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Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada |
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Canada |
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The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada has a mandate to learn the truth about what happened in the residential schools and to inform all Canadians about what happened in the schools. The Commission hopes to guide and inspire First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples and Canadians in a process of truth and healing leading toward reconciliation and renewed relationships based on mutual understanding and respect. The Commission views reconciliation as an ongoing individual and collective process.... |
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Forum on Doctrine of Discovery: VIDEO |
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Video of a forum to address the implications of the Doctrine of Discovery in context of the standards established by the adoption on September 13, 2007 of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Official Video of Public Record
Recorded by the Arizona State Legislature, 23 March 2012. 3 hours. |
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Native Software Development |
Abenaki |
US - Central |
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Free native software and programs to download and review.
Free Software Downloads |
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The Spike |
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US - Northeast |
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This website features The Spike, a newsletter on Native American Powwows and American Indian Powwows along the East Coast, in the area from Eastern Canada south to Florida and all states East of the Mississippi River. This site is for the active and novice powwow aficionados and all stages in between. It is also, for powwow participants seeking knowledge of the locations of powwows in the east, specifically dancers, vendors, drums and entertainers. |
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Indigenous Research Center of the Americas (IRCA) |
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The Indigenous Research Center of the Americas (IRCA) was founded in 1994 as an affiliated center of the Department of Native American Studies at the University of California, Davis. The website is open to indigenous and non-indigenous scholars and activists from the Americas and the world and, as in the case of IRCA itself, it is intended to be a forum of debates, opinions, information and reflections on the situation of the Indigenous Peoples/Native Americans and their struggle for achieving higher levels of autonomy and securing a future of sovereignty and self-determination. |
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The Wolastoqewiyik Traditional Council of Tobic (WTCT) |
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Canada - Eastern |
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The Wolastoqewiyik Traditional Council of Tobic (WTCT) is the traditional governing body of the Wolastoqewiyik Nation. Our people’s Longhouse form of governance goes back thousands of generations and predates the present Indian Act form of governance. |
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Rhode Island Indian Council |
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US - Northeast |
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A private, non-profit agency established in Providence in 1975 that promotes the social, economic, and cultural well-being of all tribal communities in Rhode Island, the agency is governed and staffed primarily by Native Americans. Our constituents include over 5,600 Indians in Rhode Island and Connecticut, each representing more than fifty tribes. |
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Western Shoshone National Council Request to United Nations |
Shoshone |
US - Southwest |
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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 |
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Shiny gold - poisoned land |
Shoshone |
US - Southwest |
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By Renate Domnick (Society for threatened peoples). English version by Elisa Grazzi.
Four of the biggest international gold companies operate on Western Shoshone land. Gold extraction produces more waste than any other mining activity. In fact, 99.9% of dug material is useless, as there are only 1 to 3 grams of gold in each ton of rocks. |
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The Anchorage Declaration |
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From 20-24 April, 2009, Indigenous representatives from the Arctic, North America, Asia, Pacific, Latin America, Africa, Caribbean and Russia met in Anchorage, Alaska for the Indigenous Peoples’ Global Summit on Climate Change. |
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Declaración Política Puno Peru (2009) |
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II Encuentro Continental de la Juventud Originaria del Abya Yala en el Marco de la IV Cumbre Continental de los Pueblos Originarios del Abya Yala, Puno, Perú, el 28 y 29 de mayo de 2009. |
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Manifesto of the First Continental Summit of Indigenous Women |
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Statement from the First Continental Summit of Indigenous Women, Puno, Peru, May 27-28, 2009 |
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The Mama Quta Titikaka Declaration |
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Declaration of the IV Continental Indigenous Summit Abya Yala,
Puno, Peru May 28-31, 2009 |
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Two Rivers |
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US - Northwest |
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“Two Rivers” documents the true story of a Native American Reconciliation group that began in a couple’s home in Northern Washington State. Within five years many more had joined, and together they launched social and political reconciliation initiatives that changed their community, and race relations across the Northwest. |
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Under-representation of Native Americans in the Mainstream Media |
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United States |
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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.
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'1491' Explores the Americas Before Columbus |
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PBS Radio Interview: "All Things Considered," August 21, 2005 · Our founding myth suggests the Americas were a lightly populated wilderness before Europeans arrived. Historian Charles C. Mann compiled evidence of a far more complex and populous pre-Columbian society. He tells John Ydstie about 1491. |
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The Black Hawk War: Utah's Forgotten Tragedy |
Ute |
US - Southwest |
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Black Hawk war documentary film project. This website offers a plethora of information regarding the war. This is a product of many years of research of Brigham's brutal Black Hawk War of Utah. It is the story of the Ute Indians, the Noochew, in conflict with early Mormon pioneers and the United States government during the years 1847 to 1873. |
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Gáldu resource Centre for the Rights of Indigenous Peoples |
Sami |
Europe & Russia |
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Resource Centre for the Rights of Indigenous Peoples was established by the Norwegian government. It is located in Guovdageaidnu-Kautokeino, in Finnmark county. The Centre shall increase information about the rights of Saami and other indigenous peoples.The Centre is independent, governed by its own board.
Norwegian version
Sami Version
The Centre is funded by Norwegian Ministry of Labour and Social Inclusions and by Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. |
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Declaración organizaciones indígenas de la Amazonía |
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Declaración organizaciones indígenas de la Amazonía, Coordinadora de las Organizaciones Indígenas de la Cuenca Amazónica -COICA, Foro Social Mundial 2009, Belém, Amazon, Brasil |
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Declaration of the Coordination of the Indigenous Organizations of the Amazon Basin (COICA) |
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Declaration of the Coordination of the Indigenous Organizations of the Amazon Basin (COICA), World Social Forum 2009, Belém, Amazon, Brazil. |
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Declaración de los pueblos indígenas |
Quechua |
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Declaración de los pueblos indígenas en el Foro Social Mundial 2009 en Belém, Amazon, Brasil. |
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Declaration of Indigenous Peoples |
Quechua |
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Declaration of Indigenous Peoples at the World Social Forum 2009 in Belém, Amazon, Brazil.
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Neighbors of the Onondaga Nation |
Onondaga |
US - Northeast |
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Neighbors of the Onondaga Nation (NOON) is a grassroots organization of Central New Yorkers which recognizes and supports the sovereignty of the traditional government of the Onondaga Nation. It is a program of the Syracuse Peace Council. NOON supports the right of native peoples to reclaim land, and advocates for fair settlement of any claims which are filed.
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Honouring Life Network |
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Canada |
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The Honouring Life Network offers culturally relevant suicide prevention resources for Aboriginal youth across Canada. There is also an on-line forum for youth workers, and a place for youth to share their stories with one another.
The Honouring Life Network is a program administrated by the National Aboriginal Health Organization (NAHO). |
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Palisades Museum of Prehistory |
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US - Northeast |
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The Palisades Museum of Prehistory,
incorporated in Washington DC, is a
non-profit regional organization
dedicated to promoting the awareness
and preservation of prehistoric artifacts
in the Palisades of Washington DC. |
