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Indigenous Nation:
Ermineskin Cree
Nation State: Canada
Language(s):
English
UN Region:
Western Europe and Other States
J. WILTON
("WILLIE") LITTLECHILD, C.M., Q.C.; Ermineskin Cree Nation, Canadian
Lawyer; Founder, International Organization of Indigenous Resource
Development; Expert member, representing North America, of the Permanent
Forum on Indigenous Issues under the Economic and Social Council of the
United Nations 2002 - 2007. Cree name "Walking Wolf".
Biography
Additional links for J. Wilton Littlechild on this site:
First Session, United
Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues,
13 May 2002
Indigenous Inclusion, Leadership: Presentation to the United Nations
Permanent Forum
- listen to audio
Second Session, United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
12 May 2003
High-Level Panel Discussion and Dialogue on Indigenous Children and Youth;
Part 4; Speakers from the floor - listen to audio
Confederation of Eagle and Condor Honored at United Nations
14 May 2003
Mr. Wilton Littlechild of the Cree Nation and also member of the Permanent
Forum led the legation which took the Sacred Staffs into the UN
Headquarters
United Nations Press Conference - Webcast
23 May 2003 - watch archived video
Mr. Ole Henrik Magga,Chairman of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues,
Mr. Wilton Littlechild, Rapporteur and Licda. Otilia Lux de Coti, Ministra
de Cultura y Deportes, Gobierno de Guatemala and Expert Member of the
Permanent Forum, provide briefs on the outcome of the Permanent Forum's
Second Session.
Fifth
Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
15 - 26 May 2006 - watch archived video
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25 May 06 Press Conference: Ms. Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, Chairperson of the
UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, and Mr. Wilton Littlechild,
Member of the Forum and youth representative, will brief on the outcomes
and agreed recommendations of the ongoing Forum's Fifth Session [Webcast:
Archived Video - 40 minutes]
Sixth
Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
14 - 25 May 2007 - watch archived video
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24 May 07 Press Conference: Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, Chairperson of the UN
Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues; and Wilton Littlechild, Member of
the Permanent Forum, to brief on the outcome and recommendations of the
Forum's current session. [Webcast: Archived Video - English: 32
minutes]
Commission on Human Rights, Fifty-sixth session, Item 15 of the
provisional agenda; Indigenous Issues
" ... We continue to insist that the United Nations apply its own
standards universally and equally, that it recognize and respect the same
fundamental human right to self-determination to us as for other peoples
in the world, that it act without prejudice and without discrimination
...."
Rights
of Indigenous Peoples: Process
The Indigenous Peoples Summit of the Americas: Opening Remarks
Signing of the Declaration of the Indigenous Peoples Summit of the
Americas, Ottawa, Canada, 31 March 2001
Additional Resources:
United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
4th Annual National Connecting Aboriginal Peoples Forum in Canada and
Indigenous Thematic Planning Conference for Tunisia, March 14 - 16, 2005
Theme: Millenium Development Goals and Connectivity March 18, 2005 - watch
video
International Human Rights Consortium (IHRC/CIDH) 2005 Brain Trust
Biographies
Linking Local Commitment to Global Influence
Lead Expert: Mr. Wilton Littlechild, I.P.C., C.M., F.P., Q.C.; Invited
participants of the 2005 Brain Trust are being welcomed May 6, 7, and 8th
2005 as guests at the University of California Los Angeles hosted by the
IHRC/CIDH (International Human Rights Consortium) as a thematic focus
group in preparation for the (WSIS) World Summit on the Information
Society, Phase II being hosted in Tunisia in November 2005.
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