Feminist Intersection: Women get shit done - at the Global Indigenous Women's Caucus that is!

Social Commentary post by Jessica Yee on April 19, 2010 - 11:27am; tagged Native Americans, united nations, women.

I'm in NYC this week for the 9th session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII).

It's an opportunity for Indigenous people around the world to come together, advocate, lobby, and generally raise hell together across borders, lands, and laws.

This past Friday the Global Indigenous Women's Caucus took place and my organization, the Native Youth Sexual Health Network, proudly co-sponsored it, along with amazing organizations like the Seventh Generation Fund for Indian Development. The joint statement and position papers will be coming shortly.

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We are also participating in the Indigenous Youth Caucus, so I will try and post some highlights throughout the week - but if any of y'all are in NYC, come drop by our side event this Tuesday night from 6 to 8pm entitled "Training Session on Capacity and Leadership Promotion of Indigenous Women," more info on the website: http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/unpfii/en/session_ninth.html

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Poor Federal Treatment of Indigenous Peoples Continues

Posted by Panty Buns (not verified) on April 19, 2010 - 6:08pm

The blatantly discriminatory treatment of first nation peoples here in the U.S. continues. i know this isn't a surprise, but when i saw on the news that there was talk of legalizing pot in California, for me it kind of exemplified the double standard. The Lakota had grown hemp as a crop for making hemp rope and other useful products for decades, yet the federal government destroyed their crops even though it was a strain not useful for smoking, having a low Tetrahydracanabinol content. Now they are poised to legalize the potent non-rope variety for production by non-indigenous people. If only it ended there. The Supreme Court, like the rest of the federal government thinks with a forked brain with respect to its own jurisdiction.