Talk - Declarations on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

Talks on the Declarations on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples recorded February 23, 2001 at the Husky Union Building, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.

Watch part I of this event at...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTLCSFN2fH4

Speakers include Dr. Rudolph C. Ryser, Chair of the Center for World Indigenous Studies; Mary Williams, Lillooet Tribe - Canada; Sherwin Broadhead, former Superintendent of the Colville Confederated Tribes; John Williams, Lillooet Tribe - Canada

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[stronkdisselboom]

What I saw for myself there underscores her message:

The undemocratic impulse, globally, when it comes to indigenous cultures: pervert good governance

-by consulting [throw stacks of documents at the community, without explaining it]

-or never be transparent [none in the community knows what the documents says].... sometimes the other but not the latter.

Democratic governance demands both transparency AND consultation!

Without both accountability is dead on arrival.

Empire knows this

[missionaryoffaith]

@Plasmon19

but it would be a very interesting act to take....lol

[missionaryoffaith]

@kimdaviscali

u have proof of this.....

[kimdaviscali]

She's being a bit harsh, yes there were residential schools but for her to say that the Canadian govt is still pulling kids out of families is blatantly wrong.

[morelshaman]

I am hopeful that these people of the 4th world are treated better than those from the 3rd.

If one looks in the U.S. Constitution things are much more difficult for indigenous people since there is a prohibition on removing states or re-assigning their borders. Essentially the must be either a Constitutional Amendment for these rules to be changed (unlikely to get required state authorization); or there must be certain states that are assigned for tribes; or most likely: revolution...

[medicinecougar3]

I love this. Thank you for Sharing these Pivotal Ideas and Heart-wrenching Stories! I pray for Justice and Freedom for us All. Blessings and Love, CSM

[Plasmon19]

That is impossible now, there are too many people living up there who are not native,.Having a massive migration of that nature would only add to the human suffering, There are also people who live in Europe as well, the land is limited and it would be doubtful that those countries would accept thousands, or even millions of immigrants at once. At this point in time the only good thing that could be done is to live in peace and try to coexist and have mutual understanding and respect.

[italianchappy]

11:55 "Canada's policy is estinguishment, they're doing it in several ways" (references to nazi holocaust follow).

CANADIANS, shame on you. You alien invaders should immediately leave that country to their original owners and come back to your european motherlands. AT ONCE. Leave Canada to the indigenous people and come back to Europe, you imperialist conquistadores !