PRESS RELEASE
March 19, 2015
Contact: Tupac Enrique Acosta
(602) 466-8367
Forum on the Rights of Indigenous
Peoples
Arizona State Capitol - Senate Building
Friday March 27, 2015
9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Phoenix, AZ - Over two hundred years ago, they spoke
before the founders of the American Union of the original thirteen colonies and
on March 27 at the Arizona State Capitol, the leadership of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, People of
the Longhouse, also known as the Confederacy of the Iroquois, will once again
share the message of the oldest democracy on the continent at the capitol of
the State of Arizona.
Participating in a Forum on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, the legation of the
Haudenosaunee will open a day of discourse on the interdependent and relevant
issues of Indigenous Nationhood, political identity, citizenship and
nationality, territorial responsibilities and rights as viewed from the
perspective of the Original Nations
of Indigenous Peoples themselves and
as affirmed in the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. The UN
General Assembly adopted the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples on
September 13, 2007.
Also participating in the Forum on the Rights of
Indigenous Peoples will be a delegation of the Havasupai Tribe from the Grand Canyon, who are challenging uranium-mining
projects in their territory. The issue
of the illegal expropriation of the Rio
Yaqui in Sonora, Mexico with headwaters in southern Arizona will be an
issue of discussion, as well as the local concerns of the O'otham Nations relevant to the proposed Freeway 202 expansion.
The battle of the Apache
Tribe to preserve the Sacred Oak
Flat is also on the agenda for discussion.
Co-sponsors of this event are the Seventh Generation Fund for Indigenous Peoples, the American Indian Law Alliance, and
TONATIERRA.
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NAHUACALLI
Embassy of Indigenous Peoples
