By Ken Coates, Ottawa Citizen - The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) is about accepting the legitimacy of Indigenous governments and allowing Indigenous Peoples and communities to set the policy agenda and funding priorities. And […]
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