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International Day of the World's Indigenous People
9 August
By resolution 49/214 of 23 December 1994, the United Nations General Assembly decided that the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples shall be observed on 9 August every year. The date marks the day of the first meeting, in 1982, of the UN Working Group on Indigenous Populations of the Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights. In 1990, the UN General Assembly proclaimed 1993 the International Year of the World's Indigenous Peoples (A/RES/45/164, A/RES/47/75)
Each year, UNESCO marks the celebration of the Day by sharing information on projects and activities that are relevant to the annual theme.

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"Marked every year on 9 August, the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples is an opportunity to celebrate these communities and their knowledge."

Audrey Azoulay
Director-General of UNESCO

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What UNESCO does with Indigenous Peoples
Through partnerships with indigenous peoples, UNESCO seeks to support them in addressing the multiple challenges they face, while acknowledging their significant role in sustaining the diversity of the world’s cultural and biological landscape. UNESCO places the needs of indigenous peoples amongst its priority areas for response.

UNESCO and Indigenous Peoples

UNESCO Policy on engaging with Indigenous peoples

Local and Indigenous Knowledge Systems (LINKS)
Wide Angle Stories
Siku: mixing high-tech with ancient know-how
2019
UNESCO

Of rice, fish, ducks and humans
2019
UNESCO

The Sámi of Jokkmokk: Challenging modernity
2019
UNESCO

The umbilical cord: the Tuawhenua explain their attachment to the land
2019
UNESCO

Ndejama cuia chi ini zaza: Mexico's Mixtec people know how to speak the language of nature
2019
UNESCO
