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Indigenous Lands, Protected Areas, and Slowing Climate Change



WASHINGTON, DC, March 16, 2010 – A new study involving scientists from 13 different organizations, universities and research institutions states that forest protection offers one of the most effective, practical,... Read more...

UNFCCC- First round of formal UN climate change negotiations to take place in April 2010 in Germany



(Bonn, 23 February 2010) – The next round of formal UN climate change negotiations under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is scheduled to take place in April in Bonn, Germany. The... Read more...

Indigenous Fellowship Programme 2011



The Indigenous Fellowship Programme was launched in 1997 by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in the context of the first International Decade of the World's Indigenous People. The aim of the... Read more...

E mau Ke Ea February 2010- Indigenous Peoples in Copenhagen- Part 2



E mau Ke Ea February 2010- Indigenous Peoples in Copenhagen- Part 2 from Malia N on Vimeo. The February 2010 E Mau Ke Ea show features footage from the UNFCCC meeting in Copenhagen, Denmark. Malia Nobrega attended and... Read more...

Making the Declaration Work



The UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples is a culmination of a centuries-long struggle by indigenous peoples for justice. This book tells the story of the Declaration from the inside, detailing its... Read more...

Goldtooth: Raising the bar after Copenhagen



By Tom B.K. Goldtooth The Indigenous Environmental Network took a delegation of 12 Native people from the United States and Canada to the 15th Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Conference on... Read more...

I Respect Human Rights! Human Rights Day 2009- Sign our Petition



The International Indigenous Peoples Forum on Climate Change (IIPFCC) launched a petition today on Human Rights Day- December 10, 2009.  Sign our petition!!!! http://www.petitiononline.com/IPRights/petition.html... Read more...

Island Nations Fight For Survival At Climate Talks



COPENHAGEN — Declaring "it's a matter of survival," one of the world's tiniest nations, speaking for imperiled islands everywhere, took on global industrial and oil powers Wednesday at the U.N. climate... Read more...

Statement by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Human Rights Day 10 December



The concept of non-discrimination lies at the heart of human rights. For this reason, it has been designated the official theme of this Human Rights Day, which occurs every year on the anniversary of the adoption of the... Read more...

Indigenous Peoples’ Rights Totally Excluded from Proposals Made by the Danish Government



International Indigenous Peoples Forum on Climate Change (IIPFCC)  Media Advisory  Tuesday, December 8, 2009  Contacts:            Malia Nobrega,... Read more...
News
France seizes biggest contraband of Taino artifacts Santo Domingo.- The French authorities confiscated a piece of the Taino culture valued as high as one million euros, seized last year together wi...
Climate Change
CALL FOR PROJECT PROPOSALS! With assistance from the Government of Denmark, UNESCOs Frontlines Forum is funding local projects on climate change impacts and adaptation. ...
 
Business
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Carving up Paradise LAS TERRENAS, Dec 15 (IPS) - Located along white sand beaches on the north coast of the lush Samana peninsula, this is the latest Dominican boom t...
Self-Determination
Taino Announce 2010 Census Partnership UCTP Taino News - The United Confederation of Taino People this month affirmed its commitment to partnering with the U.S. Census Bureau during the...
 
Politics
Dia del Censo Taino en Tibes Ponce, Boriken (CUPT Noticias Tainas)- Este jueves, el 4 de marzo, la "Gira Del Censo 2010" hace parada en el Centro Ceremonial de Tibes...
Language
Walter Roth museum gets Amerindian language dictionaries Guyana (Stabroek News) - Dictionaries and other materials about several Amerindian languages were on Thursday presented to the Walter Roth Museum of...
 
Traditional Knowledge
BARBADIAN ''INDIANA JONES' MAKES DISCOVERY OF LIFETIME IN GUYANA REMOTE INTERIOR PAKARAIMA MOUNTAINS, GUYANA - Word has leaked out to a select few local, regional and International media sources that Barbados born Damon Gerard Co...
Employment
Puerto Rican unemployed urged to pick coffee beans SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico is turning to the newly surging ranks of the unemployed for help with an old problem - a shortage o...
 
Mining and Extractive Industries
Amerindian loggers say… guyana - The need for assistance with marketing and accessing equipment to turn out finished products were among the issues aired when the Guyana Fo...
Biological Diversity
America's other frontier Hiking through the forest along Puerto Rico's Tanama River, all eyes are on the slippery, narrow trail. The hillsides are steep and rocky and chok...
 
Environment
Island residents sue U.S., saying military made them sick Vieques, Puerto Rico (CNN) -- Nearly 40 years ago, Hermogenes Marrero was a teenage U.S. Marine, stationed as a security guard on the tiny America...
Education
Esencia Tabonuco Continues to Educate Local Community Hato Rey, Boriken (UCTP Taino News) - Celebrating “la Semana Puertorriqueña” in Hato Rey last Sunday, the Taino cultural group E...
 
Culture
Taíno Celebrate Diversity in the Bronx Bronx, NY (UCTP Taíno News) – Members of the Taíno community participated in the first annual Cultural Diversity Festival held i...
Technology
Solar power pilot for some Mabaruma communities GUYANA - Some areas in the Mabaruma Sub-Region in Region One (Barima/Waini) will be part of a pilot programme that will see the provision of solar...
 
Economic Development
Yakarinta gets $8.2M tractor/trailer GUYANA - The Ministry of Amerindian Affairs recently handed over a tractor/trailer valued $8.2 million to Yakarinta, Region Nine to help boost agric...
Health
Taino promote well-being in the Bronx Bronx, NY (UCTP Taino News) – Members of the Bohio Atabei Caribbean Indigenous Women’s Circle organized a mini-health fair for the loc...
 
Gender
Taino Women Collecting Clothing for Homeless Families Bronx, NY (UCTP Taino News) - Members of the Bohio Atabei Caribbean Indigenous Women's Circle are coordinating clothing drive for a Bronx shelter op...
Art
Taino Artisans Look Toward the Holidays in Ponce La Guancha, Boriken (UCTP Taino News) – Holiday shoppers interested in contemporary indigenous art in Boriken (Puerto Rico) can visit several ...
 
Sport
Digicel donates trophies to Mabaruma Amerindian group Guyana - Digicel has donated $200,000 in trophies to the Mabaruma Heritage Committee as a way of complementing Amerindian Heritage Month activities....
Heritage
GUYANA CONSUL LETTER TO NATION NEWSPAPER: FIRST SETTLERS The following is a letter to the editor of The Nation Newspaper of  Barbados submitted by Norman Faria, Guyana's Honorary Consul in Barbados. ...
 
 

Members of the Cacibajagua Taino Cultural Society giving a presentation at Hunter College in NY.  Established in 1992, the Cacibajagua Taino Cultural Society is an inter-Tribal, inter-generational community of indigenous Caribbean singers, musicians, and artists dedicated to transmitting their ancestral heritage to their present and future generations with dignity and honor.

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