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HARP-294 |
| Title: |
A Native American Perspective on NAFTA |
| Source: |
Cultural Survival Quarterly, Issue 17.4 http://www.culturalsurvival.org/publications/csq/print/article_print.cfm?id=0000034C-0000-0000-0000-000000000000 |
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| Year: |
1994 |
| Pages: |
0 |
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| Keywords: |
Canada, government, human rights, legal, Mexico, NAFTA, US, politics, civil and political rights, indigenous people, Chile, minority rights, self-determination |
| Abstract: |
Native Americans stand to lose jobs, land rights and legal status under the new North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), which removes trade barriers between the U.S., Canada and Mexico. All of these countries have large indigenous populations, as do Chile and much of Central America, which will soon be added to the Free Trade Zone. But NAFTA fails preserve the basic rights for indigenous peoples granted by these national governments. NAFTA ignores the unique legal status of indigenous tribes and fails to recognize tribal governments or reservations. |
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False |
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Keywords: Canada, Chile, civil and political rights, government, human rights, indigenous people, legal, Mexico, minority rights, NAFTA, politics, self-determination, United States/USA
