SOLIDARITY: Indigenous Peoples Mobilize in Front of UN

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Indigenous Nations and Pueblos of Abya Yala

On Monday, May 7 at 12:00 noon a constellation of Indigenous Peoples and supporters will take action in front of the UN Headquarters in order to realize and converge the Prerogatives of the Peoples in resistance and rebellion of the Domination brought to bear upon Indigenous Peoples and their territories by the Doctrine of Discovery.

( Doctrine of Discovery? What's that? Papal Bulls of the 15th century gave Christian explorers the right to claim lands they "discovered" and lay claim to those lands for their Christian Monarchs. Any land that was not inhabited by Christians was available to be "discovered", claimed, and exploited. If the "pagan" inhabitants could be converted, they might be spared. If not, they could be enslaved or killed. http://www.doctrineofdiscovery.org/ )

The May 7th, 2012 event, to take place at Ralph Bunch Park in front of the UN building in New York at 12:00 noon on Monday will coincide and complement the efforts of delegations of the Nations and Pueblos of Indigenous Peoples who will be addressing the issue of the impact of the Doctrine of Discovery simultaneously at the 11th Session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues.

The action on Monday was announced yesterday at the global Indigenous Women's Caucus meeting in New York, and will be presented today to the Global Indigenous Caucus.

In anticipation of the need to bring the activities within the UN systems back to Power of the Peoples, the call is for catalytic cognition in the form of a
PERMANENT MOBILIZATION
of
SOLIDARITY and PRESENCE
in front of UN on Monday as a Direct Action whose Purpose is to
Dismantle the Doctrine of Discovery
and
EMPOWER the Prerogatives of the Peoples.

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INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
Call to Courage
Dismantling the the Doctrine of Discovery

ACT of DECOLONIZATION
MONDAY MAY 7, 2012
12:00 NOON
Ralph Bunch Park
1st Avenue and 42nd Street
New York, NY

"Indigenous Peoples, equal to all other peoples....."
UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Adopted by the UN General Assembly on September 13, 2007