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An International Academic Forum on the Human Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Jan. 18-19, 2019, organized by Prof. Brenda Gunn and Celeste McKay
Presentations:
Opening remarks by Manitoba Indigenous leaders Kevin Hart and Will Goodon (video)
Mariam Wallet Med Aboubakrine, Chair of UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (video)
Kristen Carpenter: Sacred Sites & Human Rights (slides) (video)
Claire Charters, Chair of the UN Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Peoples (video)
Dalee Sambo Dorough: UN Indigenous-specific Mechanisms (slides) (video)
Andrew Erueti, Associate Professor, University of Auckland (video)
Wilton Littlechild: Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (slides) (presentation video) (Oilers tribute video)
Edtami Mansayagan, Member of the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples for Asia (video)
Naiomi Metallic: Innovative Models for First Nations Child Welfare (slides) (video)
Victoria Tauli-Corpuz: Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (slides) (video)
Aleksei Tsykarev: Cultural and Linguistic Rights in the Russian Federation (slides) (video)
Erika Yamada: Yanomami, landmark case for land rights in Brazil (slides) (video)
Closing panel with Al Benoit, Edward John and June Lorenzo (video)