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- 2022 International summer program on indigenous peoples’ rights and policy at Columbia University (19 May to 11 June 2022) now open for applications September 8, 2021Dear Colleagues and Friends, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY’s Institute for the Study of Human Rights and the Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race are glad to inform you that we are now accepting applications for the 2022 International Summer Program on Indigenous Peoples' Rights and Policy (ISSP). This program also enjoys the cooperation of the University of […]
- Andrey Danilov, a well-known Sami politician, was detained by the police at the Imandra Viking Fest in the Murmansk region August 29, 2021Today, August 29th, 2021 in the city of Monchegorsk (Murmansk region), during the Imandra Viking Fest organized by the Monchegorsk Development Agency with the support of "NorNickel" and the town administration, police officers detained Andrey Danilov, a well-known Saami politician and director of the Saami Heritage and Development Fund. Andrei was requested to have his […]
- Urgent Appeal To Governments, United Nations And International Community To Immediately Address The Alarming Conditions Of Indigenous Peoples In Relation To Covid-19 And The More Lethal Delta Variant August 28, 2021We, Indigenous Peoples, and the wider civil society, call on governments, the United Nations, and the international community to urgently heed the global and persistent call for an immediate, adequate and culturally-appropriate response to help Indigenous Peoples communities in the time of this COVID-19 pandemic. The pandemic has disproportionately affected Indigenous Peoples and is exacerbating […]
- D. Berezhkov. A fundamental gap in the understanding of reality between Norilsk Nickel and indigenous peoples August 16, 2021If we look at each of these factors separately: ending the live broadcasting, deleting comments, uploading an unlisted video of the meeting and making it accessible through the direct link only, Ivchenko’s presentation, Shumilova’s presentation, the fact that no indigenous representatives were invited to the meeting, except for the very Anfisa Nikiforova, who is an […]