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The Rights of Indigenous Peoples

“It is imperative that there be prior, free, and informed consultation of indigenous peoples concerning any project that could affect their rights”.

How Loggers Are Destroying the Amazon — and Getting Away with Tt

Human Wrongs Watch By Dawn Bickett* 9 June, 2015 – The Amazon rainforest is the largest on earth. Its biodiversity is unparalleled, it is crucial to the stability of the global climate, and it is home to many indigenous peoples. But…

Cultural Genocide – of Indigenous Peoples, says Canada’s top judge

What happened to Indigenous Peoples in Canada was nothing short of “cultural genocide,” Supreme Court Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin said in a recent speech. She may be the highest-ranking federal official ever to use the term. By Indian Country Today…

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