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The Indian Law Resource Center is a non-profit law and advocacy organization established and directed by American Indians. We provide legal assistance to Indian and Alaska Native nations who are working to protect their land, resources, human rights, environment and cultural heritage. Our principal goal is the preservation and well-being of Indian and other Native nations and tribes. Founded in 1978, the Center provides assistance to tribes and other indigenous peoples in the United States and in Central and South America. The Center has an international Board of Directors, and it is a Non-Governmental Organization in consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council. The Indian Law Resource Center is a tax-exempt organization under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. We are funded entirely by grants and contributions from Indian nations, foundations and individuals. The Center accepts no government support. OUR MISSION Indian nations and tribes and other indigenous communities throughout the world are afflicted by poverty, poor health and discrimination. Subjected to grave human rights abuses, many Native peoples are under siege, and some of them are being torn apart. Indian land and natural resources are often expropriated or degraded, and sometimes destroyed. When indigenous people are deprived of their ways of life and their ties to the earth, they suffer, and many have disappeared completely. Profoundly aware that when any culture ceases to exist, the whole world is irrevocably diminished, the Indian Law Resource Center was created for the sole purpose of helping Native peoples. Toward this end, the Center is dedicated to assisting indigenous peoples combat racism and oppression, realize their human rights, protect their lands and environment, and achieve sustainable economic development and genuine self-government. The Indian Law Resource Center seeks to overcome the devastating problems that threaten Native peoples by advancing the rule of law, by establishing national and international legal standards that preserve their human rights and dignity, and by challenging the governments of the world to equally esteem all human beings.