Indigenous Encuentro Solidarity

Logo of the Indigenous Encuentro of the Americas set to take place this October

There are two Other Campaign and Zezta Internazional processes that are seeking support right now. One is the call for volunteers to support the Consulta del Barrio being undertaken by Movement for Justice in El Barrio, and another is the call, which I have translated below, to financially support the Indigenous Encuentro of the Americas (to which adherents to the Zezta Internazional are also invited). If you are in NYC this Friday, come to Bluestockings around 6p to be taken to our rooftop benefit gathering for the Indigenous Encuentro and for Estación Libre...

Joint Communiqué from the Traditional Authorities of the Yaqui Tribe of the Town of Vicam and of the Tohono O’odham Nation

August 17, 2007

To the Indian Peoples of North America: Alaska, Canada, the United States and the North of Mexico
To the Indigenous Peoples of America and of the World
To the Mexican People

Following the agreement of the Organizing Commission of the Encuentro of the Indigenous Peoples of America, composed of the Traditional Authorities of the Yaqui Tribe of Vicam, the National Indigenous Congress and the Sixth Commission of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation, we wish to communicate that the peoples of the Tohono O’odham Nation in Mexico and the United States of America and of the Yaqui tribe of the town of Vicam have reaffirmed alliances and strengthened the agreements of coordination for the organization of the Encuentro in our lands.

We did so with the goal of receiving to the Encuentro, in the best possible manner, delegates, representatives, and invited people from throughout the world, where we will without a doubt reach consensus amongst all the indigenous peoples of America and the world for the establishment of relations on all levels, as much cultural as economic, social and political, in order to resist and struggle in a united and organized fashion against the criminal neoliberal project that has declared war on us and for the defense and reconstruction of our cultures and our rights at the regional, national, continental and global levels.

Also, both of our peoples have agreed to make a polite and respectful call, especially to our brothers and sisters of North America: Alaska, Canada, the United States and North of Mexico, and in general to our brothers and sisters of America and the World, for your material solidarity, in order to help us settle the logistical necessities that our Encuentro requires.

To send economic help to the Encuentro you can make deposits to bank account number 6260668944 in the name of Mr. Loreto Ramírez Mapoumea, the interbank code for electronic transfers (CLABE) is 021767062606689444, HSBC Bank.

For the Defense of Mother Earth, Our Territories and Our Cultures

The Traditional Authorities of the Yaqui Tribe of the Town of Vicam and of the Tohono O’odham Nation (Mexico-United States)

Mexico, August 2007