UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues ‘08 A Preparatory Meeting/Teach-In Co-Sponsored by Indigenous Environmental Network and the
Seventh Generation Fund for Indigenous Development
THE CHURCH CENTER, 777 United Nations Plaza, 44th Street & 1st Avenue, 8th Floor
Saturday - April 19, 2008
AGENDA
8: 30am Breakfast
9:00am Traditional Greetings – Elder - Oren Lyons, to be confirmed
Welcome and Introductory comments – Facilitated by Tom Goldtooth, Indigenous Environmental Network and Tia Oros, Seventh Generation Fund
9:30am Introduction to the United Nations: A Brief Overview and Orientation to the world of the United Nations and the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
- Peggy Bird (Kewa) Native Women’s Advocacy Center
- Tonya Gonnella Frichner (Onondaga) North American Regional Representative to the UNPFII / SGF Vice Chair, to be confirmed
10:30 – 11:30am Navigating the UN and the PFII System – How to Engage and be Effective
· Yolanda Teran (Kichwa) Andes Chinchasuyo
· Manny Pino (Acoma), Laguna-Acoma for a Safe Environment and Indigenous Environmental Network
11:30am – Noon Questions and Answers (Q and A)
12 – 1 pm Lunch
1 – 2:30pm Panel on Indigenous Issues and Strategies Related to Climate change, Bio-Cultural Diversity and Livelihoods
· Casey Horinek-Camp, (Ponca), Pa-Tha-Tah Society, Oklahoma
· George Poitras,(Mikisew Cree First Nation), Alberta Canada
· Arthur Manuel (Neskonlith Band of Shushwap) Indigenous Network on Economies and Trade, British Colombia, Canada
· Anastasia Pinto (Meitei) CORE Centre for Organisation Research & Education (Indigenous Peoples' Centre for Policy and Human Rights in India's Eastern Himalayan Territories, MANIPURIndia)
2:30- 3 pm Q and A
3 pm Final thoughts
3:30pm Adjourn – Delegations will get registered or attend the Global Indigenous Caucus
April 16, 2008
Selma Alabama in Yankton SD: Police occupation and arrests
Photo: Police occupation in Yankton (double click to enlarge)
AMERICAN INDIAN MOVEMENT GRAND GOVERNING COUNCIL
April 16, 2008
Selma, Alabama – Wagner, SD – Bull Conner Lives On!
Sheriff Ray Westindorf, Sheriff of Charles Mix County in South Dakota and the SD Highway Patrol has initiated a police occupation of Indian Land on the Yankton Reservation. An out of state Hog Farm Corporation has set up shop on the Reservation against the wishes of the Yankton Sioux Tribe, local farmers and community members. The Hog Farm is surrounded by Reservation land and the only access road is under the jurisdiction of the US Bureau of Indian Affairs.
On April 15th Yankton Sioux Tribal Members began a peaceful protest against the Hog Farm and were met immediately with illegal law enforcement presence and arrest. To date twenty-two people have been arrested on trumped up charges and there has been a total over reaction of law enforcement numbering up to 52 SD Highway Patrol Cars with 22 more Highway Patrol cars waiting in reserve. Some patrol cars from as far away as the state of Iowa. The Highway Patrol has set up snipers with rifles on top of two command posts they have established near the scene. The State of South Dakota has absolutely no jurisdiction on Indian land and the highway leading to the Hog Farm is Indian Land where Tribal members and others have been arrested while peacefully protesting. This amount of law enforcement presence is unprecedented for a peaceful protest and violates the legal Jurisdiction of the Yankton Sioux Tribe.
Sheriff Westindorf is carrying on the Spirit of Bull Conner in Selma, Alabama during the Civil Rights era of the nineteen sixties. The Sheriff’s son was awarded the electrical contract for the building of the Hog Farm. Is law enforcement now being used to protect out of state corporate interests and family members of the Sheriff in the State of South Dakota? Corporate Hog Farms have been outlawed in many states in the US. How many Highway Patrol cars have been dispatched to White Peoples’ protests in South Dakota? Racism is alive and well in South Dakota! The Peace and Justice Center has been notified and has dispatched observers to the scene with Catholic Nuns vowing to protest and be arrested if necessary to bring attention to the violation of Human Rights of the Yankton Sioux Tribal Members. The Dakota American Indian Movement has observers at the scene and if the community decides to invite the National American Indian Movement to the reservation to protect the People from the SD Highway Patrol we will respond with a call to all of our members in the Upper Midwest to travel to Yankton to help the community in any way possible.
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The International Indian Treaty Council has dispatched attorneys to the scene to document the Human Rights Violations which will be presented to the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues meeting, beginning in New York on Monday April 21, 2008.
Contact numbers for the American Indian Movement are:
Clyde Bellecourt, National AIM 612 251-5836
Dennis Banks, National AIM 218-654-5885
Russell Means, Dakota AIM 605 867-1025
Bill Means, International Indian Treaty Council 612 386-4030
April 16, 2008
Selma, Alabama – Wagner, SD – Bull Conner Lives On!
Sheriff Ray Westindorf, Sheriff of Charles Mix County in South Dakota and the SD Highway Patrol has initiated a police occupation of Indian Land on the Yankton Reservation. An out of state Hog Farm Corporation has set up shop on the Reservation against the wishes of the Yankton Sioux Tribe, local farmers and community members. The Hog Farm is surrounded by Reservation land and the only access road is under the jurisdiction of the US Bureau of Indian Affairs.
On April 15th Yankton Sioux Tribal Members began a peaceful protest against the Hog Farm and were met immediately with illegal law enforcement presence and arrest. To date twenty-two people have been arrested on trumped up charges and there has been a total over reaction of law enforcement numbering up to 52 SD Highway Patrol Cars with 22 more Highway Patrol cars waiting in reserve. Some patrol cars from as far away as the state of Iowa. The Highway Patrol has set up snipers with rifles on top of two command posts they have established near the scene. The State of South Dakota has absolutely no jurisdiction on Indian land and the highway leading to the Hog Farm is Indian Land where Tribal members and others have been arrested while peacefully protesting. This amount of law enforcement presence is unprecedented for a peaceful protest and violates the legal Jurisdiction of the Yankton Sioux Tribe.
Sheriff Westindorf is carrying on the Spirit of Bull Conner in Selma, Alabama during the Civil Rights era of the nineteen sixties. The Sheriff’s son was awarded the electrical contract for the building of the Hog Farm. Is law enforcement now being used to protect out of state corporate interests and family members of the Sheriff in the State of South Dakota? Corporate Hog Farms have been outlawed in many states in the US. How many Highway Patrol cars have been dispatched to White Peoples’ protests in South Dakota? Racism is alive and well in South Dakota! The Peace and Justice Center has been notified and has dispatched observers to the scene with Catholic Nuns vowing to protest and be arrested if necessary to bring attention to the violation of Human Rights of the Yankton Sioux Tribal Members. The Dakota American Indian Movement has observers at the scene and if the community decides to invite the National American Indian Movement to the reservation to protect the People from the SD Highway Patrol we will respond with a call to all of our members in the Upper Midwest to travel to Yankton to help the community in any way possible.
Page two
The International Indian Treaty Council has dispatched attorneys to the scene to document the Human Rights Violations which will be presented to the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues meeting, beginning in New York on Monday April 21, 2008.
Contact numbers for the American Indian Movement are:
Clyde Bellecourt, National AIM 612 251-5836
Dennis Banks, National AIM 218-654-5885
Russell Means, Dakota AIM 605 867-1025
Bill Means, International Indian Treaty Council 612 386-4030
Corn planting at DQ University on Sunday
GHOST MACHINE Group
AFFILIATED OBSIDIAN NATION AT DQ UNIVERISTY
April 16, 20081:35 p.m.
Honoring of the Elders Gathering and Corn Planting Ceremony at DQ UniversityApril 20, 2008*Sunday 10:00 a.m. -to- 6:00 p.m.
MEN: Bill WrightJack D. Forbes Coyote Owl GeorgeDarrell Fairbanks Lee Polanco Sr. Joe Ferguusen ("Razzle Dazzle")Darrell Standing ElkBob Agger Al George
WOMEN: Senora Cobb Leona Begay Susan JimPat Apkaw Mary Peedee Genevieve Seely Rita Montes Martin Dorinda Moreno Dagmar
AFFILIATED OBSIDIAN NATION AT DQ UNIVERISTY
April 16, 20081:35 p.m.
Honoring of the Elders Gathering and Corn Planting Ceremony at DQ UniversityApril 20, 2008*Sunday 10:00 a.m. -to- 6:00 p.m.
MEN: Bill WrightJack D. Forbes Coyote Owl GeorgeDarrell Fairbanks Lee Polanco Sr. Joe Ferguusen ("Razzle Dazzle")Darrell Standing ElkBob Agger Al George
WOMEN: Senora Cobb Leona Begay Susan JimPat Apkaw Mary Peedee Genevieve Seely Rita Montes Martin Dorinda Moreno Dagmar
April 14, 2008
Global Green Indigenous Film Festival
Global Green Indigenous Film Festival
April 18-20, 2008
Santa Fe, NM
WHO
The National Tribal Environmental Council (NTEC), the New Mexico Tourism Department and the Jicarilla Apache Nation will take the global stage launching the inaugural Global Green Indigenous Film Festival.
WHAT: An Indigenous environmental film festival representing nine countries and endorsed by UNESCO, an agency of the United Nations.
WHERE: Santa Fe, New Mexico at the Cinema Café, Center for Contemporary Arts, and NM Film Museum Theater.
WHEN: April 18-20, 2008
FILMS: Over 40 films from around the globe will be presented, their common theme being that they address the relationship between Indigenous communities and mother earth
SOME FEATURED FILMS INCLUDE:
The National Geographic All Roads Film Project will open and close the festival. Opening night, April 18 at 7:00p, will feature Actic Son. This Canadian/ U.S. documentary directed by Andrew Walton tells the story of Stanley Njootli Jr., who escapes a drug-fueled city life to join his father and his Gwitchin roots in the rugged Arctic , and embarks on a universal quest to discover who he is and where he belongs. On closing night, April 20 at 6:00p, Kekexili: Mountain Patrol, a Chinese/ Tibetan film directed by Lu Chuan will be shown. Experience the unbelievable rugged and death-defying true story of Tibetan volunteers who battle the elements, poachers, and each other in their noble quest to save the Chiru antelope in the inhospitable mountains of Tibet . Both films will be screened at the Santa Fe Film Center at Cinema Café.
Oil on Ice is a vivid, compelling and comprehensive documentary connecting the fate of the Artic National Wildlife Refuge to the decisions America makes about energy policy, transportation choices and other seemingly unrelated matters.
Uno deglie Utimi (One of the Last), Italy .
Last Yoik Saammi Forest, Finland.
Sacred Ground, South Australia .
Herdswoman, Sweden.
Shadow of the Salmon, Washington .
Islands at Risk-Genetic Engineering, Hawaii .
Yookkene, Alaska.
OTHER EVENTS
Tantoo Cardinal
At its first annual Global Green Indigenous Film Festival will be acclaimed actress Tantoo Cardinal. Widely acknowledged as being the most recognizable Aboriginal actress of our time, Ms. Cardinal is of Métis descent and was born in Alberta , Canada . She has appeared in over fifty films and television series, including "Dances with Wolves", "Legends of the Fall" and "Dr Quinn, Medicine Woman". Ms. Cardinal has been honored with numerous awards, among them the National Aboriginal Achievement Award, Wind and Glacier Voices Festival Lifetime Achievement Award, Rudy Martin Award for Outstanding Achievement by a Native American in Film, Toronto Women in Film and Television Outstanding Achievement Award, and the Harvard Film Archive Sun Hill Award for Excellence in Native American Filmmaking. Ms. Cardinal is also an activist and author.
Image of Hope is a photo contest initiative of Earth Care International, a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to educate and empower youth to create a thriving, just and sustainable world. Youth ages 12 to 25 were invited to submit an original photo of an environmental problem, an original photo of an environmental solution and an artist statement. The first, second and third place winners of the Image of Hope contest will be announced at the Festival's opening night reception, and the top 10 entries will be exhibited at the Cinema Café for the duration of the Festival.
Youth Film Workshop
CCA Moving Images and Digital Lab1050 Old Pecos Trail, Santa Fe, NMSaturday, April 19, 2008, 8:00 am - 2 :00 pmThis NTEC-sponsored, interactive workshop is a challenge for youth to learn about the elements of making a film. It allows participants to actually write, shoot, and edit a film project under the mentorship of real world filmmakers in just 6 hours! There's no cost associated; however it's by pre-registration only - first come, first served. For more info visit http://www.yiyonline.org/ or contact Candice at 505.216.7681. Workshop Leader: Jeremiah Bitsui.
Panels
Going Green with Wind and SunNTEC's Panel Discussion Especially for the Environmentally-ConsciousHotel Santa Fe1501 Paseo de Peralta, Santa Fe, NMFriday, April 18, 2008, 10:00 am - 12:00 pmAn examination of tribal renewable energy programs, specifically large-scale wind and solar energy. Moderator: Jerry Pardilla, Executive Director, NTEC. Panelists: Bob Gough, Intertribal Council on Utility Policy; Chip Comins, Filmmaker; Jonny Stiffarm, Native Energy; Roger Fragua, Cota Holdings.Green Filmmaking, and Filming on Tribal LandsGGIFF's Panel Discussion Especially for Tribal LeadersNew Mexico Film Museum418 Montezuma Avenue, Santa Fe, NMSaturday, April 19, 2008, 10:00 - 11:15 amWhat can the state government do to promote filmmaking for interested tribes, as well as assist with the protection of tribal lands through Green Filmmaking practices? What are the latest Green Filmmaking initiatives? Join us for an informational discussion with industry experts. Moderator: Tony Estrada, Wild Horse Films, Festival Director, GGIFF. Panelists: Lisa Strout, Director of the NM Film Office; Casey Haymes, NM Film Office; Sarah Cottrell, Energy & Environmental Policy Advisor.Speaking in Two Worlds: Exploring Indigenous Languages In FilmInstitute of American Indian Arts-CACS Auditorium83 A-Van-Nu-Po, Santa Fe, NM Saturday, April 19, 2008, 2:00 - 5:00 pmAcross the Native American cinemascape, the use of languages in film is reaching a wider audience. Hear from filmmakers who explore the oral tradition though filmic storytelling in different thought-provoking ideas and context. These filmmakers speak many voices, whether exploring their culture, or expressing personal stories, each film holds its own perspective. Join this special film and languages presentation hosted by the Institute of the American Indian Arts and the Indigenous Languages Institute in partnership with the Global Green Indigenous Film Festival. Moderator: Carlos Peinado, Director, New Media Arts, IAIA. Panelists: Jonathan Sims (Acoma); Cora McKenna (Nambé Tewa), Medina Swazo-Hinds (San Illdefonso); other GGIFF Filmmakers.
FOR MORE INFO
Visit http://www.ggiff.com/
or call 505-242-2175
April 18-20, 2008
Santa Fe, NM
WHO
The National Tribal Environmental Council (NTEC), the New Mexico Tourism Department and the Jicarilla Apache Nation will take the global stage launching the inaugural Global Green Indigenous Film Festival.
WHAT: An Indigenous environmental film festival representing nine countries and endorsed by UNESCO, an agency of the United Nations.
WHERE: Santa Fe, New Mexico at the Cinema Café, Center for Contemporary Arts, and NM Film Museum Theater.
WHEN: April 18-20, 2008
FILMS: Over 40 films from around the globe will be presented, their common theme being that they address the relationship between Indigenous communities and mother earth
SOME FEATURED FILMS INCLUDE:
The National Geographic All Roads Film Project will open and close the festival. Opening night, April 18 at 7:00p, will feature Actic Son. This Canadian/ U.S. documentary directed by Andrew Walton tells the story of Stanley Njootli Jr., who escapes a drug-fueled city life to join his father and his Gwitchin roots in the rugged Arctic , and embarks on a universal quest to discover who he is and where he belongs. On closing night, April 20 at 6:00p, Kekexili: Mountain Patrol, a Chinese/ Tibetan film directed by Lu Chuan will be shown. Experience the unbelievable rugged and death-defying true story of Tibetan volunteers who battle the elements, poachers, and each other in their noble quest to save the Chiru antelope in the inhospitable mountains of Tibet . Both films will be screened at the Santa Fe Film Center at Cinema Café.
Oil on Ice is a vivid, compelling and comprehensive documentary connecting the fate of the Artic National Wildlife Refuge to the decisions America makes about energy policy, transportation choices and other seemingly unrelated matters.
Uno deglie Utimi (One of the Last), Italy .
Last Yoik Saammi Forest, Finland.
Sacred Ground, South Australia .
Herdswoman, Sweden.
Shadow of the Salmon, Washington .
Islands at Risk-Genetic Engineering, Hawaii .
Yookkene, Alaska.
OTHER EVENTS
Tantoo Cardinal
At its first annual Global Green Indigenous Film Festival will be acclaimed actress Tantoo Cardinal. Widely acknowledged as being the most recognizable Aboriginal actress of our time, Ms. Cardinal is of Métis descent and was born in Alberta , Canada . She has appeared in over fifty films and television series, including "Dances with Wolves", "Legends of the Fall" and "Dr Quinn, Medicine Woman". Ms. Cardinal has been honored with numerous awards, among them the National Aboriginal Achievement Award, Wind and Glacier Voices Festival Lifetime Achievement Award, Rudy Martin Award for Outstanding Achievement by a Native American in Film, Toronto Women in Film and Television Outstanding Achievement Award, and the Harvard Film Archive Sun Hill Award for Excellence in Native American Filmmaking. Ms. Cardinal is also an activist and author.
Image of Hope is a photo contest initiative of Earth Care International, a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to educate and empower youth to create a thriving, just and sustainable world. Youth ages 12 to 25 were invited to submit an original photo of an environmental problem, an original photo of an environmental solution and an artist statement. The first, second and third place winners of the Image of Hope contest will be announced at the Festival's opening night reception, and the top 10 entries will be exhibited at the Cinema Café for the duration of the Festival.
Youth Film Workshop
CCA Moving Images and Digital Lab1050 Old Pecos Trail, Santa Fe, NMSaturday, April 19, 2008, 8:00 am - 2 :00 pmThis NTEC-sponsored, interactive workshop is a challenge for youth to learn about the elements of making a film. It allows participants to actually write, shoot, and edit a film project under the mentorship of real world filmmakers in just 6 hours! There's no cost associated; however it's by pre-registration only - first come, first served. For more info visit http://www.yiyonline.org/ or contact Candice at 505.216.7681. Workshop Leader: Jeremiah Bitsui.
Panels
Going Green with Wind and SunNTEC's Panel Discussion Especially for the Environmentally-ConsciousHotel Santa Fe1501 Paseo de Peralta, Santa Fe, NMFriday, April 18, 2008, 10:00 am - 12:00 pmAn examination of tribal renewable energy programs, specifically large-scale wind and solar energy. Moderator: Jerry Pardilla, Executive Director, NTEC. Panelists: Bob Gough, Intertribal Council on Utility Policy; Chip Comins, Filmmaker; Jonny Stiffarm, Native Energy; Roger Fragua, Cota Holdings.Green Filmmaking, and Filming on Tribal LandsGGIFF's Panel Discussion Especially for Tribal LeadersNew Mexico Film Museum418 Montezuma Avenue, Santa Fe, NMSaturday, April 19, 2008, 10:00 - 11:15 amWhat can the state government do to promote filmmaking for interested tribes, as well as assist with the protection of tribal lands through Green Filmmaking practices? What are the latest Green Filmmaking initiatives? Join us for an informational discussion with industry experts. Moderator: Tony Estrada, Wild Horse Films, Festival Director, GGIFF. Panelists: Lisa Strout, Director of the NM Film Office; Casey Haymes, NM Film Office; Sarah Cottrell, Energy & Environmental Policy Advisor.Speaking in Two Worlds: Exploring Indigenous Languages In FilmInstitute of American Indian Arts-CACS Auditorium83 A-Van-Nu-Po, Santa Fe, NM Saturday, April 19, 2008, 2:00 - 5:00 pmAcross the Native American cinemascape, the use of languages in film is reaching a wider audience. Hear from filmmakers who explore the oral tradition though filmic storytelling in different thought-provoking ideas and context. These filmmakers speak many voices, whether exploring their culture, or expressing personal stories, each film holds its own perspective. Join this special film and languages presentation hosted by the Institute of the American Indian Arts and the Indigenous Languages Institute in partnership with the Global Green Indigenous Film Festival. Moderator: Carlos Peinado, Director, New Media Arts, IAIA. Panelists: Jonathan Sims (Acoma); Cora McKenna (Nambé Tewa), Medina Swazo-Hinds (San Illdefonso); other GGIFF Filmmakers.
FOR MORE INFO
Visit http://www.ggiff.com/
or call 505-242-2175
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