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Eleven years ago today, on December 16, 2010, President Obama announced that the United States would "lend its support" to the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples ([link removed]) (UNDRIP).
"The aspiration it affirms," Obama said, "including the respect for the institutions and rich cultures of Native Peoples, are one we must always seek to fulfill...I want to be clear: what matters far more than words, what matters far more than any resolution or declaration, are actions to match those words."
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** UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Wampum Belt
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We also want to share with you the incredible work of Hartman Deetz (Mashpee Wampanoag) and human rights lawyer Michelle Cook (Diné) on the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples wampum belt. Indigenous artist and advocate Hartman Deetz looks to his ancestors, to his past, to “wampum” the ancient tool of art, law, ritual, and diplomacy to find guidance and ways forward for his people. The UNDRIP wampum belt is a means of teaching Indigenous human rights using and centering Indigenous Peoples' technology and pedagogical legal practices with wampum as both the medium and the message of accountability, healing, and change. Listen to our Indigenous Rights Radio podcast with Deetz and Cook. ([link removed])
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