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ABOUT UNPFII / HISTORY
370 MILLION INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
IN 70 COUNTRIES WORLDWIDE
In 1923, Haudenosaunee Chief Deskaheh travelled to Geneva to speak to the League of Nations and defend the right of his people to live under their own laws, on the own land and under their own faith.
Even though he was not allowed to speak and returned home in 1924, his vision nourished the generations that followed.
Today, there are more than 370 million indigenous people in 70 countries worldwide.
In 1923, Haudenosaunee Chief Deskaheh travelled to Geneva to speak to the League of Nations and defend the right of his people to live under their own laws, on the own land and under their own faith. Even though he was not allowed to speak and returned home in 1924, his vision nourished the generations that followed.  (Photo courtesy Centre d'Iconographie Genevoise, Collections BPU, Switzerland. )




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