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WORLD INDIGENOUS PEOPLES' CONFERENCE: EDUCATION
UPDATE OCTOBER 1993
LISTEN - LEARN - UNDERSTAND - TEACH ... THE ANSWERS ARE WITHIN US
This newsletter is designed to inform Indigenous Peoples and
their supporters worldwide about the 1993 World Indigenous
Peoples' Conference: Education (WIPCE).
The 1993 WIPC:E is the third in a series of triennial conferences.
The first was hosted by the Indigenous peoples of Canada in 1987, and
the second by the Maori people of Aotearoa (New Zealand) in 1990.
The 1993 WIPC:E will be the last major Indigenous meeting in the
INTERNATIONAL YEAR FOR THE WORLD'S INDIGENOUS PEOPLES. Over 3000
people from 28 countries are expected to meet in Wollongong from 11 -
17 December, to discuss an INTERNATIONAL DECLARATION OF INDIGENOUS
PEOPLES' EDUCATION RIGHTS, to share educational experiences and to
celebrate the survival of the oldest continuous cultures in the world.
INDIGENOUS PEOPLES' EDUCATION RIGHTS
During September, a group of leaders in Indigenous education from four
countries met in the NSW South Coast to begin drafting an
international DECLARATION OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES' EDUCATION RIGHTS.
The draft is the first of its kind, and will be the major topic of
discussion during SPECIAL FOCUS FORUMS at the WIPC:E.
It's envisaged that the draft will be developed and endorsed by
delegates to the WIPC:E, to be used as a working document for future
conferences and as an educational resource for Indigenous peoples.
CULTURAL ENTERTAINMENT, ART AND CRAFT
The WIPC:E will be a place to celebrate the richness and diversity of
the world's Indigenous cultures. Dance, music, performance, cultural
exchange, art and craft are all important features of the Conference.
All conference delegates are welcome to attend and participate in the
opening and closing ceremonies, and for "gold coin" entry (one or two
dollars), members of the wider community are also warmly invited to
witness the celebrations at the Steelers' Stadium in Wollongong.
Art and craft stalls will be open at the conference, where delegates
and members of the wider community are welcome to buy, sell and trade.
PROFILE: MS. ROMINA FUJII
Ms. Romina Fujii is the deputy Chair of the National Organising
Committee of the WIPC:E. Romina Fujii is from Thursday Island and has
had a long involvement in Torres Strait Islander education. Romina is
a member of the ATSIC Regional Council for the Torres Strait, and is
Co-ordinator of the Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
Education Consultative Committee (QATSIECC). She is a strong advocate
for the rights of Indigenous peoples to control our own education
systems.
INDIGENOUS PEOPLES ACROSS THE WORLD
In each edition of "UPDATE", you'll find information about Indigenous
peoples across the world. These summaries can be found in "THE GAIA
ATLAS OF FIRST PEOPLES", by Julian Berger, Robertson McCarta/Gala
Books Ltd, London, 1990.
SOUTH AMERICA: the total Indigenous population of South
America is estimated at well over 15 million. The majority
are highland peoples like the Quecha and Aymara whose
population exceeds 11 million, and who live in Peru,
Bolivia, Ecuador and Colombia. About one million are
forest-dwelling peoples who live in the Amazon region,
including the Amarakaeri, Amuesha, Yagua, Panare, Sanema,
Secoya, Shuar and Yanesha peoples. People live mainly as
hunters, shifting cultivators and farmers, and face
militarisation, invasions of land, environmental
degradation, cultural breakdown, the drug trade, and the
constant abuse by governments of their basic human rights.
IT MUST BE REMEMBERED THAT DESCRIPTIONS OF PREVAILING WAYS
OF LIFE AND MAJOR PROBLEMS CAN ONLY PROVIDE A SMALL CLUE TO
THE COMPLEXITY, RICHNESS AND VARIATION WITHIN THE LIVES OF
INDIGENOUS PEOPLES.
SOME REMINDERS
Australia has strict quarantine laws, including restrictions on animal
products, plants and food. Articles such as feathers must be declared
at the point of entry into Australia.
If you haven't already sent in your registration form, please do so as
soon as possible. Registration forms, posters and other information
are available from the WIPC:E Secretariat:
5/73 Kembla Street,
Wollongong,
N.S.W., Australia 2500
Ph 61 42 261 522
Fax 61 42 283 033
The WIPC:E organisers would this month like to thank John Brotherton,
Mrs. Brotherton, Mrs. Sargeant and Natalie Dufresnes for their
invaluable help with translation.
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