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Indigenous Peoples’ Day 2019: when will Columbia University celebrate it?
Monday, October 14, 2019

October 14th is here, a day marked as “Columbus Day” on many calendars since 1937. 

World Indigenous Peoples Decade of Water Summit: Mni Ki Wakan
Tuesday, May 28, 2019

The Indigenous Peoples Rights Program of ISHR is proud to support the World Indigenous Peoples Decade of Water Summit. Within the framework of the Decade annual meetings are held to gather support and raise awareness. In April 2018, we hosted Mni Ki Wakan at Columbia for a preparatory meeting. The 2019 Indigenous Water Summit will take place in He Sapa/Black Hills, South Dakota, from 13-15 August 2019. For information about the Decade see the website of Mni Ki Wakan. 

The International Summer Program on Indigenous Peoples' Rights and Policy at Columbia University is Now Open for Applications
Friday, May 17, 2019

Columbia University's ISHR and Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race are glad to inform you that they are now accepting applications for the 2020 International Summer Program on Indigenous Peoples' Rights and Policy (ISSP). The deadline for submissions is September 1, 2019. For more information about the program and how to apply, download the program flyer and application here.

"Global Indigenous Youth: Through Their Eyes"
A new book results from the collaboration of the Institute for the Study of Human Rights and the Global Indigenous Youth Caucus
Wednesday, May 15, 2019

Global Indigenous Youth Book Launch Event
Thursday, April 25, 2019

On April 25th at the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, the book, Global Indigenous Youth: Through Their Eyes, was presented to the public for the first time. Written by Indigenous young authors from the seven Indigenous sociocultural regions, it is the result of a collaboration between the Global Indigenous Youth Global Caucus and ISHR in cooperation with the UN Secretary-General's Envoy on YOUTH, MADRE, and Tribal Link Foundation.

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