"From the award-winning PBS series AMERICAN EXPERIENCE comes WE SHALL REMAIN, a provocative multi-media project that establishes Native history as an essential part of American history." PBS webpage.
We Shall Remain will be aired as a five-part series. First episode starts Monday, April 13, 2009. In Central New York: WCNY, Channel 4, 9:00PM - 10:30PM.
Saturday, April 11, 2009
Friday, April 3, 2009
Australia Backs UN Indigenous Rights Declaration
By ROHAN SULLIVAN, Associated Press Writer
Fri Apr 3, 3:27 am ET
SYDNEY – Australia endorsed a U.N. declaration on Friday that recognizes indigenous rights, reversing years of opposition and promising a new era in relations between white Australians and the nation's impoverished Aborigines.
Indigenous leaders welcomed the policy switch but said the document's words must be translated into actions to relieve the squalor and poor health that many Aborigines suffer.
"In supporting the declaration, Australia takes another important step toward resetting relations between indigenous and non-indigenous Australians," Indigenous Affairs Minister Jenny Macklin said at a ceremony in the national capital, Canberra, that was broadcast nationally.
Support for the nonbinding declaration is a largely symbolic step, but it underscores the dramatic shift in the country's Aborigine policy ushered in by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd.
The U.N. declaration affirms the equality of the world's more than 370 million indigenous peoples and their right to maintain their own institutions, cultures and spiritual traditions. It also establishes standards to combat discrimination and marginalization and eliminate human rights violations against them.
Australia was one of four nations that voted against the declaration when it was adopted by the General Assembly in 2007. The United States, New Zealand and Canada were the other opponents, while 143 countries voted in favor and 11 abstained.
complete article here
Fri Apr 3, 3:27 am ET
SYDNEY – Australia endorsed a U.N. declaration on Friday that recognizes indigenous rights, reversing years of opposition and promising a new era in relations between white Australians and the nation's impoverished Aborigines.
Indigenous leaders welcomed the policy switch but said the document's words must be translated into actions to relieve the squalor and poor health that many Aborigines suffer.
"In supporting the declaration, Australia takes another important step toward resetting relations between indigenous and non-indigenous Australians," Indigenous Affairs Minister Jenny Macklin said at a ceremony in the national capital, Canberra, that was broadcast nationally.
Support for the nonbinding declaration is a largely symbolic step, but it underscores the dramatic shift in the country's Aborigine policy ushered in by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd.
The U.N. declaration affirms the equality of the world's more than 370 million indigenous peoples and their right to maintain their own institutions, cultures and spiritual traditions. It also establishes standards to combat discrimination and marginalization and eliminate human rights violations against them.
Australia was one of four nations that voted against the declaration when it was adopted by the General Assembly in 2007. The United States, New Zealand and Canada were the other opponents, while 143 countries voted in favor and 11 abstained.
complete article here
Thursday, April 2, 2009
Australia to support UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
27 MARCH 2009, 12:06PM
Amnesty International welcomes news that the Australian Government will make good on its election commitment to officially support the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
Amnesty International has campaigned vigorously for Australia to endorse the Declaration, which sets minimum standards for the survival, dignity and well-being of Indigenous peoples.
When the Declaration was adopted by the UN General Assembly in September 2007 only four countries opposed it: Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the USA.
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Amnesty International welcomes news that the Australian Government will make good on its election commitment to officially support the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
Amnesty International has campaigned vigorously for Australia to endorse the Declaration, which sets minimum standards for the survival, dignity and well-being of Indigenous peoples.
When the Declaration was adopted by the UN General Assembly in September 2007 only four countries opposed it: Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the USA.
click here for article
Jury: University of Colorado wrongly fired prof
Ward Churchill, who was a tenured professor of ethnic studies at the University of Colorado in Boulder, Colo., left, walks with his lead attorney, David Lane, out of the courtroom Tuesday after a jury ruled that the professor was wrongly fired by school administrators.click for news
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