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style="font-size: 12pt;">The four-day November 7- 10, 2007 at Tohono
O'odham Nation- Border Summit will host speakers and provide an
opportunity for testimony on the militarization of the borders of
US/Mexico and US/Canada, with a focus on Indigenous Peoples right of
mobility in their ancestral territories. <br>
Mike Flores, Tohono O'odham summit organizer, said, "It is necessary<br>
for Tohono O'odham and other Indigenous Peoples of the border regions<br>
to collectively address the adverse impacts that are increasingly <br>
occurring on tribal lands.<br>
"The Border Summit of the Americas II will provide us the opportunity<br>
to do just that," said Flores, member of the International Indian<br>
Treaty Council.<br>
San Xavier District Chairman Austin Nunez joins <st1:place w:st="on">Flores</st1:place>
in welcoming <br>
Indigenous Peoples to the Border Summit on Tohono O'odham land.<br>
During the Border Summit, Indigenous Peoples will discuss the impacts<br>
on Indigenous Peoples of borders throughout the world, especially for<br>
women, children and the elderly, and new visa and passport policies.<br>
Further, the impacts of border regulations on Indigenous Peoples'<br>
ceremonies and cultures will be discussed.<br>
The International Indian Treaty Council will host a panel on human <br>
rights and the United Nations.The imprisonment of migrant children in<br>
<st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Texas</st1:place></st1:State>,
other migrant detention centers and experimental spy technology<br>
along the US/Mexico border will be among the topics. Further, the<br>
right of mobility of Native people in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Canada</st1:place></st1:country-region>, along the northern <br>
border, and impacts on the environment will be presented.<br>
Following the successful Border Summit in 2006, the San Xavier<br>
District of the Tohono O'odham Nation will again host the summit this<br>
year. The United Nations encouraged the Border Summit to be held for a<br>
second time.<br>
<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" title="mailto:bordersummit2007@yahoo.com"
href="mailto:bordersummit2007@yahoo.com" target="_blank">bordersummit2007@yahoo.com
</a><br>
<br>
Contacts:<br>
Tohono O'odham Border Summit organizer Mike Flores: (520) 235-2406,<br>
email: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
title="mailto:Michaelflores_@hotmail.com"
href="mailto:Michaelflores_@hotmail.com" target="_blank">Michaelflores_@hotmail.com
</a><br>
<st1:place w:st="on"><st2:Sn w:st="on">San</st2:Sn> <st2:middlename
w:st="on">Xavier</st2:middlename> <st2:Sn w:st="on">District</st2:Sn></st1:place>:
Kim Garcia at (520) 573-4000 or by e-mail at<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" title="mailto:kgarcia@waknet.org"
href="mailto:kgarcia@waknet.org" target="_blank">kgarcia@waknet.org </a><br>
<br>
Treaty Council presents human rights training during Border Summit <br>
Human Rights Training<br>
<br>
Using the United Nations to hold the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">US</st1:place></st1:country-region> accountable for Racism
towards<br>
Indigenous Peoples & Strategies for Implementing the UN Declaration
on <br>
the Rights of Indigenous Peoples<br>
<br>
The International Indian Treaty Council (IITC) will conduct a workshop<br>
focusing on holding the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">United States</st1:place></st1:country-region>' accountable
to its legally<br>
binding obligations under the International Convention on the <br>
Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD). <br>
<br>
The <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">US</st1:place></st1:country-region>
will be examined by the CERD Committee in March of 2008, in<br>
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Geneva</st1:City>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Switzerland</st1:country-region></st1:place>. This workshop
will provide information as to how<br>
Indigenous Nations, tribes and organizations can use this historic <br>
opportunity to inform the CERD Committee on the true state of racial<br>
discrimination in this county and how it affects Indian Nations,<br>
Peoples and communities. This information will be very important to<br>
help the UN CERD experts get a more accurate picture of racial <br>
discrimination in the <st1:country-region w:st="on">US</st1:country-region>
and hold the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">US</st1:place></st1:country-region>
accountable to their<br>
obligations under international human rights law.<br>
<br>
An additional focus will be on strategies to defend our human rights,<br>
border rights, and protecting our sacred sites and traditional land <br>
rights using the newly-adopted UN Declaration on the Rights of<br>
Indigenous Peoples from the local to the international levels.<br>
<br>
PRESENTERS: Bill Means (Introduction & MC); Andrea Carmen (IITC<br>
Executive Director); Ron Lameman (Confederacy of Treaty 6 First <br>
Nations), Francisco Cali (CERD Member, IITC Board President)<br>
<br>
This workshop is being held in conjunction with the Indigenous<br>
Peoples' Border <st1:City w:st="on">Summit</st1:City> of the <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Americas</st1:place></st1:country-region>
II" from November 7-10, 2007<br>
which will be held at the <st1:place w:st="on"><st2:Sn w:st="on">San</st2:Sn>
<st2:middlename w:st="on">Xavier</st2:middlename> <st2:Sn w:st="on">Community
Center</st2:Sn></st1:place>, <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address
w:st="on">2018 W. San <br>
Xavier Rd</st1:address></st1:Street>, Tohono O'odham Nation. For more
information on the<br>
Indigenous Peoples' Border <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Summit</st1:place></st1:City>.<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" title="http://www.treatycouncil.org/"
href="http://www.treatycouncil.org/" target="_blank">http://www.TreatyCouncil.org</a><br>
<br>
Working for the Rights and Recognition of Indigenous Peoples<br>
<br>
BORDER <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">SUMMIT</st1:place></st1:City>
PROVISIONAL AGENDA<br>
WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 7th<br>
6 am – <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Sunrise</st1:place></st1:City>
Ceremony<br>
7 am – Breakfast<br>
9 am – Introductions <br>
Human rights, Indigenous Peoples and impacts current Border policies<br>
12 pm – Lunch<br>
1 pm – Humanitarian Aid and saving lives along the Border<br>
3:30 pm – Break<br>
4 – 5 pm – Indigenous Peoples' Rights and the Border: Human Rights, <br>
Treaty Rights and Rights to Traditional Lands and Territories<br>
6 pm -- Dinner<br>
7 pm -- Oral Testimony<br>
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 8th<br>
6 am – <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Sunrise</st1:place></st1:City>
Ceremony<br>
7 am – Breakfast<br>
9 am – Immigration/Indigenous Traditional Mobility <br>
12 pm – Lunch<br>
1 pm - HUMAN RIGHTS TRAINING:<br>
The UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: a new<br>
international framework for upholding our human rights<br>
Current Review of the <st1:country-region w:st="on">US</st1:country-region>
by the UNCERD: "Using the UN to hold the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">US</st1:place></st1:country-region> <br>
Accountable for Racism towards Indigenous Peoples"<br>
Other international developments to defend the Human Rights of<br>
Indigenous Peoples<br>
Questions and Discussion<br>
6 pm – Dinner- on your own<br>
7 pm - Oral Testimony<br>
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 9th<br>
6 am – <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Sunrise</st1:place></st1:City>
Ceremony<br>
7 am – Breakfast<br>
9 am – Implications on Lands, territories, and national resources &
environment<br>
12 pm – Lunch<br>
1 pm – Religious/Cultural/Spiritual Rights, traditional mobility, <br>
ceremonial practices and sacred sites<br>
3:30 pm – Break<br>
4 pm – Women/Children and the Borders<br>
6 pm – Dinner – on your own<br>
7 pm Oral Testimony<br>
SATURDAY NOVEMBER 10th<br>
6 am - <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Sunrise</st1:place></st1:City>
Ceremony<br>
7 am – Breakfast <br>
9 am – Militarization/Surveillance of the Border<br>
10 am - Detention Centers/Prisoners of the Border<br>
11 am – Oral Testimony<br>
12 pm - Lunch<br>
1 pm – Conclusions, Summaries, Recommendations & Resolutions<br>
2 pm – Break, dinner on your own <br>
7 pm – Concert<br>
Indigenous Peoples Border <st1:City w:st="on">Summit</st1:City> of the
<st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Americas</st1:place></st1:country-region>
II<br>
Indigenous Peoples' Border <st1:City w:st="on">Summit</st1:City> of
the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Americas</st1:place></st1:country-region>
II<br>
<br>
INVITATION AND ANNOUNCEMENT<br>
<br>
We are honored and pleased to invite you to the Indigenous Peoples' <br>
Border Summit of the Americas II from November 7-10, 2007 at the San<br>
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Xavier</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Community Center</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>, <st1:Street
w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">2018 W. San Xavier Rd</st1:address></st1:Street>,
Tohono O'odham Nation.<br>
<br>
It is hosted and coordinated by the San Xavier Tohono O'odham District <br>
Community.The Indigenous Peoples' Border Summit of the Americas II<br>
will provide the opportunity for Indigenous peoples of the border<br>
regions to exchange experiences and information about how the<br>
international borders impact their respective communities. <br>
<br>
It will also create a way to unite Indigenous Peoples to address and<br>
resolve issues of mutual concern affecting our traditional homelands,<br>
cultural and ceremonial practices, sacred sites, treaty rights, health <br>
and way of life.<br>
<br>
The San Xavier Community/District previously hosted border summits in<br>
1989 and 2006, recognizing the critical issues facing the Tohono<br>
O'odham and other indigenous nations divided by international borders <br>
(US/Mexico/Canada). By again hosting an Indigenous Peoples' Border<br>
<st1:City w:st="on">Summit</st1:City> of the <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Americas</st1:place></st1:country-region>,
San Xavier Community wants to promote the<br>
human rights of indigenous peoples and support each other in our <br>
common struggles.<br>
<br>
The International Indian Treaty Council (IITC) is co-sponsoring the<br>
Summit, and will be the fiscal sponsor. The IITC is an organization of<br>
Indigenous Peoples from North, Central, <st1:place w:st="on">South
America</st1:place> and the Pacific, <br>
working for the sovereignty and self-determination of Indigenous<br>
Peoples and the recognition and protection of Indigenous rights,<br>
Treaties, traditional cultures and sacred lands.<br>
<br>
IITC representatives will provide training and updates on new <br>
developments at the United Nations during the <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Summit</st1:place></st1:City>, including the<br>
recent adoption of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of<br>
Indigenous Peoples and how we can use the UN to hold countries,<br>
including the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">US</st1:place></st1:country-region>,
accountable for human rights violations. <br>
<br>
The Indigenous Peoples' Border Summit of the Americas II, will build<br>
awareness and educate all peoples about the impacts of polices and<br>
practices being carried out along the borders. We hope that you, your <br>
Nations and your organizations can participate and we look forward to<br>
seeing you in the San Xavier Community in November, 2007.<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
Planning session on Sunday, Sept. 9. Photo Brenda Norrell<br>
<br>
The Border and Indigenous Peoples <br>
By Michelle Cook (Navajo, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType>
of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Arizona</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>
student and human<br>
rights activist)<br>
<br>
Since time immemorial Indigenous peoples have lived and thrived in the<br>
lands now referred to as the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">United States</st1:place></st1:country-region> border.
Indigenous peoples <br>
throughout these regions maintain their rich cultures, languages, and<br>
customs. However these strong cultures and peoples are facing a great<br>
challenge, they are facing the border.<br>
<br>
These lands have now become a war zone and a place that harbors <br>
injustice, racism, and darkness. These lands and the communities bear<br>
witness to the construction of walls of borders that divide tribal<br>
nations, communities, and families. These lands and peoples now bear <br>
witness to the preventable and needless deaths of immigrants. Many of<br>
whom are Indigenous Peoples themselves searching for a better and more<br>
secure life.<br>
<br>
This border creates hardship for Indigenous peoples who are unable to <br>
cross the border for ceremonial purposes. These ceremonies are<br>
integral to their sacred religion, cultural survival, and dignity. The<br>
bodies of indigenous peoples and immigrants testify to the need for<br>
urgent and immediate action to stop the violence and bring peace to <br>
the people most impacted by the border. The Border <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Summit</st1:place></st1:City> of the<br>
<st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Americas</st1:place></st1:country-region>
hears the call and is responding to this need.<br>
<br>
The Indigenous Border Summit of the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Americas</st1:place></st1:country-region> emerges from the
urgent<br>
need to educate and advocate for the human rights of indigenous <br>
peoples living on the border. This summit seeks to raise awareness on<br>
local, state, national and international arenas about the realities of<br>
living on both sides of the U.S Mexico border.<br>
<br>
This summit aims to empower and create solidarity with border <br>
communities, to hear their testimonies and stories, and most<br>
importantly to create solutions that will address and remedy the human<br>
rights violations they collectively experience.<br>
<br>
The Border Summit of the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Americas</st1:place></st1:country-region> aims to create
peace and harmony, to <br>
shed light on the realities of living on the border, and work towards<br>
a future that will include needs and voices of the original peoples,<br>
the indigenous peoples.<br>
<br>
News coverage of Border Summit in 2006<br>
News coverage from the 2006 summit:<br>
<br>
Indigenous Border <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Summit</st1:place></st1:City>
Opposes Border Wall and Militarization<br>
<st1:country-region w:st="on">Americas</st1:country-region> Program, <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">International</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Relations</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>
(IRC) 2006<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" title="http://www.americaspolicy.org/"
href="http://www.americaspolicy.org/" target="_blank">http://www.americaspolicy.org/</a>
<br>
By Brenda Norrell<br>
Indigenous peoples at the Border Summit of the <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Americas</st1:place></st1:country-region>
on Tohono<br>
O'odham tribal land opposed the construction of a border wall, which<br>
will dissect indigenous communities on ancestral lands split by the <br>
U.S.-Mexico border. They also issued a strong statement against the<br>
ongoing militarization of their homelands.<br>
During the Border Summit, held Sept. 29-Oct. 1, 2006, organized by<br>
Tohono O'odham Mike Flores and facilitated by the International Indian <br>
Treaty Council and the American Indian Movement, indigenous peoples<br>
unanimously opposed the Secure Fence Act, passed by the Senate. The<br>
wall will divide the ancestral lands of many Indian Nations, including<br>
the Kumeyaay in <st1:State w:st="on">California</st1:State>, Cocopah
and Tohono O'odham in <st1:State w:st="on">Arizona</st1:State>, and <br>
the Kickapoo in <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Texas</st1:place></st1:State>.
The wall is expected to be completed by May<br>
2008.<br>
Describing it as "psychological oppression and terrorism," the<br>
participants representing many tribes from the <st1:country-region
w:st="on">United States</st1:country-region> and <br>
<st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Mexico</st1:place></st1:country-region>
also called for a halt to the militarization of their ancestral<br>
homelands and sacred places along the border.<br>
Read article:<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
title="http://americas.irc-online.org/amcit/3648"
href="http://americas.irc-online.org/amcit/3648" target="_blank">http://americas.irc-online.org/amcit/3648</a><br>
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style="font-size: 12pt;">Press Conference to announce the Indigenous
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Time: Thursday, October 25, 2007, 11 a.m.<br>
Place: San Xavier District Community Center, <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address
w:st="on">2018 W. San Xavier Rd.</st1:address></st1:Street>,<br>
Tohono O'odham Nation<br>
<br>
Speakers: San Xavier District Chairman Austin Nunez and Tohono O'odham
Border Summit organizer Mike Flores <br>
Indigenous Peoples' Border Summit of the Americas II will be held from
November 7-10, 2007 at the San Xavier Community Center, 2018 W. San
Xavier Rd, Tohono O'odham Nation.<br>
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