Indigenous peoples should be recognized as guardians of their lands.

With regard to the element of self identification contained in article 8, indigenous peoples were indigenous peoples whether they identified themselves as such or were identified and or recognized by others.

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3. States shall, in conjunction with indigenous peoples, take effective measures, in order for indigenous individuals, particularly children, including those living outside their communities, to have access, when possible, to an education in their own culture and provided in their own language.

According to the mandate, indigenous people were those who identified themselves and were recognized by others as such, whether or not a formal definition existed.

Where such laws are lacking or weak, problems arise because, having not demarcated indigenous land, the State cannot identify what is indigenous land and what is not.

Respect for the rights of indigenous peoples, in particular their human rights, are at the heart of their concerns about the preservation, promotion and protection of indigenous traditional knowledge.

Indigenous traditional knowledge is an essential part of indigenous health systems.

One said that the forum should be a forum of indigenous peoples, on indigenous peoples, run by indigenous peoples.

Most recently there has been a demand from indigenous peoples for the establishment of indigenous universities in indigenous areas, with programmes designed specifically for indigenous peoples.

Where they formed an indigenous group in the State of origin, can they still be regarded as an indigenous group in the receiving State, even though they are anything but indigenous to it?

She said that the unique languages of indigenous peoples were a source of unity and community.

Examples include returns of land to indigenous peoples in Argentina.

Lack of effective implementation of indigenous land rights was said to be a general problem for most of the indigenous peoples there.

The question of indigenous legal systems was one which should be the subject of negotiations between States and indigenous people.

The aim of the project is to help strengthen Ecuador's alternative indigenous municipalities, which, since the 2000 general elections, have either an indigenous mayor, one who is not indigenous but is backed by some indigenous political movement or one who, whether indigenous or not, adheres to the principles and vision of local and national development which indigenous municipalities advocate and seek to put into practice.

The broad spectrum of the Permanent Forum's mandate was another indication, as it was to discuss issues of economic and social development, as well as the environment, health, human rights, education and culture.

Should the collective consent of indigenous peoples be considered more important than the individual property rights of non indigenous persons who may occupy the same territory?

259. The observer for the International Alliance of Indigenous and Tribal Peoples of the Tropical Forests stated that indigenous lands and knowledge were seen as commodities.

An indigenous participant from Asia identified Government sponsored programmes of non indigenous settlement on traditional indigenous lands as the core problem in his region.

Indigenous land rights

An indigenous participant from Europe said that indigenous land rights, land use and resource management were the principal issues for the indigenous peoples of Finland, Norway, the Russian Federation and Sweden.

However, this right should be guaranteed for all individuals, including indigenous individuals, rather than indigenous peoples as such.

58. States often view indigenous peoples apos territories as areas suitable for settlement by non indigenous peoples even though the resources in the area provide only a modest economy for the indigenous owners.

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For the most part, indigenous peoples are virtually invisible in the formal education systems of the urban and rural non indigenous population.

The Committee notes that the identity document issued to indigenous persons in accordance with the Regulations under the Organization Act on the Identification of Indigenous Persons includes the name of the ethnic group, the people and community to which such persons belong.

2. States shall undertake effective consultations with the indigenous peoples concerned, through appropriate procedures and in particular through their representative institutions, prior to using their lands or territories for military activities.

(i) Governments, local authorities and indigenous leaders should immediately address the discrimination and inequality experienced by indigenous peoples, including indigenous women, in the housing sector.

Based on estimates made for strictly statistical purposes and the language criterion according to which indigenous persons are those speaking an indigenous language, there were 7 to 10 million indigenous people in Mexico.

The main objectives of the workshop were to find ways to preserve the indigenous culture, protect indigenous peoples apos homes, help them gain respect and improve their ways of living, among others.

ETIs local indigenous agencies

Article 18, which dealt with labour rights, should also refer to the rights of indigenous individuals rather than indigenous peoples.

Some indigenous representatives also said that the criteria in the Martínez Cobo report were adequate to determine whether a person or community was indigenous or not.

Create indigenous ombudsmen offices especially for indigenous women, ensuring the full and effective participation of indigenous women in order to protect the human rights of the indigenous peoples.

Between 1997 and 1999, the six deaths of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women gave an indigenous mortality ratio of 23.5 deaths per 100,000 confinements compared with 6.7 for non indigenous women, which is three times lower.

The overriding goal of the Strategy on Indigenous Development is to support and promote the development with identity of indigenous peoples.

Another challenge was the expansion of the instruction programme of indigenous children in their native tongue from some to all indigenous languages.

Consequently, there is an urgent need for a United Nations forum for indigenous issues competent to deal with issues of concern to indigenous peoples in a way which respects the often interrelated and inseparable nature of indigenous issues.

Furthermore, it was said that it would be harmful to the truly indigenous peoples if the United Nations decided to continue addressing indigenous issues without having a definition of the actual beneficiaries of indigenous rights.

It's the native name for a bird

The campaign's indigenous component consists of targeted advertising in indigenous press, with the use of indigenous ambassadors , including well known indigenous personalities (writers, actors, sports figures) who appear under the defined slogan Violence against Indigenous Women.

The National Indigenous Development Corporation had also helped establish numerous indigenous associations and had supported various indigenous activities and events.

An indigenous representative from Canada reported that suicide rates among indigenous youth were four to six times higher than among non indigenous people.