UCTP President R. Mukaro
Borrero; Alabama Quassarte Ceremonial Ground Mekko Bobby Yargee; UCTP Liaison Officer Tai Pellicier; and Bonnie Deere attend the historic 2014 IIITC
Conference
Muscogee Nation Territory,
Oklahoma (UCTP Taino News) - The 40th anniversary conference of the International Indian Treaty
Council (IITC) took place in Muscogee (Creek) Territory on September 10-12 at a
newly constructed roundhouse dedicated to the late, revered Muscogee spiritual
leader and activist Phillip Deere. The IITC conference was entitled “40 Years
Defending the Rights and Recognition of Indigenous Peoples.”
The IITC conference addressed the ongoing challenges faced by
Indigenous Peoples throughout the Americas, the Caribbean, and the Pacific such
as racism, food sovereignty, environmental health, climate change and
reproductive health, among others. Campsites and meals were provided to the
local and international participants. Two buffalos were donated from the Inter-tribal Bison Cooperative
one from South Dakota and one from the Cheyenne and Arapaho Nation, to feed attendees at the conference.
Various dynamic issues panels were convened and conference participants adopted a number of resolutions for IITC
work focus for the next year and beyond. Three organizations requested and were
approved as IITC affiliates by the conference general assembly; among them was
the Caribbean Amerindian Development Organization (CADO).
The
International Indian Treaty Council
is an organization of Indigenous Peoples from North, Central, South America,
the Caribbean, the Arctic, and the Pacific working for the Sovereignty and
Self-Determination of Indigenous Peoples and the recognition and protection of
Indigenous Rights, Treaties, Traditional Cultures and Sacred Lands. Since 1977,
the IITC has been recognized by the United Nations as a category II
Non-governmental Organization (NGO) with Consultative Status with the UN
Economic and Social Council, making it the first indigenous NGO to gain such
status.
UCTPTN
09.13.2014
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