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  2. Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples - Wikipedia

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    In 2015, Romeo Saganash (a Cree Member of Parliament for Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou) sponsored Private Member's Bill C-641, the "United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act", which would have required the Canadian government to ensure that the laws of Canada are in harmony with UNDRIP but it was defeated on ...

  3. United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

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    The United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII or PFII) is the UN's central coordinating body for matters relating to the concerns and rights of the world's indigenous peoples. There are more than 370 million indigenous people (also known as native, original, aboriginal and first peoples) in some 70 countries worldwide.

  4. International Indian Treaty Council - Wikipedia

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    The International Indian Treaty Council (IITC) is an organization of Indigenous Peoples from North, Central, South America, the Caribbean and the Pacific working for the Sovereignty and Self-Determination of Indigenous Peoples and the recognition and protection of Indigenous Rights, Treaties, Traditional Cultures and Sacred Lands.

  5. Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989 - Wikipedia

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    The Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989 is an International Labour Organization Convention, also known as ILO Convention 169, or C169.It is the major binding international convention concerning Indigenous peoples and tribal peoples, and a forerunner of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

  6. United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous ...

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    The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act [a] (French: Loi sur la Déclaration des Nations Unies sur les droits des peuples autochtones, also known as UNDA or formerly Bill C-15) is a law enacted by the Parliament of Canada and introduced during the second session of the 43rd Canadian Parliament in 2020. [1]

  7. Indigenous rights - Wikipedia

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    Indigenous rights are those rights that exist in recognition of the specific condition of indigenous peoples.This includes not only the most basic human rights of physical survival and integrity, but also the rights over their land (including native title), language, religion, and other elements of cultural heritage that are a part of their existence and identity as a people.

  8. New Zealand MPs disrupt parliament with haka to protest ...

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    New Zealand’s parliament was briefly suspended on Thursday after Maori members staged a haka to disrupt the vote on a contentious bill that would reinterpret a 184-year-old treaty between the ...

  9. Treaty rights - Wikipedia

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    Treaty rights are not the only rights claimed by indigenous peoples. Indigenous people claim inherent rights to self-determination , which implies that they be recognized as rights-bearing groups (called "tribes", "bands", or "nations" - depending on place and time) capable of self-determination and cultural survival . [ 2 ]