The Western Shoshone Struggle: Opening Doors for Indigenous Rights

Authors

Julie Ann Fishel, Western Shoshone Defense Project

First Page

41

Abstract

By a review of the recent Western Shoshone success at the United Nations, this paper focuses on the present-day circumstances of the Western Shoshone and the ongoing impairment of Indigenous rights caused by U.S. laws and policies. This article will walk the reader through the international process used by the Western Shoshone petitioners and provide thoughts on how to build on that success and move towards full recognition, respect for and implementation of Indigenous Peoples' human rights.

Recommended Citation

Julie Ann Fishel, The Western Shoshone Struggle: Opening Doors for Indigenous Rights, 2 Intercultural Hum. Rts. L. Rev. 41 (2007).
Available at: https://scholarship.stu.edu/ihrlr/vol2/iss1/7