UNDRIP Article 13

Clause 13 of UNDRIP states that Indigenous peoples have the right to their languages, oral storytelling, literatures, writings, and other forms of tradition and communication, including the revitalization of all of these. The second part says that the government has to respect and understand these traditional means of communicating. This has implications that oral storytelling must be respected in a legal sense. 

This clause is important, as it officially recognizes the need for oral and traditional communications to be legally recognized and respected. Historically, only tangible evidence has been respected in a Canadian legal setting and this clause combats that narrative. Because of the value of oral tradition in First Nations, this clause is extremely important.