth are among the highest in the world, at 11 times the national average according to a 2010 Health Canada study.Native Women´s Association of Canada : NWAC Supports World Suicide Prevention Day September 10, 2010
Ottawa, ON -- On World Suicide Prevention Day, the Native Women’s Association of Canada (NWAC) wishes to acknowledge the gift of life and the strength of community. We seek to remember and honour those who have been lost to suicide, their families and communities, through ongoing efforts to promote positive mental health and well-being for Aboriginal youth.
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10.09.2010
Govva/Photo:Renzo Pipoli. Peru Natives create a party to protect the Amazon from developersPeru Natives Create Party to Protect Amazon from Developers
Alberto Pizango, leader of 350,000 Amazon Natives, faces accusations in Peru ranging from rebellion to homicide, and said tribal chiefs across the rainforest will create a party to help protect traditions, dignity and above all, rights to millions of acres of forest increasingly targeted by oil, gas, lumber and gold extraction groups.
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10.09.2010
Photo credit: IPS. Protest march for the freedom of Mapuche prisoners in Chile.No Dialogue in Mapuche Conflict
SANTIAGO -- The Chilean government is pushing through legal reforms in an attempt to bring to an end a nearly two month hunger strike by 34 Mapuche indigenous prisoners. But it is failing to address two critical aspects of the conflict: the lack of effective dialogue and a failure to recognise it as a political problem.
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09.09.2010
Govva/Photo: Survival. Penan Tribe Block Logging Roads in Protest
More than 150 Penan tribespeople blocked roads in Borneo on Thursday, in protest at the destruction of their rainforest by logging companies, and at the Malaysian government’s failure to protect their land.
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08.09.2010
Photo: Jorge Fernando Garreton. Mapuche Indigenous Activists demonstrating aginst Chile´s anti-terror laws.Chile’s Antiquated Anti-Terror Laws Target Mapuche Indigenous Activists
SANTIAGO -- Indigenous Mapuche prisoners in Chile have been on a hunger strike for 58 days to protest the judicial system and application of anti-terrorism laws. It was reported last week that some Mapuche youth held in detention centers were going to join the hunger strike in solidarity.
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08.09.2010
Govva/Photo: www.biosafetyafrica.org.za. A worker at the African Centre for Biosafety's Imingcangathelo Project in Alice, South Africa, shows the pelargonium plant. South Still Battling to Stop North’s Biopiracy
PARIS -- The United Nations declared 2010 the Year of Biodiversity. But 17 years after the Convention on Biological Diversity was adopted at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, the issue of biopiracy is still pitching North against South.
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07.09.2010
Govva/Photo: physorg.net. Laurence Smith made interesting book about how important role there is to play for the northern countries.Upside to global warming: ´New North´ will thrive
Move over, Sunbelt. The New North is coming through, a UCLA geographer predicts in a new book.
As worldwide population increases by 40 percent over the next 40 years, sparsely populated Canada, Scandinavia, Russia and the northern United States will become formidable economic powers and migration magnets, Laurence C. Smith writes in "The World in 2050: Four Forces Shaping Civilization´s Northern Future" (Dutton Books), scheduled for publication Sept. 23.
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07.09.2010
Govva/Photo: D Hill/ Survival . he Nukak need 'special attention' to survive, according to the report. Thirty-four Colombian Tribes Face Extinction, Says UN Report
A report released by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has warned that at least thirty-four Colombian tribes face extinction due to continuing violence on their lands.
The report found that, ‘In spite of new efforts by the state… the risk of physical or cultural disappearance remains, and in some cases has risen.’
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06.09.2010
Govva/Foto: ctv.ca. Hundreds walked trough the streets of Edmonton and Ottawa to raise awareness about missing and murdered Aboriginal women. Native Women ´Disappear´ in Canada
As human rights activists around the world marked the International Day of the Disappeared by focusing on Peru, Iraq, Nepal and Mexico, Leslie Spillett sat in her office in Winnipeg, contemplating the fate of more than 500 indigenous women who have disappeared in Canada.

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06.09.2010
Photo credit: Reuters. A new conflict in Maasai Mara between people and wildlife, which threatens the revival of Kenya`s tourism industry.National Census Fails to Capture Kenya’s Indigenous People’s Population
NAIROBI, Kenya --With a population of 38.6 million people, the number of indigenous people in Kenya remains unknown as government fails yet again to indicate the population of indigenous people in the just released national census report.
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06.09.2010
Credit:Milagros Salazar/IPS . These forests in the Cuzco area will be flooded if the Inambari dam is built. Brazilian Dam Would Put Peruvian Jungle Under Water
PUNO, Peru -- Seen from up high, the route to Puente Inambari looks like a green serpent -- long, robust and sinuous. The Amazon jungle that dominates this landscape will be underwater if one of the largest hydroelectric dams in Peru (and all Latin America) is built.
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04.09.2010
Photo: http://www.rickhendershot.com. Old Sun Indian Residential School, Gleichen, Alberta - 1945. These schools took most of the native knowledge and language that all first nations children knew before going to school. First Nations Languages Need Protection, Says Expert
NEW.BRUNSWICK -- First Nations languages are on the verge of extinction unless future governments help children learn their traditional languages, says an expert.
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03.09.2010
Govva/Photo: Survival. Xoroxloo Duxee died of dehydration after the Bushmen's water borehole was disabled. Indigenous San Launch Appeal over Right to Water
The San people (Bushmen) of Botswana have lodged an appeal against a High Court decision that denied them access to water on their ancestral lands.
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03.09.2010
Govva/Photo: John Gustavsen. Guatemalas ambassadør Juan Leon Alvarez og styremedlem i Gáldu, professor Georges Midre.Lisandro Guarcax – Instrumental in the Struggle for Mayan Culture
TROMSØ, Norway -- The reactions to the assassination of Lisandro Guarcax have been strong in Guatemala and Norway alike. The Guatemalan ambassador to Norway, his Excellency Mr Juan Leon Alvarado, has asked that his country´s authorities give top priority to the investigation.
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02.09.2010
Quechua Congresswoman Fights Discrimination in Education
LIMA, Peru -- Hilaria Supa has broken down many barriers in her life. Now she has overcome another one, in an unprecedented achievement: this Quechua indigenous woman who never went to school is today chair of the congressional education committee in Peru.
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02.09.2010		 Murder of Mayan Champion Engenders Outrage
TROMSØ, Norway -- This summer, under the leadership of multi-talented artist Lisandro Guarcax, the group called Sotzil took part in the Riddu Riddu Festival. On 25 August Lisandro Guarcax was abducted. The next day he was found assassinated and his body showed clear signs of torture.
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01.09.2010
Hunger Striker Dies in Land Dispute
CARACAS -- Franklin Brito, who held several long hunger strikes since 2004 to defend ownership of his farm, became the first Venezuelan to fast to the death.
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01.09.2010		 Kenya’s Smallest Indigenous Tribe Faces Extinction
Impacts of Climate Change Takes Toll on Their Livelihoods
NAIROBI, Kenya -- Kenya’s smallest Indigenous tribe that resides in the world’s largest desert lake is in the verge of extinction as climate change and human activities continues unabated on the tributaries that feed the lake.
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31.08.2010
Environment Lawsuits Often Become Lonely Fights
XIADIAN, China -- Feng Jun´s fight against a local government and the steel mills he believes polluted the water that killed his daughter has cost him nearly everything.
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30.08.2010		 Urban Aboriginal Numbers on Rise, Says Study
CANADA -- Cities are home to a rising number of Aboriginal Peoples, who -- despite pride in their heritage -- live in Canada´s ethnically diverse urban centres and are reluctant to return to native communities, according to a study on urban aboriginals.
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30.08.2010
Guatemalan Indigenous Need Rights Protected, UN Official Says
GUATEMALA -- Due to human rights violations affecting the indigenous peoples of the country, Guatemala risks becoming “ungovernable” according to the U.N. indigenous rights special rapporteur, James Anaya, after his visit in June.
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29.08.2010		 Nicaragua Ratifies ILO Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989 (No. 169)
GENEVA -– 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.
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27.08.2010
Major Blow to Illiteracy Among Native Groups
MANAGUA, Nicaragua -- For 46 years, Nicanor García didn´t know that his first name was seven letters long and that the first letter was also the start of the names of his country, Nicaragua, and his father, Norberto. He found out just eight months ago, when he finally learned how to read and write.
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26.08.2010		 Forestry Industry Sows Poverty, Study Says
SANTIAGO, Chile -- The poverty rate in the districts of southern Chile where the logging industry is the main economic activity is nearly twice the national average, a new study shows.
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26.08.2010
‘This looks like tyranny’
Canada imposes chief and council on Algonquin community
ALGONQUIN TERRITORY, Canada – What if the federal government imposes a chief and council on an indigenous community, but no one – including the imposed chief – agrees to abide by the decision?
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26.08.2010		 David v. Goliath: Indian tribe in ‘stunning’ victory over mining giant
A tribe in India has won a stunning victory over one of the world’s biggest mining companies. In an extraordinary move, India’s Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh has blocked Vedanta Resources’ controversial plan to mine bauxite on the sacred hills of the Dongria Kondh tribe.

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25.08.2010
UN Expert Urges Russia to Pick up Pace of Protecting Rights of Indigenous Peoples
UNITED NATIONS -– Although the Russian Government has made “important steps” to protect the rights of its indigenous people, a United Nations independent human rights expert today urged the country to accelerate progress.
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25.08.2010		 Small Farmers Sell to Government in "Inclusive Markets"
QUITO, Ecuador -- The powerful middleman threatened them: "I hope it lasts for you. I hope the government buys your beans forever, because I don´t want you ever coming back to me!"
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24.08.2010
Africa’s Indigenous Batwa Community Decries High Rate of Violence against Women
NAIROBI, Kenya -- The original inhabitants of the equatorial forests of Africa’s Great Lakes region – the Batwa Indigenous community - are decrying the high rate of violence against women, says a new report.
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24.08.2010		 International Day of the World’s Indigenous People celebrated
US acknowledges indigenous contributions while reviewing Declaration
NEW YORK –- People around the globe marked the International Day of the World’s Indigenous People Aug. 9 as the U.S. State Department continued its review of the federal government’s rejection of the U.N. Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
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24.08.2010

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Canadians head back to school, Aboriginal students still shut out
10/09 17:36 Algoma News
Assessing Diet And Lifestyle In The Canadian Arctic Inuit And Inuvialuit To Inform A Nutrition And Physical Activity Intervention Programme
S. Sharma, 2010 Inuit in Nunavut (NU) and Inuvialuit in the Northwest Territories (NWT), Canada, were traditionally nomadic peoples whose culture and lifestyle were founded on hunting and gathering foods from the local environment, primarily land and marine...
10/09 15:37 Indigenous Peoples Issues and Resources
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10/09 15:01 Ung.no
Mining plans endanger a fifth of the great Peel wilderness
10/09 14:01 Rabble.ca
Assembly of First Nations : Assembly of First Nations Supports the Positions of First Nations Meeting with U.S. Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi
10/09 14:00 Nation Talk
Ändrade matvanor hotar hälsan
Övervikt, diabetes och cancer ökar i urfolkssamhällen i norra Kanada på grund av att människorna där alltmer sälla äter den traditionella...
10/09 12:09 SR Sameradion
Few legislators in Chile, hunger strike for indigenous prisoners
SANTIAGO, Chile - The four legislators in Chile, who are allegedly members of the opposition have already joined the hunger strike of 34 indigenous...
10/09 11:38 All Voices
Act says Maori could charge for beach access
Source: NZPA Tools: Email Print Text Size Share on img Retweet img Source: ONE News Related News The Act Party says Maori will be able to charge for access to beaches if they gain customary title under new legislation, despite Attorney-General Chris Finlayson telling parliament yesterday that...
10/09 10:06 TVNZ
Groups buoyed after meeting U.S. House Speaker Pelosi to talk oilsands
10/09 06:50 KBS Radio
For Chile, Colossal Trouble On Easter Island
The monumental statues of Easter Island have made the isolated island, more than 2,000 miles off the coast of Chile, an international tourist destination that carries the...
10/09 02:23 Oregon Public Broadcasting News
Chilean lawmakers join indigenous hunger strike
SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Four Chilean opposition lawmakers on Thursday joined a hunger strike by indigenous Mapuche inmates protesting "terror" charges, increasing pressure on the government to talk to the...
10/09 01:43 Bay Ledger News Zone
Oilsands at centre of Harper’s talks with U.S. House Speaker Pelosi
10/09 01:10 GuelphMecury.com