Friday, Feb 13, 2009

The International Indian Treaty Council

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Join your host, J. Kehaulani Kauanui for an interview with Andrea Carmen (Yacqui Indian Nation), Executive Director of the International Indian Treaty Council. The International Indian Treaty Council (IITC) is an organization of Indigenous Peoples from North, Central, South America, the Caribbean and the Pacific working for the Sovereignty and Self Determination of Indigenous Peoples and the recognition and protection of Indigenous Rights, Treaties, Traditional Cultures and Sacred Lands. In 1977, the IITC became the first organization of Indigenous Peoples to be reorganized as a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) with Consultative Status to the United Nations Economic and Social Council. Andrea Carmen, will be speaking about the IITC's New Year's mission, objectives, and priorities for 2009 with a focus on implementing the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Carmen has been a staff member of the IITC since 1983 and IITC's Executive Director since 1992. Beginning in June 2006 has served as the North America regional caucus co-coordinator, and as a member of the Global Indigenous Peoples Steering Committee for the adoption of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples representing the North American Region. Original air-date: 1-13-09

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