Testimony by Indigenous Women at the United Nations Ignored by Media, Yields No Response at U.N.
By Brenda Norrell, Censored News, Oct. 23, 2025If you weren't able to listen to the testimony of Indigenous Peoples at the United Nations the past two years, you may have missed these powerful statements by young Indigenous women.
Anpo Jensen, Kiyuksa Tiospaye, Oglala Lakota of Pine Ridge, South Dakota, delivered the statement of the Global Indigenous Youth Caucus.
Indigenous women in Peru said the army was shooting women and children from helicopters when they defended their land from mining. After the horrifying testimony, the U.N. in Geneva took no action.
Quechua and Aymara from Peru told the U,N. that Peru's president ordered the army to shoot Indigenous from helicopters. Indigenous are protecting their lands, and the roads are being blocked by tanks. Struggling to protect the earth and water, Indigenous Peoples are being labeled "terrorists" by the government of Peru.
At the U.N. in New York, Indigenous youths from around the world delivered a powerful statement on the genocide in Palestine, and the right of return for the people. The testimony, delivered by a Lakota, was not included in the final report of the U.N. Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues.
Indigenous Peoples in Okinawa who spoke their traditional language during WWII were put to death by the Japanese military. It was considered espionage.
During World War II, the Japanese military ordered that speaking an ancient Indigenous language was an act of espionage and punishable by death. "This order led to marginalization and near extinction of our Native language," a representative told the United Nations. Japan's repression resulted in elders, who only spoke their language, being targeted by the government, and children were forbidden to speak their Native language in school, the U.N. in Geneva was told.
The Indigenous women's testimony was delivered during the U.N. Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues in New York, and the U.N. Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Geneva.
Read the articles at Censored News
Peru: Indigenous Peoples under attack
Lakota, Global Youths Speak out for Palestine
Japan: Speaking Indigenous language meant death during WWII https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/07/indigenous-expose-racism-and-genocide.html
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