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Edwin Legarda |
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Opening Convocation at the Working Group Session. Photo by Leo Crippa |
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| Renewed liquor licenses violate sanctity of Bear Butte | |
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March to protect Bear Butte at Sturgis motorcycle rally. |
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| Update on Indian Land Rights: Brazil, Nicaragua and Onondaga Nation | |
 The Indian wars continue in the Americas, and once in awhile we win! As conflicts over indigenous lands and resources escalate in Central and South America, the protection of indigenous peoples' rights to self-determination and control over their land is more important than ever. (More...)
Jacqueline Actuga, James Anaya, Tim Coulter and Terri Henry at National Congress of American Indians conference in Phoenix. |
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| Fort Belknap Tribes still fighting for clean water after mine closure | |
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Water testing on the Fort Belknap reservation. |
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HELENA, Montana -- We are honored to welcome two new members to the Center's Board of Directors: Dacho Alexander and Viviana Figueroa. (More...) |
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Indigenous Notes
BOGOTA, Colombia -- On Dec. 16, 2008 Edwin Legarda was attacked by a shower of bullets from Colombian military personnel while driving an official vehicle of the Regional Indigenous Council of Cauca (CRIC). (
WASHINGTON, DC -- The OAS Working Group in charge of negotiating the Draft American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples held a Special Session at the OAS Headquarters in Washington D.C. on December 9th, chaired by Reynaldo Cuadros, Ambassador of the Bolivian Mission to the OAS. (
HARLEM, Montana -- Our work with the Assiniboine and Gros Ventre Tribes of the Fort Belknap Reservation in Montana began in 1992. The Center has represented the Tribes in several cases aimed at shutting down the Zortman and Landusky mines – large open-pit, cyanide heap leach gold mines – and bringing the sites into compliance with water quality and environmental standards. (
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