International Funders for Indigenous Peoples







Click for more info on the Guide International Funders for Indigenous Peoples PO Box 1040 Akwesasne, NY 13655 Tel: 315-842-0792 Fax: 315-764-1903 Email		FOR FUNDERS ONLY EGA 2007 Fall Retreat: 20th Anniversary Sept 23-26 2007 See www.ega.org for registration info. OPEN TO ALL The 13th Commemoration of the International Day of the World's Indigenous People August 9, 2007 UN Headquarters New York, NY The 13th commemoration of the International Day of the World's Indigenous People will be on Thursday, 9 of August 2007 at UN Headquarters in New York, organized by the Secretariat of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues DSDP/DESA and the NGO Committee on the Decade of the World’s Indigenous Peoples. For more info click here. <><><><><><><><><><> Indigenous Environmental Network North American Indigenous Peoples Mining Summit August 15-18, 2007 Anchorage, Alaska From August 15 through the 18, Indigenous Peoples and their specially invited guests will be gathering in Anchorage to discuss the impacts of mining on Indigenous Lands and communities. This Summit is a follow up to the first North American Indigenous Peoples Mining Summit (NAIPMS) that was held two years ago in Edmonton , Alberta . This year, the Indigenous Environmental Network will convene the Summit with an exciting array of guests and speakers from throughout North America. A limited number of travel and accommodation scholarships will soon be available for group representatives and individuals to attend. Please contact ienmining@igc.org or call 218-751-4697 for more information. <><><><><><><><><><> Third International Seminar on Indigenous Women and Global Warming September 3-5, 2007 Universidad Nacional Bogotá-Colombia In this third symposium we will focus on the effects of global warming on indigenous people and particularly women and its effects on their cultural dynamics and relationships with their surroundings. Latin-American indigenous women that work in climate change and are interested in participating can contact Elsa Matilde Escobar emescobar@natura.org.co as soon as possible. Click here for more info. <><><><><><><><><><> II National Meeting of the Peoples of the Forest September 18 to 23, 2007 Brasilia, Brazil II National Meeting of the Peoples of the Forest, to be held in Brasilia, Brazil, from September 18 to 23, 2007. Click here for more info.