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Landmark agreement gives Indigenous 'forgotten people' power to self-govern

4 July 2019
Americas
Canada
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
indigenous peoples' lands
Indigenous Peoples
indigenous people's tenure
land access
land administration
land law
tenure security

Three agreements laid groundwork for possible future land claims, reparations and centuries-long grievances for Métis nations

Growing up as member of Alberta’s Métis community, Audrey Poitras was always acutely aware of the unique struggle her people faced.

Using maps as a weapon to resist extractive industries on Indigenous territories

22 April 2019
Americas
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land Stakeholders & Institutions
extractive industries
indigenous peoples' lands
Indigenous Peoples
land governance
land use mapping
mining
sustainable development

For Indigenous peoples across the Americas, urgent threats imposed by the industrial extraction of natural resources has characterized the 21st century. The expansion of industry has threatened Indigenous territories, cultures and sovereignty.

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Organization of American States (OAS)

The Organization of American States is the world’s oldest regional organization, dating back to the First International Conference of American States, held in Washington, D.C., from October 1889 to April 1890. That meeting approved the establishment of the International Union of American Republics, and the stage was set for the weaving of a web of provisions and institutions that came to be known as the inter-American system, the oldest international institutional system.

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