Lesson 3.4

Examine what individuals and groups have done to respond to the legacies of historical globalization on Indigenous peoples.

Internet

Research the Internet about the work of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. What does the United Nations propose as responses to the injustices and legacies of historical globalization?

Research the Internet about the work of Rights & Democracy (International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development), a non-governmental Canadian organization that raises awareness of human rights and the promotion of democracy. Examine the role that Rights & Democracy has undertaken in the area of the rights of Indigenous peoples.

Go to the Rights & Democracy website. Click on the “What We Do” tab to find a link to “Indigenous Peoples’ Rights.”

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How effective are these responses?

Has the response of non-governmental organizations improved the lives of Indigenous peoples?

Internet

The UN Chronicle is a publication of the United Nations. Go to the website and search for the article “A Decade of Setbacks and Accomplishments,” which evaluates the decade since the International Decade of the World’s Indigenous Peoples was declared by the United Nations in 1994. Have non-governmental responses been effective in removing the legacies and barriers placed on Indigenous peoples?

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