User:Carwil/Indigenous Rights Resources

Assignment sheet for 2023 is here

Some extra advice on article selection
Here are some possible directions to brainstorm a topic:


 * There are numerous Indigenous ethnic group articles with low-quality articles that could be written as comprehensive introductions to a people.
 * Indigenous territories past and present may need articles. Browse the categories within Category:Lands reserved for indigenous peoples for present day examples and for what's missing. Wikipedia provides one of the most extensive reference guides to historical territories in most regions of the world, but only a few Indigenous territories are covered separately from the peoples themselves. See Comancheria for an effective example. Consider interrupting a redirect from territory names like Kajka Ika and Newe Sogobia and writing an article about traditional territories.
 * Sacred spaces like Inyan Kara Mountain often feature only brief coverage of their significance to Native peoples.

Consider these ideas based on the themes explored in the class:


 * Rethinking American History / Conquest and Treaties: Choose a major historical episode in U.S.–Native American history and see how it is described on Wikipedia. Look at pages for the event, for treaties, for key figures, and for the territory involved. Are its consequences for the peoples and lands involved included and well documented?


 * The Transnational Indigenous Movement and the United Nations: Choose an area of indigenous rights represented in the Declaration, an organization involved in the transnational indigenous movement, or a major transnational indigenous gathering. Consider the biography of a major figure in rights-making and -claiming at the international level
 * The Saramaka’s Legal Odyssey / Indigenous Rights in the Inter-American human rights system: Write in detail about the Saramaka people. Or examine another case that was pursued through the Inter-American system. Browse the Indigenous World reports (linked below), which offer an annual global look at Indigenous struggles around the world. Look at this list of indigenous rights cases before the Inter-American Court or consider examples discussed in the Commission's reports on Extractive Industries or other thematic reports.
 * American Indian Mobilization in the 1960s [no longer a section of our syllabus, but we explore this briefly]: Examine an episode of the Red Power generation in depth: e.g., the Alcatraz occupation, the Trail of Broken Treaties, or other local events mentioned in Dunbar-Ortiz or Like a Hurricane.
 * Anishinaabe Activism / Ecological Resistance Protests / Standing Rock: Provide detailed background on a major ecological resistance encampment or campaign. Examine the project involved, its ecological effects, and the organizing around it.

Once you have article ideas in mind remember that you will need to use reliable sources to significantly improve the article.


 * Do initial research and make sure that you can find high-quality sources on the topic.
 * Mentally assess the article yourself and make sure it doesn't already qualify as a B-class article or better.
 * Search Wikipedia to make sure that the content you want to write isn't already there in a related article.

Relevant projects, templates, and resources on Wikipedia

 * Template for typical article on an ethnic group from WikiProject Ethnic groups
 * Wikiprojects
 * WikiProject Indigenous peoples of the Americas
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 * WikiProject Indigenous peoples of North America
 * WikiProject Human rights
 * WikiProject International law
 * WikiProject Colonialism
 * WikiProject United States History

Possible general references
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News sources
Not all of these are reliable sources under Wikipedia guidelines, but they provide a broad range of current indigenous rights news for you to research. --Carwil (talk) 19:35, 16 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Intercontinental Cry - Reporting on the world's Indigenous Peoples
 * Real World Radio
 * Cultural Survival Quarterly
 * Indigenous Peoples / IPS Inter Press Service
 * Latest news - Survival International
 * Native News Network-Native American News, Analysis & Opinion by American Indians

Resources on indigenous rights struggles

 * The Indigenous World (annual) from the International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs." Since 1986, the purpose of The Indigenous World has been to give a comprehensive yearly overview of the developments indigenous peoples have experienced."
 * Other IWGIA publications, many of them book length reports
 * Indigenous Peoples in Voluntary Isolation and Initial Contact in the Americas
 * State of the World’s Indigenous Peoples (four volumes so far) from the United Nations.
 * Amnesty International publications on indigenous people
 * Human Rights Watch World Report (annual; all prior reports here)
 * UN Permament Forum on Indigenous Issues website
 * Global Witness' environmental activists campaign, an annual report of people killed defending their land.

Researching the Inter-American Commission / Court on Human Rights
There are Wikipedia articles on the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR / CIDH) and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR / CorteIDH).

Extensive information is archived at the website of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights:


 * Its Annual, Thematic, and Country Reports
 * Indigenous and Tribal Peoples of the Pan-Amazon Region
 * Indigenous Women
 * Indigenous Peoples, Communities of African Descent, Extractive Industries
 * Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women in British Columbia, Canada
 * Report on Immigration in the United States: Detention and Due Process
 * Indigenous and Tribal Peoples' Rights over their Ancestral Lands and Natural Resources (2009)
 * Captive Communities: The Situation of the Guarani Indigenous People and Contemporary Forms of Slavery in the Bolivian Chaco (2009)
 * Numerous reports on cases brought before the IACHR (searchable within each category).
 * Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos Facebook page with its 2020 videos


 * Schedule (since 1995) and video and audio recordings (since 2007) of hearings held before the Commission
 * Precautionary measures granted.

The Inter-American Court of Human Rights has a bilingual website (link to English website):


 * Judgments
 * Pending cases (in Spanish)
 * Orders of provisional measures
 * Advisory opinions