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## 295 COMMENTS BY VED P. NANDA\* Mr. N A N D A noted the broad consensus among the speakers that the indigenous people, especially in the United States and Canada, had suffered from deprivation of their economic, social, and cultural rights and that ways must be found to protect those rights, particularly land rights, preservation of cultural values, and the right to participate in the decisionmaking process. He stressed that the human misery and suffering of the indigenous people is this country is very real. Income is about $1,500 per family, $1,000 below the average income of a Black family in this country. The unemployment rate is 40%. The infant mortality rate is three times the national average. Suicide among Indian teenagers is high. The average educational level for all Indians under federal supervision is five school years. As to the question of what international law and institutions can do to protect the rights of indigenous peoples, Mr. NANDA noted the impressive number of resolutions and conventions adopted by the United Nations and its agencies. For the first time, international lawyers are making an effort to reexamine such questions as how is a state created, how i

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Author

Nanda, Ved P.

Publisher

Cambridge University Press; Cambridge University Press (CUP); American Society of International Law (ISSN 0272-5037)

Published

1974

Language

EN

Field

Social Sciences