Alliances and constructive arrangements: United Nations’ theme for 9 August 2013 – International Day of the World’s Indigenous People

2013 Theme: “Indigenous peoples building alliances: Honouring treaties, agreements and other constructive arrangements” The International Day of the World’s Indigenous People (9 August) was first proclaimed by the General Assembly in December 1994, to be celebrated every year during the first International Decade of the World’s Indigenous People (1995 – 2004). In 2004, the Assembly … Read more

A landmark ruling on “loss of heritage values for the entire state”: Holding a company accountable for damaging an aboriginal sacred site – Australia

Bridie Jabour and agencies, theguardian.com, Friday 2 August 2013 A mining company has been fined $150,000 for desecrating and damaging an Aboriginal sacred site in what the custodians are describing as a landmark ruling. OM Holdings, a subsidiary of OM Ltd, were found guilty of desecrating the Booto Creek Aboriginal sacred site known as Two Women Sitting … Read more

Adivasi Co-ordination Group Germany

Adivasi-Koordination in Deutschland (Adivasi Co-ordination Group Germany) was founded in 1993 – the United Nations’ International Year of the Indigenous Peoples. Since 2002 we are a registered society. Our aim is to contribute towards the protection of the human rights of the indigenous and tribal peoples of South Asia. The co-ordination meetings, which take place … Read more

Indigenous population assert their culture and land rights peacefully: The patience of first peoples – Argentina

A bad place to be indigenous. But Argentina’s ‘original peoples’ are gathering momentum.A clash of dreamsIndigenous Argentinians, disrespected and ignored for too long, are forging new alliances in their quest to safeguard the natural world […]As I draw closer, I see the ramshackle collection of painted wooden structures around which people are gathering. This is Punta … Read more

Experimenting with the unique traditional motifs and jewellery of 400-odd tribal communities: North East Fashion Fest – Assam

NISHIT DHOLABHAI, The Telegraph, Saturday , January 12 , 2013 New Delhi, Jan. 11: The home ministry appears to have taken a page out of Bhutan’s book of governance as it sponsors a North East Fashion Fest in Guwahati next month with actor Soha Ali Khan as brand ambassador. […] The fest on February 20-23 in … Read more