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23 Mar An Avoidable Collision: Government, Natives and Business. The Three-way War over Land Claims (Globe and Mail)

Posted at 04:26h in News, Posts

VICTORIA — In a private room at Vancouver's Terminal City Club last Friday afternoon, the province's top three native leaders sat down with mining industry executives to discuss how a pending law to recognize aboriginal title would change the way business is done in B.C....

19 Mar Brazil Court Backs Indian Land in Watershed Ruling (Reuters)

Posted at 04:28h in News, Posts

BRASILIA - Brazil's Supreme Court upheld the creation of a native Indian reservation on the northern border in a landmark ruling on Thursday likely to strengthen indigenous rights against farmers and big business. . . go to article...

18 Mar UN ‘Concerned’ Over Suspension of Racial Discrimination Act (The Australian)

Posted at 08:01h in News, Posts

THE UN has written to the Rudd Government expressing "concern" over the suspension of the Racial Discrimination Act, a move taken as part of the intervention in Northern Territory Aboriginal communities. . ....