Many of the things that I did in the Naughts Decade. I probably left out a bunch, but anyway.
Tag Archive: Indigenous Issues
Rachel Tension
Regardless of whether or not a nation or people think they have racial tension within their borders or society, they do. Many nations (and people) will say that they don’t have problems of race, but rather problems of culture, or foreigners or socio-economic status. However this is far from true and racism exists on so…
Over Here Somewhere
In the Acoma Pueblo language the phrase hauchaw tyah haati is a response to a query about where someone might be. It means they are out there somewhere, in the world, in life. Out there somewhere. Out There Somewhere is also the title of a wonderful poetry collection by the famous indigenous poet Simon J….
No Declaration Is Better Than A Bad Declaration
After 20+ years the Declaration on the Rights of the Worlds Indigenous Peoples falls flat on its face with barely a grunt. This is not so much a surprise that it just lies there on wet pavement, disintegrating in the rain, since the text that finally made it to the UN General Assembly (UNGA) was…
The Declaration Falls Flat
After 20+ years the Declaration on the Rights of the Worlds Indigenous Peoples falls flat on its face with barely a grunt. This is not so much a surprise that it just lies there on wet pavement, disintegrating in the rain, since the text that finally made it to the UN General Assembly (UNGA) was…
early morning missings
i had a nightmare a couple hours ago and couldn’t get back to sleep. it’s 630AM and still dark outside. they just called the prayers a little while ago. steve is snoring away. what is it about browsing through myspace that can be so comforting? looking at friends pages and their friend’s pages, finding people…
she keeps on passing
so many days have passed since i have been able to write. our internet connection is shaky at best and i am trying my luck to post this. yesterday, i had my first physical contact with Tommy, the stray cat who adopted us and is now a part of our family. he is the sweetest…
glibness is a defense
this happened to me last year. i was writing about the UN Commission on Human Rights (which turned out to be the last one, say true) and i realised that i was being extremely glib about very serious things. i forced myself to write an apology to all my readers as my tone and presentation…
my past life at the UN
with the ongoing ear infection issue, in spite of the fact that i am in a new city and all that, i have been staying pretty close to home and taking advantage of the internet connection at long last. for ages, i have wanted to switch to gmail but i have so much history in…
pirates, princesas, and we are not in kansas anymore
after quite a grueling two days in madrid in which my ear infection compounded by a hundred after the freezing cold ride on the granada-madrid bus, we have made it to istanbul. madrid would have been a nice layover if i had not been so wretchedly ill, but we did get to see two very…
my first myspace hate email and other news
*received my first random myspace hate mail! woo hoo! it’s been months since i’ve been out of writing so this to me is a sign that i am back to my old pot-stirring self. one is not a writer until someone cries and someone calls you an asshole. back on track once again. thank you…
random, not
*his evilness the pope was here in spain last week for a promotional visit about the importance of family, the irony of which was not lost on this humble observer. firstly, how does a celibate man preach to the importance of family and matrimony between a man and a woman specifically? secondly, the current pope…
The First Report on the 23rd UN Working Group on Indigenous Populations, The Indigenous Caucus, July 16-17, 2005
Greetings to all, As you may or may not know, this weekend (the 16th and 17th of July) was the pre-WGIP Indigenous Caucus meeting in Geneva, in preparation for the next week of sessions of the Working Group on Indigenous Populations. Normally, I don’t do write-ups for these sessions, but since many of the key…
Final Report on the 23rd UN Working Group on Indigenous Populations, Geneva, Switzerland, July 18-22, 2005
Greetings to all, It was so great to see so many good friends, colleagues and relations this week! What a treat, and something of a shame that we are not able to see each other more often. I miss you all already! As I had found out that UNPO among other organizations were doing daily…
Wolves backed into the corner: Voting on Item 15, Indigenous Issues (Or the Twenty-fifth Report on the 61st UN Commission on Human Rights, April 20, 2005)
*This report is to date incomplete. Please come back in a couple days for the complete version. Thanks! April 20, 2005 the Commission on Human Rights voted on Item 15, Indigenous Issues, much to the embarrassment of the Americans and Australians citizens in the room. All of the resolutions concerning indigenous issues were passed, even…
The Rooms Of Ruin (or the Eighteenth Report on the 61st UN Commission on Human Rights, April 11, 2005, on Indigenous Issues)
Monday April 11 saw the entrance of a multitude of indigenous peoples from around the world to intervene on Item 15, Indigenous Issues, an agenda item of the Commission that is fixed due to the fact that most indigenous people have limited resources and this makes it easier for them to know when their item…
The Last Report on the 10th Working Group on the Draft Declaration, December 3, 2004
Greetings, I apologize that I have not been able to get this report out sooner, but yesterday all of the built up physical, emotional and mental tension of the week simply floored me; I don’t think anyone would have wanted to read a report written in the state I was in. Needless to say, the…
14th Report on the 10th Working Group on the Draft Declaration, December 1, 2004
Greetings, This will be a far shorter update than yesterday’s (for which I am sure many of you will be thankful!) as most of the day was spent in informal/informal consultations and much of what was discussed yesterday was again rehashed today. The hunger strike and spiritual fast continued on its third day, and there…
13th Report on the 10th Working Group on the Draft Declaration, November 30, 2004
Greetings, Before I begin I would just like to note that in the 12th report when I listed those who are participating in the hunger strike and spiritual fast, I had erroneously listed Aucan Huillecaman as one of the fasters and would like to amend that statement to let you know that he is not…
12th Report on the 10th Working Group on the Draft Declaration, November 29, 2004
Greetings, By the good graces of the Spirits and the support of the International League for the Rights and Liberations of Peoples (LIDLIP) as well as Indigenous World Association, I am back again to report on the ‘final’ week of the Working Group on the Draft Declaration for the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Please forward…
Ninth, Tenth and Eleventh Reports on the 10th Working Group on the Draft Declaration, September 23-25, 2004
Greetings, I am back again with the latest reports for the most recent session of the 10th WGDD. This is not the final report as there are still five days of negotiations which will take place again in Geneva from the 29th of November to the 3rd of December. Please take note that the Report…
Seventh and Eighth reports on the 10th Working Group on the Draft Declaration, September 21 & 22, 2004
Greetings, The negotiations from yesterday, September 21, 2004 were on the issue of lands and territories, another problematic area of the DD for many States. Again, the Nordic Proposal (CRP1) was used as the base document to achieve consensus, even amidst protests that the basis of discussion should still be the original sub-Commission text. I…
Sixth report on the 10th Working Group on the Draft Declaration, September 20, 2004
Greetings, As things had left off on Friday, the WG was discussing a proposal that had been put forward by the African Indigenous Caucus, Arctic Caucus, Asian Caucus, Latin American Caucus, Pacific Caucus, American Indian Law Alliance, Assembly of First Nations, Congress of Aboriginal Peoples, Grand Council of the Crees, Innu Council of Nitassinan, Native…
Fifth report on the 10th Working Group on the Draft Declaration, September 17, 2004
Greetings, Before I report on the discussions from the meeting on Friday I just have a few small messages. Firstly, with many apologies, I had said in several reports that the organization CAPAJ had taken a position and spoken on several issues, but actually CAPAJ is not participating this year at the WGDD. The organization…
Fourth report on the 10th Working Group on the Draft Declaration, September 16, 2004
Greetings, I would just firstly like to thank everyone who has demonstrated their appreciation of these reports in one form or another and would like to extend my own appreciation of their appreciation! As you may or not may not know, I do these reports on a voluntary basis and in honor of Grampa Tony…
Third report on the 10th Working Group on the Draft Declaration, September 15, 2004
Greetings, Today’s discussions/negotiations were about Articles 18, 33, 45, and Preambular Paragraphs 6, 10, 11, 15. This will be a significantly shorter report than I have sent the last two days as there were so many proposals made towards this series of provisions that it would be quite confusing to attempt to elucidate every proposal…
Second report on the 10th Working Group on the Draft Declaration, September 14, 2004
Greetings, Today, discussions in the WGDD continued with the so-called no-change articles contained within the Nordic Proposal. Discussions moved on to the operative paragraphs with no changes, and these negotiations began with Article 2. Mr Chavez presented a work plan for the week which includes a day of informal consultations on Friday that will be…
First Report on the 10th Working Group on the Draft Declaration, September 13, 2004
Greetings, As you all know, the 10th WGDD opened today in Geneva and as last year, I will be writing reports summarizing the main events and discussion points of each day’s sessions. Please feel free to forward this report and if anyone would like to be removed from the list do let me know. The…
Report on the Expert Seminar about Treaties, Agreements and Other Constructive Arrangements
December 15-17 2003 Room XV, Palais des Nations Chairperson Willie Littlechild Geneva, Switzerland The Expert Seminar opened on a bitterly cold howling-wind Geneva morning with a statement from Mr. Bertrand Ramcharan, the acting High Commissioner for Human Rights. He reminded those present that this meeting was made possible by a decision made by the Commission…
the last report on the 9th working group of the draft declaration, september 26, 2003
hello my relations, i trust that you are all having a good weekend and for those of you returning home, i hope that all is well and you arrived safe and sound. i figured no one would be able to read this until monday (sorry manu!) so i took some time over the weekend to…
Eighth and ninth reports on the 9th working group of the draft declaration, september 25, 2003
mitaku oyasin, all my relations how are you all? i’m sorry that i wasn’t able to send a report yesterday but at the last minute i attended a beautiful sweatlodge ceremony with gorgeous people and when i got home the concept of ‘computer’ was beyond me, all i could do was continue to sing and…
seventh report on the 9th working group of the draft declaration, september 23, 2003
hello my relations, i hope everyone is doing well, better than me after today’s meeting! so i know that i keep saying that my reports will be brief and then they really aren’t, but this one really will be. today was just too depressing in the working group to go into too much detail, i…
sixth report on the 9th working group of the draft declaration, september 22, 2003
hello my dear relations, i am back again after a very long day in the working group on the draft declaration. ahh, the days get longer and longer in room 16 and there is not much time left in this session for substantial work to be done. it is amazing to me that only six…
5th report on the 9th working group of the draft declaration, september 21, 2003
hello my relations, i’m sorry that i didn’t send this out on friday but i figured most of you wouldn’t read it until monday anyway so i just took it easy until now. i have had a fabulous weekend! we went to a powwow here in switzerland over the weekend, and although it was not…
4th report on the 9th working group of the draft declaration, september 18, 2003
hello friends, i hope everyone is doing marvelously! i am back again with another report on the goings-on in room 17 during the draft declaration working group. it seems my reports will continue to truncate as the discussions continue as there is much repitition in the proceedings in terms of arguments and the like. as…
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