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Rights of Mother Earth Indigenous Conference Kicks Off

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Agenda Highlights

LAWRENCE, KANSAS – The "Rights of Mother Earth: Restoring Indigenous Lifeways of Responsibility and Respect" conference Kicks Off today at Haskell Indian Nations University.

You may watch the conference LIVE via a webcast being supplied by the Indigenous Environmental Network Link.

Agenda Highlights

Below are highlights of the agenda for the conference.

All events occur in Haskell Auditorium unless otherwise noted.

Wednesday, April 4

Opening Prayer / Song / Haskell Drum Group

Welcome: Dr. Daniel Wildcat, Dean of Social Natural Sciences

Introduction: Tom BK Goldtooth, Executive Director, Indigenous Environmental Network

Wild Law: A Manifesto for Earth Justice - Cormac Cullinan, Environmental Attorney, South Africa

What is Wild Law and Rights of Nature: New Constructs of Self Determination - Ben Price, Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund

Ecuadorian Process Defending Indigenous Territories With Rights of Mother Earth: Patricia Gualinga Montalvo, Spiritual Indigenous Leader, Sarayaku, Ecuador

Environmental Law, Federal Indian Law, Cultural Heritage, and Rights of Mother Earth: Dean Suagee, Native Attorney, Washington DC

Foundations for Indigenous Thought: Renee Gurneau

Thursday, April 5

Opening Prayer / Song / Haskell Drum Group

Spiritual Introspective

Continuation of Spiritual Dialogue

Navajo Nation Policy - The Peace Keepers: Robert Yazzie, attorney and educator, Dine College

Rights of Indigenous Nations, Its Peoples & Lands: Steven Newcomb, author

Perspectives from Alaska, Alannah Hurley
Perspectives from the Tar Sands, Clayton Thomas-Muller, Canadian Indigenous Tar Sands Campaign

Osage Banquet and Cultural Entertainment

Friday, April 6

Opening Prayer / Song / Haskell Drum Group

It's Time For Indigenous Solutions: Dr. Daniel Wildcat

Global Voices on Rights of Mother Earth: Marlon Santi, Sarayaku, Ecuador - MKalani Souza, Pacific Islands and Others

The Global Approach, Rio+20, and the United Nations

Perspectives From Our Youth & Students

What's Next? Strategic Planning and Development for Rights of Mother Earth, Our Grassroots Organizations and Tribal Leadership

A Call to Action: Tom BK Goldtooth

Reflection and Analysis

Closing Prayer / Song / Drum Group

posted April 4, 2012 6:30 am edt