Indigenous Peoples Organizations

Founded in 1977 by the late Eben Hopson of Barrow, Alaska, the Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC) has flourished and grown into a major international non-government organization representing approximately 180,000 Inuit of Alaska...

YATAMA emerged in the Atlantic coast of Nicaragua in 1986 as the indigenous organization Yapti Tasba Masraka Nani Asla Takanka, (Organization of the Peoples of Mother Earth). YATAMA has participated in various elections since...