Indigenus Nations' Rights in the Balance, by Charmaine White Face, Zumila Wobaga
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Living Justice Press is pleased to announce the release this month of Indigenous Nations' Rights in the Balance
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.
160 pages, indexed, $20.00
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Charmaine White Face, Zumila Wobaga, is Oglala Tetuwan from the Oceti Sakowin (Great Sioux Nation) in North America. As Spokesperson for the Sioux Nation Treaty Council, she participates at the United Nations in Geneva and New York City to advocate for the Great Sioux Nation and other Indigenous Peoples.
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"Defenders of the Black Hills is a group of volunteers without racial or tribal boundaries whose mission is to preserve, protect, and restore the environment of the 1851 and 1868 Treaty Territories, Treaties made between the United States and the Great Sioux Nation."
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July 26, 1963 upon signing the ban on above ground nuclear tests
