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Indigenous Peoples Law and Policy Program

The University of Arizona is a leading academic center for the study of indigenous peoples’ cultures, histories, languages, laws, and human rights. The James E. Rogers College of Law

A variety of courses and clinical opportunities are offered in areas of law and policy concerning indigenous peoples in the United States and around the world. Through clinical studies and direct advocacy under the supervision of the world’s most distinguished scholars in the field, students and practitioners provide legal and other forms of assistance to local and international indigenous communities.

The IPLP Program has been involved in numerous high profile indigenous issues around the country. Students and professors in the IPLP Program have assisted Central American Maya villages that have filed lawsuits in the Belize Supreme Court alleging that both the attorney general of Belize and the minister of Natural Resources and Environment had violated their property rights.

References

1. http://www.law.arizona.edu/
2. http://www.law.arizona.edu/depts/iplp/index.cfm
3. http://uanews.org/node/16401 <http://uanews.org/node/16401> and http://www.law.arizona.edu/depts/iplp/advocacy/maya_belize/index.cfm?page=advoc
4. http://www.law.arizona.edu/depts/iplp/advocacy/shoshone/index.cfm?page=advoc
5. http://www.law.arizona.edu/depts/iplp/advocacy/awastingni/felix.cfm?page=advoc

External Links

Indigenous Peoples Law and Policy Program

ArizonaNativeNet

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Categories: Indian law | Native American | Indigenous peoples | Law | Indigenous rights | Human rights | Critical race theory

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