Author: Michael Murphy

02 Sep Guatemalan indigenous need rights protected, UN official says (Indian Country Today)

Posted at 09:11h in News, Posts

By Rick Kearns Due to human rights violations affecting the indigenous peoples of the country, Guatemala risks becoming “ungovernable” according to the U.N. official in charge of indigenous rights after a visit in June. These problems revolve around the lack of indigenous rights to prior consultation,...

01 Sep Peru: Amazon indigenous create new political party (Toward Freedom)

Posted at 09:19h in News, Posts

Peru’s Amazonian indigenous people have announced the creation of their own political party and will contest the presidential elections in April 2011. The indigenous people clashed with Peruvian President Alan Garcia’s government in 2009 to defend their ancestral lands in the largest indigenous uprising in recent...

26 Aug Alert Bay chief irked with DFO: Band says consultation lacking on draft aquaculture regulations (Times Colonist)

Posted at 08:39h in News, Posts

A northern Vancouver Island aboriginal chief is accusing the Department of Fisheries and Oceans of insufficient consultation on draft aquaculture rules. Chief Bob Chamberlin of Kwicksutaineuk Ah-kwa-mish First Nation of Alert Bay said his band's territory is home to a third of the fish...