Haudenosaunee Title Holder opens United Nations session with a prayer of thanks and tells the United Nations that Indigenous Nations must be treated as an equal.
"This will be the last you will hear from me until the States can recognize the Haudenosaunee and all Indigenous Nations as an equal, because we are. We have our own governments and we need to be recognized as such," Chief Deskaheh told the United Nations.
The United Nations Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples began in Geneva today with a prayer of thanks, beginning with the weeds, the medicine contained there, closest to the ground, and then the strawberry, the first fruit that comes out on Turtle Island, and the trees, the main one being the Maple, and the medicine it provides, and the four-legged and the ones that fly, and the waters, and all different levels of the waters, from the little streams up to the big oceans, and thanks to the sustenance, the corn, beans and squash, and thanks to the wind, all here on this earth, and thanks to the thunder, and the jobs that they are doing to protect us. Then thanks to the Great Warrior the Sun, for providing the heat, Grandmother Moon, and everything that she does for the women and the men, and gave thanks to the Grandmother the Stars, which the ceremonies are based on, and thanks to Handsome Lake, the Messenger who brought us this religion, Four Protectors, who guide and keep the mind straight, to make sure arrival is safe and people are treated well, and give thanks to the Creator.
The United Nations Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples began in Geneva today with a prayer of thanks, beginning with the weeds, the medicine contained there, closest to the ground, and then the strawberry, the first fruit that comes out on Turtle Island, and the trees, the main one being the Maple, and the medicine it provides, and the four-legged and the ones that fly, and the waters, and all different levels of the waters, from the little streams up to the big oceans, and thanks to the sustenance, the corn, beans and squash, and thanks to the wind, all here on this earth, and thanks to the thunder, and the jobs that they are doing to protect us. Then thanks to the Great Warrior the Sun, for providing the heat, Grandmother Moon, and everything that she does for the women and the men, and gave thanks to the Grandmother the Stars, which the ceremonies are based on, and thanks to Handsome Lake, the Messenger who brought us this religion, Four Protectors, who guide and keep the mind straight, to make sure arrival is safe and people are treated well, and give thanks to the Creator.
"That's our job to respect and speak for the Natural World."
He said he had completed his duty as a traditional title holder of the Haudenosaunee, of the Cayuga Nation.
"This will be the last you will hear from me until the States can recognize the Haudenosaunee and all Indigenous Nations as an equal, because we are. We have our own governments and we need to be recognized as such."
Censored News, July 14, 2025
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