Join the December 2024 TIP Quarterly Meeting
TIP Quarterly Meetings are an opportunity to build community, share updates, and prepare for upcoming engagements in Tribal, federal, and ...
New to the Implementation Project Team: Danielle Pourier
Danielle Pourier has joined The Implementation Project team as a Project Coordinator. The Implementation Project, a joint initiative of the ...
The Indigenous Diplomacy Breakout Session was a Success!
The Implementation Project (TIP) had the honor of co-hosting a breakout session at the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) ...
Join Us At The NCAI 81st Annual Convention For Our Breakout Session
We hope you can join us in Las Vegas this month for our breakout session at the National Congress of ...
Join the September 2024 Quarterly TIP Meeting
The Implementation Project is pleased to announce quarterly online meetings to build community, keep everyone updated, and prepare for upcoming ...
Advocating for the Declaration and Indigenous Peoples’ Traditional Knowledge at EMRIP
TIP attended the 17th Session of the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in July 2024. This session ...
TIP at the 23rd Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
The Implementation Project (TIP) attended the 23rd Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues from April 15-26, ...
World Intellectual Property Organization Opens Diplomatic Conference
On Monday, May 13, 2024, the World Intellectual Property Organization in Geneva opened a much-anticipated Diplomatic Conference in which Member-States ...
2024 Preparation Event for the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
On March 5, 2024, The Implementation Project hosted our annual preparation event focused on preparing for the UN Permanent Forum ...
Colorado Law Hosts UNPF Meeting on Indigenous Peoples in a Greening Economy
Manuel Heart, Chairman of the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, provides a welcome and blessing for participants.Photo credit: University of Colorado ...
Join Us At NCAI’s 80th Annual Convention and Marketplace For Our Breakout Sessions This November
We hope you can join us in New Orleans this month for our two sessions at the National Congress of ...
The Implementation Project at EMRIP: Supporting Indigenous Peoples’ Calls for the U.S. and World Community to Protect Tribal Treaty Rights, Support Language Revitalization, and Enhance Indigenous Peoples’ Participation at the United Nations
By Emiliano Salazar, University of Colorado American Indian Law Program Fellow July 27, 2023 The 16th Session of the Expert ...
Join us Wednesday, July 19, at EMRIP for our Side Event “Sacred Sites and Human Rights”
The Implementation Project is heading to Geneva, Switzerland, for the annual session of the United Nations Expert Mechanism on the ...
UN Permanent Forum Side Event for “Advancing the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples”
On Monday, April 24th The Implementation Project held our UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues Side Event titled “Advancing the UN Declaration on ...
The Implementation Project’s Annual Preparation Event in Advance of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
On April 11th, The Implementation Project hosted our annual preparation event focused on preparing for the UN Permanent Forum on ...
UN Permanent Forum 2023 Registration – March 13th and April 4th Deadline
Registration for this year’s session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues is now open! ...
UN Permanent Forum First Time Attendees – March 13 Deadline
Tribal Leaders, Lawyers, Professors, and Colleagues, Are you or your organization planning to attend this year’s session of the UN Permanent ...
Preparing for Upcoming Indigenous Knowledge Consultations
In fall of 2022, as an adjunct event to the National Congress of American Indians 79th Annual Convention, The Implementation ...
New to the Team: Mason Estes
Mason Estes has joined the NARF team as a Project Coordinator for The Implementation Project, a joint initiative of the ...
Panel on Protecting Indigenous Knowledge and Cultural Expressions
Tribal leaders, cultural knowledge holders, and tribal government staff are invited to attend a free event in Sacramento, CA on ...
Building the Next Generation of Indigenous Rights Advocates
Event Details: Indigenous Youth and Human RightsRegister: https://forms.gle/xkFGgUZajePFYysD7 When: Weds, October 12, 2022, 6-8PM Where: Wolf Law Building, Room 206 ...
Pawnee Nation Passes Landmark “Pawnee Nation Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act”
On May 12, 2022, the Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma took an historic step in the movement toward achieving implementation of ...
How Native Hawai’i Can Implement the UN Declaration
Next week, The Implementation Project (TIP) in partnership with the Walter H. Capps Center for the Study of Ethics, Religion, ...
At the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
Supporting Tribal Leaders on FPIC, Language Rights, Repatriation, and Accountability for Human Rights Violations During Boarding School Era May 2, ...
Webinars on the United Nations
The United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues held its Twenty-First Session (UNPFII21), from April 25 through May 6, 2022, ...
Project-Affiliated Position Announcement
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO BOULDER LAW SCHOOL: AMERICAN INDIAN LAW PROGRAMFELLOWSHIP IN AMERICAN INDIAN LAW POSITION INFORMATION:The American Indian Law Program ...
Intertribal Resolutions Call for the United States to Take Action
Two of the nation’s most prominent intertribal organizations – the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) and the Inter-Tribal Council ...
Tribal Governments Lead the Way on the International Decade of Indigenous Languages
Cherokee Nation holds the World’s First Event and Promotes Intertribal Resolution By Ariel Barbieri-Aghib, Law Student, University of Colorado Tribal ...
Oklahoma Workshops Support Tribal Implementation of UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
In Fall 2021, the Implementation Project partnered with the Pawnee Nation and the Cherokee Nation to offer workshops about the ...
Inter-Tribal Workshop: Implementing UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Dear Tribal Leader, On November 10, 2021 the Pawnee Nation will host an InterTribal workshop on the United Nations Declaration ...
Indigenous Peoples and Climate Change: Preparing for COP26
On October 20, 2021, the American Indian Law Program at Colorado Law hosted a webinar panel on Indigenous Peoples and ...
Lawyering the Indian Child Welfare Act: Colorado Law American Indian Law Program Hosts ICWA Experts, Talk About Brackeen Case
Please join the American Indian Law Program and guest speakers Matthew Fletcher and Wenona Singel for a talk on the Indian Child Welfare Act, ...
Tribal Implementation Toolkit Available April 12
Join Us for the Launch Event!United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples:Tribal Implementation Toolkit Monday, April 12, 2021 ...
Joint Project of Colorado Law and Native American Rights Fund Earns Support of National Congress of American Indians to Help Promote the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Fawn Sharp, President, National Congress of American Indians. Photo Credit: National Congress of American Indians The National Congress of American ...
Webinar Series Addresses Indigenous Rights Through Intellectual Property Lens
Informational flyer circulated to promote the webinar series. The University of Colorado Law School, the Native American Rights Fund, and ...
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 ...
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 ...
Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
Advisory Council on Historic Preservation's Statement on the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples ...
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 ...
Panel Highlights Pandemia and Indigenous Communities: the meaning of COVID-19 for the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Abya Yala
On May 27, 2020, the Promise Institute for Human Rights brought together experts for a virtual panel discussing the meaning ...
EMRIP Study on Indigenous Languages
This study outlines international and regional standards on indigenous peoples’ rights to language and culture, describes the relationship between indigenous ...
UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Launches Study on COVID-19 Pandemic on Indigenous Peoples
UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Launches Study on COVID-19 Pandemic on Indigenous Peoples ...
Implementation Conference Report Available at the CU Law Review
The Conference Report from the Project’s March 2019 gathering, is now available in the CU Law Review in February 2020 ...
UN EXPERT MECHANISM ON THE RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES RELEASES STATEMENT ON COVID-19
COVID-19 yet another challenge for indigenous peoples: Statement by the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (EMRIP) is ...
UBC Hosts Seminar on Implementing the Right to Repatriation under the Declaration
The United Nations Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (EMRIP), held a meeting at the First Nations House ...
British Columbia becomes 1st Canadian province to pass UN Indigenous rights declaration
British Columbia has become the first jurisdiction in Canada to pass legislation implementing the United Nations Declaration on Indigenous Peoples ...
Navajo Nation Human Rights Commission holds hearings to assess the mistreatment of Navajo and Native American students using UN Declaration
St. Michaels, Navajo Nation (ARIZ)–The Navajo Nation Human Rights Commission (”Commission”) in partnership with Department of Diné Education and Diné ...
Washington State Attorney General Ferguson Releases Tribal Consent Policy
Attorney General Bob Ferguson today announced a new policy that requires the Attorney General’s Office to obtain free, prior and ...
Carpenter speaks at UN General Assembly Kickoff
Speaking on behalf of the United Nations Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (EMRIP), of which she serves ...