UN adopts the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP)

The United Nations General Assembly adopts the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP). One hundred and forty-three member states voted yes, 11 abstained, and four voted against the adoption. The states that voted no were: U.S.A, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. They later reversed their position and expressed support for UNDRIP. Leaders from the Onondaga Nation and Haudenosaunee Confederacy were leaders in all stages of the negotiations to pass the UN Declaration.