Language Rights – The Implementation Project

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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Ensuring the Rights of Indigenous Children

Muscogee (Creek) Nation Translation & Adoption of the Declaration

Translation of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples into Mvskoke: https://creekdistrictcourt.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Mvskoke-DRIP-031619.pdf Tribal resolution adopting the Declaration ...
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Guide: Know Your Rights! United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples for Indigenous Adolescents

https://un-declaration.narf.org/wp-content/uploads/un-adolescents-guide2013.pdf The text for Know Your Rights! (written for adolescent boys and girls, aged 13 –18 years) was prepared by ...
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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 ...
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