…[T]he U.N. Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) told Canada to take "appropriate…measures to prevent the acts of transnational corporations on indigenous territories"…in response to a petition filed by indigenous organisations that charged private businesses from Canada were unlawfully involved in the exploitation of their lands located in the U.S…The petition…focused on the situation facing the Western Shoshone — a Native American tribe…Numerous…corporations are operating in the Shoshone land…Many of these companies -which include Bravo Venture Group, Nevada Pacific Gold, Barrick Gold, Glamis Gold [part of Goldcorp], Great Basin Gold, and U.S. GoldCorp…- are registered in Canada…CERD [also] said the U.S. government must cease all commercial activities on tribal lands…