Indigenous Forum – (Double session)
Sunday October 19
This indigenous North-South cultural exchange builds bridges and solidarity among North-South indigenous people and their allies. Courageous indigenous leader
Patricia Gualinga (Kichwa) from the Ecuadorian Amazon joins
Amazon Watch and
Pachamama Alliance with an urgent report from the rainforest front lines where indigenous women are stepping into leadership to defend the rights of Mother Earth (Pachamama) and their peoples, and to protect the Amazon from oil concessions.
Hosted by
Tom Goldtooth (Dine’/Dakota) of the Indigenous Environmental Network. With indigenous women from the North:
Casey Camp (Ponca), elder indigenous rights activist and actress, on historical impacts of oil development in Oklahoma and current threats from pipelines from the Canadian Tar Sands;
Faith Gemmill (Gwich’in), of REDOIL (Resisting Environmental Destruction On Indigenous Lands), on the history of oil and gas development in Alaska and expansion plans for offshore drilling; and witnesses
Crystal Lameman (Beaver Lake Cree Nation) and
Eriel Deranger (Athabaskan Chipewyan First Nation) with Idle No More.
