Project to Implement the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in the United States

NARF and CU staff welcome American Indian Law Program Fellow, Danielle Lazore-Thompson (3rd from left)

The Native American Rights Fund warmly welcomes Danielle Lazore-Thompson as the new American Indian Law Program Fellow at the University of Colorado Law School.  In this role, Danielle will be an integral part of the joint NARF-CU Law project working to achieve domestic implementation of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in the United States.  She will also assist in the collaboration between NARF and CU Law related to on-going negotiations at the World Intellectual Property Organization for the protection of Indigenous Peoples’ traditional knowledge, traditional cultural expressions, and genetic resources.  Danielle is a member of the St. Regis Mohawk Tribe and a graduate of Tufts University and Cornell Law School.

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