1. Who are indigenous peoples? A fact sheet from the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
2. What are indigenous rights? Amnesty International Australia
3. 10 Things To Know About Indigenous Peoples United Nations Development Program (UNDP)
4. The Issues for Indigenous Peoples, Cultural Survival
5. Our Ancestral Lands - A video from the Asia Indigenous People's Pact that explains the relationship of indigenous people to their ancestral lands, the impact on them when their lands were taken over by outsiders, and the importance of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples for reclaiming their rights to their lands.
6. Indigenous Women's Rights - A video from Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact that explains the rights that indigenous women have in the UN Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
7. Protecting the rights and well-being of indigenous peoples - A video by the United Nations.
1.Talking about the 1967 Referendum, Major Sumner talks about rights for Aboriginal people in Australia before and after the 1967 referendum, which recognized Aboriginal people as Australians for the first time, Behind the News, 23 May 2017.
3. Indigenous Women Summit The voices of indigenous women across the Amazon, Amerindian Peoples Association, 2022.
4. Voices From Here: Wes FineDay, Historica Canada, 25 May 2020 See also: Residential Schools Podcast Series | The Canadian Encyclopedia
1. Rights of Indigenous People from Global Issues.
2. Know Your Rights! The United Nations Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous People explained for young indigenous people. Includes information on the creation of the Declaration, the United Nations and indigenous people, and the indigenous rights movement. Downloads as a pdf file.
3. Frequently Asked Questions on the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples from the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
4. Mandated Areas from the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues - discussion of issues facing indigenous people including: Economic and social development; Culture; Environment; Education; Health; Human rights; Gender and indigenous women; Indigenous children and youth; indigenous people and the MDG's; and other issues.
5. Indigenous peoples in Japan from the International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs. Also see the information on p.269 on Japan in Indigenous World 2019.
6. Indigenous Peoples, Poverty, and Development This 2010 World Bank report shows that "Indigenous Peoples worldwide continue to be among the poorest of the poor and continue to suffer from higher poverty, lower education, and a greater incidence of disease and discrimination than other groups." See also this World Bank policy brief on Indigenous Peoples, Still among the poorest of the poor
7. Indigenous Peoples - Amnesty International
8. Land Use, Climate Change Adaptation and Indigenous Peoples This article and videos look at how climate change is affecting indigenous peoples and what we can learn from indigenous peoples' knowledge the environment and climate change. From United Nations University.
9. Factsheet on Indigenous Languages from the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, which looks at the threat to indigenous languages, why indigenous languages are important, language rights, and what can be done to protect and promote indigenous languages.
10. Gender and Indigenous Women - a short summary from the International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs report. Indigenous women often face double discrimination: they are discriminated as indigenous and as women. For more details, read here.
11. Briefing Paper on the Rights of Indigenous Women to their Lands, Territories and Resources in Asia - includes an explanation of the situation of indigenous women in Asia. Download the full briefing paper here.
12. Portrait on the Indigenous Women of Asia Looks at organisations, treaties and laws supporting the rights of indigenous women, discusses indigenous women and biodiversity, development and militarism, and has a focus on indigenous women in Indonesia. From Asian Indigenous Women's Network.
13. Ryukyuans (Okinawans) and Ainu Minority Rights Group
14. The Ainu and Japan’s Colonial Legacy Tokyo Review
15. 'Empty words': Rights groups say Japan's bill recognizing Ainu as indigenous group falls short, Japan Times.
16. Countries - Information about indigenous peoples in different countries from the International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs (IWGIA) . For the full information, see "The indigenous World 2019".
17. Rights in Action: Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) for Indigenous Peoples - This video explains one of the basic principles of the UN Declaration of Rights of Indigenous Peoples that is designed to give indigenous control or self-determination over their own affairs, through a story of interaction between indigenous peoples and a company wanting consent to use their land for development. From Asian Indigenous People's Pact.
18. Protecting indigenous peoples' rights in the Philippines - A video by the International Labour Organisation.
19. Japan's Indigenous People: Protecting an Identity - A video focused on Ainu People, from the United Nations.
1. United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
2. Survival "the global movement for tribal peoples’ rights"
3. International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs an international human rights organization which supports indigenous peoples' struggle for human rights, self-determination, right to territory, control of land and resources, cultural integrity, and the right to development.
4. First Peoples Worldwide is an indigenous-led organisation that funds local development projects in Indigenous communities all over the world while creating bridges between our communities and corporations, governments, academics, NGOs and investors in their regions. It makes use of traditional Indigenous knowledge in solving today’s challenges, including climate change, food security, medicine, governance and sustainable development.
5. Work on Indigenous Peoples from the World Bank, which "aims to promote indigenous peoples' development in a manner which ensures that the development process fosters full respect for the dignity, human rights, and uniqueness of indigenous peoples."
6. International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs (IWGIA)
7. Indigenous People's Human Rights Defenders A network of indigenous individuals and organisations in different countries that are protecting the human rights of indigenous peoples
8. The Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (AIPP) is committed to promoting and defending indigenous peoples' rights and human rights and has 47 members from 14 countries in Asia including Indigenous Women's Organizations and 4 are Indigenous Youth Organizations.
9. Asian Indigenous Women's Network
10. Council for Ainu Policy Promotion / アイヌ政策推進会議 This is the Japanese government organisation which decides policy on Ainu issues and includes Ainu and non-Ainu members
11. 先住民族権利確立 from 反差別国際運動(IMADR).
12. Ainu Association of Hokkaido / 北海道アイヌ協会
13. Ainu Associations of Greater Tokyo Introduces several Ainu organisations in the Tokyo area
14. Website of the Okinawa Peace Network - Los Angeles: to provide updates on Okinawans around the world, the anti-military movement in Okinawa, the stuggles of indigenous Uchinanchu (Okinawans), and to link the stuggle of Uchinanchu with anti-imperialist struggles around the world. Includes Links about Okinawan politics, society, history, culture and language.