On November 12, 2010 the government of Canada finally formally endorsed the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. The government's official statement falls far short of actual endorsement, however, emphasizing that the declaration "does not reflect customary international law nor change Canadian laws" and further emphasizing Canada's objection to most of the major rights spelled out in the declaration.
By Bryan Bixcul (Maya-Tz’utujil), SIRGE Coalition Global Coordinator
By Brandi Morin (Cree/Iroquois)
Photos by Julien Defourny
Por Mariana Kiimi Ortiz Flores (Ñuu Savi/Mixteca, Equipo de CS)
Por Elisa Ribeiro (Pasante de CS), Daniela Mostacilla (Nasa) y John Sabogal
By Edson Krenak (Krenak, CS Staff)
Indigenous Peoples represent one of the most significant multilateral and democratic contributions to climate and land issues, as they are the frontliners of the climate crisis, leaders in ecosystem protection, legal land tenure, and sustainable development. However, at the COP, they struggled to be heard.
Por Dev Kumar Sunuwar (Koĩts-Sunuwar - Equipo de CS)
Declaración colectiva de clausura de los Pueblos Indígenas en la COP30, pronunciada por Diana Chávez Vargas de Ecuador.
Gracias, Presidente/a.
La Amazonía, nuestro hogar, es la próxima frontera petrolera mundial.
Los Pueblos Indígenas estamos bajo ataque.
Nos enfrentamos a la militarización colonial de nuestros territorios, donde Estados y corporaciones intercambian nuestras vidas por combustibles fósiles, minerales de transición y energías renovables a gran escala.
By Francesco Torri
“We were raised as warriors. It’s part of our culture, but there has been too much bloodshed. Now, we fight for peace,” says Simonpeter, a young ex-combatant from the Jie ethnic group, known as Karachuna in the local language.
The Xikrin Peoples face severe humanitarian and environmental crises as Vale’s nickel and other metal mining contaminates their rivers, harms their health, and destroys their ancestral territory, endangering their cultural survival and the environmental integrity of the region. The negative impacts on the health of the Xikrin people are so severe that some studies show that 98% of the communities in the Cateté lands are seriously contaminated.
Reconocimiento de tierra
Reconocemos que nuestra sede está en la tierra de Massachusetts, en Cambridge, MA, y agradecemos a los administradores Indígenas pasados, actuales y futuros de este territorio.
