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Native and Tribal Human Rights in Action

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Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:	Economic and Social: Agriculture Biodiversity Business and Industry Citizenship and Governance Climate Change Coorporate Accountability Crime Prevention Criminal Justice Culture De-mining Decolonization Development Economics and Finance Education Energy Environment Extreme poverty Governance Human Rights Indigenous Peoples International Law Justice Minority Rights New Global Institutions Peace and Security Population Science and Technology Social Development Sustainable Development Values Violence Water Women Financing for Development: Mobilizing international resources for development Gender Issues and Advancement of Women: Advocacy and outreach Education and training of women Human rights of women Indigenous women Population: Morbidity and mortality Population distribution and internal migration Population structure Reproduction, family formation and the status of women Social Development: Indigenous issues Sustainable Development: Agriculture Biodiversity Capacity-building Demographics Desertification and Drought Energy Forests Freshwater Health Human settlements Information for decision-making and participation Institutional arrangements Integrated decision-making Land management
Geographic scope:	Regional North America Latin America and Caribbean
Country of activity:	Dominica Honduras Argentina Chile Mexico Nicaragua Canada Suriname Uruguay El Salvador Colombia Brazil United States of America Ecuador Paraguay Costa Rica Dominican Republic Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Peru Guatemala Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
Millennium Development Goals:	Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger Promote gender equality and empower women Reduce child mortality Ensure environmental sustainability Develop global partnership for development
Mission statement:	ative and Tribal Human Rights in Action encourages the free exercise of indigenous and tribal peoples’ human rights in the countries of the Americas, by providing them with support in the form of education. Detailed description of organization mission Native and Tribal Human Rights in Action seeks to educate the majoritarian public and indigenous and tribal peoples in the Americas about the body of human rights that are applicable to them and to strengthen indigenous and tribal organizations’ ability to achieve development, recognition and enjoyment of their legally sanctioned human rights. This will be done through educational events, publications, and civic activities throughout the countries of the Americas. We plan to join professionals, such as human rights lawyers, anthropologists, environmentalists and ecological engineers with indigenous knowledge bases, drawn from leadership, communities and organizations. Native and Tribal Human Rights in Action seeks to aid indigenous peoples in knowing about their human rights when they make important or territorial decisions according to their traditional decision-making procedures. We will provide technical and logistical support to indigenous leaders seeking to obtain or strengthen legal right recognition and implementation in the Americas and locally.
Year established:	2017
Year of registration:	2017
Organizational structure:	We follow the Bylaws approved by the US Internal Revenue Service on approving our application for 501-c-3 status on January 26, 2018. This constitutes a democratic and rule based pattern of governance, based on voting and quorum rules. Our Board Members are un paid. We have an Advisory Board (volunteer) that has a voice but no vote. The members at this time are women indigenous leaders from Bolivia, Colombia, Chile and Perú. We are in a Board Member and staff search. The advisory board is invited to board meetings and are our principal source of new Board Candidates and Staf Candidates. All participants in our work and projects are volunteer. We are just now writing grant proposals to hire staff.
Number and type of members:	We have 3 Board members and 4 members of our Advisory Board who are candidates for Board and staff positions. While we have many supporters gained from university and native community and organizational presentations and workshops, they have no formal affiliation with us at this time.
Funding structure:	Fundraising campaigns Funds from Religious Institutions Funds from other Non-Governmental Organizations Donations and grants from domestic sources Foreign and international grants
Funding structure other:	Board of Directors Members donations

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