Primary document · Document / PDF
United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Read the UN Declaration's articles concerning Indigenous peoples' rights, including self-determination, language, education, culture and lands. Distinguish this international Declaration from Canada's later federal implementation Act.
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- Publisher / custodian
- United Nations
- Source date
- Resolution 61/295 adopted 2007-09-13; UN booklet published March 2008
- Source type
- Primary document
- Format
- Document / PDF
- Regions
- International, Canada, Saskatchewan
- Peoples / communities
- Indigenous peoples worldwide
Read with context
International declaration and 2008 publication; avoid treating it as interchangeable with a Canadian statute or offering conclusions on a particular legal dispute.
Questions to investigate
- Locate an article about education or language and describe whose rights it recognizes.
- Compare an article of the Declaration with the relevant provision of Canada's 2021 Act.
Access and reuse
- Access
- link-only
- Rights / reuse
- External link only in this collection. No reuse permission is granted by this record; check publisher terms before copying or hosting source material. Publisher rights information ↗
- Record checked
- 2026-09-30
Web fetch failed; direct UN fetch returned HTTP 200, application/pdf, 169,826 bytes. Text extraction confirmed resolution 61/295, adoption on 13 September 2007 and March 2008 publication note.
Copy-ready citation
United Nations. United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Resolution 61/295 adopted 2007-09-13; UN booklet published March 2008. https://www.un.org/esa/socdev/unpfii/documents/DRIPS_en.pdf. Record checked 2026-09-30.
Saskatchewan curriculum
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Suggested connection · teacher review
HC11
Evaluate specific treaties that have been, or currently are, in place globally to determine their effectiveness.
Study the United Nations declaration as a named international instrument on Indigenous rights and self-determination. Distinguish the declaration from an individual Treaty and from Canadian implementation legislation.
Candidate indicator: 4: Research UN resolutions and initiatives in relation to self- determination of indigenous peoples.
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