U.N. Expert Mechanism on Rights of Indigenous Peoples Begins in Geneva

Photo courtesy Indigenous Peoples Rights International

The Expert Mechanism on Rights of Indigenous Peoples began today in Geneva with a discussion of implementation of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

By Indigenous Peoples Rights International, Censored News, July 8, 2024

The 17th session of EMRIP is July 8 -- 12, 2024 in Geneva, Switzerland

The collective spirit of struggle fueled the start of #EMRIP!  Today we discussed  important issues: how States have implemented laws to achieve UNDRIP's ends and the status of Indigenous peoples' rights in post-conflict situations  Undoubtedly, we Indigenous peoples have pushed for many achievements, but many States continue to refuse to recognize our collective being and rights to land and territory.

Dine' Klee Benally 'Violence against the land is violence against the people'

Dine' Klee Benally. Video by SubMedia https://vimeo.com/978417283

"Violence against the land is violence against the people"

Dine' Klee Benally: Colonialism, police and genocide in the U.S.

Klee speaks on how colonialism, capitalism and police are part of the dynamic affecting violence against women and the destruction of sacred places, and the roles of Treaties and sovereignty.

Klee shares the Indigenous way of being and peacemaking in parallel to police and prisons, and the need for the restoration of traditional Indigenous systems for healing.

Watch the video, in English, with new French subtitles by Christine Prat. Klee passed to the Spirit World in December. https://vimeo.com/978417283

Klee's book, finished shortly before his passing, can be ordered at Detritus Books.

"No Spiritual Surrender: Indigenous Anarchy in Defense of the Sacred"

https://detritusbooks.com/products/no-spiritual-surrender-indigenous-anarchy-in-defense-of-the-sacred

Indigenous Women Sterilized by Governments Thwarted on Slow Road for Justice

Jean Whitehorse, Dine', spoke at the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues in 2019 and described the forced sterilization of Native American women by the Indian Health Service. Photo courtesy Yvonne Swan, Colville Nation, AIM West delegation.

Indigenous Women Sterilized by Governments Thwarted on Slow Road for Justice

By Brenda Norrell, Censored News, July 1, 2024

Indigenous women were sterilized by governments throughout the Americas, lawsuits and testimony reveal from the United States, Canada, Mexico and Peru. In the United States, Jean Whitehorse, Dine', described how the Indian Health Service in Gallup, New Mexico, carried this out in secrecy. In Peru, Indigenous women were brutalized in villages during massive sterilization campaigns. In Canada and Greenland, Inuit women were targeted with both forced sterilizations and contraceptive devices as young girls.

Indigenous women tell their stories.

Mohawk Nation News 'Longhouse Ladies'

 New at Mohawk Nation News: Read the article at MNN

https://mohawknationnews.com/blog/2024/07/04/longhouse-ladies/