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INDIGENOUS PEOPLES

INTRO

Indigenous peoples are inheritors and practitioners of unique cultures and ways of relating to people and the environment. They have retained social, cultural, economic and political characteristics that are distinct from those of the dominant societies in which they live. Despite their cultural differences, indigenous peoples from around the world share common problems related to the protection of their rights as distinct peoples.

-UN DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS

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10 things to know about indigenous peoples - United Nations Development Programme | UNDP

Urban Indigenous Peoples: the new frontier

4 Common Misconceptions about Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities, Explained - Resilience

Indigenous PeoplesThe World Bank aims to promote indigenous peoples' development in a manner which ensures that the development process fosters full respect for the dignity, human rights, and uniqueness of indigenous peoples.

Indigenous peoples ‘lag behind on all social and economic indicators’: UN deputy human rights chiefProgress that destroys traditional culture, language, land and human heritage “is not development, but willful destruction”, the UN Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights said on Wednesday, in defence of indigenous peoples everywhere.

What Conservation Efforts Can Learn from Indigenous CommunitiesA major U.N.-backed report says that nature on indigenous peoples’ lands is degrading less quickly than in other areas

UN rights expert: indigenous people ‘are not the enemy’

Call to revitalize ‘language of the ancestors’ for survival of future generations: Indigenous chief

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