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Date: Sat, 16 Oct 1999 14:56:17 EDT
Subject: UN Working Group Meeting
In May, Secretary of State Madeline Albright "assured" indigenous leaders
gathered in Washington that the U.S. foreign policy on indigenous peoples
would be keyed to "federal Indian law." The problem with that, of course, is
that American "Indian law" is not the law of Indians, but a law used to
control Indians.
In the past, Gare Smith, Michael Dennis and others from the State Department
have admitted that they know very little about "federal Indian law." How can
the United States make that special body of law the keystone of U.S. policy
when its people don't know it?
The Working Group meetings start Monday, and the U.S. delegation will
probably do what it has done for the last several years: It keeps a low
profile in public while lobbying other western states with indigenous
populations. It also takes advantage of Asian fears about its indigenous
populations having rights under international law.
Aside from addresses suggested by others, the information for the U.S.
Mission in Geneva to send messages to the U.S. delegation is:
Telephone 749-4111
Fax 749-4880
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James Zion
Navajo Working Group for Human Rights
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