THE Indigenous People (IP) of Mindanao, represented by Panagtagbo Mindanao secretary general Datu Victorino Migketay Saway, gave their official support to the ancestral domain claim of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) during a conference Saturday
The government is negotiating peace with the MILF, which is fighting the past three decades for the establishment of a strict Islamic state in Mindanao. One of the three major aspects of the talks is the issue on ancestral domain.
Ancestral domain refers to the MILF demand for territory that will constitute a Muslim homeland. It is the single most important issue in the peace negotiations before the rebel group can reach a political settlement.
The IP’s position paper, signed on July 24, states that the IPs strongly support the peace talks on ancestral domain and that the peace agreement that will be signed in the future will not sever peaceful relationships between the …
The agreement is said to be worth $73 million dollars in cash, land and forest tenure. (click here for highlights) It has now been initialed, opening the doors to ratification by the Lheidli T’enneh. This is the first treaty under the B.C. Treaty process and has been 13 years in the making so the three parties to the agreement wanted to celebrate.
Two hundred and fifty people turned out to the Civic Centre in Prince George to witness the historic event.
Premier Gordon Campbell said that for 2 centuries the relationship between B.C. and the First Nations was one of denial, and recognized that the Lheidli T’enneh had good reason not to trust, “Still, they came to the table, and I am determined to see that trust is rewarded.” he told the crowd.
The ceremony started with a processional of drummers followed by Lheidli T’enneh Band leaders …
By Subcomandante Insurgente Marcos
The Other Mexico
October 26, 2006
Bueno, Compañeras and Compañeros:
First we just want to thank the Monroy family, who is receiving the Sixth Commission and the Karavana’s compañeros, who are giving us lodging here, in… Rancho el Peñasco is it called? Thank you Compañeros and Compañeras. And thank you to all of you who have endured the six hours that we have been here, and I hope you have a little patience for what I am going to say.
We especially want to thank the traditional O’odham authorities. Don José, Doña Ofelia – I don’t see her anymore – Is Doña Ofelia still here? No? Brenda, Doña Brenda? They’re not here either, what a pity. Doña Alicia?
Well, that’s what happened to us. The traditional authorities went away and we came to listen to them. No? But Don José is here, as I want to bring a …
Two Indigenous Comandantes Will Travel to Live in Each State; Later, “We Will Travel To Every Part of the United States and Canada”
By Simon Fitzgerald
The Other Journalism with the Other Campaign in Baja California
October 21, 2006
On the night of Thursday, October 19, at the end of two days of meetings, rallies, and events with the Other Tijuana and the Other Campaign on the Other Side, Subcomandante Insurgente Marcos explained in more detail how the Other Campaign will function after the current tour around the country ends in Mexico City on November 30.
In the MultiKulti Theatre in downtown Tijuana, Marcos clarified that his trip around the country was to make first contact with adherents to the Other Campaign, “to see who is getting close to us just for the photo-op and who is really working in their communities.” Afterwords, larger delegations of indigenous comandantes – with at least one man and …
World Indigenous Empowerment Summit
La Paz, Oct 9 (Prensa Latina) The multinational state, the Constituent Assembly, resistance and democracy are on Monday s agenda for delegates at the Continental Summit of the Indigenous Peoples and Nationalities of Abya Yala.
Over a thousand representatives from Bolivia, the US, Canada, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama, Honduras, Brazil, Argentina, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela and Uruguay are presenting their experiences with unity in native peoples.
They will discuss international rights, identity and coexistence as well as culture, education, language and historical social debts in work commissions.
The event ending October 12 will spurn Washington´s new colonization strategy through the Free Trade Area of the Americas and the Free Trade Agreements. I aims at creating a mechanism that consolidates brotherhood and complementary capacity among peoples.
Delegates will especially honor President Evo Morales, the first indigenous statesman.
Likewise, attendees will say no to interventionism, militarization and all policies and actions that damage sovereignty and …
Posted: August 28, 2006 by: David Melmer / Indian Country Today
STURGIS, S.D. - Alex White Plume, president of the Oglala Sioux Tribe and a traditional Lakota, has a history of doing things differently, or rather, doing things the traditional way.
White Plume focuses on his tiospaye, extended family, and works to create a solid cultural structure within that family. When he planted industrial hemp to bring some economic stability to the family, he was arrested and the crop destroyed by the federal government. White Plume developed a horse camp, called Giza Park, on his own property. And with his guidance the family erected a wind-powered generator and solar collectors to provide electric power for his family and, eventually, surrounding residents on the badlands just north of Manderson on the Pine Ridge Reservation.
White Plume was elected Oglala Sioux tribal vice president in 2004 and was moved into the president’s office after the …
By WES KELLER Freelance Reporter
A duo ostensibly representing the “Six Nations Women Title Holders” has served notice on Canadian Hydro Developers Inc. asserting that it owns the Melancthon I wind plant, and intends to seize it.
In a notice also posted on the Internet and signed by Kahentinetha /s/ and Katenies /s/, the women maintain that title to all lands within six miles of the Grand River is vested in them, and any structures built on the land become part of the land, according to case law.
These women are not of “the lunatic fringe.” They cite treaties pre-dating the British North America Act along with a Supreme Court of Canada ruling in support of their claim to the land. That ruling may have given impetus to the group’s coincident claims to the 407 toll road and property owned by Toronto District School Board on the Pine River. It might also have …
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