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Indigenous rights in the capital (Latin American Press)

Mexico City´s government has launched a four-month survey of the capital region´s indigenous population in an effort to draft legislation to protect this marginalized group.  The Rural Community Development and Equality Secretariat, a federal district government agency, is running the seven-phase survey from August to...

Native plan faces rocky future (The Globe and Mail)

Premier Gordon Campbell says he is forging ahead with efforts to achieve reconciliation with aboriginal communities despite escalating demands from top native leaders that threaten to undo four years of often-intense negotiations toward a “new relationship"...