| NEW MEETING PLACE OF AKIN!! | ||
AKIN now meets every monday from 8 pm on at
the WUK
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| 13.12.2007 | Floyd Red Crow Westerman, indigenous actor, songwriter and AIM-activist passed on | |
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Floyd
Red Crow Westerman died on December 13th 2007 in Los Angeles with family
and friends on his side. Biography and Filmography |
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| 13.09.2007 | The UN- Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples was passed by the UN General Assembly | |
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Thursday, 13th of September 2007, the UN Declaration on the Rights
of Indigenous Peoples recieved approval from the United Nations General
Assembly, which is a big step towards recognizing indigenous peoples
rights, especially the right to self-determination on an international
level. Original text of the declaration Press release by the UN- Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) |
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| Canada's new Prime Minister and the Lubicon Cree Nation | ||
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Still in opposition, the new
Prime Minister of Canada Stephen Harper and his Minister of Indian
Affairs Jim Prentice criticized how the government
handled the Lubicon Cree Case and called for a quick solution to the
case. As the new Prime Minister of Canada, Stephen Harper would now have
the possibility to do better. Support the Lubicon Cree and ask the new
Prime Minister to solve the case and to resume negotiations! Send this letter to Mr. Harper to the following contact address: |
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Mailing
Adresse: Office of the Prime Minister 80 Wellington Street Ottawa K1A 0A2 Fax: (001) 613-941-6900 E-mail: pm@pm.gc.ca |
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| "Sisters in Spirit" Campaign | ||
| On the occasion of the International Day of Women on March 8th the Working Circle togehter with other human rights organisations from Germany and Switzerland will try to draw attention of Europeans to the terrible situation of Aboriginal Women in Canada! Read more! | ||
| On the 26th of June 2005, Kee Watchman (traditional Din?Navajo) Passed on in to another World. | ||
| Kee was very active on an international level and well known also in Europe for his work on Big-Mountain, on the UN-Working Group for Indigenous Populations (WGIP) and public-speaking circuits. |
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Instead of a obituary, we let him speak in his own words- in form of a Statement he delivered at the UN- Human Rights Commission in Geneva in 2003. |
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Five Young Shuswap Indians (Secwepemc) Arrested Due to Civil Resistance in British Columbia |
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| Five young Shushwap Indians got convicted by the Surpreme Court of British Columbia on June 16th 2005. Reason for that was the repeadetly participation on different street blockades against the illegal expansion of the ski area "Sun Peaks Ski Resort" on their traditional land where treaties were never ceded. More on that in the Internationalen Statement of June 16th 2005 from the Secwepemcul’ecw Traditional Peoples Government. | ||
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News about the Lubicon Cree Campaign– Chief of the Lubicon Cree, Bernard Ominayak, reacts on the false statements of the Canadian Minister of Indian Affairs Andy Scott |
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Eventhough it is a success that the Canadian Minister of Indian Affairs Any Scott answers to all the protest letters from around the world but unfortunately his letters contain so many false informations that Chief of the Lubicon Cree, Bernard Ominayak finds it necessary to react on this. Read more... |
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| Recent Example of Racism against Native Americans in Today's Time | ||
Read the statement of Ricardo Urquiza (Cheyenne River Lakota) about his incident in Liberal, Kansas |
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Newest Developments on the Pine Ridge Reservation |
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Wells, Pipelines and Broken Promises |
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A new campaign to support the Lubicon
Lake Indian Nation. Just a few minutes a day can make a difference!
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16. - 18. 01. 2005 |
Lone Buffalo Project Delegation (Conny Bauer, Henry Red Cloud and David Hartecchi ) in Vienna |
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Arrival
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Sign Online Petition for John Graham! |
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For background information about John Graham click here |
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