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Venezuelan Indigenous People Live a New History (Radio Cadena Agramonte)

Caracas, Venezuela, Feb 2.- The 40 indigenous peoples of Venezuelan participated yesterday in inclusion programs promoted by the government to safeguard, preserve and revaluate elements of cultural heritage of each native community. Coordinator of the Añu People in Zulia state, Adalberto Chirinos, indicated that the rights...

02 February, 2011
U.S. Supports Indigenous Rights (VOA News)

The United States has thrown its support behind the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.   The United States has thrown its support behind the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.  The U.N. Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, which...

01 February, 2011
Seek indigenous views ahead of full referendum (The Australian)

THIS week I put forward two ideas for the constitutional recognition of indigenous Australians. The first was obvious: that any successful proposition will need to be supportable by persons such as indigenous Australian elder Lowitja O'Donoghue and former prime minister John Howard. When asked by...

29 January, 2011