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THE FOURTH WORLD DOCUMENTATION PROJECT
I n d i g e n o u s P e o p l e s I n f o r m a t i o n
f o r t h e O n l i n e C o m m u n i t y
The Fourth World Documentation Project was organized by the
Center For World Indigenous Studies in 1992. Its mission is
to document and make available to tribal governments,
researchers and organizations, important documents relating
to the social, political, strategic, economic and human
rights situations being faced by Fourth World nations and
create an historical archive of the political struggles
waged by Indigenous Nations to assert their rights as
sovereign nations.
The FWDP gathers documents from nations and organizations
around the world and processes them into electronic text for
distribution on the Internet, Peace Net and other computer
networks. These documents form an electronic archive of
voices and ideas from the Fourth World.
The Fourth World Documentation Project Archives contain
over 400 full text documents from Indigenous Nations in
the Americas, Africa, Europe, Asia, Melanesia and the
Pacific, forming a vital resource for tribal officials and
researchers, activists or anyone interested in the state of
the world's Indigenous Nations. Documents include:
* Speeches, articles and essays by leading
Fourth World writers, political analysts and
leaders.
* Compacts, treaties and agreements between
Indigenous Nations and States.
* Over 70 United Nations documents covering the
last 11 years of work by the Working Group on
Indigenous Populations -- including various
drafts of the UN Draft Declaration on the
Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
* Position Papers and resolutions by tribal
governments and inter-tribal organizations,
including: The World Council of Indigenous
Peoples, The National Congress of American
Indians, The Affiliated Tribes of Northwest
Indians, The Conference of Tribal Governments
and the Navajo Nation's Navajo-Hopi Land
Commission.
* Background on the Center For World Indigenous
Studies including programs, publications,
contributors and philosophy.
* In addition, the Fourth World Documentation
Project World Wide Web site allows full-text
searching of the archives, contains a list of
all UN documents arranged in order of Working
Group session and department, and links to over
30 other Indigenous focused Internet resources.
HOW TO ACCESS
THE FOURTH WORLD DOCUMENTATION PROJECT ARCHIVES
WORLD WIDE WEB
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Questions and comments concerning the
Fourth World Documentation Project
may be directed to John Burrows, Executive Director,
Center For World Indigenous Studies at:
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Center for World Indigenous Studies
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FAX 360-956-1087
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