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Natives endure the same human rights violations world-wide, the United Nations World Conference of Human Rights Non-Government Organization Forum was told.

The NGO forum's Working Group on Indigenous Peoples heard two days of speeches from dozens of Native peoples from round the world June 10 and 11.

The all-day meetings were designed to give Indigenous peoples the chance to voice their concerns and to construct a draft document for the UN's World Conference the following week.

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Natives endure the same human rights violations world-wide, the United Nations World Conference of Human Rights Non-Government Organization Forum was told.

The NGO forum's Working Group on Indigenous Peoples heard two days of speeches from dozens of Native peoples from round the world June 10 and 11.

The all-day meetings were designed to give Indigenous peoples the chance to voice their concerns and to construct a draft document for the UN's World Conference the following week.

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Natives endure the same human rights violations world-wide, the United Nations World Conference of Human Rights Non-Government Organization Forum was told.

The NGO forum's Working Group on Indigenous Peoples heard two days of speeches from dozens of Native peoples from round the world June 10 and 11.

The all-day meetings were designed to give Indigenous peoples the chance to voice their concerns and to construct a draft document for the UN's World Conference the following week.

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The right of the Cree people in northern Quebec to live as their ancestors once did has been dismissed in favor of that province's economic development, a Canadian Native leader said.

Ted Moses, head of the Grand Council of the Crees of Quebec, told the Indigenous peoples' tribunal, Resources Exploitation and Violation of Indigenous Rights, that the livelihood of Quebec Cree has been effectively destroyed by the building of mega hydroelectric projects in the north.

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The right of the Cree people in northern Quebec to live as their ancestors once did has been dismissed in favor of that province's economic development, a Canadian Native leader said.

Ted Moses, head of the Grand Council of the Crees of Quebec, told the Indigenous peoples' tribunal, Resources Exploitation and Violation of Indigenous Rights, that the livelihood of Quebec Cree has been effectively destroyed by the building of mega hydroelectric projects in the north.

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The right of the Cree people in northern Quebec to live as their ancestors once did has been dismissed in favor of that province's economic development, a Canadian Native leader said.

Ted Moses, head of the Grand Council of the Crees of Quebec, told the Indigenous peoples' tribunal, Resources Exploitation and Violation of Indigenous Rights, that the livelihood of Quebec Cree has been effectively destroyed by the building of mega hydroelectric projects in the north.

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The right of the Cree people in northern Quebec to live as their ancestors once did has been dismissed in favor of that province's economic development, a Canadian Native leader said.

Ted Moses, head of the Grand Council of the Crees of Quebec, told the Indigenous peoples' tribunal, Resources Exploitation and Violation of Indigenous Rights, that the livelihood of Quebec Cree has been effectively destroyed by the building of mega hydroelectric projects in the north.

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An American Indian denied access to Austria by customs officials said getting to the World Conference may cost him a court case.

Doug Anderson filed charges with the United Nations against the U.S. over that government's role in the dumping of radioactive and toxic waste on his reserve in upper New York State.

But the Native from the Tuscarora Nations near Lewiston, New York, said he was forced to accept the American passport to enter Austria, a move that he believes may hurt his case against the U.S. government.

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An American Indian denied access to Austria by customs officials said getting to the World Conference may cost him a court case.

Doug Anderson filed charges with the United Nations against the U.S. over that government's role in the dumping of radioactive and toxic waste on his reserve in upper New York State.

But the Native from the Tuscarora Nations near Lewiston, New York, said he was forced to accept the American passport to enter Austria, a move that he believes may hurt his case against the U.S. government.

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An American Indian denied access to Austria by customs officials said getting to the World Conference may cost him a court case.

Doug Anderson filed charges with the United Nations against the U.S. over that government's role in the dumping of radioactive and toxic waste on his reserve in upper New York State.

But the Native from the Tuscarora Nations near Lewiston, New York, said he was forced to accept the American passport to enter Austria, a move that he believes may hurt his case against the U.S. government.