Category Archives: Indigenous

UN Declaration on Rights of Indigenous Peoples Rings Hollow at UIUC

Posted on 11/26/2007 by Antonia Darder

IN SEPTEMBER OF 2007, the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted a landmark declaration in support of the rights of an estimated 370 million indigenous peoples in some 70 countries worldwide, prohibiting State discrimination against them in both practice … Continue reading →

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Native Women’s Resurgence at UIUC

Posted on 03/25/2007 by Brenda Farnell

Ask your friends and family to name any American Indian women. It is likely that Sacagawea and Pocahontas will be the only ones they know. Why is it that these two Native women have acquired mythical status in American history … Continue reading →

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Enough Dancing Around the Chief Issue

Posted on 12/24/2003 by Public i

The Public i offers its readers the two articles that follow on the issue of the Chief.Usually the paper does not publish two articles on the same subject in the same issue. Because of the importance of the issue locally … Continue reading →

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