canada signed the un declaration of indigenous rights on november 12, 1975.
canada signed the un declaration of indigenous rights on november 12, 1975.
when did canada sign the un declaration of indigenous rights?
november 12, 1975
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friends have traditionally had a concern for the rights of indigenous peoples. in 1974 individual quakers (friends) were led to go to kenora in northern ontario to attempt reconciliation in a confrontation over mercury contamination of the waterways. friends with skills in pathology and medicine assisted the indigenous community, whose people were suffering from mercury poisoning, by helping to document the problem and to provide medical treatment. the quaker committee on native concerns (now quaker indigenous rights committee) was born out of this work and other concerns, especially amongst friends in western canada. since then the committee has supported indigenous community building initiatives, and urged governments to live up to their legal commitments to indigenous peoples including esgenoopetitj (burnt church) in new brunswick, pimicikamak cree nation in northern manitoba and the lubicon in northern alberta. since the mid-1990s, qirc has worked with others at the united nations towards the development and recognition of an international instrument specifically addressing the rights of indigenous rights through the un declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples. cfsc is one of the founding members of the coalition for the human rights of indigenous peoples. this group of indigenous and non-indigenous partners work together to inform and educate canadian people and politicians on work related to "the un declaration".
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