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To hear a message in Lakota from Ken Cane click here HUNGER STRIKE BY INDIGENOUS PEOPLES' REPRESENTATIVES AT THE UNITED NATIONS!Today, November 29th, 2004, at 11 am, we, Indigenous Peoples' delegates, declare a hunger strike and spiritual fast inside the United Nations Palais des Nations in Geneva, during this 3rd week of the 10th session of the Intersessional Working Group on the United Nations Draft Declaration for the Rights on Indigenous Peoples. We, Indigenous peoples' delegates from different countries, undertake this action, with the support and solidarity of Indigenous Peoples and organizations from around the world, to call the world's attention to the continued attempts by some states, as well as this UN process itself, to weaken and undermine the Draft Declaration developed in the UN Working Group on Indigenous Populations and adopted by the UN Subcommission for the Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities in 1994. The Sub Commission text has also been endorsed and supported by hundreds of Indigenous Peoples and organizations around the world as the minimum standard required for the recognition and protection of Indigenous Peoples' rights internationally. We delegates who will undertake the hunger strike, along with the undersigned Indigenous Peoples, organizations, tribal governments, Nations, communities and Networks, call for the Sub Commission text of the Declaration to be sent back to the UN Commission on Human Rights with the message that in 10 years, proposals by States to weaken or amend the text have not gained the consensus of the Working Group participants, which include both states and Indigenous Peoples. Mr. Luis Chavez, the Chairman Rapporteur of the Working Group should report this reality and not present a "consolidated text" as if it was "close to consensus." The Commission on Human Rights must establish a process that does not provide a handful of States an opportunity to weaken the human rights of Indigenous Peoples. The process also must take into account the voices of the great numbers of Indigenous Peoples from all parts of the world. We will not allow our rights to be negotiated, compromised or diminished in this UN process, which was initiated more than 20 years ago by Indigenous Peoples. The United Nations itself says that human rights are inherent and inalienable, and must be applied to all Peoples without discrimination. We request that the Secretariat of this session immediately inform the Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights and the High Commissioner herself of this action. We also request that the Secretariat arrange for the hunger strikers to be able remain in the UN during the entire week of the session. Indigenous delegates participating in the hunger strike inside the United Nations include: Adelard Blackman, Buffalo River Dene Nation, Canada; Andrea Carmen, Yaqui Nation, Arizona United States; Alexis Tiouka, Kaliña, French Guyana; Charmaine White Face, Ogala Tetuwan, Sioux Nation Territory, North America; Danny Billie, Traditional Independent Seminole Nation of Florida, United States; Saul Vicente, Zapoteca, Mexico. Send expressions of solidarity from Indigenous Peoples and supporters for the "hunger strike for Indigenous Rights" and for the adoption of the current text of the UN Draft Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples to the UN Session during this week. Send faxes to: ++ 41 22 917 00 79 (DoCip, for logistic support) E-mails to: indigenousolidarity@yahoo.com To have your support letter posted on the IITC web page, also send it to: iitc@e-w-t.net, with "to post" in the subject line. For more information in Geneva contact: Andrea Carmen (English, Spanish), IITC, 076 546 04 21 (for International calls dial ++ 41 76 546 04 21) Cyril Schönbächler (French, English), IndiGeneva, 078 716 52 39 or 022 733 28 73 (for International calls dial ++ 41 78 716 52 39 or ++ 41 22 733 28 73) Anne-Marie Cruz (French, English, Spanish), IndiGeneva, 076 450 83 18 (for International calls dial ++ 41 76 450 83 18) The following organizations, Nations, Tribal Governments and communities have signed on in support of this action and of the position we present: Africa Indigenous Peoples African Coordinating Committee (IPACC) Argentina Asociación Mapuche los Toldos Organizacion de Naciones y Pueblos Indígenas en Argentina Comisión de Juristas en la República de Argentina Argentina/Bolivia/Chile/Peru Parlamento del Pueblo Kullana Aymara Arctic Indigenous Peoples and Nations Coalition Kasgit Council of Elders, Nutmlak (Inherent Traditional Government), Iupik Nation, Alaska Native Village of Venetie Tribal Government, Alaska Asia Alifurus in Maluku (Moluccas) Bolivia Confederación Sindical Única de Trabajadores campesinos de Bolivia (CSUTCB) Taypi Ceqe (Organización Indígena Aymara) Canada Buffalo River Dene Nation Confederacy of Treaty 6 First Nations Ermineskin Cree Nation Indigenous Organization of Indigenous Resource Development (IOIRD) Innu Council of Nitassinan Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs Chile Consejo de Todas las Tierras Colombia Akuaipa Waimakat (Asociación de Derechos Humanos Wayuu de la Guajira) Organización Zonal Indígena del Putumayo (OZIP) Ecuador Instituto Cientifico de Culturas Indigenas (Amawta Runakunapak Yachay) French Guyana Fédération des Organisations autochtones de Guyane (FOAG), membre de la COICA Guatemala Comite Campesina del Altiplano (CCDA) CONAVIGUA Defensoria Maya Fundacion Rigoberta Menchu Tum (Guatemala) Oxlajuj Ajpop de los Ajq'ijab' (Conferencia Nacional de Ministros de la Espritualidad Maya de Guatemala) Kenya Maimyoito Pastoralist Intgegrated Organization Mexico Academia Mexicana de Derechos Humanos Agencia Internacional de Prensa India (AIPIN) Alianza de Organizaciones Sociales Alianza de Pueblos Indígena de la Sierra Oriente del Estado de México Alianza Indígena Mexicana-Anipa Hidalgo Anipa Chihuahua Anipa Guerrero Anipa Quintana Roo Anipa Tabasco Asamblea Nacional Indígena Plural por la Autonomía Asamblea Nacional por la Autonomia (ANIPA) Asociacion Nacional de Abogados Democraticos (ANAD) Axale, S.S.S. Centro de Derechos Humanos Yaxkin Centro Nacional de Comunicación Social, A.C. Centro para el Autodesarrollo de los Pueblos Indígenas del Alto Balsas Centros de Derechos Humanos Digna Ochoa CEREAL GUADALAJARA CEREAL MEXICO Cesem A.C. Coalicion de Atencion a la Juventud Comisión Mexicana de Defensa y Promoción de los Derechos Humanos A.C. Consejo de la Nación Amuzga Consejo de la Nacion Nahua Consejo de la Nacionalidad Otomí Consejo de Organizaciones Triquis Consejo de Pueblos Nahuas del Alto Balsas, Guerrero, A.C. Consejo Indígena Municipal Chocholteco Consejo Indígena Popular de Oaxaca "Ricardo Flores Magón" (CIPO-RFM - Oaxaca) Consejo Mazahua Región Almoloya de Juárez Consejo Tradicional de los Pueblos Indios de Sonora Cooperativa Flores de la Tierra Amuzga Coordinadora de Grupos Culturales Indígenas y Populares Coordinadora Guerrerense de Mujeres Indígenas Coordinadora Nacional de Mujeres Indígenas Coordinadora Regional de Organizaciones Indígenas de la Sierra de Zongolica Educa A.C. Federación de Indígenas Migrantes de Acapulco Foro Migraciones Fraternidad Revolucionaria Frente Independiente de Pueblos Indios Frente Indigena Campesino y Popular (FICAPO, A.P.N.) Fundación Rigoberta Menchu Tum (Mexico) Incide Social Jovenes En Alternativa Pacifica La Coordinadora Nacional de Mujeres Indigenas Mephaa-Savi Mujeres Indígenas Nacion Purepecha Zapatista Ndu Nu Ñu Savi Noche Sihuame Sanse Tajome Organización de Artesanos Migrantes "Tonhalli" Organización Nación Purhepecha Parlamento Indígena Estatal Campesino y Popular Red Codapi Red Indígena de Turismo Alternativo de México Red Indígena de Turismo de México Regiones Autónomas Pluriétnicas Se Ojtli Yankuik, A.C. Secretariado Internacional Cristiano de Solidaridad con América Latina "Oscar A. Romero" (SICSAL) SEPROJUSDAC, AC Taller Universitario de Derechos Humanos A. C. Umbral Axochiatl Yoloxochitl SPR Morroco Tamaynut (Amazigh Peoples) Pacific Aotearoa Indigenous Rights Trust (Aotearoa/New Zealand) Nation of Hawaii (Hawaii) Sovereign Union of Aboriginal Nations and Peoples in Australia Te Rau Aroha (Aotearoa/New Zealand) Panama Asociación Nabguana Comunidad de Ustupu, Kuna Yala Fundación Dobbo Yala Fundación para la Promoción del Conocimiento Indígena Jóvenes Ngobe - Bugle Movimiento Juventud Kuna Nis Bundor Organización de Jóvenes Embera - Wounam de Panamáde Red de Mujeres sobre la Biodiversidad United States Abya Yala Nexus Cactus Valley/Red Willow Springs Sovereign Community, Big Mountain, Arizona Centro Mundo Maya El Colectivo de Contacto Ancestral Indigenous Environmental Network Pit River Tribe, California Seminole Sovereignty Protection Initiative, Oklahoma Teton Sioux Nation Treaty Council Traditional Independent Seminole Nation of Florida Wanblee Wakpeh Oyate, Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota White Clay Society, Fort Belknap Reservation, Montana Yoemem Tekia Foundation (Pascua Yaqui Reservation, Arizona) Multi-regional Coordinadora Indígena de la Cuenca Amazonica (COICA) Indigenous World Association International Indian Treaty Council Land is Life Donations Needed
Tents Camping Gear Large Yardages of Heavy Canvas for Tipi Making Generators Portable Road Grader Cooking Equipment for Large Groups Commercial Cooking Utensils Wood Cook Stoves Propane and Coleman Fuel Camping Cook Stoves Farm Equipment and Implements Logging Supplies Fencing and Fencing Supplies Chainsaws and Portable Saws Construction Tools Building Materials Food Medicine man seeks unity, peace among all people By: Laurie Pearson, Staff Writer, January 29, 2003 Elk Valley Times
Cankú Lúta, in the language of the Lakota people, means Red Road. The Red Road is the Good Road of Life, the path that we aspire to walk with our children and their children, and ALL OUR RELATIONS. |
Hear a Lakota Song In Memory of "Jun" Little
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In an
attempt to reawaken the spirituality and unity of the Native American Indians, Kenneth
Cane, a Lakota Medicine Man from the Pine Ridge (Oglala) Reservation in South Dakota,
journeyed for more than two days to join in traditional ceremonies with area people.
