Native Americans Protest Fracking COP21 Paris Photos

Photos Today at COP21 Paris

By Pennie Opal Plant

John Trudell Passes to Spirit World

Master Poet John Trudell Passed to the Spirit World.

Prayers for a Good Journey

Bunky Echo Hawk stayed up all night to paint this tribute.

Thank you to Bunky.

Thank you to John, a visionary and pathfinder.

We will miss your voice.

Amazon Canoe of Life now at COP21 Indigenous Pavilion

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From the Committee of Solidarity with American Indians in France

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The Canoe of Life, from the Ecuadorian Amazon, has arrived at the COP21. Please see the photos below.

This morning representatives of the Kichwa community of Sarayaku, along with the Lummi indigenous youth delegation and allies, officially welcomed the canoe to the waters of Paris at the Bassin de la Villette. Thereafter it traveled to Le Bourget, where it is now on display within the Indigenous Pavilion (Climate Generations area) through the week.

We encourage press to visit the canoe in the coming days and speak with representatives of the Sarayaku delegation.

Press contact Tuesday & Wednesday: Andrew Miller {andrew@amazonwatch.org}

Press contact Thursday: Leila Salazar-López {leila@amazonwatch.org}

Also, the Sarayaku spokespeople are participating in a series of public events within Le Bourget in the coming days:

WHAT: Blue Zone Side Event: "Global Women & Indigenous Peoples on the Frontline of Climate Solutions: Forests & Renewable Energy"

We will examine WECAN's Women's Climate Action Agenda, a climate justice blueprint for our path forward; present the Sarayaku people of Ecuador's "Living Forest" proposal, highlighting Amazonian indigenous solutions; and showcase women as agents of change in transitioning to 100% renewable energy.

WHERE: Le Bourget Observer room 01

WHEN: Tuesday 8 December, 3:00pm – 4:30pm

WHAT: Indigenous Pavilion Presentation: "Kawsak Sacha - The Living Forest proposal by the Kichwa of Sarayaku"

WHERE: Indigenous Peoples' Pavilion Auditorium

WHEN: Thursday, 10 December, 12:45pm - 2:00pm

WHAT: Global Greengrant Fund Youth Event "Mobilizing the Next Generation on Climate Justice and Indigenous Rights"

Speakers include representatives from indigenous groups in Ecuador, British Columbia, Kenya, and Indonesia

WHERE: Indigenous Peoples' Pavilion Auditorium

WHEN: Thursday, 10 December,  3:45pm - 5:00pm

Andrew E. Miller l Advocacy Director l Amazon Watch

1350 Connecticut Ave. NW #1100 Washington, DC 20036

andrew@amazonwatch.org l +1-202-423-4828 

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www.csia-nitassinan.org

 

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Resistance to Loop 202 through Akimel O'odham Gila River Territory

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Contre le périphérique 202 en territoire Akimel O'odham: interview d'Andrew Pedro from Christine Prat on Vimeo.

RESISTANCES TO EXTENSION OF LOOP 202 THROUGH GILA RIVER INDIAN COMMUNITY TERRITORY

By Christine Prat

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For several years, members of the Gila River Indian Community, particularly the Akimel O'odham Youth Collective, have opposed the projected extension of Loop 202 through their territory and through Moadak Do'ag, South Mountain, sacred for the O'odham. The project would destroy the South Mountain on the width of an 8 lanes wide freeway, and on places as high as a 2 storey building. Sacred land would be destroyed, as well as homes, some people would be forcibly displaced. Moreover, pollution – and the respiratory diseases it causes – would drastically increase; drugs and firearms would more easily enter the region and the Reservations. These are the issues Andrew Pedro, member of the Akimel O'odham Youth Collective, tells us about in this video, recorded on September 28^th, 2015.

https://vimeo.com/147109059

LOOP 202 IS PART OF A MUCH BIGGER PROJECT