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The Indigenous Speaker Series resumes this Friday January 17 at 10:30 am with a talk by respected Cree lawyer Sharon Venne. Sharon Venne has worked on the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples since the 1970s at the UN in Geneva and NY. She is a lobbyist and an expert on Indigenous politics, working with First Nations communities on implementing their own legal systems and advocates for the recognition of First Nations as Peoples not just People. She has played an active role in the national and international struggles of many Indigenous Peoples and is the author of Our Elders Understand Our Rights: Evolving International Law Regarding Indigenous Peoples. Hear more about these issues from this accomplished First Nations lawyer on Friday, 10:30 am - 12:30 PM, Hamilton Hall 217.
Posted on: Wed, 15 Jan 2014 15:49:52 +0000

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