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back later this year and to encourage debate about the universality of the
UDHR, given some of the previous instances of exclusion of indigenous
peoples from human rights legislation.

Students are introduced to some of the proceedings of the 2010 White
House Tribal Nations Conference and to President Obama’s designating
November 2010 as National Native American Heritage Month.

Students create and post online a video of an interview with a Native
American tribe member brought into the classroom as a guest. They can
ask for the guest speaker’s perspectives on the challenges that his or her tribe
continues to face in dealing with government authorities.

Resources

° http://Www.pbs.org/circleofstories/wearehere/culture_gallery.html

° http://www.pbs.org/Circleofstories/educators/lesson2.html

° http://www.culturalsurvival.org/ourpublications/csq/article/
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