First Nations in Manitoba are suing over the issue of who provides policing in their communities.  The Nations allege they were not consulted during negotiations over a Royal Canadia Mounted Police contract about policing on reserves. The Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs (AMC), the St. Theresa Point First Nation and the Pine Creek First Nation say the federal and provincial [...]

In what is being called, a little-noticed decision, Mexico’s high court ruled in favor of an Indigenous community in the state of Chihuahua. The Mexican Supreme Court determined in March that the community of Huitosachi has a right to participate in the decision-making of the Copper Canyon Trust Fund, an organization spearheading tourism development in Chihuahua’s Sierra [...]

First Nations and Indigenous Peoples in Canada are maintaining that Canada is not meeting its obligations to consult with them over oil pipelines. Joe Oliver, the Canadian Minister of Natural Resources, says: "We have a moral and constitutional obligation to consult with Canada's First Nations," intones . One commentator states: "Constitutionally speaking, he could not be [...]

When citizens of the Wahgoshig First Nation spotted a drilling crew on their sacred burial site, they demanded to know what was going on. The Wahgoshig, whose Algonquin reserve of 19,239 acres is near the Quebec border, say they were met with silence. According to court records, the prospecting involves clearing 25 sq. metre pads, clearing forest, bulldozing access [...]

The Seventh Circuit Bar Association Foundation (not to be confused with the federal United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit) is putting on a conference on the future of the Great Lakes.  http://www.7thcircuitbar.org/index.cfm Regrettably, and sadly, the conference agenda does not include any Indians (as far as I can tell) or the official participation of any Indian [...]

I received this information in an email. (I have paraphrased the email report). On January 19, around 30 Indigenous peoples’ representatives and UN experts met in Copenhagen to brainstorm about how to secure the full participation of Indigenous peoples in planning and celebrating the 2014 UN World Conference on Indigenous Peoples. The UN General Assembly decided to hold [...]

According to a press release from the Greenland Self Rule Representation and the International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs (IWGIA), Indigenous peoples’ representatives from all over the world are meeting today and Saturday in a brainstorming meeting in Copenhagen Denmark to discuss indigenous peoples’ participation in planning the United Nations World Conference on Indigenous Peoples. The meeting is organized [...]

A non-profit group called the Sarstoon Temash Institute for Indigenous Management (SATIIM) is demanding that the country of Belize in central America explain what an American oil company is doing on protected lands of Indigenous peoples. SATIIM reportes that it learned on October 25 that the American oil company, US Capital Energy, has suddenly re-appeared on protected and Maya [...]

The English newspaper the Guardian reports that Peru enacted a new law that protects the land rights of Peru’s indigenous peoples, and that Peru now leads the way for Latin America’s indigenous communities. The paper also reports that in February, indigenous communities in Ecuador’s Amazon region won a multi-billion dollar landmark ruling against the oil [...]

It is reported that the National Park Service has proposed a new rule that would allow American Indian tribes to remove plants and minerals from national parks for traditional uses. The document, dated March 25, was stamped “confidential.” It states that NPS intends to authorize agreements with federally recognized Indian tribes to allow plants or [...]