Group representing Athabaskan peoples makes appeal to Indigenous rights amid Russia-Ukraine tensions – NNSL Media
The treaty organization representing the Athabaskan peoples has spoken out in support of Indigenous peoples in Ukraine amid escalating tensions in the region.
The Arctic Athabaskan Council (AAC), which represents more than 45,000 people of Athabaskan descent in Northern Canada and Alaska, released a statement on Feb. 14 calling for Canada, the United States and Ukraine to “not forget commitments they have made to Indigenous peoples.”
There are nearly 250,000 Crimean Tatars in Ukraine, the vast majority of whom live in the Crimean Peninsula itself, which Russia annexed in 2014.
