AS DISTINCT PEOPLES, MANY RIGHTS FLOW FROM OR ARE INTERRELATED WITH OUR COLLECTIVE HUMAN RIGHT OF SELF-DETERMINATION UNDER INTERNATIONAL LAW.
These include but are not limited to:
- the right to freely determine our own political status, to govern ourselves, to determine our own forms of government, and to determine our own citizens
- the right to enter into treaties and to have our treaties fully honored and respected
- the right to determine our relationships with other governments in a spirit of coexistence and mutual respect
- the right to represent ourselves in international or domestic forums
- the right to be secure in the enjoyment of our own means of subsistence and development
- the right to own, develop, control, and use our lands, territories, and resources
- the right to freely pursue our own economic, social, and cultural development
- the right to give or withhold our free, prior, and informed consent with regard to decisions affecting our lands, resources, rights, or interests
- the right to be different, to consider ourselves different, and to be respected as such
- the right to the integrity and diversity of our cultures as distinct members of the family of humankind
- the right to practice and revitalize our cultural, spiritual, and religious traditions
- the right for our sacred places to be preserved, respected, and protected
- the right to our own names and languages
- the right to health - the right to food - the right to water - the right to a safe and healthy environment
- the right to know and understand our human rights - the right to human rights education
- and the right, as Indigenous peoples, to continue to exist and to live in freedom, peace, and security.
