Healing Global Wounds Indigenous Peoples Forum

American Peace Test (aptvegas@igc.apc.org)
Fri, 11 Sep 1992 20:07:00 PDT


Healing Global Wounds Indigenous Peoples Forum

Projected Forum Schedule:

8am Opening Ceremony / Prayer Circle - Led by Corbin Harney
Spiritual Leader
Western Shoshone Nation

9am - 10:45

Environmental Racism in the Nuclear Age
Keynote Addresses by:

Odessa Ramirez - SW Network for Environmental and Economic Justice
Fred Allingham - National Association of Radiation Survivors

11 - 12:30

Panel

Impacts of Environmental Racism and the Nuclear Age

Panel will include Indigenous Forum and Medical Forum reps.

12:30 to 2PM ---Lunch

Workshops 2pm - 5:45 To be determined
note: during this period people will choose between indigenous
and medical workshops. Workshops will be asked to propose
resolutions where appropriate.

5:45 - 6pm prayer

6pm - 7:30pm Dinner

7:30 - 10pm POW-WOW

Second Day
8am - 9am - Opening Ceremony / Prayer Circle - Led by Clifford Jake
Spiritual Leader
Indian Peaks Paiute Band

9am - 10:45 Ending 500 years of social injustice, Moving
towards a Non-nuclear future

Keynote Addresses:

Robert Alverez - Founder Environmental Policy Institute
Mark Savage - Public Advocates Inc.

11am - 12pm Lunch

12:30 - 3:00 Workshops to be determined
note: during this period people will choose between indigenous
and medical workshops. Workshops will be asked to propose
resolutions where appropriate.

3pm - 3:30 Break

3:30 - 6pm Presentation of resolutions
open mike, and closing

6pm Closing Prayer

Indigenous Workshops that are confirmed:

Exploitation of Spiritual Land - led by Badger Wahwasuck

Self empowerment - led by Vivian Jake, Paiute Earthkeepers
and Dee Dee Sanchez, Citizen Alert Native American Program

Cultural Awareness - Anna Frazier, Dilkon Chapter

Sovereignty and legal issues - David Harris, Alaska Sovereignty Network

Stopping the MRS - Pam Kingfisher - Native Americans
for a Clean Environment

Uranium Mining - Anna Rondon - Southwest Indigenous Peoples Uranium
Conference and Ed Banoanie - Wolaston Lake Environmental Committee,
Saskatchewan

Toxic Incinerators - Paul Rodarte - Saskatchewan

Native Women's Health - Sharon Asettoya - Native American Women's
Health Center

Medical components are listed in the schedule in HGW.action
along with a lot of information on other events.