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The IX Inter-American Indian Congress

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 February 2017

Russel Lawrence Barsh
Russel Lawrence Barsh*
Affiliation:
Center for International Studies, New York University School of Law
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Forty-five years ago, U.S. Indian Commissioner John Collier helped persuade the members of the Pan American Union (now the Organization of American States) to establish the Inter-American Indian Institute “to elucidate the problems affecting the Indian groups within their respective jurisdictions, and to cooperate with one another, on a basis of mutual respect for the inherent rights of each to exercise absolute liberty in solving the ‘Indian Problem’ in America.” Operating under an international convention concluded in November 1940 and governed by a board of 21 state representatives, the Mexico City-based Institute is charged with “scientific investigations,” technical assistance to national Indian agencies and “the training of men and women experts devoted to the problems of the Indian.” Institute policy is also guided by an Inter-American Indian Congress of governmental administrators of Indian affairs, which is convened every four years.

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American Journal of International Law , Volume 80 , Issue 3 , July 1986 , pp. 682 - 685
Copyright
Copyright © American Society of International Law 1986

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References

1 Convention providing for the Creation of the Inter-American Indian Institute, opened for signature Nov. 1, 1940, 56 Stat. 1303, TIAS No. 978.

2 UN Doc. E/CN.4/Sub.2/1983/21/Add.8,para. 355.

3 Informe Nacional de Argentina, Inter-American Indian Institute Doc. OAS/Ser.K/XXV. 1.9, CII/NR. 1/85; Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, Consideration of Reports Submitted by States Parties under Article 9 of the Convention: Colombia, UN Doc. CERD/C/112/Add.1 (1984).

4 Draft Rules of Procedure, Inter-American Indian Institute Doc. OAS/Ser.K/XXV.1.9, CII/Doc. 2/85, Rules 10(f), 11, 23, 24 and 25.

5 Report of the Subcommittee Appointed by the Meeting of the Chiefs of Delegations to Analyze the Request Submitted to the Meeting for a Change in the Regulations Permitting the Creation of a Special Committee, Inter-American Indian Institute Doc. OAS/Ser.K/XXV.1.9, CII/Doc. 15/85.

6 Res. 29, Inter-American Indian Institute Doc. OAS/Ser.K/XXV.1.9, CII/Doc. Res./29, Rev. 1/85. Venezuela abstained from voting on any resolutions on procedural grounds.