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The Nahuatl Indigenous Language to be Taught at Columbia
Monday, November 28, 2016

Starting January 2017 Columbia will teach an Indigenous language for the first time: Nahuatl.

Nahuatl has been spoken in Mexico since at least the seventh century and was the language of the Aztecs. Nahuatl based languages are spoken mostly in rural areas throughout central Mexico and along the coastline. It is estimated that there are currently 1.5 million native Nahuatl speakers. 

Statement from the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues on the Dakota Access Pipeline
Wednesday, November 23, 2016

Statement by Mr. Álvaro Pop Ac, Chair of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, and Dr. Dalee Dorough and Chief Edward John, Expert Members of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, on the escalating violence against unarmed protestors at the Dakota Access Pipeline construction site (North Dakota, USA)

ISSP
Apply to ISSP!
The Indigenous Studies Summer Program is now accepting applications for 2017
Monday, November 14, 2016

The Indigenous Studies Summer Program (ISSP) is an annual, two-week summer program at Columbia University. Researchers, professionals, practitioners, and advanced students from around the world gather at Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race (CSER) to participate in this intensive summer immersion program at Columbia University on indigenous peoples' rights and policy.

Advocacy at Work
Human Rights Video Series
Thursday, November 10, 2016

Human Rights Watch and the Center for Teaching and Learning at Columbia University have produced the online human rights advocacy video series Advocacy at Work. The series goes behind the scenes at Human Rights Watch to explain how they put together advocacy strategies to deal with human rights abuses.

UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues Issues Statement on the Dakota Access Pipeline
Monday, November 7, 2016

Mr. Alvaro Pop Ac, Chair of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, and Ms. Dalee Dorough and Chief Edward John, Members of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues issued a statement on the Protests on the Dakota Access Pipeline on November 4th. The full statement included below.

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