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Indigenous Rights

Indigenous Rights

Indigenous rights are those human and legal rights that have been denied to indigenous people because of their heritage, particularly in relation to their land and homes.

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Indigenous Peoples and Rights
Indigenous Lands
Indigenous Peoples and Cultures

Did you know?

Indigenous peoples and their interests are represented in the United Nations primarily through the mechanisms of the Working Group on Indigenous Populations (WGIP).

In April 2000 the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights adopted a resolution to establish the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues as an advisory body to the Economic and Social Council with a mandate to review indigenous issues.

The Anchorage Declaration

A joint statement by the indigenous community on climate change and indigenous rights.

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Making a difference

Amazon Watch

Occidental Petroleum withdraws
from U'wa land
"In May 2002, US based-Occidental announced its withdrawal from the Siriri block on the U'wa sacred lands in Colombia. Amazon Watch played a leading role in the global campaign targeting the company since its inception in 1996. The U'wa people greeted this victory with a communiqué thanking supporters around the globe. The Colombian government continues to look for other investors to take over the oil concession. Amazon Watch remains vigilant in support of the U'wa people's work to protect their land and communities."

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land rights, protection, ownership, aboriginal, livelihoods, subsistence, economic development, sense of place, environmental protection, land seizure, land sovereignty, natural resources management, cultural easements, biodiversity knowledge, self-determination, tribe, tribal, local, community, culture, aborigines, native peoples, first peoples, autochthonous, education, minority, racism, cultural diversity, sovereignty, human rights, land claims, self-government, autonomy, political rights, identity rights, environmental racism, ethnobiology

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alyssanicol 2 days ago

Im a freelance photographer, based in los angeles, working on research of the Hadzabe tribe in Tanzania. Ive just returned from shooting there and looking into activists involved in protecting them and their land rights in order to build fund raising for a book project or documentary. Ive been in connection with the Dorobo fund located in Arusha but if others have ideas or directions, id greatly appreciate it.

be well..

onward.

Nicol

Nicol Ragland Photography

www.nicolragland.com

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