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Article

6 Jan 2015

Author:
John Ahni Schertow, IC Magazine

11 Ways Indigenous Rights Won in 2014

The story of Indigenous Rights is often a tale of tragedy and loss. Even with the exponential growth of the Indigenous Peoples movement over the past ten years, Nation States around the world are carrying out... offenses like never before. Corporations, meanwhile, continue to receive the right of way to Indigenous lands causing dozens if not hundreds of social, political, cultural, economic and environmental catastrophes... Fortunately,... in 2014, there were a lot of great victories and successes too. [For example,] in January 2014, the Dongria Kondh Peoples of India's Odisha State celebrated a huge victory after India's authorities cancelled Vedanta Resources' proposed bauxite mine... In June, the City council for Vancouver voted unanimously to acknowledge that the city sits on unceded Coast Salish traditional land... Here's to many more victories and successes in 2015 and beyond.