Michael Murphy

12 Jan Chile apologies over treatment of indigenous peoples (BBC)

Posted at 16:45h in News, Posts

Chile's president has apologised to the descendants of a group of indigenous people who were shipped to Europe in the late 19th Century and exhibited. The remains of five Kawesqar Indians, from the country's southernmost region, were honoured in a ceremony after being flown back...

04 Jan Protesters demand inquiry into missing aboriginal women:’We’ve asked . . . but there is no answer,’ activist says (The Vancouver Sun)

Posted at 16:50h in News, Posts

More than 100 women rallied in Crab Park in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside Sunday to demand the federal government listen to their plea for a public inquiry into the more than 500 missing and murdered aboriginal women cases across Canada. "We've asked and asked again but...

04 Jan International rights tribunal to probe ownership of native land: The case involves 300,000 hectares of land on the east coast of Vancouver Island (The Globe and Mail)

Posted at 16:48h in News, Posts

A Vancouver Island native group has won a ruling that will force the Canadian government to defend its domestic human rights record at an international tribunal later this year. The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights has approved the Hul'qumi'num Treaty Group's petition to hear the...