Indigenous Peoples at US Social Forum: Halting the Legacy of Genocide
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Indigenous Peoples at US Social Forum: Halting the Legacy of Genocide
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Posted by Brenda Norrell - June 25, 2010 at 4:31 pm
By Brenda Norrell
Photos: Brita Brookes/US Social Forum Detroit
Ben Powless, Mohawk, Indigenous Day of Action Toronto
DETROIT -- Speaking out on environmental genocide, Indigenous Peoples
describe the legacy of death and destruction from mining, power
plants, toxic dumping and the nuclear industry, at the US Social Forum
in Detroit. Indigenous Peoples are consulting and strategizing on
energy and climate change, immigration, poverty, treaty rights, sacred
sites, cultural preservation, and de-militarization.
Broadcast live on Earthcycles, Navajo Leona Morgan describes how new
uranium mining targets Navajos living in Church Rock, N.M., where the
nation's deadliest radioactive spill occurred in 1979. In June of
2010, the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of Hydro
Resources Inc. of Texas, which if it proceeds, will poison the water
supply of Navajos with new in-situ uranium mining, by drilling on land
alongside Navajo land.
The Tewa Women United, on Earthcycles live, describe how the nuclear
industry and Los Alamos National Laboratories have exposed Pueblos to
generations of death and disease in northern New Mexico. Open air
burning, burial of nuclear waste and detonations have poisoned the
land, air and water for today's Pueblos and future generations.
Beata Tsosie Pena of Santa Clara Pueblo said, "We live in the desert
and our water supply is very precious to us. Water is our life. I'm
scared for my children. I'm scared for my grandchildren. I'm sacred
for my elders."
Indigenous Peoples opened the US Social Forum on Tuesday with a march
through Detroit. The local Native American community welcomed
Indigenous Peoples with a water ceremony in the morning and feast of
buffalo in the evening on Tuesday. During this week's Social Forum,
there was a powwow and concert with John Trudell and Anne Humphrey,
while workshops focused on environmental justice and ecology. The
Native Peoples Assembly developed strategies to protect Mother Earth
from corporate greed and destruction.
Casey Camp, Ponca Nation of Oklahoma, interviews Native Americans from
across North America on Earthcycles, describing the fight to halt the
destruction. Casey Camp interviews American Indians who describe
broken treaties and the destruction of their homelands. Camp describes
the Poncas fight for their land and sovereignty and the longterm
devastating pollution from Continental Carbon Black, the huge Conoco
Phillips Refinery.
The Indigenous Environmental Network said the US Social Forum provides
a platform to produce solutions.
"A multi-generational delegation of Indigenous Peoples from North
America have arrived in Detroit, Michigan this week to join other
social justice movements at the United States Social Forum, a large
gathering of diverse leaders developing powerful solutions to the
economic and ecological crises we face," IEN said.
"The delegation is comprised of Native American, Alaskan Native, and
First Nation activists and leaders from the communities most affected
by climate change and fossil fuel development in North America. They
represent many Nations including Cree, Mandan, Hidatsa, Arikara,
Ojibwe, Kachiquel Mayan, Pasqua, Dakota, Navajo, Yup'ik, Swinomish,
Mohawk, Oneida, Spokane, Colville, Couer d'Alene, Zuni, and Athabasca
Chipewyan First Nation."
The delegation, co-coordinated by the Indigenous Peoples' Working
Group of the USSF, Indigenous Environmental Network (IEN), Black Mesa
Water Coalition, Alaska Big Village Network, and others, is attending
the United States Social Forum to network and strengthen the various
U.S. movements working on energy and climate change, immigration,
poverty, treaty rights, sacred sites, cultural preservation, and de-
militarization issues.
Meanwhile, thousands of Indigenous Peoples converged four hours away
in Toronto, Canada to protest the G20 summit, a gathering of the
world's industrial powers.
"The USSF movement provides an alternative vision for the people, one
that is counter to the destructive neo-liberal agenda being discussed
by the world's so-called leaders at the G20 summit in Toronto, who are
talking about the destruction and commodification of every aspect of
life. But another world is possible, one that is about the
proliferation and health of this land we call Mother Earth, and we are
manifesting that here, in the birthplace of the automobile. Detroit,
US." says Clayton Thomas-Muller, Tar Sands Campaigner for the
Indigenous Environmental Network.
Photos and videos at Censored News:
http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com
Earthcycles live:
http://www.earthcycles.net
Free Speech TV: Live coverage USSF:
http://www.freespeech.org/
Indigenous Environmental Network
http://www.ienearth.org
Navajos Oppose New Uranium Mining in New Mexico
http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/7887536
Tewa Women United from Santa Clara Pueblo, N.M., at the US Social
Forum: http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/7887096
US Social Forum Saturday:
DETROIT HEALING WALK, 9:30-4:00, Saturday. Meet at Cobo Hall lower
level. Rides provided to Fort Wayne, a burial site of Indigenous
Peoples. Ceremony and 5-mile walk for healing and sharing.
Refreshments provided along walk. Closing ceremony back at Fort Wayne
at 4pm. Transportation provided back to Cobo Hall.
Briefing by Bolivian Ambassador Pablo Solon 'Cochabamba to Cancun'
WHAT: Briefing by Ambassador Solon "From Cochabamba to Cancun"
WHEN: Saturday, June 26, 2010 at 12:00pm
WHERE: Detroit, MI Cobo Hall
http://narcosphere.narconews.com/notebook/brenda-norrell/2010/06/indigenous-peoples-us-social-forum-halting-legacy-genocide
Posted by Brenda Norrell - June 25, 2010 at 4:31 pm
By Brenda Norrell
Photos: Brita Brookes/US Social Forum Detroit
Ben Powless, Mohawk, Indigenous Day of Action Toronto
DETROIT -- Speaking out on environmental genocide, Indigenous Peoples
describe the legacy of death and destruction from mining, power
plants, toxic dumping and the nuclear industry, at the US Social Forum
in Detroit. Indigenous Peoples are consulting and strategizing on
energy and climate change, immigration, poverty, treaty rights, sacred
sites, cultural preservation, and de-militarization.
Broadcast live on Earthcycles, Navajo Leona Morgan describes how new
uranium mining targets Navajos living in Church Rock, N.M., where the
nation's deadliest radioactive spill occurred in 1979. In June of
2010, the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of Hydro
Resources Inc. of Texas, which if it proceeds, will poison the water
supply of Navajos with new in-situ uranium mining, by drilling on land
alongside Navajo land.
The Tewa Women United, on Earthcycles live, describe how the nuclear
industry and Los Alamos National Laboratories have exposed Pueblos to
generations of death and disease in northern New Mexico. Open air
burning, burial of nuclear waste and detonations have poisoned the
land, air and water for today's Pueblos and future generations.
Beata Tsosie Pena of Santa Clara Pueblo said, "We live in the desert
and our water supply is very precious to us. Water is our life. I'm
scared for my children. I'm scared for my grandchildren. I'm sacred
for my elders."
Indigenous Peoples opened the US Social Forum on Tuesday with a march
through Detroit. The local Native American community welcomed
Indigenous Peoples with a water ceremony in the morning and feast of
buffalo in the evening on Tuesday. During this week's Social Forum,
there was a powwow and concert with John Trudell and Anne Humphrey,
while workshops focused on environmental justice and ecology. The
Native Peoples Assembly developed strategies to protect Mother Earth
from corporate greed and destruction.
Casey Camp, Ponca Nation of Oklahoma, interviews Native Americans from
across North America on Earthcycles, describing the fight to halt the
destruction. Casey Camp interviews American Indians who describe
broken treaties and the destruction of their homelands. Camp describes
the Poncas fight for their land and sovereignty and the longterm
devastating pollution from Continental Carbon Black, the huge Conoco
Phillips Refinery.
The Indigenous Environmental Network said the US Social Forum provides
a platform to produce solutions.
"A multi-generational delegation of Indigenous Peoples from North
America have arrived in Detroit, Michigan this week to join other
social justice movements at the United States Social Forum, a large
gathering of diverse leaders developing powerful solutions to the
economic and ecological crises we face," IEN said.
"The delegation is comprised of Native American, Alaskan Native, and
First Nation activists and leaders from the communities most affected
by climate change and fossil fuel development in North America. They
represent many Nations including Cree, Mandan, Hidatsa, Arikara,
Ojibwe, Kachiquel Mayan, Pasqua, Dakota, Navajo, Yup'ik, Swinomish,
Mohawk, Oneida, Spokane, Colville, Couer d'Alene, Zuni, and Athabasca
Chipewyan First Nation."
The delegation, co-coordinated by the Indigenous Peoples' Working
Group of the USSF, Indigenous Environmental Network (IEN), Black Mesa
Water Coalition, Alaska Big Village Network, and others, is attending
the United States Social Forum to network and strengthen the various
U.S. movements working on energy and climate change, immigration,
poverty, treaty rights, sacred sites, cultural preservation, and de-
militarization issues.
Meanwhile, thousands of Indigenous Peoples converged four hours away
in Toronto, Canada to protest the G20 summit, a gathering of the
world's industrial powers.
"The USSF movement provides an alternative vision for the people, one
that is counter to the destructive neo-liberal agenda being discussed
by the world's so-called leaders at the G20 summit in Toronto, who are
talking about the destruction and commodification of every aspect of
life. But another world is possible, one that is about the
proliferation and health of this land we call Mother Earth, and we are
manifesting that here, in the birthplace of the automobile. Detroit,
US." says Clayton Thomas-Muller, Tar Sands Campaigner for the
Indigenous Environmental Network.
Photos and videos at Censored News:
http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com
Earthcycles live:
http://www.earthcycles.net
Free Speech TV: Live coverage USSF:
http://www.freespeech.org/
Indigenous Environmental Network
http://www.ienearth.org
Navajos Oppose New Uranium Mining in New Mexico
http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/7887536
Tewa Women United from Santa Clara Pueblo, N.M., at the US Social
Forum: http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/7887096
US Social Forum Saturday:
DETROIT HEALING WALK, 9:30-4:00, Saturday. Meet at Cobo Hall lower
level. Rides provided to Fort Wayne, a burial site of Indigenous
Peoples. Ceremony and 5-mile walk for healing and sharing.
Refreshments provided along walk. Closing ceremony back at Fort Wayne
at 4pm. Transportation provided back to Cobo Hall.
Briefing by Bolivian Ambassador Pablo Solon 'Cochabamba to Cancun'
WHAT: Briefing by Ambassador Solon "From Cochabamba to Cancun"
WHEN: Saturday, June 26, 2010 at 12:00pm
WHERE: Detroit, MI Cobo Hall
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