LIPAN APACHE EL CALABOZ LEADERS TO U.S. SOCIAL FORUM

STATEMENT OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF THE TEXAS-MEXICO BORDER,
LOWER RIO GRANDE RIVER, EL CALABOZ RANCHERÍA,
TO THE U.S. SOCIAL FORUM (2010) REPRESENTATIVES

Greetings!

The Lipan Apache Women Defense (LAW-Defense), an Indigenous Peoples Organization (IPO), established in 2007, and a Texas-Mexico border human rights working group, co-founded by Eloisa Garcia Tamez and Margo Tamez, is located in the heartland of Nde' shimaa hada'didla ('lands of the lightning people clans), in El Calaboz Rancheria. We exercise the right to pursue all the venues available and to create new ones for the application of customary laws of Indigenous peoples, human rights and international law, and the United Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP).
LAW-Defense welcomes and invites partnerships to work productively for Indigenous Peoples‟ pursuit of “self-determination, land and natural resources, cultural rights and sacred sites protection, subsistence, Treaty rights, health and social services, non-discrimination, environmental protection, education, language, and many others which Indigenous Peoples identified as essential to their dignity, survival and well-being.”1
At this time, LAW-Defense calls upon our sisters and brothers participating in the 2010 U.S. Social Forum to join us in the sustained interrogation of the human rights violations committed by the United States of America along the Texas-Mexico border in its construction of an 18 foot tall steel, concrete reinforced wall across Indigenous Peoples lands.
LAW-Defense calls upon the U.S. Social Forum participants to support the self-determination processes of the diverse Indigenous communities who are directly impacted and irreparably harmed by the U.S. border wall construction which unfolded, between 2006-2009 in community-held lands.

Full statement here.

AZ SB1070: PERSPECTIVES REGARDING INDIGENOUS MIGRANTS' PRINCIPLES

(SOURCE: PHOTO BY LALO ALCAREZ)









O'ODHAM SOLIDARITY ACROSS BORDERS COLLECTIVE

RALLY AT CONGRESSMAN RAUL GRIJALVA'S OFFICE

COALICION DERECHOS HUMANOS

TONATIERRA

NATIVE AMERICAN AND INDIGENOUS STUDIES ASSOCIATION


MUJERES ACTIVAS EN LETRAS Y CAMBIO SOCIAL (MALCS)


STANDING FIRM


CENTER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND CONSTITUTIONAL LAW

MADRE.ORG [INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, INDIGENOUS BRACEROS 'RIGHTS IN IMMIGRATION']

NAKASEC ['KOREAN AMERICANS' JOIN PROTEST OF SB 1070]

LA NUEVA RAZA ['BOYCOTT ARIZONA...A CONSUMER GUIDE']

JAN B. TUCKER [CITIZEN ACTS]

ARIZONA PRISON WATCH


ACLU OF ARIZONA

DETENTION WATCH NETWORK


AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL/USA

IMMIGRATION PROF BLOG/LAW PROFESSOR BLOGS NETWORK

BORDER ACTION NETWORK

NNIRR

PRESENTE.ORG

ALTO ARIZONA

CENTER FOR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS/NY,NY

MEXICAN-AMERICAN LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATION FUND

NATIONAL DAY LABORER ORGANIZING NETWORK

POMONA ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY CENTER

PUENTE!

INDIGENOUS MEXICAN MIGRATION TO THE U.S.AND ITS IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITIES OF ORIGIN

FIRST NATIONS UNITED

NATIONAL MECHA (MOVIMIENTO ESTUDIANTIL CHICANO DE AZTLAN)

MEGAMARCH POETRY & ART BY NEPHTALI DELEON

LIPAN APACHE WOMEN DEFENSE

US-MEXICO Border: Human Rights and the State

US-MEXICO: Humanitarian Aid Criminalised at the Border


ARIVACA, Arizona -- Humanitarian aid groups trying to avert migrant deaths on the U.S- Mexico border are facing increased roadblocks in their mission. The hazards are not connected to a spike in drug cartels’ violence, but rather restrictions from the federal government.


By Valeria Fernández, IPS

Transporting a migrant in despair to a hospital could mean a volunteer is charged with human smuggling. A simple act of kindness like leaving water in the desert can be subject to penalties as well.

"We’re being intimidated and criminalised as humanitarians," said Walt Staton, a 27-year-old volunteer with No More Deaths, a humanitarian aid group. (For full story, click on GALDU site.

SAN CARLOS APACHE TRIBE AND LIPAN APACHE WOMEN DEFENSE JOINT INTERVENTION, UNPFII 8TH SESSION, 2009

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SELF RULE FOR NAALAKKERSUISUT--(formerly known as Greenland)

Some of Greenland’s 58,000 people in Nuuk on Sunday at a ceremony giving the country powers of self-governance. Photo: Narayan Mahon for The New York Times



New York Times, By Sarah Lyall, June 21, 2009
Fondly, Greenland Loosens Danish Rule

Excerpt:
"The move, which allows Greenland to gradually take responsibility over areas like criminal justice and oil exploration, follows a referendum last year in which 76 percent of voters said they wanted self-rule. Many of the changes are deeply symbolic. Kalaallisut, a traditional Inuit dialect, is now the country’s official language, and Greenlanders are now recognized under international law as a separate people from Danes.

Thrillingly, the Greenlandic government now gets to call itself by its Inuit name, Naalakkersuisut — the first time in history, officials said, that the word has been used in a Danish government document.

“It’s a new relationship based on equality,” said Greenland’s new, charismatic prime minister, Kuupik Kleist, speaking of the balance of power between Greenland and Denmark."

Indigenous Peoples and Delegates Reject "REDD--Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation" as a Violation to Human and Indigenous Rights

From REDD Monitor
[Photo Credit: Ben Powless]

Indigenous Peoples reject carbon trading and forest offsets
By Chris Lang, 4th May 2009

From 20-24 April 2009, almost 400 Indigenous representatives met in Anchorage, Alaska for the Indigenous Peoples’ Global Summit on Climate Change. After four days of meetings, they produced “The Anchorage Declaration“, which was agreed by consensus of the participants. “Mother Earth is no longer in a period of climate change, but in climate crisis,” the Declaration states. “Indigenous Peoples have a vital role in defending and healing Mother Earth.”

The Declaration states that the rights of Indigenous Peoples “must be fully respected in all decision-making processes and activities related to climate change”. These rights are affirmed by the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) and include rights to lands, territories, environment and natural resources. “When specific programs and projects affect them, the right to Self Determination of Indigenous Peoples must be respected, emphasizing our right to Free Prior and Informed Consent including the right to so ‘no’.”

The Declaration refers to forests on several occasions. “We reaffirm the unbreakable and sacred connection between land, air, water, oceans, forests, sea, ice, plants, animals and our human communities as the material and spritual basis for our existence.” It also refers to REDD:

“All initiatives under Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD) must secure the recognition and implementation of the human rights of Indigenous Peoples, including security of land tenure, ownership, recognition of land title according to traditional ways, uses and customary laws and the multiple benefits of forests for climate, ecosystems, and Peoples before taking any action.”
The Declaration specifically rejects carbon trading and forest offsets as false solutions to climate change:

“We challenge States to abandon false solutions to climate change that negatively impact Indigenous Peoples’ rights, lands, air, oceans, forests, territories and waters. These include nuclear energy, large-scale dams, geo-engineering techniques, “clean coal”, agro-fuels, plantations, and market based mechanisms such as carbon trading, the Clean Development Mechanism, and forest offsets. The human rights of Indigenous Peoples to protect our forests and forest livelihoods must be recognized, respected and ensured.”
The Declaration calls on the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change to agree binding targets for emissions reductions for developed countries (Annex 1) of at least 45% below 1990 levels by 2020 and at least 95% by 2050. It also calls on the UNFCCC to “recognize the historical and ecological debt of the Annex 1 countries in contributing to greenhouse gas emissions. We call on these countries to pay this historical debt.”