I n f o r m a t i o n O n U n r e c o g n i z e d
N a t i o n s A r o u n d T h e W o r l d
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 a historical archive of the political struggles waged
by Indigenous Peoples 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 500 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.
* 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.
* United Nations documents from the Working
Group on Indigenous Populations, the Open
Ended Inter-Sessional Working Group on a
Draft Declaration, the Commission on Human
Rights, and other UN bodies.
* Background on the Center For World Indigenous
Studies including programs, publications,
contributors and philosophy.
The Fourth World Documentation Project World Wide Web and
Gopher sites allow full text searching of all documents
contained in the archives. In addition, the FWDP web site
offers links to over 50 other Indigenous resources on the
Internet, special indexes of UN and Treaty information, as
well as HTML versions of important documents such as the
International Covenant on the Rights of Indigenous Nations,
and the UN Draft Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous
Peoples.
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
P.O. Box 2574
Olympia, Washington USA
98507-2574
FAX 360-956-1087
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