🇨🇦 Her Excellency the Right Honourable Mary Simon, Governor General of Canada, will participate in the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII), where she will deliver remarks on April 20, 2026.
April 17, 2026 at 1:46 PM
🇨🇦 Her Excellency the Right Honourable Mary Simon, Governor General of Canada, will participate in the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII), where she will deliver remarks on April 20, 2026.
National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) and the Indigenous World Association (IWA) is hosting 2 Indigenous-led events during the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) this Weds, April 23 and Thurs, April 24 at the UN HQ in New York. More here: social.desa.un.org/issues/indig...
UNPFII Twenty-fourth Session: 21 April - 2 May 2025 | Division for Inclusive Social Development (DISD)
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April 21, 2025 at 3:37 PM
National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) and the Indigenous World Association (IWA) is hosting 2 Indigenous-led events during the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) this Weds, April 23 and Thurs, April 24 at the UN HQ in New York. More here: social.desa.un.org/issues/indig...
"Wāhine Māori have raised concerns at the UNPFII in New York about the Treaty clause overhaul, warning it signals weakening Indigenous rights in Aotearoa."
NZ Govt Treaty clause overhaul draws criticism at UN forum in New York www.teaonews.co.nz/2026/04/23/n... #nzpol
NZ Govt Treaty clause overhaul draws criticism at UN forum in New York www.teaonews.co.nz/2026/04/23/n... #nzpol
NZ Govt Treaty clause overhaul draws criticism at UN forum in New York
Wāhine Māori have raised concerns at the UNPFII in New York about the Treaty clause overhaul, warning it signals weakening Indigenous rights in Aotearoa.
www.teaonews.co.nz
April 24, 2026 at 1:39 AM
"Wāhine Māori have raised concerns at the UNPFII in New York about the Treaty clause overhaul, warning it signals weakening Indigenous rights in Aotearoa."
NZ Govt Treaty clause overhaul draws criticism at UN forum in New York www.teaonews.co.nz/2026/04/23/n... #nzpol
NZ Govt Treaty clause overhaul draws criticism at UN forum in New York www.teaonews.co.nz/2026/04/23/n... #nzpol
Big news! For the fourth year in a row, High Country News is teaming up with Indigenous-led and allied newsrooms to cover the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) — the largest global gathering of Indigenous leaders and advocates.
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Grist organizes international pooled coverage of the 2025 UNPFII
High Country News, Mongabay, ICT, APTN, Whakaata Māori, IndigiNews, Osage News, the Associated Press, and Grist will report together and share their journalism among newsrooms.
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April 9, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Big news! For the fourth year in a row, High Country News is teaming up with Indigenous-led and allied newsrooms to cover the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) — the largest global gathering of Indigenous leaders and advocates.
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Setlting in at the United Nations for the #UNPFII #indigenous
April 21, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Setlting in at the United Nations for the #UNPFII #indigenous
🌎 Ensuring Indigenous rights and health are implemented in climate justice and a Just Transition!
Read WECAN’s highlights and advocacy from the 25th session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) in our latest blog.
🔗 tinyurl.com/WECAN-UNPFII2026-blog
Read WECAN’s highlights and advocacy from the 25th session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) in our latest blog.
🔗 tinyurl.com/WECAN-UNPFII2026-blog
WECAN at the 25th UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII)
From April 20-23, WECAN attended the 25th session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) in solidarity with Indigenous partners and colleagues. In New York City, WECAN participated in...
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May 12, 2026 at 4:41 PM
🌎 Ensuring Indigenous rights and health are implemented in climate justice and a Just Transition!
Read WECAN’s highlights and advocacy from the 25th session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) in our latest blog.
🔗 tinyurl.com/WECAN-UNPFII2026-blog
Read WECAN’s highlights and advocacy from the 25th session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) in our latest blog.
🔗 tinyurl.com/WECAN-UNPFII2026-blog
👏 Big moment for Latvia! 🇱🇻 Valts Ernštreits, a Livonian linguist & advocate for Indigenous culture, has been elected Vice Chair of the 🇺🇳Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. #UNPFII
🇱🇻 highlights the impact of conflict on health, including the situation of Crimean Tatars under Russian occupation. ‼️
🇱🇻 highlights the impact of conflict on health, including the situation of Crimean Tatars under Russian occupation. ‼️
April 20, 2026 at 8:53 PM
👏 Big moment for Latvia! 🇱🇻 Valts Ernštreits, a Livonian linguist & advocate for Indigenous culture, has been elected Vice Chair of the 🇺🇳Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. #UNPFII
🇱🇻 highlights the impact of conflict on health, including the situation of Crimean Tatars under Russian occupation. ‼️
🇱🇻 highlights the impact of conflict on health, including the situation of Crimean Tatars under Russian occupation. ‼️
Grist organizes international pooled coverage of the 2025 UNPFII.
High Country News, Mongabay, ICT, APTN, Whakaata Māori, and Grist will report together and share their journalism among newsrooms.
grist.org/updates/gris...
#UNPFII #Indigenous #Journalism #Media
High Country News, Mongabay, ICT, APTN, Whakaata Māori, and Grist will report together and share their journalism among newsrooms.
grist.org/updates/gris...
#UNPFII #Indigenous #Journalism #Media
Grist organizes international pooled coverage of the 2025 UNPFII
High Country News, Mongabay, ICT, APTN, Whakaata Māori, IndigiNews, Osage News, the Associated Press, and Grist will report together and share their journalism among newsrooms.
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April 8, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Grist organizes international pooled coverage of the 2025 UNPFII.
High Country News, Mongabay, ICT, APTN, Whakaata Māori, and Grist will report together and share their journalism among newsrooms.
grist.org/updates/gris...
#UNPFII #Indigenous #Journalism #Media
High Country News, Mongabay, ICT, APTN, Whakaata Māori, and Grist will report together and share their journalism among newsrooms.
grist.org/updates/gris...
#UNPFII #Indigenous #Journalism #Media
Delegation of Indigenous representatives from Quebec heads to the United Nations #Canada
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Delegation of Indigenous representatives from Quebec heads to the United Nations
A delegation of Indigenous representatives from Quebec is taking part in the 24th session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII), which is being held this week at UN headq...
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April 22, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Delegation of Indigenous representatives from Quebec heads to the United Nations #Canada
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In 1965, the Freedom Riders shone a spotlight on the injustice faced by Aboriginal peoples across NSW. 40 years later, #NSWALC is taking the same spirit to the global stage at #UNPFII – pushing for recognition, justice and self-determination.
#UNPFII2025 #FreedomRide #UnitedNations
#UNPFII2025 #FreedomRide #UnitedNations
UNPFII - United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
Established in 2000 as an advisory body to the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII)...
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April 16, 2025 at 1:13 AM
In 1965, the Freedom Riders shone a spotlight on the injustice faced by Aboriginal peoples across NSW. 40 years later, #NSWALC is taking the same spirit to the global stage at #UNPFII – pushing for recognition, justice and self-determination.
#UNPFII2025 #FreedomRide #UnitedNations
#UNPFII2025 #FreedomRide #UnitedNations
🌎✊🏽 What is UNPFII?
The United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) is one of only three UN bodies mandated to center Indigenous Peoples’ rights and priorities.
#UNPFII #UNDRIP #IENatUNPFII #IndigenousRights #NoFalseSolutions
The United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) is one of only three UN bodies mandated to center Indigenous Peoples’ rights and priorities.
#UNPFII #UNDRIP #IENatUNPFII #IndigenousRights #NoFalseSolutions
April 21, 2025 at 3:22 PM
🌎✊🏽 What is UNPFII?
The United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) is one of only three UN bodies mandated to center Indigenous Peoples’ rights and priorities.
#UNPFII #UNDRIP #IENatUNPFII #IndigenousRights #NoFalseSolutions
The United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) is one of only three UN bodies mandated to center Indigenous Peoples’ rights and priorities.
#UNPFII #UNDRIP #IENatUNPFII #IndigenousRights #NoFalseSolutions
TOMORROW! Join The Implementation Project on March 31 (12:00–1:30 PM MT) for a preparatory meeting ahead of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues Annual Session.
Open to anyone interested in learning more or preparing to engage with the UNPFII. Register now: buff.ly/wyzik5X
#UNPFII
Open to anyone interested in learning more or preparing to engage with the UNPFII. Register now: buff.ly/wyzik5X
#UNPFII
TIP’s Annual UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues Preparatory Meeting – March 31, 2026 – The Implementation Project
Achieving the Aims of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
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March 30, 2026 at 6:56 PM
TOMORROW! Join The Implementation Project on March 31 (12:00–1:30 PM MT) for a preparatory meeting ahead of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues Annual Session.
Open to anyone interested in learning more or preparing to engage with the UNPFII. Register now: buff.ly/wyzik5X
#UNPFII
Open to anyone interested in learning more or preparing to engage with the UNPFII. Register now: buff.ly/wyzik5X
#UNPFII
Indigenous land defenders are being killed and criminalised at alarming rates, AI systems scrape traditional knowledge without consent, while Indigenous women face escalating rates of violence, crises that Indigenous leaders confronted this week at the UN. www.teaonews.co.nz/2026/04/25/i...
Indigenous land defenders are being killed, AI is scraping their knowledge
UNPFII highlights crises: killings and Indigenous land defenders, AI-driven data exploitation, and severe violence against Indigenous women; calls for rights and data sovereignty.
www.teaonews.co.nz
April 25, 2026 at 11:32 PM
Indigenous land defenders are being killed and criminalised at alarming rates, AI systems scrape traditional knowledge without consent, while Indigenous women face escalating rates of violence, crises that Indigenous leaders confronted this week at the UN. www.teaonews.co.nz/2026/04/25/i...
Wāhine Māori have raised concerns at the UNPFII in New York about the Treaty clause overhaul, warning it signals weakening Indigenous rights in Aotearoa.
NZ Govt Treaty clause overhaul draws criticism at UN forum in New York
Wāhine Māori have raised concerns at the UNPFII in New York about the Treaty clause overhaul, warning it signals weakening Indigenous rights in Aotearoa.
www.teaonews.co.nz
April 23, 2026 at 3:33 AM
Wāhine Māori have raised concerns at the UNPFII in New York about the Treaty clause overhaul, warning it signals weakening Indigenous rights in Aotearoa.
At the 25th anniversary iteration of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, QUNO and partners continued their long history of making space for the voices of impacted communities: https://quno.org/newsroom/supporting-indigenous-voices-at-the-un-quaker-engagement-at-the-25th-unpfii/
Supporting Indigenous Voices at the UN: Quaker Engagement at the 25th UNPFII - QUNO
The Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) is an annual session at the UN that focuses on indigenous issues related
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June 5, 2026 at 8:01 PM
At the 25th anniversary iteration of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, QUNO and partners continued their long history of making space for the voices of impacted communities: https://quno.org/newsroom/supporting-indigenous-voices-at-the-un-quaker-engagement-at-the-25th-unpfii/
📣 @indigenousja.bsky.social continues to advocate for Indigenous journalists’ rights by addressing UNPFII members and participating in partnered side events! Read more: tinyurl.com/4969kefv
April 15, 2025 at 7:05 PM
📣 @indigenousja.bsky.social continues to advocate for Indigenous journalists’ rights by addressing UNPFII members and participating in partnered side events! Read more: tinyurl.com/4969kefv
#UNPFII: CIEL joins 100+ civil society organizations in strongly condemning the arbitrary detention of Indigenous leader Daria Egereva and human rights defender Natalia Leongardt for their peaceful work defending human rights & the environment.
READ: climaterights.org/wp-content/u...
READ: climaterights.org/wp-content/u...
April 20, 2026 at 12:13 PM
#UNPFII: CIEL joins 100+ civil society organizations in strongly condemning the arbitrary detention of Indigenous leader Daria Egereva and human rights defender Natalia Leongardt for their peaceful work defending human rights & the environment.
READ: climaterights.org/wp-content/u...
READ: climaterights.org/wp-content/u...
Join us on #EarthDay in NYC for this upcoming event w an incredible line up of speakers:
Protecting Land, Rights & Future Generations: Indigenous Women on the Frontlines of Climate Action and Earth Defense
📅 Tuesday, April 22, 5 – 8 PM ET
📍 New York, NY
🔗 Register: bit.ly/wecan-unpfii
#UNPFII
Protecting Land, Rights & Future Generations: Indigenous Women on the Frontlines of Climate Action and Earth Defense
📅 Tuesday, April 22, 5 – 8 PM ET
📍 New York, NY
🔗 Register: bit.ly/wecan-unpfii
#UNPFII
April 7, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Join us on #EarthDay in NYC for this upcoming event w an incredible line up of speakers:
Protecting Land, Rights & Future Generations: Indigenous Women on the Frontlines of Climate Action and Earth Defense
📅 Tuesday, April 22, 5 – 8 PM ET
📍 New York, NY
🔗 Register: bit.ly/wecan-unpfii
#UNPFII
Protecting Land, Rights & Future Generations: Indigenous Women on the Frontlines of Climate Action and Earth Defense
📅 Tuesday, April 22, 5 – 8 PM ET
📍 New York, NY
🔗 Register: bit.ly/wecan-unpfii
#UNPFII
Carrie Johnson (Chickasaw Nation / Pawnee Nation), a member of the Indigenous Journalists Association (IJA), called for stronger protections and funding for Indigenous media during the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (#UNPFII).
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Indigenous Journalists Association Delivers Intervention at UNPFII
Carrie Johnson , a 23-year-old student member of the Indigenous Journalists Association , called for stronger protections and funding for Indigenous media during the United Nations Permanent Forum on ...
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April 30, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Carrie Johnson (Chickasaw Nation / Pawnee Nation), a member of the Indigenous Journalists Association (IJA), called for stronger protections and funding for Indigenous media during the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (#UNPFII).
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nativenewsonline.net/currents/ind...
Indigenous communities are not just protecting nature — they are the best frontline defenders. 🌳✊🏽💚
➡️ Their knowledge is powerful and different. We have so much to learn from them. 🌍
Keep up the great work Hindou! 💯🇹🇩
#ClimateJustice #IndigenousRights
➡️ Their knowledge is powerful and different. We have so much to learn from them. 🌍
Keep up the great work Hindou! 💯🇹🇩
#ClimateJustice #IndigenousRights
April 15, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Indigenous communities are not just protecting nature — they are the best frontline defenders. 🌳✊🏽💚
➡️ Their knowledge is powerful and different. We have so much to learn from them. 🌍
Keep up the great work Hindou! 💯🇹🇩
#ClimateJustice #IndigenousRights
➡️ Their knowledge is powerful and different. We have so much to learn from them. 🌍
Keep up the great work Hindou! 💯🇹🇩
#ClimateJustice #IndigenousRights
“My ancestors always taught us, we come as good caretakers”. Great Grandmother Mary Lyons shares as she was asked the question “What is the solution for climate change?” at the @culturalsurvival Indigenous Media Zone at the UNPFII.
More info at ienearth.org
#DefendTheSacred #UNPFII2026
More info at ienearth.org
#DefendTheSacred #UNPFII2026
April 24, 2026 at 2:48 AM
“My ancestors always taught us, we come as good caretakers”. Great Grandmother Mary Lyons shares as she was asked the question “What is the solution for climate change?” at the @culturalsurvival Indigenous Media Zone at the UNPFII.
More info at ienearth.org
#DefendTheSacred #UNPFII2026
More info at ienearth.org
#DefendTheSacred #UNPFII2026
A global race to secure critical minerals is placing environmental protections and Indigenous rights at risk, experts have warned at the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII).
Experts warn mining rush risks Indigenous rights
A global race to secure critical minerals is placing environmental protections and Indigenous rights at risk, experts have warned at the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII).
nit.com.au
April 28, 2025 at 1:45 AM
A global race to secure critical minerals is placing environmental protections and Indigenous rights at risk, experts have warned at the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII).
I just ran into Brandi Morin, at the UNPFII. This morning I talked to the new AFNQL RC about the potential revival of Energy East. There’s been much talk of “economic reconciliation” this election. He sees the economic, but wonders about the reconciliation. #indigenous
April 21, 2025 at 4:23 PM
I just ran into Brandi Morin, at the UNPFII. This morning I talked to the new AFNQL RC about the potential revival of Energy East. There’s been much talk of “economic reconciliation” this election. He sees the economic, but wonders about the reconciliation. #indigenous