Indigenous Rights

Multiple illustrated people standing in front of a mountain with the letters I P R I on the bottom

April 1, 2021

Taking Strides in Addressing the Criminalization of and Impunity Against Indigenous Peoples Globally Amidst the COVID 19 Pandemic

By Joan Carling

Indigenous Peoples across the globe are facing a serious crisis of criminalization and widespread human rights violations with impunity.

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Indigenous peoples in Paramaribo streets

March 1, 2021

Indigenous Peoples in Suriname Intensify Struggle for their Rights

By Max Ooft

Suriname is the only country in the Americas with Indigenous peoples and also Maroon tribal peoples, that has no comprehensive legislation on the rights of Indigenous and Tribal Peoples.

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Colombian amazon Indigenous Peoples dancing

January 1, 2021

Indigenous Peoples Take Action in the Colombian Amazon

By David Rothschild, Senior Partnership Lead, Nia Tero

OPIAC, created in 1995, champions the struggle for the recognition and defense of human and territorial rights, conservation of biodiversity, and autonomous self-development of the Indigenous peoples of the region.

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Madelsar Ngiraingas

April 16, 2020

Pacific Peoples Forum - Madelsar Ngiraingas

In February 2020, Nia Tero hosted the second Moana Pasifik People’s Forum in Honolulu, Hawai'i.

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Portrait of a woman, Sherri Mitchell standing in front of a wall with large writing

March 2, 2020

Sherri Mitchell on Indigenous Rights Issues

Indigenous rights activist, spiritual teacher, and transformational change maker Sherri Mitchell talks about the current state of Indigenous Rights in relation to climate change, colonialism, power structures.

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