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"Relocation" vs "Removal": simply another example of "Institutionalized Bigotry"?
by Michael McLaughlin The Library of Congress' cataloging practice regarding "removal" vs. "relocation" is a contemporary example of institutionalized bigotry towards American Indians.
Amazonian Peoples on Biodiversity and IPR		America - South
Coordinadora de las Organizaciones Indígenas de la Cuenca Amazonica (Coordinating Body of Indigenous Communities of the Amazon Basin; COICA) (1994)
American Indian Nations and Tribes - General Materials		United States
Links to materials involving American Indian Nations and Tribes originally provided to the public courtesy of the United States House of Representatives Law Revision Counsel.
Apple Cede: First Nations Land Management Regime		Canada
by Janice G.A.E. Switlo, attorney; analysis and critique of "Canada's solution to decisively exterminate aboriginal title." This is a PDF document.
Beyond the Lost Decade		America - South
Indigenous Movements and the Transformation of Development and Democracy in Latin America. Papers from a Conference held at Princeton University, March 2-3, 2001.
Bioethics: A Third World Issue
by Vandana Shiva
Biotechnology: Here Come the Gene Hunters
by Johanna Son (review of documentary film about Human Genome Diversity Project)
Black Crow's Art Gallery
Black Crow's Gallery pages are designed to make browsing easy. This Gallery Index is organized by categories, so that the entire set of drawings does not load all at once. Links from the Gallery Index lead to each category, where thumbnails of all drawings are displayed, with links to the full-size images.
Carta de Organizaciones Indígenas de Colombia		America - South
Asamblea General del Fondo Indígena (Chile, Mayo 1997)
Cree Grand Chief Matthew Coon Come's Speech at Harvard University	Cree	Canada - Eastern
October 28, 1996
Cree Statements to U.N. Working Group on Indigenous Populations	Cree
14th session, 29 July - 2 August, 1996 (Geneva)
DAY OF SHAME: Public Statement Regarding Denial of Clemency for Leonard Peltier
Leonard Peltier Defense Committee: "We were both shocked and saddened by President Clinton's decision to deny executive clemency to Leonard Peltier."
Declaración de Kito
Declaración de la II Cumbre Continental de Pueblos y Nacionalidades Indígenas de Abya Yala (Américas), en Quito, Ecuador, Julio 2004.
Declaración de Machu Picchu sobre la democracia		America - South
Declaración de Machu Picchu sobre la democracia, los derechos de los pueblos indígenas y la lucha contra la pobreza, Machu Picchu, 28-29 de julio de 2001.
Declaración de Temuco sobre el Fondo Indígena	Mapuche	America - South
Asamblea General del Fondo Indígena (Chile, Mayo 1997)
Declaración de Ukupseni, Kuna Yala	Kuna	America - Central
Human Genome Diversity Project (HGDP) (13 Noviembre de 1997)
Declaración Pública	Mapuche	America - South
La organización mapuche Consejo de Todas las Tierras, ante la detención y encarcelamiento de los dirigentes de nuestra organización comunicamos a la opinión pública nacional e internacional, lo siguiente.
Declaration of Brazilian Shamans regarding Protection of Traditional Knowledge		America - South
Intellectual property document submitted in an event organised by the Brazilian National Institute of Industrial property (INPI), related to the Brazilian Ministry of Development, in December 2001. [This is a PDF document. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader software to view the downloaded file.]
Declaration of Quito	Quechua	America - South
Quito, Ecuador, July 1990
Declaration of Teotihuacan		Mexico
Consejo de Organizaciones y Naciones Indígenas del Continente / Council of Indigenous Organizations and Nations of the Continent (CONIC) (Mexico, October 25-28, 2000)
Environmental Disaster at Mohawk Nation	Mohawk	US - Northeast
At Akwesasne (St. Regis Indian Reservation), people are being told that their water has been contaminated since November. The people have been told not to drink the water, do dishes, or bathe in it.
Environmental Justice at Yucca Mountain	Shoshone	US - Southwest
An Analysis of the U.S. Department of Energy "Draft Environmental Impact Statement" For the Proposed Nuclear Waste Repository At Yucca Mountain; by Leuren Moret, Past President, Association for Women Geoscientists.
Epidemic of Gas Sniffing Decimates Arctic Indian Tribe
Late last fall, in a remote village in the north of Labrador, native leaders took the extraordinary step of asking the government to take their children away. The children, residents of the village of Sheshatshiu, where 1,200 of the 2,000 members of Labrador's Innu Nation live, are addicted to sniffing gasoline.
Ethnic Cleansing and Genocide in North America and Kosovo
"What is to be said of the irony of bringing in Apache helicopters, or tomahawk cruise missiles to rain down NATO's bombs of fury on the Milosevic regime in Yugoslavia? The unself-conscious ease with which the United States and its NATO allies use the names and symbols of Indigenous North American peoples to describe the weaponry in their arsenal, surely speaks to the paradoxes of this bring-in-the-new-millenium war." by Dr. Anthony Hall, University of Lethbridge (Canada)
European Parliament Letter: Western Shoshone Concerns	Shoshone	US - Southwest
February, 1998, to US Secretary of Interior
Firehair's Eastern Tribal People's Support and Coalition List
Begun in early 1997, this E-list is mainly a news serve, distributing global news, and particularly US and Canadian news, of any kind regarding the daily status of native and Indigenous issues. The list also runs jokes (in good taste) poetry, requests for information, resources, some genealogical requests, events, and always, prayer needs.
Frank B. (Wamsutta) James 1923-2001	Wampanoag	US - Northeast
Frank B. (Wamsutta) James, an Aquinnah Wampanoag elder and Native American activist, died February 20, 2001 at the age of 77. James first came to national attention in 1970 when he, with hundreds of other Native Americans and their supporters, went to Plymouth and declared Thanksgiving day a National Day of Mourning for Native Americans.
Fundamental Laws of the Dine'	Navajo	US - Southwest
An enactment (November 2002) of the Navajo Nation Council, amending the Navajo Nation Code to Recognize the Fundamental Laws of the Dine'. The legislation, drafted with input from Dine' College and the Navajo Medicine Man's Association, states some very fundamental rights from a Navajo point of view.
Guia para Pueblos Indigenas		Mexico
Sobre políticas, proyectos, asistencia financiera y técnica de Agencias Internacionales, Gubernamentales y no-Gubernamentales en América Latina. Comision Nacional de Derechos Humanos. Project Description in English.
Handbook for Indigenous Organizations		Mexico
published by the National Human Rights Commission in Mexico on policies and resources of international intergovernmental, governmental, and non-governmental agencies regarding indigenous peoples in Mexico, Central, and South America. Description, Table of Contents, and excerpts in Spanish
Hawaiian Independence: Affidavit of Francis A. Boyle (Kanahele)		US - Hawaii
statement by attorney supporting right of Mr. Kanahele, Head of State of the Nation of Hawaii, to receive all the privileges and immunities, respect and deference, that must be accorded to a Head of State as required by the general principles of public international law.
Heroes of Wounded Knee Creek	Lakota	US - Central
by Bob Smith; an article about the Medals of Honor awarded to those who massacred the people at Wounded Knee in 1890.
History of the Modern American Thanksgiving		United States
by Karen Nelte Many cultures have set aside times to give thanks for blessings such as rain, crops, food, and health. This collection of material was prepared to address some common misconceptions regarding the history of American Thanksgiving. Unfortunately, descriptions of two wars are necessary to answer obvious questions that come up.
Hopi Basketry Presentation	Hopi	US - Southwest
A short archival of information on Hopi Basketry.
Hopi Basketry Presentation	Hopi	US - Southwest
For UMASS Anthropology 310b- Part 1: History and Meaning (Rohith Sood), Part 2: Manufacture and Decoration (Cecil Lewis), Part 3: Bibliography. This presentation was created using an HP Scanjet 2cx, and was shown to approximately 40 people on May 30th, 1995. Utilizing a Mac Quadra 660 with an AV output, the pages were shown to the class using Netscape software. Accompanying the presentation was a 4 page handout, and of course the knowledgeable oral presentation of the 2 students above. The handout, graphical presentation, and this optional WWW accompaniment were created by Frank Provo. This HTML version of the presentation (handout included) was assembled by Karen M. Strom and is hosted on her server.
How To Kill A Nation: U.S. Policy in Western Shoshone Country Since 1863	Shoshone	US - Southwest
Pamphlet produced by the Western Shoshone National Council, with maps and photos. "It is the solemn duty of the Western Shoshone to protect Mother Earth from all forms of environmental destruction exemplified by open pit mining, atomic testing, storage of nuclear waste, all forms of military testing and the pollution of the ground, air and water."
Indian Blood is being Spilled by Racist Colonialism	Aymara	America - South
This message is a request for your support in the denunciation of the oppression and massacre of indigenous peoples in Qullasuyu-Bolivia (November 2001).
Indian Census Facts 2005		United States
This PDF file provides statistics compiled by the U.S. Census Bureau for American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month, November 2005.
Indian Identity - Who's drawing the boundaries?		United States
by Rekha Balu; published by the American Bar Association. Explores issues of "tribal enrollment."
Indians, Attack Helicopters and Resistance
By Gary Leupp, Tufts University "One must suppose today's Apaches have mixed feelings about their soaring namesake. On the Fort Apache Indian Reservation in Arizona, the military still has a presence. According to a reservation website, "illegal incursions" of Apache helicopters and other military aircraft "on Apache airspace happen almost daily...."
Indigenous Land Regularization in Latin America		America - South
by Andrew M. Crain, Esq. This paper examines the many recent legal changes in Latin America regarding indigenous communities' rights to traditional lands and natural resources. It includes chapter case studies of Argentina and Brasil.
INDIGENOUS PEOPLES - GLOBAL ISSUES: Teaching Resources
Indigenous peoples are engaged with both international and domestic law and politics. This site is intended to illuminate these engagements in a global context: a teaching and research resource.
Indigenous Peoples: Rights and Aspirations
by Ann Stewart, from Peacework Magazine (March, 1996); commentary on UN Draft Declaration of Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Indigenous Women's Network Statement: Killings of Indigenous Activists		America - South
In response to murder of Ingrid Washinawatok, the Co-Chair of The Indigenous Women's Network and Lahe'ena'e Gay and Terence Freitas, two other members of a humanitarian delegation to the U'wa people of Colombia. [Issued March 8, 1999]
INNU-L	Innu	Canada - Northern
The purpose of the Innu-l email-list is to provide a forum for discussion, exchange and solidarity between the Innu Nation and those interested in supporting the Innu people.
Kanaka Maoli Statement on Racism	Kanaka Maoli	US - Hawaii
a list of the racisms that Kanaka Maoli and other indigenous peoples suffer under United States colonialism. This list was developed for public presentation to the US government December 10 - 11, 1999
Kanakamaoliallies		Polynesia
Web directory and links are related to or suggested by members of the kanakamaoli-l list server. The list is dedicated to Hawaiian sovereignty and independence from United States of America.
KANAKAMAOLIALLIES-L	Kanaka Maoli	US - Hawaii
The Hawaiian Sovereignty Discussion List, Kanakamaoliallies-l, was created to further the on-going discussions about the Hawaiian Sovereignty Movement, and all other issues related thereto.
Kevin Gover: Briefcase Warrior	Cherokee	US - Central
"Kevin Gover is an Indian lawyer, a briefcase warrior. With that status comes responsibility and conflict. The responsibility is to protect Indian people and what little property they have left. The conflicts are many. I suspect that Kevin Gover, during his tenure with the Bureau of Indian Affairs, has fallen into some of the gaps between theory and practice."
Kito Declaration
Declaration of the Second Continental Summit of Indigenous Pueblos and Nationalities of Abya Yala (the Americas) in Quito, Ecuador, July 2004.
La tierra es vida y la Pachamama es nuestra madre	Aymara	America - South
Consejo Nacional de Ayllus y Markas del Qullasuyu (noviembre 2001)
Leonard Peltier Statement of Facts	Ojibwe	US - Central
Memorandum from the Leonard Peltier Defense Committee to members of the United States Congress
Links to Makah Whaling Issue	Makah	US - Northwest
Wide variety of links compiled by gbergi@wonton.ca and posted in alt.native on November 2, 1998.
Maria	Sioux	US - Central
Maria Darlene "Running Moccasins" Pearson, twice nominee for the Noble Peace Prize and Indian Rights Activist, passed away at 8:20 p.m. on Saturday, May 24 at Mary Greeley Hospital in Ames, Iowa. A Yankton Sioux, Mrs. Pearson was born in Springfield, South Dakota on July12, 1932. She was a recognized tribal elder, a position of high regard and equally high responsibility among her people.
Means Testing Indian Governments: Taxing What Works		United States
A critique of Sen. Slade Gorton's attempt to tax Indian governments, and a commentary on American Indian economics.
Michael Two Horses, 1953-2003	Dakota
Mr. Two Horses will be remembered for his exhaustively brilliant research and writing and his passionately honest dedication to human rights, particularly with respect to American Indian treaty rights, spiritual rights, and cultural rights.
National Meeting: Indigenous Peoples and Organisations of Brazil - Final Document		America - South
We, the indigenous leaders of 54 peoples from all the regions of the country, united at the National Meeting of Indigenous Peoples and Organisations of Brazil, involving 250 participants, at the Vicente Canas Training Centre, Luziânia in Goias, between 25 and 30 April 2003, discussed the indigenist policy that we want, based on the concrete reality of the experiences of our communities.
NativeWeb Job Listings
The purpose of this listing is to provide a service to native or indigenous owned/run businesses, tribal governments, non-profit organizations, and educational, social service, or other positions for organizations or businesses seeking to fill positions related to the native and indigenous community.
NativeWeb News Digest		United States
A daily law news update from mainstream and American Indian media.
North American Native Authors Project
The Greenfield Review Press: writings by over 200 Native authors
Ouje-Bougoumou Cree community official project at Expo2000 (press release)	Cree	Canada - Northern
Ovide Mercredi at Save Canada Conference	Cree	Canada - Eastern
speech delivered by Ovide Mercredi, a First Nations leader in Canada, to the participants at the Save Canada Conference in Ottawa, Ontario, August 21, 1999. "We the Indigenous Peoples of the Americas understand all too well that our survival and future is linked to the maintenance of our separate and distinct identity, and to the free exercise of our inherent self determination within our territories."
Papal Bull Inter Caetera (Alexander VI), May 4, 1493
Columbus' discovery in 1492 of supposedly Asiatic lands in the western seas threatened the unstable relations between the kingdoms of Portugal and Castile, which had been jockeying for position and possession of colonial territories for more than a century. The bull Inter caetera became a major document in the development of legal doctrines regarding claims of empire in the "new world." An English translation from the original Latin.
Papal Bull Romanus Pontifex (Nicholas V), January 8, 1455
The bull Romanus Pontifex is an important example of the Papacy's claim to spiritual lordship of the whole world and of its role in regulating relations among Christian princes and between Christians and "unbelievers" ("heathens" and "infidels"). This bull became the basis for Portugal's later claim to lands in the "new world," a claim which was countered by Castile and the bull Inter caetera in 1493. An English translation from the original Latin.
Patente Union Europea, de la COICA		America - South
Coordinadora de las Organizaciones Indígenas de la Cuenca Amazonica (Coordinating Body of Indigenous Communities of the Amazon Basin; COICA) (Mayo 17 de 1997)
PRISON AT NIGHT: Native Spirituality Behind Bars		US - Northeast
an essay about a lawsuit in behalf of a Native American Spiritual Awareness Council in a Massachusetts prison by Peter d'Errico
Rechazo Asamblea Fondo Indígena (ONIC)		America - South
Asamblea General del Fondo Indígena (Chile, Mayo 1997)
Reclaiming the Word "Squaw" in the Name of the Ancestors	Abenaki	US - Northeast
by Marge Bruchac; "Squaw - a phoenetic rendering of an Algonkian word - means the totality of being female. It is our word for woman, and it is not to be used as an insult!"
Religious Intolerance in United States: Situation of Native Americans		United States
Excerpt from Report submitted by Mr. Abdelfattah Amor, United Nations Special Rapporteur, in accordance with Commission on Human Rights resolution 1998/18. United Nations Doc. # E/CN.4/1999/58/Add.1, 9 December 1998.
Remarks of Kevin Gover, Assistant Secretary, Department of Interior (USA)		United States
Ceremony Acknowledging the 175th Anniversary of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, September 8, 2000
Report to UN by Taroko People of Taiwan (1997)	Taroko	Asia
"Our Experience of the Incursion of Cement Companies onto the Land of the Taroko People, Hwalien, Taiwan" by Igung Shiban (Tien Chun-Chou)
Researching historic FBI files on Native Americans		United States
by Michael Ravnitzky; "The early surveillance - 1930s-1960s - of Native American people by the FBI has been largely undocumented." Here's how to start researching.
Scholarly Responsibilities to Indigenous Communities	Choctaw	US - Southwest
a statement by Professor Devon Mihesuah of Northern Arizona University, 16 April 2003, first in a series of statements on this topic, organized by H-AMINDIAN@H-NET.MSU.EDU
Slow Turtle (1930 - 1997)	Wampanoag	US - Northeast
poem by Bob Doyle describing ceremony in which Slow Turtle's ashes were put to sea, November 1, 1997.
Slow Turtle - Obituary	Wampanoag	US - Northeast
from the Associated Press, October 29, 1997
SOVERNET-L		Canada - Western
Sovernet-l is a source for primary documentation, press statements from Native Nations, support letters, transcriptions of interviews, articles, investigative journalism and research pieces, court proceedings, and any other news item concerning indigenous sovereignty. PLEASE NOTE that this is a list for distribution of news and information, not discussion.
STATEMENT BY LEONARD PELTIER After Denial of Clemency, January 2001		United States
January 20, 2001, was a sad day for all of us. I know that this denial of clemency has affected many of you as much as it has affected both my family and myself. It is a terrible feeling and disappointment knowing that this nightmare has not ended and will continue for many months to come.
Statement of Lee Phillips regarding Big Mountain	Navajo	US - Southwest
attorney's statement about Navajo-Hopi land dispute deadline, released March 18, 1997
Step Into the Nightmare	Choctaw	US - Southwest
1998 update on his situation and essay on prison issues, by Standing Deer
Take Heed - Trouble Coming	Choctaw	US - Southwest
by Standing Deer
The Iquitos Declaration		America - South
Coordinadora de las Organizaciones Indígenas de la Cuenca Amazonica (Coordinating Body of Indigenous Communities of the Amazon Basin; COICA) (May 9-11, 1990)
The Scabby One Lights The Sky	Aztec (Nahua)	Mexico
Toltec creation story
Towards a Maori Criminal Justice System	Maori	Aotearoa-New Zealand
by Noaia Arena Napia
Treaties and International Law - General
Links to Treaties and International Law originally provided to the public courtesy of the United States House of Representatives Law Revision Counsel.
Turnkey Day: A Poem for Leonard Peltier
by Jonathan Stevens
U.S. Government Accounting Office financial management report on the Bureau of Indian Affairs
issued: May, 1996
Under-representation of Native Americans in the Mainstream Media		United States
by Franki Webb From the beginning of cinema, Native American culture has been represented stereotypically: Indians are portrayed as proud, independent and honourable peoples or as blood thirsty savages. Hollywood tends to ignore the historical perspective of Indian cultures and rarely offers a well-grounded understanding of Indian identity.
Wampanoag Fishing Rights	Wampanoag	US - Northeast
Massachusetts Courts uphold Mashpee Wampanoag Fishing Rights, in two historic decisions (1998, 1999).
We are here. We have arrived.		Mexico
Speech by Zapatista Subcomandante Marcos, EZLN. March 11, 2001 in the Zocalo of Mexico City. Translated by irlandesa.
Western Shoshone National Council Request to United Nations	Shoshone	US - Southwest
Request For Early Warning Measures And Urgent Procedures, submitted to The United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination by The Western Shoshone National Council, in relation to The United States of America: 25 July 2005, Raymond D. Yowell, Chief
What Is In Your Heart They Cannot Take	Choctaw	US - Southwest
by Standing Deer
Who Represents Indigenous People In Ottawa Canada?	Mohawk	Canada - Eastern
Speech by the President of the Canadian Alliance in Solidarity with the Native Peoples, Kahn-Tineta Horn, January 29, 1999, at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law "35th Annual Conference on Law and Contemporary Affairs."
Wiener vs. Aquinnah Shellfish Hatchery	Wampanoag	US - Northeast
Massachusetts Superior Court decision that Aquinnah Tribe has sovereign immunity from suit by town zoning officer. Decided: June, 2003.