United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

Here reconnecting peoples and non-indigenous parties can find reference to UNDRIP articles outlined, applied and reflected through our mediums.

Article 11: 

This article states that Indigenous peoples have the right to practice and revitalize their cultural traditions and customs. This includes the right to maintain, protect, and develop the past, present, and future manifestations of their cultures, such as archaeological and historical sites, artifacts, designs, ceremonies, and more. It also allows for restitution or just, fair, and prompt compensation where cultural, intellectual, religious, and spiritual property has been taken without free, prior, and informed consent or in violation of laws, treaties, and agreements.

Example, but not limited to: Let's say an Indigenous tribe has a traditional ceremony that has been practiced for generations. According to Article 11, they have the right to continue these practices without interference. If a sacred artifact was taken from the tribe by a museum, this article supports their claim for the return of the item or fair compensation.

Article 12: 

This article affirms the right of Indigenous peoples to manifest, practice, develop, and teach their spiritual and religious traditions, customs, and ceremonies. It also includes the right to maintain, protect, and have access in privacy to their religious and cultural sites, and the right to the use and control of ceremonial objects.

Example, but not limited to: If an Indigenous community has a sacred site where they conduct religious ceremonies, they have the right to access this site and perform their ceremonies without outside interference. If a ceremonial artifact, ancestral body, or site, has been taken, they have a right to its return or compensation.

Article 31: 

This article highlights that Indigenous peoples have the right to maintain, control, protect, and develop their cultural heritage, traditional knowledge, and traditional cultural expressions, as well as the manifestations of their sciences, technologies, and cultures. This includes human and genetic resources, seeds, medicines, knowledge of the properties of fauna and flora, oral traditions, literatures, designs, and visual and performing arts.

Example, but not limited to: If an Indigenous community has a traditional method of agriculture that's been developed over generations, they have the right to control and protect this knowledge. If a corporation wants to use this knowledge, the community can decide whether to share it and on what terms, including fair compensation.

These articles aim to protect the rights of Indigenous peoples to maintain and control their cultural heritage and traditional knowledge, and to be compensated when these rights have been violated.

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