UN Passes Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

Posted by Brenda Norrell - September 15, 2007 at 2:26 pm
After 25 years of struggle for Indigenous Peoples, the United Nations has passed the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

However, four countries -- Canada, United States, Australia and New Zealand -- voted against it.

While Indigenous Peoples around the world are celebrating this victory, they are also examining what the Declaration means for the future. Especially in Canada, Indigenous Peoples are voicing reactions to the governments who voted against Indigenous rights.

Official comments from Indian leaders, and links to news articles, are posted at:
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Brenda Norrell has been a news reporter in Indian country for 29 years. She is publisher of Censored News, focusing on Indigenous Peoples, human rights and the US border. Now censored by the mainstream media, she previously was a staff reporter at numerous American Indian newspapers and a stringer for AP, USA Today and others. She lived on the Navajo Nation for 18 years, and then traveled with the Zapatistas. She covered the climate summits in Cochabamba, Bolivia, and Cancun, Mexico, in 2010.

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Brenda Norrell has been a news reporter in Indian country for 29 years. She is publisher of Censored News, focusing on Indigenous Peoples, human rights and the US border. Now censored by the mainstream media, she previously was a staff reporter at numerous American Indian newspapers and a stringer for AP, USA Today and others. She lived on the Navajo Nation for 18 years, and then traveled with the Zapatistas. She covered the climate summits in Cochabamba, Bolivia, and Cancun, Mexico, in 2010.