Topic #10: Around the Globe

EXAMPLES OF INDIGENOUS MOVEMENTS AROUND THE GLOBE

The colonization of Indigenous people is a global issue, not just a Canadian one. There is an awakening of Indigenous people and their fight for justice all around the world, coupled with the environmental movement fueled by climate change. These two movements are joining forces and creating new dynamics around the globe.

A pattern emerges: when Indigenous rights are honored and Indigenous people are empowered – the earth is being protected by Indigenous people and their supporters and allies.

For your presentation, consider the following:

  • In your group explore examples around the globe of Indigenous issues and reconciliation.

  • You can focus on one country or a region of the globe to explore Indigenous people there.

OR

  • You can choose one to two themes that you want to explore in different parts of the globe. You can choose your own themes or topics of exploration or be inspired by some of these ideas:

    • Protecting the environment

    • Truth and reconciliation movements

    • Gaining a political presence in their country

    • the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

    • Apartheid and segregation

    • Regaining language and culture

 Below are only a few examples to get you started on your research. You can include them or find different examples and sources.

Choose One:

you will find international indigenous stories on issues from across the globe: HEre.

explore international indigenous stories on issues from across the globe, with cultural survival HEre.

46 Indigenous representatives present a short version of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Watch.

the Whanganui River, New Zealand’s third largest, has received something no other river in the country and possibly the world yet has: a legal voice. read more here.

the Whanganui River, New Zealand’s third largest, has received something no other river in the country and possibly the world yet has: a legal voice. read more here.

read about the UN declaration from the point of view of youth around the globe: REad here.

read about the UNited nations declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples from the point of view of youth around the globe here.