Indigenous nations' rights in the balance : an analysis of the declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples

Summary: "Comparing three different versions of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (DRIP), Indigenous Nations' Rights in the Balance analyses the implications of the made to DRIP for Indigenous Peoples and Nations. This is a foundational text for Indigenous law and rights and the global struggle of Indigenous Peoples in the face of modern states. Between 1994 and 2007, three different versions of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples were passed by various bodies of the United Nations, culminating in the final version passed by the UN General Assembly. Significant differences exist between these versions--differences that deeply affect the position of all Indigenous Peoples in the world community. In Indigenous Nations' Rights in the Balance, Charmaine White Face gives her well-researched comparative analysis of these versions. She puts side-by-side, for our consideration, passages that change the intent of the Declaration by privileging the power and jurisdiction of nation states over the rights of Indigenous Peoples. As Spokesperson representing the Sioux Nation Treaty Council in UN proceedings, she also gives her insights about each set of changes and their ultimate effect." -- Publisher's description.

Record details

ISBN: 9780972188685 (trade paper)
ISBN: 0972188681 (trade paper)
ISBN: 9781937141110 (ebook)
Physical Description: print
xiii, 144 pages : map ; 23 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: St. Paul, Minnesota : Living Justice Press, [2013]

Content descriptions

General Note:	New August 2014.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Foreword / Ronald Barnes -- An analysis of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples -- Preambular paragraphs -- Articles -- Afterword -- Appendix A UN charter - Preamble -- Appendix B Sioux Nation treaty council letter to the general assembly, November 30, 2006 -- Appendix C Hunger strike declaration -- Appendix D Note by secretariat, December 2004 -- Appendix E Successful conclusion of the Indigenous representatives' hunger strike and spiritual fast at the UN working group on the draft declaration for the rights of Indigenous Peoples -- Appendix F Indigenous delegations joint statement, 3 February 2006 -- Appendix G Traditional lands of the Oceti Sakowin -- Appendix H Statements of Alice Four Horns and Clifford White Eyes -- Notes -- Index.