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Indigenous Nation: Mohawk (Kahnawake)
Nation State:
Canada
Language(s): English
UN Region:
Western Europe and
Other States
Kenneth Deer, Mohawk, Kahnawake;
Past Coordinator of the Indigenous Caucus at the United Nations in Geneva.
Publisher/Editor of the newspaper The Eastern Door, Kanien' Keha:Ka
Na'Kon:Ke Rontehnhohanonhnha
The Eastern
Door - Kanien' Keha:Ka Na'Kon:Ke Rontehnhohanonhnha
Additional links for Kenneth Deer on this site:
Statement by Kenneth Deer on the Global Information Society
- UN World Summit on the Information Society, Press conference, Tunis,
2005
Adoption of the United
Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: Politics of
Inclusion
Tadadaho Sid Hill, Spiritual leader of the Haudenosaunee, Opens the
Permanent Forum
Kenneth shares his observations of speeches made by Tadadaho Sid Hill and
Mary Robinson, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights at the first session
of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, 2002.
United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues 2002 - Press
Conference
Kenneth Deer asks Ms. Pocaterra to comment on any gains that Indigenous
Peoples have made within the political environment of President Chavez.
The issue of the paramilitary presence in Colombia and its impact on
Indigenous Peoples is also addressed
Dialogue Between Nations: Journey to the Summit - watch webcast
The Summit of the Americas in Quebec City occurred from April 20-22 2001.
DBN webcast key parts of the Summit as well as hosted dialogues in
Vancouver with Woodrow "Woody" Morrison, Jr., Haida Historian, with a law
degree. Oscar Gonzalez, Director, Mexican Academy of Human Rights and
former Ambassador to a number of UN Commissions, co-hosted Summit events
with Kenneth Deer, Mohawk, Kahnawake, Past Coordinator of the Indigenous
Caucus at the United Nations in Geneva, Publisher/Editor of the newspaper
The Eastern Door, Kanien' Keha:Ka Na'Kon:Ke Rontehnhohanonhnha. Watch some
of the speeches and discussions pertaining to the Summit Agenda and its
impact on Indigenous Peoples.
The Great Failure of the Summit
- editorial by Kenneth Deer
Kenneth
Deer's interview with Matthew Coon Come, National Chief, Assembly of First
Nations
Kenneth Deer and Oscar Gonzales, President of the Mexican Academy of Human
Rights share their conclusions
- view Video
The Elimination of Racism Not Really the Priority of World Conference
Against Racism
- editorial by Kenneth Deer
Media Accused of Bias in Reporting Racism Issues
Language of Draft Declaration on Racism Irks Indigenous Caucuses
Land - World Summit on Sustainable Development, Johannesburg, South Africa
2002
Comments on the return of ancestral lands to the Mier and San communities,
who jointly make up the Ikhomani group
Indigenous Recognition - World Summit on Sustainable Development,
Johannesburg, South Africa 2002
Additional Resources:
National Day of Action
Canada, June 29, 2007
Why I Support the Aboriginal National Day of Action:
Ottawa is wrong to oppose UN declaration on aboriginal rights
Kenneth Deer,
The Gazette;
Published: Friday, June 29, 2007
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