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James [Sakej] Youngblood Henderson

James [Sakej] Youngblood Henderson is Professor and Research Director of the Native Law Centre of Canada at the College of Law, University of Saskatchewan. Born to the Bear Clan of the Chicksaw Nation and Cheyenne Tribe in Oklahoma in 1944, Professor Henderson is married to Marie Battiste, a Mikmaw educator. They have three children.

In 1974, Dr. Henderson received a Juris doctorate in law from Harvard Law School and became a law professor who created litigation strategies to restore Aboriginal Culture, institutions and rights. During the constitutional process (1978-1993) in Canada, he served as a constitutional advisor for the Mikmaw nation and the NIB-Assembly of First Nations. He currently pursues justice for Aboriginal Peoples of Canada through all the international, national and local activities of the Native Law Centre. He has continued to develop his work in aboriginal and treaty rights and treaty federalism in constitutional law. His latest books are Aboriginal Tenure in the Constitution of Canada (2000) and Protecting Indigenous Knowledge and Heritage (2000). He is working on a book entitled Treaty Rights in the Constitution of Canada (2002).

Professor Henderson is a noted international human rights lawyer and an authority on protecting Indigenous heritage, knowledge and culture. He was one of the drafters and expert advisors of the principles and guidelines for the protection of Indigenous Heritage in the UN Human Rights forum. Also, he has been a member of the Advisory Board to the Minister of Foreign Affairs; the Advisory Committee to the Canadian Secretariat for the World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance (WCAR), within the Department of Canadian Heritage.

Currently, Professor Henderson is a member of: the Sectoral Commission on Culture, Communication and Information of the Canadian Commission for UNESCO; Eminent Person Implementation Committee for Traditional Knowledge in the Biodiversity Convention Office and Experts Advisory Group on International Cultural Diversity.

Sakej Youngblood Henderson (North America) Photo:Sajek Youndblood Henderson