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Indigenous Peoples Planning for the US Social Forum
From: Indigenous Environmental Network (IEN)
Apr 11, 2007

We are calling to action, all Relatives of the Four Directions of our Indigenous/Native communities to participate in the Opening March of the U.S. Social Forum on June 27th at 2pm Eastern Time zone.

The National Planning Committee of the USSF is recognizing the right of our original peoples of these lands to stand first in the line up of the March.

Our traditional territories and sacred lands lie within the colonial government called the United States.

Please come out, bring your issues, drums, songs, Native staffs and flags, …

Latin America Solidarity Coalition Conference
Chicago, Illinois, United States - Apr 13-15, 2007
http://lasolidarity.org

The Americas have a strong legacy of resistance. From the Mapuche struggle for land and autonomy against the conquistadors to the successful fight to force U.S.-owned Occidental Petroleum out of Ecuador earlier this year; from Simon Bolivar’s struggle for freedom from Spain and slavery to the Cuban, Sandinista, and modern day Bolivarian Revolutions — no decade has passed without seeing people coming together to fight subjugation. Millions of Latin Americans, dispossessed by Neoliberal Capitalism, imperialist looting, militarization and …

The 3rd Continental Summit of Indigenous Nations and Peoples, which began on March 26 in Iximulew, Guatemala came to an end yesterday…

Unfortunately, beyond what’s already posted here (see the links to the right of the page) and what follows below, there has been ZERO coverage of the Summit. As Nations States continue to misrepresent and mischaracterize indigenous people in the Americas, I find this especially disturbing.

Here is everything I’ve been able to find:

(1) There’s a blog by Marc Becker who posted a few articles and uploaded a …

Sutikalh 7 Year Anniversary Gathering
Saturday May 5, 2007
http://sutikalh.resist.ca

Come to this anniversary gathering on Saturday May 5, 2007 and celebrate 7 years of resistance & sovereignty.

Sutikalh camp is located off Hwy. 99 midway between Mt. Currie & Lillooet.

For more info contact:
Rosalin Sam 604-894-2400 sutikalh2003@telus.net
Ramona Joe 604-894-2462

Background: On May 2, 2000, members of the St’at’imc nation and their allies established a permanent camp near Melvin Creek, located off Highway 99 between Mt. Currie/Pemberton and Lillooet, in the southern Interior region of BC.

Known as Sutikalh, the St’at’imc winter spirit of …

note: as mentioned here, Rick Kearns is going to try to send me updates about what’s happening at the Summit. I will post what he sends in the comments area, below the following…

III Continental Indigenous Summit Abya Yala - Tecpan, Guatemala March 26-30, 2007

NAHUACALLI
Embassy of the Indigenous Peoples
Izkalotlan, Aztlan

March 21, 2007

Nohuanyolqueh,
Brothers and Sisters of the Indigenous Nations of the Continent:

Good greetings once again from the Nican Tlacah of Izkalotlan, Aztlan. May the powers of Memory, Conscience, and Will of your altepetl continue to guide the life of your nations, and also that we may collectively define with greater …

Traditional chiefs meet in Sudan’s Rumbek to restore authority
By Manyang Mayom, www.anyuakmedia.com
March 15, 2007

50 traditional chiefs from the different part of the Lakes State are participating in the First conference traditional authorities in order to discuss the organization of the eroded traditional authorities.

For the first time since the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA), a conference for the traditional and local cheffery is held in the capital of the Lakes state to restore the authority of traditional chiefs and to rejuvenate support to culture and language and promotion of dialogue and peaceful coexistence amongst different communities.

Southern Sudan constitution …

Convocation for Congress of Government and the Peoples
Cochabamba, Bolivia, 2-4 June, 2007
Evo Morales Ayma and Hugo Chavez

Considering that our continent is passing through a time of change towards a real integration based on sovereignty, dignity, harmony with nature and with the full participation of our peoples;

Committed to the process of social and structural transformation for the recuperation of our natural resources and the strengthening of our states in regards to the management of economic, social and cultural policies for the well being of the population;

Convinced that it is necessary to assume concrete measures between national, local and municipal governments, social …