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Advancing Proposals in the UN

Indian nations and organizations are banding together to call for strong, action-oriented outcomes from the UN World Conference on Indigenous Peoples.

2013 Annual Report

In an effort to be environmentally sustainable, the 2013 Annual Report is now available on our website.
Letter to World Bank: Including Indigenous Peoples in the Bank’s Goals of Ending Extreme Poverty
Using Sovereignty Opens Global Doors

Muskogee Nation News article by Gary Fife | March 2014

Sovereignty provides power through economics
WCIP Update

Preparations for the UN World Conference on Indigenous Peoples continue and the Center remains committed to supporting tribal nations and indigenous peoples to achieve lasting measures to improve the lives of indigenous peoples.
Timbisha Shoshone Tribal Leaders Challenge BIA-Supervised Takeover

April 7, 2014

Timbisha Shoshone tribal leaders contest the results of a Secretarial election on a new constitution for the Tribe, taking a further step in their ongoing battle to preserve Timbisha sovereignty and self-government.
Indigenous Peoples Are Key To Ending Poverty

Op-Ed by Armstrong A. Wiggins

Ending poverty globally can only be accomplished if you are in conversation with the people who live in poverty.
UN Commission on the Status of Women

In March 2014, the Center, along with the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) and its Task Force on Violence Against Women, the National Indigenous Women's Resource Center (NIWRC), and Clan Star, Inc., participated in the 58th Session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of...

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The Interior Department’s Takeover of the Timbisha Shoshone Government

Updated 5-16-2014
World Conference Resources

UN Documents | Letters of the President | Outcome Document

Memos regarding World Conference follow-up

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