Welcome

Welcome to the website of the Project to Implement the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in the United States. This website aims to raise awareness of the Declaration in Indian Country and to provide information and support for implementation efforts. On these pages we provide the materials created by the Project, and we also list and link to numerous resources that might help tribes, federal and state employees, and non-governmental organizations who are promoting the rights of indigenous peoples.

The Promise Held in the UN Declaration

The Declaration represents the human rights aspirations of indigenous peoples from across the globe and can be an important tool for tribal advocates seeking legal reform in the United States. It sets standards for the just treatment, legal rights, and relationships of indigenous peoples.

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We are gathering at a historic time. . . . We sit at the confluence of international law and domestic law . . . this is a jurisgenerative, law-making moment in our legal and social history.

Walter R. Echo-Hawk

  

NARF-CU Project Staff

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Virtual Lecture Opportunity – The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: A Vehicle of Reform in the United States

Virtual Lecture Opportunity – The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: A Vehicle of Reform in the United States

Dean S. James Anaya of the University of Colorado Law School will lead a virtual lecture on the United Nations ...
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2020 World Indigenous Peoples Day Interview with Walter Echo-Hawk

Walter Echo-Hawk and NARF Summer Law Clerk, Taylor Schad Since 1995, the United Nations has designated August 9th as the ...
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Policing and Human Rights - Native American Rights Fund and University of Colorado Law School Project Condemn Killings and Call for Law Reform to Address Police Brutality and Racism

Policing and Human Rights – Native American Rights Fund and University of Colorado Law School Project Condemn Killings and Call for Law Reform to Address Police Brutality and Racism

June 3, 2020 In response to recent incidents of police brutality and racism in the United States, the Project to ...
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