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Next month, the Tohono O’odham will be hosting the 2nd Indigenous Peoples’ Border Summit of the Americas. It will run from November 7-10 at the San Xavier Community Center, 2018 W. San Xavier Rd, Tohono O’odham Nation.

Hopefully this years Summit will be once again broadcast live on the net. (It was broadcast last year, I believe thanks to www.earthcycles.net)

Below you will find the open invasion (oops, I meant invitation) and provisional agenda, courtesy of treatycouncil.org

“Indigenous Peoples’ Border Summit of the Americas II”
INVITATION AND ANNOUNCEMENT

We are honored and pleased to invite you to the “Indigenous Peoples’ …

On a recent expedition to supervise the Peru-Brazil border, the Brazilian Ashaninkas received death threats from a task leader of the Peruvian company Venao Forestal—raising concerns about the possibility of violent clashes in the future. Venao is also manipulating and creating conflict among the Ashaninka, exploiting them for wood.

Venao is one of many companies that illegally crosses into Brazil to log trees like mahogany and cedar.

The Ashaninka Society of the Rio Amônia sent out a notice of concern regarding the actions of Venao, and is calling for immediate action by …

On Friday, The Organization of Indigenous People (OIS) submitted a petition to the Surinamese government and the French ambassador to Suriname, calling for an end to activities in the recently created two million hectare French Guiana Park

The French Army has recently begun ordering Indigenous People to stop all hunting and fishing in a disputed area along the southeastern border of Suriname. Reports have also been coming in that the French Army has been destroying property.

From caribbeannetnews.com - OIS-president Nardo Aloema was quoted as saying by …

From IDMC - Some 25 million people worldwide currently live in situations of internal displacement as a result of conflicts or human rights violations. They were forced to flee their homes because their lives were at danger, but unlike refugees they did not cross international borders. Although internally displaced people now outnumber refugees by two to one, their plight receives far less international attention.

Many IDPs remain exposed to violence and other human rights violations during their displacement. Often they have no or only very limited access to food, employment, …

Blacks and Immigrants: More Allies Than Adversaries
By Gerald Lenoir, urbanhabitat.org
Spring 2007

The year 2006 will go down as a watershed year for the immigrant rights movement in the United States. Bringing millions of immigrants and their families and supporters into the streets was a huge accomplishment. But much more needs to be done to consolidate a fragmented movement and bring on new allies.

Last April, a group of African Americans and Black immigrants in Oakland, California came together to form the Black Alliance for Just Immigration (BAJI). “BAJI was founded to support the demands of the immigrant rights movement and to …

Mohawk grandmother remains in hiding, defying arrest warrant
“Katenies” challenges US-Canada border jurisdiction

Akwesasne/Kahnawake, Mohawk Territory; March 5, 2007 — A Mohawk woman from the Akwesasne Community remains in hiding, defying an arrest warrant from the Superior Court of Ontario in Cornwall.

“Katenies” (whose Mohawk name means “she changes things around”)refused to appear in court on customs and border violations this past January 18, 2007. Instead, she served her own “Motion to Dismiss,” questioning the jurisdiction of the courts and border officials over sovereign Mohawk peoples and their land.

Katenies is a mother and grandmother ? her third grandchild was born just 5 days …

Passport restrictions fly in face of tradition
By Doug Cuthand, January 29, 2007
The Leader-Post

A new chapter began this week in Canada’s relationship with the United States with new American regulations that require passports for air passengers entering the U.S. All non-Americans need a passport to enter the U.S. and Americans require one to re-enter.

This is not going over well in Indian Country and for good reason. The border has been in place only for about 200 years and it’s totally arbitrary when it comes to our traditional national boundaries.

In Saskatchewan, members of the Dakota Nation sought asylum in Canada following …