By Liz Hensler
8/21/2020
Above photo from Native Land mapping project (Native-land.ca) by Victor Temprano.
Each week, we post a compilation of articles, publications, videos, podcasts, events etc. we’ve learned from across the web. This week, we’ve compiled resources to learn more about the current conversations about Indigenous Peoples’ Land Rights.
Read:
- Indigenous Peoples’ collective rights to lands, territories and resources, Backgrounder (UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues)
- Land Rights, Law and Legal Cases (Minority Rights Group)
- How Native Tribes Started Winning at the Supreme Court, Delilah Friedler (Mother Jones)
- On Indigenous Peoples Day, new ideas for American Indian land rights, Kelsey Landau (Brookings Institute)
- Indigenous and Afro-Brazilian lands are under greater threat in Brazil during COVID-19, Elielson Pereira da Silva and Diana Cordoba (The Conversation)
- Indigenous Peoples, Rights Overview (Amnesty International)
- Land loss threatens indigenous communities worldwide, Amanda Coulson-Drasner (DW)
- Criminalised for defending our planet, Report for download (Land Rights Now)
- For Native Americans, Land Is More Than Just the Ground Beneath Their Feet, Kelli Mosteller (The Atlantic)
- Indigenous tribes need land rights to protect the Amazon, Chrissy Sexton (Earth.com)
- How Covid-19 could destroy indigenous communities, Terri Hansen (BBC)
- Why most Aboriginal people have little say over clean energy projects planned for their land, Lily O’Neill, Brad Riley, Ganur Maynard, Janet Hunt (The Conversation)
Watch and Listen:
- Land Grabbing, Lecture by Marianne Wiben Jensen (Think Rights)
- Supreme Court Upholds Treaty Obligations, a Landmark Victory for Native Americans, Interview with Sarah Deer (Between the Lines)
- Aboriginal Rights as Economic Rights: Whose land is Canada selling?, Lecture by First Nations leader Arthur Manuel (Osgoode Hall Law School)
- Why Treaties Matter, (NPR)
- The Standing Rock resistance and our fight for indigenous rights, Tara Houska (TED Talk)
- This Land Podcast, Rebecca Nagle (Crooked Media)
- A Treacherous Choice and a Treaty Right, Code Switch Podcast (NPR)
Support Indigenous Peoples’ Rights:
10 Indigenous-Led Human Rights Organizations To Know
Liz Hensler, MPA (she/her/hers) is the founder of Do Good, Better. She works in philanthropy in the humanitarian aid sector and has a background in NGO program management, corporate and community engagement, volunteer management, and communications. She is based in Brooklyn, NY.