Monthly Archives: December 2010

UN expert welcomes United States’ endorsement of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

(The following statement is issued by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, James Anaya) GENEVA (17 December 2010) – “I am elated that President Barack Obama has just announced the United States’ support for the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, a groundbreaking development for Native Americans… Read More »