This post is part of our special coverage Indigenous Rights and Global Development 2011.

This post is part of our special coverage Indigenous Rights.

Legislation that promises to have serious implications for aboriginal rights.

In March, AIR (Acampamento Indígena Revolucionário Revolutionary Indigenous Camp), launched a blog where it laid out its claims.

The Articulation of Indigenous Peoples of Brazil (APIB) denounces human rights abuses against the indigenous populations in an open letter to the United Nations.

This post is part of our special coverage Indigenous Rights, Global Development 2011 and Forest Focus Amazon.

This post is part of our special coverage Indigenous Rights and Forest Focus Amazon.

It provoked a reaction rarely seen by the Government on indigenous rights.

The Brazilian judiciary have even called indigenous people who fight for their rights guerrillas.

Luana Luizy of the Indigenous Missionary Council (CIMI) summarizes the implications of the decree

Codpi (Coordination for the Rights of Indigenous Peoples) has created a map to monitor projects that are affecting indigenous territories, as their website explains

In particular, the federal Ley General de Derechos Lingüísticos de los Pueblos Indígenas General Law on the Language Rights of the Indigenous Peoples , promulgated 13 March 2003 recognizes all the country's indigenous languages, including Nahuatl, as national languages and gives indigenous people the right to use them in all spheres of public and private life.

Tapia observed that internet communication provides an important opportunity for sharing information, especially about culture and land rights, not only with non indigenous people, but also among other indigenous communities.

These and related issues have been organised into four special features Forest Focus Amazon, Dossiê Belo Monte , Indigenous Rights and Global Development.

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Indigenous People

Indigenous Xavantes.

Under Mexico's Ley General de Derechos Lingüísticos de los Pueblos Indígenas ( General Law on the Linguistic Rights of Indigenous Peoples ) promulgated in 2003, Nahuatl and the other 63 indigenous languages of Mexico are recognized as lenguas nacionales ( national languages ) in the regions where they are spoken, enjoying the same status as Spanish within their region.

That's why the UN Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous People released on September 13 is so relevant for the country.

Cultural Indigenous Blogs

Cristina Quisbert of the blog Bolivia Indígena writes about the police repression of the TIPNIS indigenous marchers as a day that will remain recorded in the history of indigenous communities as a nefarious day in the violation of their human rights.

The situation of indigenous peoples in Mato Grosso do Sul is alarming, a problem that has dragged on for decades, without the Brazilian government providing a solution that guarantees the rights of the indigenous tribes to occupy their own lands, an inalienable right.

1. Demarcation of indigenous lands

The life of an angel.

Because it was in this moment with the fingers on the triggers of the Hotchkiss guns that the U.S. government openly declared its position on Native rights.

Today we, indigenous people, use this technology that is alien to our culture as a tool to seek improvements for our communities and to fight for our rights.

It is named after Ron Castan, a barrister and human rights advocate who was senior counsel in the groundbreaking indigenous land rights Mabo case.

Products grown by the indigenous communities

Venezuelan migrants and indigenous people meet with delegates from the mission organized by Brazil's Public Prosecutor's Office.

One such individual is Bishop Erwin Kräutler, the last winner of the prestigious Right Livelihood Prize for his decades long work as an activist for indigenous rights.

Opposite the defenders of indigenous rights, federal representative Moreira Mendes, one of the main representatives of the rural caucus, criticized the social media protests on his Facebook

1 The government (State Secretary for Social Service and Human Rights) refused to negotiate at the site and said that it would only negotiate after all the indigenous people had been evicted.

Indigenous people take Belo Monte construction site.

Nobel Peace Prize and indigenous activist Rigoberta Menchú will be nominated as the Frente Amplio de Izquierda presidential candidate, according to recent reports .

With controlled access, tourists will be able to learn about Yanomami culture, enjoy their hospitality, and bolster a respect for both the Amazon and its native inhabitants.

Only three other countries initially opposed the declaration, which is legally non binding yet provides solid framework for respecting and advancing collective indigenous rights.

The indigenous leaderships are supported by several social movements, students, researchers, universities, popular committees, national and international Human Rights organizations, international networks and other civil society organizations.

Indigenous Australians have eaten kangaroos for millennia.

The church was tolerant of local Indian religions.

On stage, non indigenous peoples were wearing indigenous clothes in a folklore show while non indigenous attendees from the Guatemalan elites were in the most important ceremonial Mayan center, Tikal, waiting for the new era to arrive.

Internationally renowned human rights advocates have called for Oscar's release, such as the South African Anglican archbishop and Nobel Peace Prize, Desmond Tutu (see video), and the Guatemalan indigenous rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize Rigoberta Menchú.

Aaron Huey America's native prisoners of war

Medical professionals include doctors, indigenous practitioners and nurses

Guatemala Speaking Out on the Genocide of Indigenous Women

The natives saw an airplane then for the first time.