Thursday, July 17, 2008

AT IEN CONFERENCE SEE AGENDA BELOW

“Answering Mother Earth’s Call for Healing –Reaffirming Our Roots”
AGENDA
Day One – Thursday, July 17th (THEME: LAND)
5:30 Sunrise Ceremony – Lighting of the Sacred Fire – Everyone is invited to witness the
lightning of the Fire. The Fire (Coals) from the previous 14th Protecting Mother Earth conference
held in Leech Lake Anishinaabe territories in Minnesota have been brought to the Newe
Sogobee. This Fire will be burning for the 4 days of the conference. People in their menstrual
time are asked not to be around the Fire.
7:00 – 8:30 Breakfast
9:00 Opening Ceremony of the Conference
Prayer
Grand Entry of Indigenous Participants
Welcome by IEN/WSDP leadership
Western Shoshone Traditional Leadership, Local Tribal Officials
10:00 Big Circle: Western Shoshone History of the Struggle
Raymond Yowell, Former Chief, Western Shoshone National Council (WSNC)
Carrie Dann, Western Shoshone Grandmother and WSNC
Mary McCloud, Western Shoshone Grandmother and WSDP Board Member
12:30-2:00 Lunch Break & Youth Networking Meeting
2:00 Big Circle: History of the Indigenous Struggle of Turtle Island and Presentations on
Original Instructions, Traditional Systems, Traditional Economies and Trade Routes
· Oren Lyons, (Onondaga Nation), Faithkeeper of the Turtle Clan, Six Nations, New York
· Louise Benally (Dine'), Traditional Dineh Sovereignty Nation Big Mountain, Struggle to
Define Mother Earth, Arizona
· Speaker from the South (Abayala TBA)
· Arthur Manuel (Secwepemc Nation) Indigenous Network on Economics and Trade,
British Colombia, Canada
4:30-6:30 Big Circle: History of Colonial Laws against Indigenous Peoples, Doctrine of
Discovery
· Steven Newcomb (Shawnee/Lenape), Indigenous Law Institute, California, Columnist
Indian Country Today, recently released a book entitled, “Pagans in the Promised
Lands”.
· Tupac Enrique Acosta (Xicano Peoples), Tonatierra Instutute and Tlahtokan Aztlan,
Phoenix, speaking on the Confederacy of the Eagle and the Condor, liberation from
colonial boundaries.
· Andrea Carmen (Yaqui), International Indian Treaty Council, California/Alaska, speaking
on the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
6:30 Evening Meal
7:30 – 9:00 Youth Plenary
9:00 – Performers (Robby Romero (Apache)/Trinidad Goodshield (Lakota) & Traditional
Round Dance
Purification Ceremonies available in the evening
Day Two – Friday, July 18th (AIR)
5:30 Sunrise Ceremony
7:00 – 8:30 Breakfast
9:00-9:30 Opening Ceremony (Traditional Teaching - North)
9:30-12:30 Big Circle: Indigenous Struggles on Extractive Industry: Mining the Sources of Life -
Voices from the North and South - Moderated by Robert Shimek (Anishinaabe), Minnesota.
Speakers: Carrie Dann (Western Shoshone), WSDP; Samuel McKay, (Kitchenuhmaykoosib
Inninuwu) (Big Trout Lake) First Nations, Ontario, Canada; Speaker from Abayala – Latin
America country TBA; and others TBA.
9:30-12:00 and 2:00-4:30 On-Going Demonstration/Training Projects
1. Composting Toilet Construction - Pennelys Goodshield (Anishinaabe), Sustainable
Nations Development Project
2. Solar and Wind Power, Jeff Tobe Solar Energy International and John Shimek
(Anishinaabe Youth), Honor The Earth organization and White Earth Land Recovery
Project
12:30-2:00 Lunch Break – and Youth Networking
2:00-4:00 Small Circles (Workshops)
1. Water Healing and Protection with Virginia Sanchez (Duckwater Shoshone), Nevada; Rick
Spilsbury, (Ely Shoshone), Nevada; and Felicia Bertin
2. Mineral Extraction – Strategies and Solutions (Part 1) for communities impacted by
mining and mineral extraction
3. Beginning Steps in Organizing 101 (Part 1) – Native Trainers: Indigenous Peoples Project
(IP3) - Ruckus Society
4. Climate Change 101 and Solutions: Trainers, Jihan Gearon (Dine’), IEN Native Energy and
Climate Program, Arizona; and Kandi Mossett (Mandan, Arikira, Hidatsa), IEN Tribal
Campus Climate Challenge, North Dakota, IEN
5. Using CERD as a Human Rights Tool to Address our Issues with Alberto Saldamando,
Legal Counsel, (Chicano/Zapoteca), International Indian Treaty Council, California and
Julie Fishel, Legal Counsel, Western Shoshone Defense Project. Newe Sogobia (Nevada)
6. Youth Activity: Elder and youth discussion on history and spirituality
7. Traditional Food and Plant Discussion led by Shoshone elder
4:00-4:30 Afternoon Break – Music Stage
4:30-6:30 Small Circles (Workshops)
1. Mineral Extraction – Strategies and Solutions (Part 2) for communities impacted by
mining and mineral extraction.
2. Organizing 101 (Part 2): IP3 Ruckus Society Native Trainers
3. Wisdom and knowledge of traditional teachings, understanding spirituality and
mythology, with Walter Porter (Tlingit) mythologist
4. Toxics Policy: The Need for Aggressive Action, with Shawna Larson (Ahtna
Athabascan/Sugpiaq), Alaska Community Action on Toxics and IEN/REDOIL, Alaska and
Andrea Carmen (Yaqui), International Indian Treaty Council, California/Alaska
5. Youth Activity: Archery
6. Traditional Food and Plants Discussion (led by Shoshone elder)
6:30 Evening Meal
6:45 Networking & Caucuses: Sacred Areas, Border Justice, etc.
8:00 Talent Show – Performances from the Struggle
Purification Ceremonies in the evening
Day Three – Saturday, July 19th (WATER)
5:30 Sunrise Ceremony & Water Ceremony
7:00 – 8:30 Breakfast
9:00-9:30 Opening Ceremony (Traditional Teaching - East)
9:30-12:30 Big Circle: Energy Road of Destruction and Climate Change
Moderated by Clayton Thomas-Muller (Mathias Colomb Cree), Canada, Speakers: Nuclear: Ian
Zabarte (Western Shoshone), on Yucca Mountain, a proposed site for radioactive nuclear waste;
Geothermal and Sacred Area: Radley Davis (Pitt River) on Medicine Lake, California; Fossil Fuels
from Top of the World: Faith Gemmill (Gwichin Alaska), REDOIL, oil drilling, Alaska; Tar Sands:
Eriel Deranger (Fort Chipewyan Dene) on tar sands in Alberta Canada; Fossil Fuels Gas and Oil
Pipeline: Melina Laboucan-Massimo (Lubicon Cree), British Colombia; Fossil Fuels Oil Refinery:
Casey Camp-Horinek (Ponca) on oil refinery, Oklahoma; Loren White Jr. (Hidatsa) on oil drilling
and proposed refinery in North Dakota; Coal Fired Power Plant and Coal Mining: Elouise Brown
(Dine’), Dooda Desert Rock, New Mexico; Fossil Fuel, Coal Mining, Energy Policy: Enei Begaye
(Dine’/ Tohono O'Odham) Black Mesa Water Coalition on fossil fuel energy development on the
Navajo Nation, Arizona.
9:30-12:00 and 2:00-4:30 On-Going Demonstration/Training Projects
1. Straw Bale Wall (House) and Earth Plaster Construction - Pennelys Goodshield
(Anishinaabe), Sustainable Nations Development Project, California
2. Solar and Wind Power, Jeff Tobe Solar Energy International, Colorado, and John Shimek
(Anishinaabe Youth), White Earth Land Recovery Project and Honor The Earth
organization, Minnesota
12:30-2:00 Lunch Break - Youth Networking
2:00-4:00 Small Circles
1. Campaigning on Energy Issues (Part 1) – Strategies and Solutions with communities
impacted by energy and climate policies and development.
2. Direct Action Training Part 1 with IP3 – Ruckus Native Trainers
3. Corporate Campaign Development: Trainer, Miho Kim, Data Center, California
4. Toxic Waste Burners and Gasifiers: Trainer, Bradley Angel, Greenaction, California
5. Youth Activity: Traditional Foods and Plants Walking Tour
6. Cultural Resources Research and Reporting for Environmental Assessments: Monique
Sonoquie (Chumash/Apache). California, Ian Zabarte (Western Shoshone), WSNC, Newe
Sogobia, and Micheal Nixon (Seneca)
7. Indigenous Sustainable Economies: Arthur Manuel (Secwepemc Nation) Indigenous
Network on Economics and Trade, British Colombia, Canada and others TBA
4:00-4:30 Afternoon Break – Music Stage
4:30-6:30 Small Circles
1. Campaigning on Energy Issues (Part 2) – Strategies and Solutions with communities
impacted by energy and climate policies and development
2. Direct Action Training (Part 2): IP3 Ruckus Society Native Trainers
3. Well-Being: Healing Our Mind and Bodies of Contaminants: Renee Gurneau (Red Lake
Anishinaabe), Minnesota, Kathleen Tsosie (Dine’) New Mexico, and Jeanne Shenandoah,
traditional midwife, (Onondaga), New York
4. Indigenous-Centered Education: Nurturing the Next Generation of Indigenous
Leadership with Deb Harry, Kooyooe Dukaddo (Pyramid Lake Paiute), Nevada, Emerging
Indigenous Leaders Institute
5. Sacred Areas: Struggles of the Heart to Protect the Sacred: Sonny Weahkee, SAGE
Council, New Mexico, interactive session
6. Youth Activity: Making Dream Catchers
6:30 Evening Meal
6:45 Networking & Caucuses: Sacred Areas, Border Justice, etc.
8:00 Drum and Dance Celebration – Grand Entry – Participants in Traditional Outfits –
Honoring
8:00 Video and Films TBA
Late Night Purification Lodge Ceremonies
Day Four – Sunday, July 20th (FIRE-SUN-SPIRIT)
[Field trip this morning to a mining impact zone. (Approximately 2 hour round trip) – People
who sign up.]
5:30 Sunrise Ceremony
7:00 – 8:30 Breakfast
8:00 Departure on Field Trip
9:00-9:30 Opening Ceremony (Traditional Teaching - South)
9:30-12:30 Big Circle: Ethno Stress, Internalized Oppression and Healing: Renee Gurneau, (Red
Lake Anishinaabe), Minnesota and Dr. Eduardo Duran (invited), co-writer of the publication,
“Native American Postcolonial Psychology, California.
12:30-1:30 Lunch Break
1:30-3:30 Big Circle: Strategies for a Sustainable Indigenous Community and World
Original Instructions
· Community/Global Well-Being – Spirit, Environment, Economy, Culture – Speaker, Mato
Awanyankapi, Dine’/Dakota, Indigenous Environmental Network, Minnesota
· Protecting Cultural Heritage in a Globalized World – Speaker, Debra Harry, Kooyooe
Dukaddo (Pyramid Lake Paiute), Indigenous Peoples Council on Biocolonialism, Nevada
· Next Generation (Youth) Leadership - Speaker, TBA by the Youth Committee
Statements for Commitment
4:00 Closing Ceremony – Putting the Fire to Rest
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Camp Take-down
6:00 Evening Meal

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