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Entrevista con Alvaro Pop, Presidente del Foro Permanente para las Cuestiones Indígenas de 2015. Alvaro Pop habla sobre la realidad de derechos para Pueblos Indígenas en Guatemala. Dice que hay problemas de salud, seguridad, alimentación, discriminación, y derechos de territorio para grupos Indígenas en el país. Aunque habían avances en estas áreas, todavía hay más para hacer.

Entrevista con Ahida Quilche, un recipiente de un premio liderazgo en el Foro Internacional de Mujeres Indígenas en 2014. Ella trabaja directamente con el pueblo y comunidad y cree en la lucha para proteger derechos Indígenas. Ella está conocido como líder Indígena más imporante de su país de Colombia.

Conservación de la tierra y el territorio es un derecho de Pueblos Indígenas que está violado en muchas partes del mundo. El mapeo territorial de tierra de Pueblos Indígenas es una estrategía para proteger territorio y tierra propios y conservar el ambiente allá. Esta es una entrevista con Henderson Rengifo, un líder Indígena de Peru, sobre su experiencia con un mapeo territorial.

Vicky Tauli-Corpuz talks about her visit to Paraguay in her capacity as UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of Indigenous Peoples. She discusses the process and the preparation of these visits, highlighting the need for autonomy and security for the people she talks with. 

It is an opportunity to meet with Indigenous communities, civil society organisations, government ministers and the private sector and encourage dialogue across society.  

Dalee Sambo discusses the exchange between the Brazilian government's representative and representatives of Brazil’s Indigenous tribes at the UNPFII 2015. Violations of Land Rights continue in Brazil, including the criminalization of Indigenous Peoples who are trying to defend their rights to land.  

Statement from Special Rapporteur Vicky Tauli-Corpuz on the sustainable development goals proposed by the United Nations and how Indigenous Peoples' rights must be respected in order to solve climate issues such as deforestation.

Cristina Coc, a Q'eqchi Maya woman of southern Belize, shares how Mayan groups in Belize have been fighting for their rights for over 30 years. After many meetings with the State, the Belize national court has acknowledged legal Indigenous rights to their land and affirmed that the government may not use, destruct, or occupy Indigenous land.

Christopher Kuaiwa of Hawaii speaks about the destruction of a sacred mountain in his community and wants to spread his message of advocacy for Indigenous Rights throughout the world. He also participated in an intervention and proposed recommendations in the Permanent Forum regarding the 30-meter telescope that is proposed to be built on the sacred mountain calling to halt construction and divest.