American Indian Law Alliance

Included here are documents related to current issues that AILA is working on:

• U.S. Report to the UN Human Rights Commission on the Universal Periodic Review

• Tonya Gonnella Frichner Statement in Response to the US Report

• Preliminary study of the impact on indigenous peoples of the international legal construct known as the Doctrine of Discovery

• Announcement of US Support for Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

• World People’s Conference on Climate Change: People’s Agreement

• Statement by the Permanent Observer of the Holy See

• Intervention on the Issue of Hydrofracking

• Intervention on USA-Canadian Border Issue

• Statement by Tonya Gonnella Frichner on the Preliminary Study on the Doctrine of Discovery

• Press Release by 7th Generation Fund on Obama Support of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

• Press Release: Ambassador Rice Statement on US Support for the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

• News: United States’ backing for indigenous rights treaty hailed at UN

• Court Denies Onondaga Land Rights Lawsuit

• Oren Lyons’ Statement on the Iroquois Nationals Passport/Visa Controversy

• Robert Staffanson’s Talk at Oren Lyons’ Birthday Celebration