Letter to the Editor
Issue date: 5/14/09 Last update: 5/18/09 at 11:06 AM PST
Section: OpEd
Australia changed, can U.S.?
Editor--Two years ago, the United Nations General Assembly in New York adopted the "Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples."
It is a declaration that recognizes the rights of Indigenous Peoples to maintain their way of life: such as identity, language, culture, heath, education as well as prohibiting discrimination against them.
Unfortunately, four countries with large Indigenous People populations (The United States, Canada, New Zealand, and Australia) voted against it.
However, Australia, under a new government, recently has reversed their course and supports the Declaration.
I hope that President Obama will follow Australia's new government and support the "Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples."
Billy Trice Jr.
Art Major
Editor--Two years ago, the United Nations General Assembly in New York adopted the "Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples."
It is a declaration that recognizes the rights of Indigenous Peoples to maintain their way of life: such as identity, language, culture, heath, education as well as prohibiting discrimination against them.
Unfortunately, four countries with large Indigenous People populations (The United States, Canada, New Zealand, and Australia) voted against it.
However, Australia, under a new government, recently has reversed their course and supports the Declaration.
I hope that President Obama will follow Australia's new government and support the "Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples."
Billy Trice Jr.
Art Major
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