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11 Oct State Department’s human rights report falls short (Indian Country Today)

Posted at 07:32h in News, Posts

WASHINGTON – A State Department report to the United Nations Human Rights Council on the U.S. human rights record is a positive step in the country’s efforts to meet its obligations under international law and treaties, but more work needs to be done to resolve...

06 Oct Indigenous land return ‘ends shame’ (Sydney Morning Herald)

Posted at 07:30h in News, Posts

Petrina Berry AAP Queensland will return thousands of hectares of national park on Cape York Peninsula to its indigenous owners. Premier Anna Bligh on Wednesday told parliament more than 75,000 hectares of national park, known as Archer Bend, would be revoked and returned to the...

05 Oct Breakthrough in treaty process predicted (Globe and Mail)

Posted at 07:28h in News, Posts

With the groundbreaking Nisga’a agreement under attack in the Supreme Court of British Columbia and with more than 100 bands in the province still making little progress in treaty negotiations, Sophie Pierre admits to feeling frustrated at times. But Ms. Pierre, chief commissioner of the B.C....