This section contains U.S. case studies of indigenous rights violations.
“Close to Home: Case Studies of Human Rights Work in the United States”
Date:
01/29/04
Organization:
Ford Foundation
Document Type: Report
Link: PDF
This report, published by the Ford Foundation, draws attention to thirteen case studies of human rights violations in the United States. Chapter three focuses on indigenous rights violations highlighting the Western Shoshone Dann case. The case starts on page 32.
“The Tohono O’Odham”
Date:
2003
Organization:
University of Minnesota Human Rights Center (Indigenous People’s Human Rights Project)
Document Type:
Case Study
Link: Doc
This case study looks at the issues the Tohono O’Odham nation faces by the international U.S.-Mexico border which divides their ancestral lands and their communities. According to the case study, the division of the Tohono O’Odham’s lands by the international border violates the Gadsden Purchase (1853), the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (1948) and several international human rights norms.
“Indigenous Rights Are Human Rights: Four Cases of Rights Violations in the Americas”
Date:
05/2003
Organization:
Amnesty International
Document Type: Report
Link: HTML
This report, published by Amnesty International, draws attention to four cases of indigenous rights violations in the Americas. One of their case studies focuses on the Western Shoshone Dann case. According to Amnesty International the United States is violating the Western Shoshone’s fundamental human rights.
Indigenous Rights Online Library
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