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| April 28, 2008 |  | Students detained at demonstration in Jayapura
 The West Papuan student organization, Front Pepera, was reported to have organized a demonstration and was demanding that the Republic of Indonesian recognize West Papuan sovereignty back to the year 1961. Front Pepera was reported to be demanding that the Indonesian Government begin to negotiations about sovereignty with the West Papuan people. Police arrested 7 students as they were unfurling banners on April 22. | | |
| April 21, 2008 | | RIGHTS: Climate a "Life and Death" Issue for Native Peoples
 Leaders of the world's 370 million indigenous peoples are calling for the United Nations to include their voices in its future talks on climate change. | | |
| April 21, 2008 | | Morales to open seventh session of UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
More than 2,500 representatives of the world's 370 million indigenous people gathered in New York for the seventh session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. | | |
| April 04, 2008 | | CHINA: Minority Outbursts Hurt More Than Olympics PR
 As the outburst of anger among China’s restive ethnic minorities spreads, the danger for Chinese communist leadership is more than a a public relations fiasco ahead of the all-important Beijing Olympic games but a serious threat to its mandate, analysts here say. | | |
| March 10, 2008 | | Coast Salish leaders commit to environmental action
 'Enough talk, it's time for action.' Billy Frank Jr., chairman of the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission, summed up the consensus at the second day of the Coast Salish Gathering at the Tulalip Tribes Feb. 27 - 29.
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| March 10, 2008 | | RIGHTS: Go Green, Save the Indigenous
 African indigenous peoples are important custodians of their natural environments with valuable local knowledge and skills, but are struggling to survive, according to a report. | | |
| March 10, 2008 | | CHILE: Emerging Party Seeks Self-Government for Mapuche People
 Wallmapuwen, which means "people of the Mapuche land" in the language of that indigenous group, aims to formally become a political party in July this year in the southern Chilean regions of Araucanía, Los Ríos and Los Lagos. One of its main goals is to achieve self-government for the Mapuche people. | | |
| February 28, 2008 | | Indigenous Movements in the Americas: From Demand for Recognition to Building Autonomies
Latin America is living a time of autonomy movements, especially for indigenous autonomy. The demand became a central concern in national indigenous movements in the 1990s and intensified in the early 21st century. | | |
| February 17, 2008 | | India's tribals: Caught in the crossfire
 Land. Water. Minerals. Guns. They are all connected. In India’s heartland, after the last metalled road has turned into a dirt track, there are villages where people have not seen tap water and electricity. | | |
| January 24, 2008 | | RIGHTS-GUATEMALA: Legal Action by Activists Against Judges Stymied
 GUATEMALA CITY, A Guatemalan court rejected accusations lodged by Coordinación Genocidio Nunca Más (Genocide, Never Again) Wednesday against the members of the Constitutional Court, which in December blocked the extradition to Spain of seven people accused of crimes against humanity. | | |
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The Meaning of 'Nation' and 'State' in the Fourth World
Excerpt from CWIS Occasional Paper #18, Dr. Richard Griggs
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A convenient shorthand for the Fourth World would be internationally unrecognized nations. These are the 5,000 to 6000 nations representing a third of the world's population whose descendants maintain a distinct political culture within the states which claim their territories. In all case the Fourth World nation is engaged in a struggle to maintain or gain some degree of sovereignty over their national homeland.
Who Speaks for Indigenous Peoples?
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International Calendar '06
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Events devoted to Indigenous
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Indigenous Peoples' Center for Documentation, Research &
Information Update on the UN Declaration on the Rights of
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On June 29th, 2006, the newly established Human Rights Council
at the United Nations adopted the Declaration on the Rights of
Indigenous People by a vote of 30 in favour, with 2 against and
12 abstentions. This update provides information about the vote,
closing statements, resolutions and updates on regional
indigenous efforts as the Declaration moves to the UN General
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FGE Associated Members
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Rosalee Tizya
Chief George Manuel Chair for Fourth World Politics
Taiaiake Alfred,
Ph.D.
Joe DeLaCruz Chair for Indian Government Development
Richard A. Griggs, Ph.D.
Bernard Q. Nietschmann Chair for Fourth World Geography
Juliete Pittman
Joe Tallakson Chair for Public Policy
Russell
Jim
Senior Fellow, Wholistic Environmental Management
Angelina Pont
Fellow, Miskito Traditional Medicine
Rudolph C. Rÿser,
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Sovereignty Project
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