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Chief Oliver Red Cloud addresses UN Rapporteur, May 2012
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Lakota, Navajo and Supai to UN Rapporteur: Halt genocide and eco-cide

Lakota, Navajo and Supai deliver powerful testimony to the UN Rapporteur in Arizona and South Dakota

By Brenda Norrell
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Photo credits: Arizona Forgotten People; South Dakota Vi Waln
French translation: http://www.chrisp.lautre.net/wpblog/?p=749
Native Americans in Arizona and South Dakota delivered powerful testimony on the destruction of their homelands by uranium mining, coal fired power plants and oil and gas drilling, during sessions with UN Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples James Anaya.
Debra White Plume, Lakota, delivering testimony at Sinte Gleska University, on Sicangu Lakota Nation , Rosebud, South Dakota, May 1 -- 2, said it is time to halt the eco-cide of Mother Earth.

During testimony in Tucson last week, April 26 -- 27, Navajos from Black Mesa described the corporate crimes of Peabody Coal, Arizona senators and non-Indian attorneys that have led to the relocation of Navajos, coal mining on Black Mesa, and the continuance of some of the dirtiest coal fired power plants in the US on Navajoland.
Havasupai demanded a halt to the uranium mining in the Grand Canyon that now threatens future generations in the Southwest with the poisoning of the water.
Damon Watahomigie, Supai, said, “As the first born warriors of the Grand Canyon we refuse to become the next millennium’s world terrorists by allowing mega nuclear industrial complex mining industries to mine in the Grand Canyon.”
In South Dakota, White Plume, Lakota, said, “Mr. Anaya, I ask you to keep this message clear, do not pretty up my testimony. I am saying that America is committing ethnocide against our way of life, eco-cide against our Mother Earth, and genocide in our Lakota Homelands. Our Human Rights are being violated and our Inherent Right to live as Lakota People and Nation is being violated as well. Without access to our lands and waters we cannot live our collective Inherent Rights to be who we are.
“There are uranium, oil, and gas corporations here now, and more want to come. We did not invite them.
“America welcomes Canadian-owned Cameco uranium corporation, TransCanada oil pipeline corporation, and PowerTech uranium corporation to come and obtain permits to mine uranium and slurry oil in our Territory against our wishes, this extraction and pipeline threatens our Oglalla Aquifer, which gives 2 million people drinking water and irrigates the world’s bread basket.
White Plume said, “We have not given our free, prior and informed consent as required by the Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples adopted by the United Nations General Assembly, we know not everyone is satisfied with the Declaration, but it is a minimum standards document.”
In Arizona, Navajo Leta O’Daniel testified of the horrors forced on Navajos, from the Long Walk to relocation, coal mining and abusive boarding schools.
“My neighbors come from Yeii, Holy people from the ancient Anasazi. Three of my brothers are Medicine Men and I listen to their stories. I can show you where our tracks are side-by-side with the dinosaurs and share origin stories back to the time the dinosaurs ate some humans and our ancestors lived in the cliff to stay away from them and the twin warriors, Monster Slayer and Born by Water helped save our people from the dinosaurs.
“We have prayers and songs for our livestock given to us by the Holy People. Our oral tradition, passed down from generation to generation instructs us to hold on to and take care of our livestock. Spider Woman taught us how to weave rugs. Our designs tell woven stories. It sustains us and provides a livelihood.”
Leonard Benally, resisting relocation at Big Mountain for decades, described the scheme behind Navajo relocation and the current attempts to steal Navajo water rights. Benally said it is time to hold Peabody Coal responsible for genocide, and expose the role of corrupt Navajo politicians, Arizona Congressmen and non-Indian attorneys.
Benally said Navajo President “Ben Shelly of the Navajo Nation is working with Senator Kyl and McCain to pass legislation for the Little Colorado River Water Rights Settlement that gives away our water rights to Peabody Coal Company and Navajo Generating Station. We believe the Settlement is a tragedy not only due to the minimizing Navajo rights but is waiving hundreds of millions of dollars in potential compensation for rights waived.
“Our liberty is being sacrificed for an economic bonanza based on fraud and corruption. Our justice has been prostituted by hand outs, hopelessness, and conformity elevated to the status of the National Security doctrines. We are the historical lot of the dispossessed. Democracy has been whitewashed with imported detergent that allows reclaimed sewer water to get dumped on our Sacred San Francisco Peaks.
“Peabody's collusion with the US government has resulted in a dark infamy of genocide and crimes against my people and the environment - relocation, the Bennett Freeze, uranium mining, all in the pursuit of energy resource development fueled by corporate and governmental greed and collusion.”
Navajo elder Glenna Begay of Black Mesa said Peabody Coal has no respect for the dead.
“Residents in the mining area have been jailed or threatened with jail for trying to protect their burial and sacred sites. Other residents have watched the unearthing of graves.”
Hathalie (Medicine Man) Norris Nez said the prayers of the Dine', Navajos, are for all mankind.
"In Big Mountain, Black Mesa, on Hopi Partition Land (HPL) there were many sacred sites where offerings were given.The Holy People, the Star People recognize us by these sites that are sacred where we Diné, five fingered humans give offerings. They acknowledge that we are doing our duty to give our offerings to the Holy People.These places are for the wellness of the people, not only the Diné.Our prayers are said for all mankind."
As the sessions continue across the United States, the Rapporteur and the United Nations are being pressed by Native Americans to use this testimony in a way that will result in real benefits to the people, instead of simply gathering words and reducing those words to brief summaries that lead to no real change.
The session on Thursday, May 3, 2012 is at the College of Law at the University of Tulsa in Oklahoma.
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Troubling questions for the UN Rapporteur session, its speakers and sponsors

Troubling questions for the UN Rapporteur session, its speakers and sponsors

By Ofelia Rivas

Traditional ceremonial O'odham, concerning session with the UN Rapporteur on Indigenous Peoples in Tucson, on April 26-27, 2012
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The discussion and meaningful dialogue is more important to the original peoples of this lands, (United States, Canada and Mexico) without defining lands by borders. The bisection and marginalization of people is reflected in the space this "Significance of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Conference" is held.

Yes, Not only am I unable to pay for the parking space, but I don't have the gas money to bring the elders and the ceremonial people. These are the people that these institutions should be hearing from to truly understand the implications and true significance of this document.

It is disheartening to find on the speakers list a non-O'odham with a non-profit organization using our most sacred figure of the O'odham way of life. This official consultation will further validate this violation and further the agenda of this individual, WHICH is supposed to be protected by this document.

This questions the individuals, organizations and non-profit organizations and instant organization represented on this speakers list. Are they representatives of the people or of individuals there to overshadow the real issues.

I am on the speakers list only by a 5 day "extreme effort" by the Amnesty International people, since I was apart of the report on Human rights violations on the border, (Us/Mx), I will be speaking on the human Rights violations of the O'odham by the homeland security forces and the impact of US Immigration policies on our people.

I represent the Traditional O'odham Leaders the original government of the O'odham and the ceremonial leaders.

Copyright Ofelia Rivas. No portion may be used without written consent for any reason.
Contact Ofelia on her website:

https://www.oodhamrights.org/

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By Brenda Norrell

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TUCSON -- The UN Rapporteur's sessions for Indigenous Peoples testimony are Thursday and Friday April 26 -- 27, 2012, in Tucson. Censored News has received many concerns about this session, its speakers and sponsors.

Foremost is the question of whether the original people of this land will be respected, the Traditional Ceremonial Tohono O'odham. (See Ofelia Rivas' statement from the traditional and ceremonial O'odham on the left column.)

Is the process of testifying at this session so academic and complicated that grassroots Indigenous are excluded? Will non-Indians trying to seize control of Indian organizations, and grant funding, be given priority?

The University of Arizona in Tucson, with its long history of Indigenous rights abuses, is serving as a cosponsor of this event. Should it be? The University of Arizona at Tucson, led the assault and desecration on sacred Mount Graham, along with the Pope and other universities.

The consortium desecrated the sacred mountain of Apaches and other Indian Nations with their huge telescopes and cleared the land for development.

Now, the university is engaged in developing spyware that spies on Tohono O'odham and other Indigenous along the border. The university is engaged in teaching racial profiling at the border and the development of drones that kill civilians worldwide. These drones also carry out assassinations, without trial or jury, by the US.

Globally, the University of Arizona is engaged in, and teaches, global cyber spying, which includes racial profiling and religious profiling of Muslims and other targeted peoples of color. The university is co-opted by the agenda of Homeland Security and the US Border Patrol.

All of this is a matter of public record, and facts that the university brags about in press statements.

As for the UN sessions for Indigenous Peoples testimony, Native Americans ask these questions:

• Is rhetoric being used as a distraction and substitution for action?
• In the end, does powerful testimony become watered down in short and meaningless UN summaries?
• Does the UN actually ever do anything, in practical terms, with the testimony it receives?
• Does the UN ever take any action that results in change with this testimony?

Further, these UN events attract the wannabes: The suddenly-Cherokee and the "Yaqui" who Yaquis will tell you are frauds.

Why do the wannabes do it? They write grants for the organizations that include salaries or expenses for themselves. Controlling the funding is the first step to controlling the organization.

The ever-present tribe changers, who change their tribes once they are exposed, or use a mix of tribes to conceal the truth, usually show up centerfront to demand attention.

Also troubling are the sponsors of the Tucson session. Along with the university, one of the cosponsors is the Ford Foundation. The Ford Foundation Board of Trustees includes a member of Goldman Sachs. Robert Kaplan, professor at Harvard Business School and a senior director of The Goldman Sachs Group, serves on the Ford Foundation Board of Trustees

However, there are no sponsors for the parking fees for grassroots Indigenous Peoples. The parking fees are $8 a day.

Will the well-funded, the academics, the showboats and the wannabes take centerstage?

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DES QUESTIONS TROUBLANTES SUR LA SESSION DU RAPPORTEUR DES NATIONS UNIES, SES INTERVENANTS ET SES SPONSORS : PAR OFELIA RIVAS, O’ODHAM

Par Ofelia Rivas
O’odham traditionnelle et cérémonielle, à propos de la session avec le Rapporteur Spécial des Nations Unies pour les Peuples Autochtones à Tucson les 26 et 27 avril 2012
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Original article in English: http://bsnorrell.blogspot.fr/2012/04/troubling-questions-for-un-rapporteur.html

Traduction Christine Prat

La discussion et le dialogue constructif sont plus importants pour les peuples d’origine de ces territoires (Etats-Unis, Canada et Mexique) que de définir des pays par des frontières. La division et la marginalisation des gens sont reflétées par l’endroit où cette « Conférence sur le Sens de la Déclaration des Droits des Peuples Autochtones » se tient. Non seulement je n’ai pas les moyens de payer le parking, mais en plus, je n’ai pas l’argent pour payer l’essence pour y amener les Anciens et les leaders cérémoniels. Ce sont les gens que les institutions devraient entendre pour vraiment comprendre les implications et le sens réel de ce document. C’est démoralisant de trouver sur la liste des intervenants un non-O’odham d’une ONG qui utilise la figure la plus sacrée du mode de vie O’odham. Cette consultation officielle contribuera à valider cette violation et favorisera les fins de cet individu, CE QUI est sensé être protégé par ce document. Ceci met en question les individus, les organisations, les ONG et l’organisation improvisée représentés sur la liste des intervenants. Représentent-ils le peuple ou des individus venus pour détourner l’attention des questions réelles. Je ne suis sur la liste des intervenants qu’après 5 jours « d’effort intense » de la part de gens d’Amnesty International, vu que j’étais impliquée dans le rapport sur les violations des Droits de l’Homme à la frontière (US/Mexique), et je parlerai des violations des Droits de l’Homme des O’odham par les forces de sécurité intérieures et de l’impacte de la politique d’Immigration des Etats-Unis sur notre peuple. Je représente les Leaders Traditionnels O’odham, le gouvernement d’origine des O’odham et leurs leaders cérémoniels.

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DES QUESTIONS TROUBLANTES SUR LA SESSION DU RAPPORTEUR DES NATIONS UNIES, SES INTERVENANTS ET SES SPONSORS

Original article in English: http://bsnorrell.blogspot.fr/2012/04/troubling-questions-for-un-rapporteur.html?spref=fb

Par Brenda Norrell
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Traduction Christine Prat

Jeudi 26 avril 2012

TUCSON, Arizona – Les sessions du Rapporteur des Nations Unies consacrées au témoignage des Peuples Autochtones [de la région] se tiennent jeudi 26 et vendredi 27 avril 2012, à Tucson. Censored News a reçu beaucoup de commentaires exprimant des inquiétudes sur cette session, ses intervenants et ses sponsors.
La question essentielle est de savoir si le peuple d’origine de ce territoire, les Tohono O’odham Traditionnels Cérémoniels , sera respecté. (voir la déclaration d’Ofelia Rivas pour les O’odham traditionnels et cérémoniels).
Est-ce que témoigner à cette session est si académique et compliqué que les Indigènes de la bases en sont exclus ? Est-ce que des non-Indiens essayant de prendre le contrôle des organisations Indiennes, et des subventions, auront la priorité ?
L’Université d’Arizona de Tucson, avec sa longue histoire de violation des droits des Indigènes est co-sponsor de l’évènement. Est-ce normal ? L’Université d’Arizona de Tucson a conduit l’assaut et la profanation du site sacré Mount Graham, avec le Pape et d’autres universités. Le consortium a profané la montagne sacrée pour des Apaches et d’autres Nations Indiennes en plaçant des télescopes géants et en débroussaillant le territoire pour le développement.
Maintenant, l’université est en train de développer du matériel d’espionnage pour espionner les Tohono O’odham et d’autres Indigènes le long de la frontière. L’université enseigne les techniques de fichage racial à la frontière et de développement de drones qui tuent des civils dans le monde entier. Ces drones servent aussi aux Etats-Unis pour commettre des assassinats sans jugement et sans jury.
En gros, l’Université d’Arizona développe et enseigne le cyber espionnage global, y compris le fichage racial et religieux des Musulmans et d’autres peuples de couleur désignés comme cibles. L’université est cooptée par la Sécurité Intérieure et la Patrouille des Frontières des Etats-Unis.
Tout ceci est du domaine publique et l’université s’en vante dans ses communiqués de presse.
Pour en revenir aux sessions des Nations Unies consacrées au témoignage des Peuples Autochtones, les Amérindiens posent les questions suivantes :
. Est-ce que la rhétorique sert de diversion et se substitue à l’action ?
. Est-ce qu’en fin de compte des témoignages forts sont dilués dans des résumés des Nations Unies courts et insignifiants ?
. Les Nations Unies font-elles jamais quelque chose, en termes pratiques, des témoignages qu’elles reçoivent ?
. Les Nations Unies entreprennent-elles jamais des actions donnant des résultats, sur la base de ces témoignages ?
Ensuite, ces occasions officielles des Nations Unies attirent ceux qui « voudraient en être » : les Cherokees par génération spontanée et les « Yaqui » dont les Yaquis vous diront qu’ils sont des imposteurs.
Pourquoi veulent-ils « en être » ? Ils écrivent des accords d’attribution de subventions qui comprennent leurs salaires et leurs frais. Contrôler le financement est le premier stade pour contrôler l’organisation.
Et il y a toujours ceux qui changent de tribu chaque fois qu’ils sont découverts, ou prétendent avoir des origines mêlées pour dissimuler la vérité et qui généralement se mettent en avant et exigent l’attention.
 Tout aussi troublant : les sponsors de la session de Tucson. A côté de l’université, l’un des co-sponsors est la Fondation Ford. Le Conseil d’Administration de la Fondation Ford compte parmi ses membres quelqu’un de Goldman Sachs. Robert Kaplan, professeur à l’Ecole de Commerce de Harvard et l’un des directeurs du groupe Goldman Sachs, fait aussi partie du Conseil d’Administration de la Fondation Ford.
Cependant, il n’y a pas de sponsors pour payer les frais de parking des Indigènes de la base. Le parking coûte $8 par jour.
Les subventionnés, les universitaires, les vedettes et les pseudos occuperont-ils le centre de la scène ?

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