November 2009

22 Nov Bolivia election: Cocaine casts shadow on campaign (BBC)

Posted at 21:40h in News, Posts

Many around the world see the coca leaf - the raw ingredient of cocaine - as a source of misery. For them, it stands for crack, cocaine and all the inherent evils of the illegal drugs. But for indigenous Bolivians, the leaf is an intrinsic...

19 Nov Nisga’a take leap into economics of real estate: Historic land use law will allow members of aboriginal community to own their own piece of treaty land (The Globe and Mail)

Posted at 21:43h in News, Posts

After decades of fighting for recognition of title, the Nisga'a government in northwestern British Columbia has passed a law allowing its citizens to own – and sell – Nisga'a lands. “This is an exciting world we are about to enter, and we are doing this...

18 Nov Latest Treaty deal moves ahead (The New Zealand Herald)

Posted at 21:46h in News, Posts

Legislation enacting Ngati Apa's Treaty settlement passed its first reading in Parliament yesterday. Iwi members filled the public galleries in the debating chamber as the bill was given a unanimous first reading and referred to the Maori affairs select committee. The settlement, finalised last year,...