Archive for the ‘Political developments’ Category
Bryan Fischer, from the American Family Association, freaking out about the UN-DRIP: Perhaps he figures that, as an adopted Crow Indian, he will be the new chief over this revived Indian empire. But for the other 312 million of us, I think we’ll settle for our constitutional “We the people” form of government, thank you […]
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Thomas A. Koelbe and Edward Li Puma, ‘Traditional Leaders and the Culture of Governance in South Africa’, Governance 24, 1 (2011). Abstract The global neoliberal economic and political order impregnated the emergence of democracy in South Africa. One of the hallmarks of this order is that the capacity of the state to transform society is […]
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art/intervention
Hat tip to Tessa. K
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via Indian Country Today President Barack Obama made major news during the second annual White House Tribal Nations Conference, announcing United States’ support for the U.N. Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. “[A]s you know, in April, we announced that we were reviewing our position on the U.N. Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous […]
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easter island
At least 25 people have been injured during clashes between Chilean police and local people on Easter Island. Witnesses say police fired pellets as they tried to evict several indigenous inhabitants from buildings they occupied earlier this year. The Rapa Nui group say the buildings were illegally taken from their ancestors several generations ago. Easter […]
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via Native American Legal Update The Government of Canada today formally endorsed the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. John McNee, Canada’s Ambassador to the United Nations, met with the President of the United Nations General Assembly to advise him of Canada’s official endorsement of the United Nations Declaration.
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Ngati Porou’s chief negotiator is going to Australia to get iwi there to vote on a unique Treaty settlement which he says would set the record straight for the iwi which has had to battle against the label of “kupapa” – or traitors – for fighting alongside the Crown in the land wars in 1865. […]
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This state’s official name — The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations — is more than just a mouthful. To many, it evokes stinging reminders of Rhode Island’s prime role in the trans-Atlantic slave trade. Voters next Tuesday will decide whether to change the name by dropping the words “and Providence Plantations.” The issue […]
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There is a massive “land grab” by foreign companies currently underway in Ethiopia, under the invitation of the regime in power. The move has settler colonialism written all over it. Indeed, it has already induced many in the international community, such as the UN, the EU, FAO to mention but few, to sound the alarm. […]
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bin laden
An audio message said to have been recorded by the al-Qaeda leader says the abduction was retaliation for “France’s injustice to Muslims”. It says forthcoming French curbs on the full veil are “colonial oppression”. via BBC ??
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