President of the United Nations General Assembly María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés, (Ecuador) met during COP 24 (December 1, 2018) with Indigenous Peoples representatives from Arctic, Latin America, Africa, Pacific and North America including IITC’s Executive Director in Katowice Poland.Photo by Kera Sherwood-O'Regan. Greetings to our Friends, Colleagues, and Supporters, I [...]
NAU MAI, HAERE MAI We invite you to attend Te kunenga mai Hawaiki Pacific Food Sovereignty & Traditional Knowledge Conference I kune mai Hawaiki, ki te kune kai, ki te kune tangata The source (kune) of all things valuable that migrated to Aotearoa Those valuable things are people, knowledge, culture, traditional practices; hunting, fishing, [...]
Oceti Sakowin Treaty Conference December 11-13, 2018 Rushmore Plaza Holiday Inn Rapid City, SD Topics: Inherent Sovereignty Treaty Rights Keystone XL Gold Mining Oil Wells Health Care Options Lakota Language Astronomy Doctrine of Discovery United Nations Water Rights Uranium Mining Strategic Planning Climate Change $100 Pre-registration before November 30, 2018 Mail to Sicangu [...]
You’re kindly invited to the November event: National Native American Heritage Month and Studies in Indigenous Borderlands (SIB). Andrea Carmen Executive Director of the International Indian Treaty Council November 7, 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. Place: Gewkdag Son Ki, Meeting Room 4 Environmental Violence: Import and Export of Banned and Highly Restricted Pesticides to Mexico and the resulting Human Rights Violations of Yaqui Communities. For the full PDF flyer, please click here: https://www.iitc.org/wp-content/uploads/Andrea-Carmen-Nov-7-2018.pdf
"It is a pleasure for me to address the General Assembly today for the fifth time since I took up the mandate as Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples in 2014. Over the last half decade, I have been reporting here and at the Human Rights Council on a range of troubling issues [...]
PSR-AZ PRESENTS INTERNATIONAL URANIUM FILM FESTIVAL – SW 2018 TOUR DECEMBER 12, 2018 WEDNESDAY 6:30 PM – 9 PM YWCA | 525 N BONITA AVE | TUCSON TOO PRECIOUS TO MINE, USA, 2017, 10 MINUTES HALF LIFE: THE STORY OF AMERICA’S LAST URANIUM MILL, USA, 2016, 12 min CRYING EARTH RISE UP, USA, 2014, [...]
The International Indian Treaty Council invites you to INDIGENOUS PEOPLES THANKSGIVING SUNRISE GATHERING Giving thanks for our ways of life, sacred lands and waters, ancestors and new generations. Alcatraz * San Francisco * Ohlone Territory November 22nd, 2018 Ohlone welcome Indigenous drummers, dancers, presenters and special guests. WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE. Absolutely NO drugs, alcohol or weapons [...]
For Immediate Release: October 9, 2018 Contact: Roberto Borrero, communications@treatycouncil.org, 917-334-5658 San Francisco Proclaims October 8th as Indigenous Peoples Day San Francisco, California: On October 8, 2018, during a celebration coordinated by the International Indian Treaty Council (IITC) in Yerba Buena Gardens, Mayor London Breed accompanied by Board of Supervisors Vallie Brown and Malia Cohen delivered a [...]
For Immediate Release Contact: Andrea Carmen, IITC Executive Director andrea@treatycouncil.org, (520) 273-6003 (cell) or (520) 833-9797 (IITC Tucson Office) The International Indian Treaty Council Opens its New Office in Tucson Arizona IITC Tucson Office Staff Nicole Yanes, Andrea Carmen and Amy Juan in front of the new office September 24, 2018, [...]
IITC Event: August 24-26, 2018, Oaxaca, Mexico Respecting Our Traditional Science and Ways of Knowing: Indigenous Peoples’ Sovereignty, Lifeways, and Climate Change Cultural Survival and the International Indian Treaty Council are holding a two-day convening titled Respecting Our Traditional Science and Ways of Knowing: Indigenous Peoples’ Sovereignty, Lifeways, and Climate Change as part of [...]
