Promoting the international legal and political status of the Alaskan indigenous peoples…Interview with Ronald Barnes, Permanent Representative of the Alaska Indigenous Tribes before the UN Human Rights Council
Ambassador Ronald Barnes was first appointed in 1994 by the Elders of Tununak, Alaska, as their representative before the United Nations with a clear mandate to promote the international legal and political status of the Alaskan indigenous peoples. The Indigenous Peoples and Nations Coalition was founded as a ’free political institution’ of the Elders and grassroots communities to promote their rights under international law. In 1946 Alaska was placed on the list of Non-Self-governing Territories by virture of General…
