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DIRECTORY
INDIGENOUS PEOPLES ORGANIZATIONS
Assembly of First Nations
55 Murray Street, Suite 500
Ottawa, Ontario
Canada K1N 5M3
Tel: +1-613-236-0673
Fax: +1-613-238-5780
Composed of representatives of first nations, their objectives
are to share information, develop strategies to address national
and regional government policy initiatives as they affect First
Nation peoples.
CISA
Consejo Indio de Sud America
Indian Council of South America
Apartado Postal 2054
Lima 100
Peru
Tel/Fax: +51-14-236-955
CISA was founded in 1980 as an organization for indigenous peoples
organizations from South America. CISA's objectives are oriented
to reach the recognition and respect for the right to live, justice,
development and peace of the indigenous people at the United Nations
and National Governments. CISA promotes knowledge and traditional
practices on the use, conservation, preservation and sustainable
development of natural resources.
Confederacion De Nacionalidades Amazonicas Del Peru (CONAP)
Brigadier Pumucahua
No. 974 Jesus Maria, Lima, Peru
Tel: +51-14-238-391
CONAP works to strengthen the cultural identity of indigenous
peoples. Through their work they hope to improve living conditions
through direct work with the people, the environment and alternative
development projects.
Confederacion de Nacionalidades Indigenas del Ecuador (CONAIE)
Av. Los Granados y 6 de Diciembre
Casilla 17-17-1235
Quito, Ecuador
Tel: +593-2-248-930
Fax: +593-2-442-271
CONAIE is an independent indigenous organization which represents
Ecuador's 4 million indigenous people at national and international
levels in their struggle for land and cultural rights, economic
and social justice and in the defense of the environment.
Coordinadora De Las Organizaciones Indigenas De La Cuenca Amazonica
(COICA)
Larco Herrera No. 1057
Lima 17, Peru
Tel: +51-14-619-2228
Fax: +51-14-619-2228
COICA is composed of 5 national Indigenous confederations from
Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Brazil and Bolivia. The organization
works to defend the rights of Indigenous Peoples, their self-determination
and culture.
CPA
Cordillera People's Alliance
Box 975
Baguio City
2600 Philippines
Tel: +63-74-442-7008
Fax: +63-74-442-5247
The CPA "works in defense of ancestral domain and for self-determination."
They defend indigenous peoples' rights, hold anti-open-pit mining
, anti-militarization and anti-poverty positions.
Grand Council of the Crees (of Quebec)
Cree Regional Authority National Office
2 Lakeshore Road
Nemaska, Quebec J0Y 3BO
Canada
Tel: +1-819-673-2600
Fax: +1-819-673-2606
The Grand Council promotes and enforces the rights of the Crees
as set out in international and domestic law. It promotes ecologically
appropriate development which preserves the complexity and productivity
of the environment and protects the Cree traditional ways of life.
ICC
Inuit Circumpolar Conference
170 Laurier Avenue West, Suite 504
Ottawa, Ontario K1P 5V5
Canada
Tel: +1-613-563-2642
Fax: +1-613-565-3089
The ICC is an international organization representing the Inuit
peoples of Alaska, Greenland, Canada, and the Commonwealth of
Independent States.
Indigenous Survival International
55 Murray Street, 3rd Floor
Ottawa, Ontario K1N 5M3
Canada
Tel: +1-613-562-3230
Fax: +1-613-562-3233
Indigenous Survival's aim is to ensure the cultural survival of
the indigenous peoples of Canada. The organization promotes the
protection and conservation of renewable resources through effective
harvesting and management methods. -
NAPGUANA
Asociacion Kunas Unidos por Napguana
Via Espana, Edif. Domino, Piso 2, Ofic. 31
PO Box 536
Panama 1
Republica de Panama
Tel: +507-69-6525 / 6526
Fax: +507-69-3514
NAPGUANA has been working for several years with indigenous communities
for the defense of indigenous rights, environment protection,
and sound management of natural resources, among others. The
organization serves as a legal adviser to indigenous peoples and
several environmental NGOs. It holds seminars and conferences
concerning the existing natural resources in indigenous areas
and their importance on national level. It also works to sustainably
develop indigenous communities and to strengthen the culture and
tradition of these communities.
National Committee to Defend Black Rights (CDBR) - Aboriginal
Corporation
PO Box 498
Broadway, NSW 2007
Australia
Tel: +61-2-698-9166 / 698-9826
Fax: +61-2-698-9826
This organization is comprised of aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander peoples and non-indigenous peoples.
National Federation of Indigenous Peoples of the Philippines
(Kalipunan Ng Mga Katutubong Mamamayanng Pilipinas - Kamp)
Room 701, WEB-JET Building
64 Quezon Avenue. Cor. BMA Street
Quezon City
Philippines
Tel: +632-712-0951 loc. 14
This federation is composed of 9 indigenous peoples' organizations
and communities maintaining networks at the municipal, provincial
and regional levels.
National Maori Congress
PO Box 5079
Lambton Quay
Wellington
Aotearoa
Tel: +64-4-499-4602
Fax: +64-4-499-4608
The congress is composed of the Maori population of New Zealand.
The Congress works towards the construction of a national forum
for tribal representatives to address economic, social, cultural,
environmental and political issues within the Maori framework.
In meeting these objectives, the Congress is guided by ancient
Maori philosophy.
Organizacion Mapuche Ad-Mapu
Calle Cautin No 1635 Temuco
Provincia de Caution IX Region
Casilla 518 Tempo, Chile
This organization of small farmers and artisans of the Ad-Mapu
people defends the land rights of indigenous peoples whose lands
are being threatened or whose lands were lost.
Saami Council
FIN-99980 Utsjoki
Finland
Tel: +9697-71-351
Fax: +9697-71-353
This council is composed of people from Finland, Norway, Russia
and Sweden, and was set up by the Saami Program for the Environment
which seeks to demonstrate common efforts for the preservation
and promotion of the environment and indigenous peoples of Saami.
Survival International
310 Edgewise Road
London W2 1DY
United Kingdom
Tel: +44-71-7235535
Fax: +44-71-7234059
E-mail: gn:survival
Survival International is a worldwide movement to support tribal
peoples. It stands for their right to decide their own future
and helps them protect their lands, environment and way of life.
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World Council of Indigenous Peoples
100 Argyle Avenue
Ottawa, Ontario K2P 1B6
Canada
Tel: unknown
Fax: unknown
WCIP arose from the First International Conference on Indigenous
Peoples, in October 1975. The objectives of WCIP are: to promote
unity among indigenous peoples; to facilitate the exchange of
information among the indigenous peoples of the world; to strengthen
their organizations and to encourage the abolition of any possibility
of genocide or ethnocide; as well as to combat racism, to ensure
the political, economic, social and cultural justice of the indigenous
peoples, based on the principles of equality among the indigenous
peoples and the people of the countries that surround them.