Reports from the Seventh Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
Special theme: Climate change, bio-cultural diversity and livelihoods.
21 April - 2 May, 2008 . New York.

Video Part 1.         Video Part2     . Photos Event_Religious Freedom Lockdown:  Justice, Jails and Families_ Peace development fund.Held on April 28th, this panel was moderated by Tina Reynolds (PDF Board Member), and featured Davian Azziz-Reynolds from the Osborne Association, Stephanie Autumn and Wastewin Gonzalez from the American Indian Prison Project, Marletta Pacheco from the South Dakota Prisoner Support Group, and Lenny Foster from the Navajo Nation Prison Project. _  Link for More Info. www.peacedevelopmentfund.org

Video Part 1.    Video Part 2.    Photos Event_Nuclear, Coal, and Oil: Climate Change at its Best  , Peace development fund.Held on April 29th, this panel was moderated by Kazu Haga (PDF Staff), and featured Dr. Mildred McClain from Citizens for Environmental Justice, Dailan Jake Long from Dine CARE, Teresa Juarez from the New Mexico Alliance, and Miguel Moreno from Product of Aztlan. The panel spoke about the issue of Climate Change from a community perspective, and what grassroots organizations are doing to fight the expansion of new power plants and offer alternatives.    www.peacedevelopmentfund.org

Video Part 1.         Video Part2     . Photos The first annual Ingrid Washinawatok El-Issa O’Peqtaw Metaehmoh -  Flying Eagle Woman Peace, Justice, and Sovereignty Award. Video of the ceremony honoring: Rosemary Richmond, Elsa Stamatopoulou, and Dr. Andrée-Nicola McLaughlin_  Link for More Info. FLYING EAGLE WOMAN FUND

Video Part 1.    Video Part 2.    Photos Sovereignty , Indigenous people and the environment. A side-panel of the UN Seventh session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues:Alex Ewen,Tonya Gonnella-Frichner Steven Newcomb, Nicholas Robinson Earl Tulley, Gail Small, Oren Lyons.   FLYING EAGLE WOMAN FUND

Events and interviews in the side of the Forum:

The Indigenous Nations of the uncolonized Africa.

The Case of the Massai Nation in Kenya. Michael Tiampati from the Massai Nation. Video Mainyoito Pastoralist Integrated Development Organization (MPIDO) www.mpido.org Maa Civil Society Forum.

Daniel Salau Rogei...Interview_10 mints Video More Info: The Simba Maasai Outreach Organization (SIMOO) www.simookenya.org www.mpido.org

"Man is always beaten by his own tricks", or as the Masai people say...ten minutes interview with Ben R. Ole Koissaba & Daniel Ole Tenaai._Massai_Kenya Maa Civil Society Forum.

Massai Nation _ Daniel and Grace Salau Rogei. Video The Massai Presentation_ the Global indigenous voices festival... Bluestockings Bookstore.Hosted by: Tiokasin Ghosthorse. ....& indigenous voices .

Nacion Mapuche

Aquiles Meliman Video Centro de cultura publo Mapuche autonomo www.mapuexpress.net

Nilo Cayuqueo Video www.azkintuwe.org

Lonko Puran _Martin Velasquez Maliqueo Video

Video       Photos Indigenous Peoples are outraged at the UN Permanent Forum's final report that endorse The World Bank funded carbon trading initiative. Video of the Protest

Video     Photos May_02_The Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO)_workShop with professor joshua cooper and Sofia Mårn. Link for More info www.unpo.org

In Sessions Live_ Statements by different Indigenous Nations Representatives.

Michael Paul Hill: Apache Nation. www.lipanapachecommunitydefense.blogspot.com www.mountgraham.org Text Statement_Link

Ms.Hilaria Supu Huaman_Peru.Representante Quechua. Congresista Peruana por la región de Cuzco Text Statement_Link

Ghislain Picard Innu (Montagnais)_Quebec_Canadan. Text Statement_Link

Willie Littlechild _ Ermineskin Cree Nation. Canada Text Statement_Link

Audrey HOC_ Ideia Zabaldu (Pays Basque) Northern Basque Country. Text Statement_Link

Stay tuned_For more videos .

Photos Gallery_The Seventh Session
                            


 

From the indigenous Tuareg nation of Africa. Water is Life: Tinariwen in Town: 
Watch the  Video of concert and interview with Eyadou Ag Leche The Base Player and photos.
When I entered the packed Highline Ballroom last night to watch the West-African group Tinariwen, I didn’t know what to expect exactly. This band of Tuareg nomads, who sing in the Tamashek language, draw on traditional Tuareg music and West-African blues guitar (think Ali Farka Touré) to create soaring, trance-inducing aural trips.

I’d heard the intensely beautiful record Aman Iman: Water is Life, released earlier this year, but wasn’t sure how the songs would translate to a New York venue, especially since Tinariwen boasts more than 30 members at its largest when performing in the Sahara region, but brings a smaller crew abroad.

Though the record includes a chorus of male and female voices, the touring group included five men: Abdallah Ag Alhousseyni (Guitar), Touhami Ag Alhassane(Guitar), Eyadou Ag Leche (Bass), Said Ag Ayad (Percussion) and Abdallah Ag Lamida (Guitar). Dressed in the long flowing tunics, veils and head cloths common to West Africa, their striking appearance enhanced their already powerful stage presence. And the audience quickly became swept up in the polyrhythms and perfectly played combination of electric and acoustic guitars until the whole crowd was dancing and swaying, hypnotized. After a set that lasted a little more than an hour, Tinariwen returned to the stage for three encores, obliging the enthusiastic throngs who begged for more. And afterwards, I walked home blissed out, unable to stop smiling.by Amre Klimchak
http://www.nypress.com/blogx/display_blog.cfm?bid=62910379
http://www.tinariwen.com/
If you missed the show last night, Tinariwen will play an acoustic in-store set tonight at 8 p.m. at Other Music (15 E. 4th St.).

Tinariwen live concert New York City
The song Arawan. Watch the Video       interview with Eyadou Ag Leche _Thanks to                                                                             www.firstvoicesindigenousradio.org

International Forum on Globalization (IFG) & International Coalition of NGOs Calls for
the Adoption of UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples _ Denounces CANADA, NEW ZEALAND AND AUSTRALIA
for "“HUMAN RIGHTS HYPOCRISY” in leading the opposition to the Declaration.

Protests and March to the Missions of Canada , New Zealand and Australia.

Protests and March to the Missions of Canada , New Zealand and Australia.Facilitated by: International Forum on Globalization (IFG) _Video

statements by different International Coalition of NGOs Representatives Calling for the Adoption of UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous PeopleS .Video