MANY GROUPS DO NOT CLAIM TO BE INDIGENOUS BUT IWI ELITE DO CLAIM TO BE INDIGENOUS ‘INDIGENOUS PEOPLES’ IS A GLOBALISED POLITICAL IDENTITY’.

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The UN Declaration of Rights for Indigenous Peoples has been used widely in policies, globally, regionally worldwide. The UN Declaration was widely known as a ‘Declaration of Aspiration with no legal intent intended. It is non binding, majority UN Declarations are Non-binding. Non-Binding does not mean that a government whom agrees to an UN Declaration … Read more

IT’S TIME TO RETHINK INDIGENOUS ‘ SOME GROUPS IDENTIFY AS INDIGENOUS BUT DO NOT CLAIM TO BEE INDIGENOUS

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It’s Time to Rethink the Idea of the “Indigenous” Many groups who identify as Indigenous don’t claim to be first peoples; many who did come first don’t claim to be Indigenous. Can the concept escape its colonial past? By a News Article in the New Yorker  Author Manvir Singh February 20th 2023 IDENTITY: Identity evolves. Social categories … Read more

WHO ARE EXACTLY ‘INDIGENOUS PEOPLES’?

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Exactly who  are  ‘Indigenous Peoples’ well here’s a hint – It’s an International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs emerged, headquartered in Copenhagen.1 Although exactly what counts as Indigenous is unclear, it seems like there is somewhere around a half billion worldwide. In the United States, although scores of Indigenous tribes and perhaps 10 million people … Read more

MAORI PARTY WERE ACCUSED OF HAVING THEIR HEADS IN THE CLOUDS ‘UNDRIP’ 2007

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The global Indigenous rights movement, born in the mid-1970s, found its primary inspiration in the Third-Worldism espoused by anti-colonial leaders over the previous decades. The leadership of both the World Council of Indigenous Peoples (wcip) and the International Indian Treaty Council (iitc), the two flagship organizations of the movement, drew on Pan-Africanism and decolonization in order … Read more

MANY GROUPS WHO IDENTIFY AS INDIGENOUS DO NOT CLAIM TO BE FIRST PEOPLES

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Many groups who identify as Indigenous don’t claim to be first peoples; many who did come first don’t claim to be Indigenous. Can the concept escape its colonial past? Feb 20th 2023 Manvir Singh Assistant Professor of Anthropology University of California In] the nineteen-sixties and seventies. Liberation movements flourished. In New Zealand, the Polynesian Panthers … Read more

HATE SPEECH AND INDIGENOUS HAVE ONE THING IN COMMON ‘SELF-DETERMINATION’

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HATE SPEECH AND INDIGENOUS HAVE ONE THING IN COMMON ‘Both are defined – described as by way of ‘Self-Determination’. A person or group that deem they are adversely effected or discriminated against by others ‘ the oppressor-victim mentality-. The so called receiver (Victim) self determining what is harmful to them or not. The United Nations … Read more

WHAT IS THE CONNECTION BETWEEN ‘HATE SPEECH’ AND ‘INDIGENOUS PEOPLE’ -SELF-DETERMINATION AND SEPERATISM ‘APARTHEID IN NZ’ IS THIS JUST SYMBOLIC GESTURES MADE BY NZ’S NEW COALITION?

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Hate Speech and the coined post modernized phrase given to native and tribal peoples throughout the world ‘Indigenous People’ focus on, promote  a ‘self determination’ as to what one deems to be true for oneself, or deliberate pervasively is used to be ‘true’ for ones self through political, social, economically self-interests. ‘The negative harmful mentality … Read more

THE HISTORY OF CO-GOVERNANCE GLOBALLY ACTIONED LOCALLY IN NEW ZEALAND

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In 1972  the UN Sub Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities commissioned a study on the issues around discrimination of Indigenous Populations The Study was completed in 1982 1977 A conference was held in Geneva to mandate all documents relevant to International Indigenous Movements. 25 Years prior to the UNDRIP being first … Read more

ONE NATION ‘ONE PEOPLE’ NEW ZEALAND

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UNITED NATIONS: Who are Indigenous peoples? An official definition of ‘Indigenous’ has NOT been adopted by any United Nations System Body. The UN System has developed a modern understanding of this term. According to the UN the most fruitful approach is to identify, rather than define indigenous peoples. This is based on the fundamental criterion … Read more