Millions of people around the world who belong to indigenous communities continue to face discrimination and abuse at the hands of authorities and private business concerns, says a new U.N. report…The...report, entitled "State of the World's Indigenous Peoples", points out that an overwhelming majority of the indigenous population is condemned to live in extreme poverty…one of the report's authors, Myrna Cunningham, said indigenous communities in many countries are living in abject poverty because they have lost their lands to private interests...backed by state authorities…indigenous children are not only deprived of education, but also lack adequate access to health care and nutritious food...powerful countries, including the United States and Canada, have rejected the Declaration [on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples]