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The United Nations has "no idea" who Indigenous peoples are, a high-ranking member of that international organization's Working Group on Indigenous Peoples said.

But recognizing Indigenous rights, as outlined in the draft Universal Document on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, will be a step towards understanding, said Julian Burger, secretary to the UN's Working Group on Indigenous Peoples.

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The United Nations has "no idea" who Indigenous peoples are, a high-ranking member of that international organization's Working Group on Indigenous Peoples said.

But recognizing Indigenous rights, as outlined in the draft Universal Document on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, will be a step towards understanding, said Julian Burger, secretary to the UN's Working Group on Indigenous Peoples.

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The United Nations has "no idea" who Indigenous peoples are, a high-ranking member of that international organization's Working Group on Indigenous Peoples said.

But recognizing Indigenous rights, as outlined in the draft Universal Document on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, will be a step towards understanding, said Julian Burger, secretary to the UN's Working Group on Indigenous Peoples.

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Negotiating a legal and internationally recognized land base for all Indigenous peoples is the only way to secure their future, a Non-Government Organization delegate told an Indigenous peoples working group at the Vienna NGO Forum.

"Our right to land and all rights to develop and live within the land," said Hjalamr Dahl, one of the three Aboriginal staff with the United Nations Working Group on Indigenous Peoples.

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Negotiating a legal and internationally recognized land base for all Indigenous peoples is the only way to secure their future, a Non-Government Organization delegate told an Indigenous peoples working group at the Vienna NGO Forum.

"Our right to land and all rights to develop and live within the land," said Hjalamr Dahl, one of the three Aboriginal staff with the United Nations Working Group on Indigenous Peoples.

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Negotiating a legal and internationally recognized land base for all Indigenous peoples is the only way to secure their future, a Non-Government Organization delegate told an Indigenous peoples working group at the Vienna NGO Forum.

"Our right to land and all rights to develop and live within the land," said Hjalamr Dahl, one of the three Aboriginal staff with the United Nations Working Group on Indigenous Peoples.

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Negotiating a legal and internationally recognized land base for all Indigenous peoples is the only way to secure their future, a Non-Government Organization delegate told an Indigenous peoples working group at the Vienna NGO Forum.

"Our right to land and all rights to develop and live within the land," said Hjalamr Dahl, one of the three Aboriginal staff with the United Nations Working Group on Indigenous Peoples.

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For seven years, Xokonoschtletl Gomora has marched in the Austrian countryside trying to reclaim a piece of his central American past.

The Nahuatl Aztec from northern Mexico has walked the length and breadth of the central European country to force the government to hand back an ancient Aztec head-dress.

"I'm sure we're going to get it back to Mexico," he said. "It will be the first time that the government does something for us, not something for themselves."

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For seven years, Xokonoschtletl Gomora has marched in the Austrian countryside trying to reclaim a piece of his central American past.

The Nahuatl Aztec from northern Mexico has walked the length and breadth of the central European country to force the government to hand back an ancient Aztec head-dress.

"I'm sure we're going to get it back to Mexico," he said. "It will be the first time that the government does something for us, not something for themselves."

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For seven years, Xokonoschtletl Gomora has marched in the Austrian countryside trying to reclaim a piece of his central American past.

The Nahuatl Aztec from northern Mexico has walked the length and breadth of the central European country to force the government to hand back an ancient Aztec head-dress.

"I'm sure we're going to get it back to Mexico," he said. "It will be the first time that the government does something for us, not something for themselves."