Alianza: Sacred sites forum Tucson, Nov. 17, 2007

Local Indigenous Environmental and Sacred Sites Issues
PUBLIC FORUM Saturday, November 17
1-3:30 pm
University of Arizona College of LawRoom 140

The Alianza Indígena Sin Fronteras (Indigenous Alliance Without Borders) invites the UA community and general public to a free public forum on local indigenous environmental and sacred sites issues to be held at the Universityof Arizona College of Law on November 17. Invited speakers include representatives of the Chiracahua Apache Alliance and Western Mining Action Network addressing mining issues in the San Carlos Apache community, the Gila River Alliance for a Clean Environment (GRACE), the Baboquivari DefenseProject, and the Indigenous Environmental Network.Questions and open discussion will follow presentations by panelists.
Refreshments will be served.
Please contact the Alianza Indígena Sin Fronteras(http://us.f520.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=alianza@indigenasinfronteras.org) or Christina Leza (http://us.f520.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=leza@email.arizona.edu)for additional information.For more information on participating organizations, please visit
Indigenous Environmental Network at http://www.ienearth.org/Baboquivari Defense Project at http://www.7genfund.org/aff-bab-def-pro.html GRACE at http://www.7genfund.org/aff-gil-riv-all.html Chiracahua Apache Alliance at http://www.chiricahuaapache.org/ Western Mining Action Network at http://www.wman-info.org/

The Alianza Indígena Sin Fronteras is an affiliate of the Seventh Generation Fund for Indian Development (SGF). Based in Tucson, the Alianza is a grassroots indigenous organization committed to promoting respect and protection of indigenous rights, including indigenous sovereignty and self-determination,indigenous workers' rights and environmental protection of Native lands and sacred sites.Christina LezaDepartment of AnthropologyUniversity of Arizona Tucson, AZ 85721mailto:85721leza@email.arizona.edu
Alianza Indígena Sin Fronteras
alianza@indigenasinfronteras.org
http://www.indigenasinfronteras.org/

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