INDIGENOUS PEOPLES

La Guancha, Boriken (UCTP Taino News) – Holiday shoppers interested in contemporary indigenous art in Boriken (Puerto Rico) can visit several Taino craft venders at the festival market at “La Guancha” in Ponce.Community members Luis Kacian Calderon Vega of Alfareria Kanari and Edgar Yerut of Wakia Arawaka Taino are certified artisans who present their works at the famous marina and boardwalk every weekend. The artisans serve as cultural...  

Black history in Puerto Rico begins with the African freeman who arrived with the Spanish Conquistadors. The Spaniards enslaved the Tainos, who were the native inhabitants of the island, and many of them died as a result of the ...  

Belize is a multiethnic country with various ethnic groups such as Mayas, Garifunas, Creoles, Germans, East Indians, Chinese and Mennonites. Due to this, the government of Belize should create a multicultural program in all their schools, which will help to foster mutual cooperation and understanding.  

WASHINGTON D.C. (UCTP Taino News) — Indigenous leaders from throughout the Americas gathered in in Washington DC this week to participate in the negotiations on an American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. The proposed legal framework focuses on the protection of the economic, cultural, and political rights of Indigenous Peoples.The meetings took place from Nov. 30 - December 2, 2009 at the headquarters of the Organization...  

A multi-generational delegation of 21 Indigenous Peoples from North America have arrived in Copenhagen, Denmark this week to advocate for the incorporation of Indigenous Peoples rights in the language of a fair, binding, and science-based global climate treaty at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The delegation is comprised of Native American, Alaskan Native and First Nation activists and leaders from the...  

Timothy Lem-SmithNewsIn a talk entitled “Colonial Canada 101,” members of Defenders of the Land, a cross-Canada network fighting for the rights of indigenous peoples, exposed the audience to the origins and manifestations of the injustice faced by indigenous peoples in Canada today. Former Daily editor Martin Lukacs and Courtney Kirkby, activists who work in the Barriere Lake community five hours northwest of Montreal, led the workshop. They...  

By Bobby Ramakant, CNS “Basic human rights as enjoyed by others have not benefited indigenous peoples. Therefore the respect and recognition of the rights of indigenous peoples is critical to our dignity and survival. In particular, implementation of our right to health is essential if we are to stop TB” said Wilton Littlechild, Regional Chief, Assembly [...]  

"In the heart of this first world I found scenes more reminiscent of the third world. That Indigenous peoples experience human rights violations on a continent of such privilege is not merely disheartening, it is morally outrageous. The moral imperative to eradicate such poverty is no less an imperative on government than to eliminate torture."  

November 17, 2009 The Kichesipirini Algonquin First Nation, an Indigenous Peoples of Canada, thank the Head of the Information and Evidence Unit, Office of the Prosecutor, International Criminal Court for their most recent correspondence regarding specific and subsequent communication submissions. The Kichesipirini Algonquin First Nation, an Indigenous Peoples of Canada, are very appreciative of the valuable time and consideration given, and...  

Category: Art/Culture/History LivinginPeru.com Isabel Guerra Puerto Maldonado, the capital city of Madre de Dios will held the First Photographic Exhibition About Indigenous Peoples of Madre de Dios 2009, organized by the Native...  

Belize is a multiethnic country with various ethnic groups such as Mayas, Garifunas, Creoles, Germans, East Indians, Chinese and Mennonites. Due to this, the government of Belize should create a multicultural program in all their schools, which will ...  

Tuesday, December 15, 2009 :Canada is the largest supplier of oil to the United States, and most of it comes from the Alberta tar sands. Described as the world's biggest single industrial source of carbon emissions, the tar sands have drawn widespread protest - and civil disobedience - from environmentalists. On Tuesday, as climate delegates met across town at the Bella Center, a protest led by indigenous peoples of Canada was held outside the...  

As the Garinagu in Belize celebrate their 186th anniversary, they must look back at the years of struggles in the past and to develop effective ways and means to preserve this rich culture. Since their unjustified removal from their native homeland ...  

When Indigenous Peoples Demand That The Constitutional Court Protect Their Rights In Peru Translated from Spanish, Original Below Juan Carlos Ruiz Molleda On 27 November last year the Constitutional Court (TC) held in the city of Arequipa, the ...  

Product DescriptionJohn Marshall’s landmark 1823 decision in Johnson v. M’Intosh gave the European sovereigns who “discovered” North America rights to the land, converting Native Americans in one stroke into mere tenants. In 1991, while investigating the historical origins of this highly controversial decision, Lindsay Robertson made a startling find in the basement of a Pennsylvania [...]