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MRG hails UN report on Islamophobia
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Eden Fine Day: her music, language and Canada’s ‘residential schools’
Eden Fine Day (she/her) is an Indigenous songwriter, singer and author. An intergenerational survivor of ‘residential schools’,…
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No Longer Invisible: Afro-Latin Americans Today
The distinct but extraordinarily diverse ethnic and cultural identities of Afro-Latin Americans have received little official recognition….
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1 January 1994
Polar Peoples: Self-determination and development
The northern regions of the globe were populated by indigenous peoples long before explorers, gold-diggers, bureaucrats and others…
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The Amerindians of South America
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Video on demand 21 July 2023 • 5:00 – 7:00 pm BST
Water Justice in the Americas Symposium
Organized by The Splash Project with Minority Rights Group International (MRG), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Mérida and…
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Video on demand 25 January 2022 • 5:00 – 6:00 pm CET
Music, language and Canada’s ‘residential schools’ – Eden Fine Day
Eden Fine Day (she/her) is an Indigenous songwriter, singer and author. An intergenerational survivor of ‘residential schools’,…
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