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El foro permanente para las cuestiones Indígenas de las Naciones Unida. Miriam Mazaquisa, Funcionaria del Secretariado del foro permanente nos habla sobre la función del foro y cambios significativos que tendrá lugar durante a partir del 2016, ella es Indígena Quichua del Ecuador.

Idai nos habla de los objeticos del Consejo de la Nación Charrúa Conacha en Uruguay, la cual esta integrada por diez organizaciones y comunidades de todo el país.

María Oberto Indígena del pueblo Wayuu en Venezuela habla de la importancia del dialogo intergeneracional como lo es la habilitación de jóvenes, en cuanto al conocimiento y la lucha del pasado y el presente.

Cesibel Cisneros, joven líder de 22 años de edad, de Perú, nos habla de la Red de Organizaciones de Jóvenes Indígenas del Perú – REOJIP y de cómo los jóvenes trabajan para el rescate y valorización de la cultura y de ser la continuidad de los mayores para no perder la diversidad en el país.

Indigenous Rights Radio Producer Shaldon Ferris interviews Vicky Tauli-Corpuz, UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, about the Dakota Access Pipeline. Vicky describes the central tensions underlying the current conflict, and details the opportunities for recourse available to the Standing Rock Sioux tribe through both local and international governing bodies.

Credits:
Interview with Vicky Tauli-Corpuz
Production by Shaldon Ferris

Music:
"Danum", by Salidumayy DKK

IRR Producer Shaldon Ferris reports on the official statement by Vicky Tauli-Copruz, UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, concerning the threat of the Dakota Access Pipeline to the Standing Rock Sioux tribe.

UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Vicky Tauli-Corpuz discusses the challenges faced by Indigenous peoples in protecting their claim to ancestral lands in the face of government-sanctioned landgrabbing in the name of conservation.

Music: Melodies of Nepal, by classical Instrumental band Sur Sudha

This year's theme for conversations at the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues was "Indigenous Peoples Collective Rights to Lands and Resources". Victoria Tauli-Corpuz (Igorot Kankanaey, Philippines), UN Special Rapporteur on Indigenous Issues, says that the theme connects to many important conversations happening now in the world, including the threat that extractive industries pose to resources located on Indigenous-owned territories.

Vicky Tauli-Corpuz, UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, conducted an official visit to Guatemala, a country where 61 to 65% of population identify as Indigenous. Shaldon Ferris interviewed her about her visit.

MUSIC
"Whispers" by Ziibiwan. Used with permission.
Indigenous Rights Radio Intro track features "Burn your Village to the Ground" by @a-tribe-called-red. Used with permission.

A short update on current events from around the world on the topic of Indigenous Rights.

PRODUCTION
Shaldon Ferris (KhoiSan)