Amazonian Chief Ninawa Huni Kui 'Sacred Sites Maintain the Equilibrium of Our People'

 

Hereditary Chief Ninawa Huni Kui speaking at the U.N. Permanent Forum. Screenshot by Censored News.

Amazonian Chief Ninawa Huni Kui, 'Sacred Sites Maintain the Equilibrium of Our People'

By Brenda Norrell, Censored News, April 23, 2024

NEW YORK -- Hereditary Chief Ninawa Huni Kui recommended to the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues that the protection of sacred sites be placed at the center of global discussions, to maintain the equilibrium of Indigenous Peoples.

"When we protect sacred sites, it is not only for cultural events, but we also maintain the integrity of the sacred spiritual relationship with the Spirit of Mother Earth," Chief Ninawa said on Tuesday, at the U.N. Forum now underway in New York.

"I would like to make a proposal to this Permanent Forum," said Hereditary Chief Ninawa Huni, of the Indigenous Peoples from the Brazilian Amazon.

Chief Ninawa said everything is suffering from the impact of the climate.

"I see a need to speak and bring the voice of the ancient wise Indigenous People to this Permanent Forum. We have a suggestion that we may be able to use, and the spiritual leaders of the world can also convey their ancestral wisdom to this Permanent Forum."

"It is an important aspect that affects the balance of this world, with our medicine, with our spiritual connection that we have, I would like to propose that we put at the center of the global discussion the protection of sacred sites, both at the Permanent Forum, and at UNESCO which is here at this Forum, it is very important that they also consider this." 

Chief Ninawa said this is a "contribution of spiritual leaders to maintain the equilibrium in our people."

"We are directly affected by a model that is continuing at a global level, it is not bringing positive results for Indigenous communities."

"A major step that we can take is to draw attention specifically to the protection of sacred sites, that protect the power of Indigenous People. When we protect sacred sites, it is not only for cultural events, but we also maintain the integrity of the sacred spiritual relationship with the Spirit of Mother Earth."

"If we do this, we will be able to live in peace, this is necessary for Indigenous People."

Chief Ninawá Huni Kui

Chief Ninawá Huni Kui is a hereditary leader of the Huni Kui people, a Wall International Indigenous Scholar, and the elected President of the Huni Kui federation of the State of Acre, in the Amazon region. He represents 118 communities and a population of more than 15,000 people. The Huni Kui Indigenous people are part of the Amazon Rainforest and put their lives on the line to protect it. Chief Ninawá has been a strong voice against false solutions to the climate crisis and a global advocate for placing Indigenous rights and lives at the center of the climate and nature emergency agenda.

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Canada Failing Youths and Survivors of Residential Schools, Indigenous Youths Tell United Nations

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Canada Failing Youths and Survivors of Residential Schools, Youths Tell United Nations By Brenda Norrell, Censored News, April 22, 2024

NEW YORK -- "Canada continues to fail to take up solutions from survivors and Indigenous youths to address the legacy of the residential school system," a coalition of community-based Indigenous youth groups told the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues.

Indigenous community-based youth groups in so-called Canada voiced an urgent need to have their collective rights respected for cultural and language revitalization, and climate justice, in the face of ongoing environmental racism, land and cultural dispossession and "Canada's willful disregard of traditional government systems."

The youths urged implementation of the Truth and Reconciliation's Commission's Call to Action 66 for multiyear funding for community-based youth groups organizations, to deliver programs on reconciliation and establish a national network to share best practices.

The youths stressed the need to have a voice in the decisions that affect their lives.

Censored News original series on the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues.

The Red Nation -- Albuquerque Teacher Cut off Braid, Verbally Assaulted Student: Pack the Courtroom

MCKENZIE JOHNSON V. BOARD OF EDUCATION FOR ALBUQUERQUE PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND MARY JANE EASTIN

On October 31, 2018, two Indigenous students at Cibola High School in Albuquerque, New Mexico were assaulted by their teacher, Mary Jane Eastin. One student, had roughly three inches of her braid cut off, and McKenzie Johnson was called “a bloody Indian.”

Pack the Courtroom: Monday, April 29, 2024, 10 a.m.

Central New Mexico Community College, Smith Brasher Hall, 717 University Blvd., Albuquerque, New Mexico 87106

By The Red Nation, Censored News, April 21, 2024

On October 31, 2018, two Indigenous students in an Advanced Placement literature class at Cibola High School in Albuquerque, NM were assaulted by their teacher, Mary Jane Eastin. One student, who asks to remain anonymous, had roughly three inches of her braid cut off, and McKenzie Johnson was called “a bloody Indian.” 

Bolivia 'The Women in My Community Have Always Been Warriors'

Representative of the Bartolina Sisa National Confederation of Peasant Women of Bolivia by Censored News.

Bolivia 'The Women in My Community Have Always Been Warriors'

By Brenda Norrell, Censored News, April 21, 2024

NEW YORK -- "The women in my community have always been warriors," the representative of the powerful Indigenous women's movement in Bolivia told the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues on Friday.

"Indigenous women and girls face many challenges and we are forgotten. We do not have access to proper education and health care, and economic opportunities. That is not fair and is unacceptable."

"However in Bolivia, we have made significant progress," said the representative of the Confederation of National Indigenous and Campesino Women of Bolivia Bartolina Sisa.