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we believe that it is going to be something that will strengthen our capacities to fight back, and also to widen the alternatives that we think we should be setting up,” she added. Victoria Tauli-Corpuz said a closing prayer in her native language. Victor Menotti of the <strong>International</strong> <strong>Forum</strong> on Globalization said that Tauli-Corpuz’s remarks had reminded him about one of the most enduring images he has about understanding his role and the role of the organizations that he has worked with. He recalled a story that Randy Hayes, his first employer at the Rainforest Action Network in 1990, had told him about a chief in the Four Corners area. Randy had asked the chief what RAN could do to help their land. According to Menotti, the chief just looked Randy in the eye and said “Get your foot off my throat.” Menotti told his indigenous colleagues that this is how he sees his role and the role of the organizations he works with, especially in the United States: “to get the feet of our government, our banks, our corporations, and so on, off the throat of you on your lands, territories, and resources.. Menotti expressed his gratitude to all by saying, “I want you to know that you are part of not only advancing <strong>UNDRIP</strong> but also helping the IFG to evolve. Because what first brought us together in 1994 was opposition to the WTO, opposition to free trade, and the World Bank, and the IMF. But the debate has really shifted now, because we have seen that those institutions are failing. Their crisis of legitimacy, their disastrous policies, their lack of public trust, even from their own member governments. So now that political space is more open than ever, and we are really needing new visions and new sets of values to guide what is going to help us make this transition.. Menotti said that he thinks that more than any other universal set of rights that exists right now, the Declaration is the one thing that gives a true vision of how humans must relate to nature differently, if we are all going to survive. As to future actions, Menotti said that he felt like there had been some clear ideas achieved and recommendations made about how to apply the Declaration and move it into the different international fora and different policy-making areas. “We have already got some commitments from some organizations to take <strong>UNDRIP</strong> back to their organizations to internalize it,” he said. Menotti closed his final comment by saying that the IFG looks forward to keeping in touch with everyone and making sure all that really happens. Claire Greensfelder of the IFG closed the meeting by reflecting on some of her personal gains. “As a Californian of five generations…I used to think was a big deal until I started working with indigenous peoples and then realized, well, drop in the bucket,” she said. Greensfelder pointed out that the meeting happened at a very historic moment in time. “It is an incredible moment… when there is a great threat, there is also a time of a teachable moment, when everyone can see that the financial markets, the environmental situation, the climate, indigenous peoples, etc., are threatened,” she said. On an optimistic note, she reminded everyone that when administrations in the United States change, 7,000 people change jobs as well. “Not that this in itself will change everything, but it is a moment where, if we are organized, both in the U nited States and around the world, people are open to something different. Greensfelder said that the combination of these events provides multiple opportunities, both globally and within the United States, to actualize the Declaration. “If actualizing <strong>UNDRIP</strong> is something that we are committed to doing, [there are] plenty of opportunities for us,” she said. About the idea of forming an alliance, Greensfelder said that she does not think of it necessarily as a formal alliance, but rather as an action network. “We think of ourselves as an action group that will do things. We aren’t going to just be static and state things, we will actually think about doing things that are real and supportive, and certainly take our instructions from our indigenous leaders and allies,“ she said. In her conclusion, Greensfelder announced that although the IFG is committed to working with its indigenous allies here within the United States and globally, it is important to acknowledge that other groups are doing similar work: the <strong>International</strong> Indian Treaty Council and the Indian Law Resource Center in the United States are both currently doing trainings on the Declaration. She called on the 75
participants to coordinate with others who are already doing similar work, and to ever expand the circle of knowledge about <strong>UNDRIP</strong>. SUM MA RY OF RE CO MME ND AT I ONS (PO SSI BLE AC TI O NS F OR A N “ U ND RIP I MPL E ME N TA TI ON NE TWO R K” ) ! raise the <strong>UNDRIP</strong> flag internationally; Education, Internal and External ! coordinate communications and set a collective agenda and identify priorities; ! consolidate information and help educate networks within traditional populations, indigenous organizations, and nonindigenous groups; ! start a Listserv to share developments and dates for regional and global summits; ! share experiences of adopting <strong>UNDRIP</strong> at all levels, including both good and bad experiences; ! deepen the links between the UN Permanent <strong>Forum</strong> delegations and local groups to create an international, on-the-ground convergence force; ! adopt principles of environmental justice as the first step in a commitment to reframe the current way of workinhg with indigenous peoples; ! adopt the <strong>UNDRIP</strong> into our organization’s operational framework; ! share experiences about internalizing the Declaration: where people have met with success and what lessons were learned; ! educate donors about <strong>UNDRIP</strong>; ! engage networks of anthropologists and conservation biologists to disseminate information about <strong>UNDRIP</strong>. 76
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