And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Subject: Oyate Wolakota Omniciye From: "Kent Lebsock" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wednesday, May 26, 1999 OYATE WOLAKOTA OMNICIYE Tituwan Oyate - Teton Sioux Nation Treaty Council TREATY GATHERING FOR MANY NATIONS Tituwan Oyate, Lakota Nation Haudenosaunee Six Nations Iroquois Confederacy Confederacy of Treaty Six First Nations Thursday June 17th - Supper and Get Acquainted Friday June 18th - General Meeting & International Activities Update Saturday June 19th - Strategy Meeting for Indigenous Nations on the application of the United NationsTreaty Study Sunday June 20th - Memorial for Chief Garfield Grass Rope Lower Brule Territory of the Lakota Nation Lower Brule Convention Center Lower Brule, South Dakota At the 1998 Session of the Working Group on Indigenous Populations at the United Nations, Professor Miguel Alphonso Martinez presented the Final Report on his long awaited Study on Treaties, Agreements and Other Constructive Arrangements Between States and Indigenous Peoples. For Indigenous nations whose histories of contact with European settlers involve the international obligations set forth in treaties, the importance of this study cannot be underestimated. It is a significant step in the development of a body of international law which protects the social, cultural, and human rights of Indigenous peoples and nations. The Tituwan Oyate, Teton Sioux Nation Treaty Council, with the technical support of the American Indian Law Alliance, is honored to host this Indigenous peoples' initiative in order to give the leaders of Native nations a free forum in which to strategize for the future using the Treaty Study to our best advantage. The leadership of other great treaty nations in North America, including Confederacy of Treaty Six First Nations in Canada and the Council of Chiefs of the Haudenosaune, Six Nations Iroquois Confederacy, will send delegations to South Dakota. The host nations of this Gathering all played a significant role in the development of the Treaty Study and the individual cases of these nations figure prominently in its presentation. A discussion on the use of Professor Martinez's final report is therefore a logical next step in the development of an Indigenous voice in international human rights law. Special Guests: Isabelle Schulte-Tenckhoff, Co-Author of the Treaty Study and Special Assistant to the UN's Special Rapporteur on Treaties Alyn Ware, Director, Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy and Advocate at the International Court of Justice Tonya Gonnella Frichner, President of the American Indian Law Alliance and United Nations delegate Lodging: Golden Buffalo Resort Motel, Lower Brule, SD ~ 605-473-5506 Comfort Inn, Oacoma, SD ~ 605-734-4222 Camping Facilities will be Available at Lower Brule For more information contact: Kent Lebsock, American Indian Law Alliance New Mexico, Phone: 505-341-4230; Tony Black Feather, Spokesman, Teton Sioux Nation Treaty Council, Pine Ridge, SD Phone: 605-867-5203; Ed Burnstick, Confederacy of Treaty Six First Nations, Alberta, Canada Phone: 780-944-0334; Darwin Hill, Seneca Tonawanda Nation, Basom, New York Phone: 716-542-4244 Reprinted under the fair use http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.html doctrine of international copyright law. &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& Tsonkwadiyonrat (We are ONE Spirit) Unenh onhwa' Awayaton http://www.tdi.net/ishgooda/ &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
