Treaty Council February 2010 E-News In this Issue: Treaty Council E-News, in this issue: The passing of Miguel Alfonso Martinez, a fierce lion in the fight for human rights and Treaties at the UN; HUMAN RIGHTS “LISTENING SESSIONS” AROUND US FOR THE UPR REVIEW PROCESS

Treaty Council November 2009 E-News In this Issue: Annual Thanksgiving Sunrise Gathering on Alcatraz Island, November 26th 2009; Support the Work of IITC; International Indigenous Peoples Forum on Climate Change (IIPFCC) Statement on the Barcelona negotiations for outcomes in Copenhagen, November 4th 2009; Preliminary findings by the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing Raquel Rolnik on her recent US visit, November 7th 2009; Comunicación y Accion Urgente de CITI al ONU sobre el asesinato de Miguel Angel Perez en Morelos Mexico, 10 noviembre de 2010/IITC Urgent Action Communication to the UN on the assassination of Miguel Angel Perez in Morelos Mexico, November 19th 2009

October 2009 IITC E-news Treaty Council E-News, Topics Include: Indigenous Peoples Annual Thanksgiving Sunrise Gathering on Alcatraz Island, November 26, 2009; Report from the 35th Annual International Indian Treaty Conference, Ustupu, Kuna Yala, Panama; United Nations Official to visit Pine Ridge Reservation to Investigate Housing Conditions; IITC, IWA, AILA NWAC and IOIRD joint submission for the UN Secretary General’s mid-year assessment of the 2nd International Decade of the World’s Indigenous Peoples.

August 2009 IITC E-News 35th Annual Conference Information, Updates from the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples 2nd session, & more! Treaty Council E-News. Topics include: TRAVEL/AGENDA INFO FOR PARTICIPANTS: IITC Annual Conference, Ustupu Kuna Yala, Panama, August 29 – 31 2009/Conferencia Anual de CITI, Ustupu Kuna Yala 29 – 31 de agosto de 2009; On International Day, Secretary-General calls for urgent, determined steps to improve standards of health for Indigenous Peoples; Statement: Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples 2nd session, August 10 – 14, 2009, Geneva Switzerland, Agenda Item 4: United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples on the themes: (a) Implementation of the Declaration at the regional and national levels; and (b) Adjudication, remedies, repatriation, redress and compensation; The Declaration of Atlacholoaya, Xochitepec Morelos Mexico, July 29 – 30, 2009/La Declaración de Atlacholoaya, Xochitepec Morelos Mexico el 29 – 30 de julio de 2009; Indigenous Joint Statement on future work of the WIPO-IGC; Call for Nominations: United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues Members, Deadline Feb. 1, 2010; United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues: 2010 Call for applications for the Trust Fund on Indigenous Issues

June 2009 IITC E-NEWS Treaty Council E-News. Topics include: IITC Urgent Action letter to Peruvian government, June 9th 2009/Joint Sign on Letter Condemning the violence in Peru, June 6, 2009; City of Berkeley California resolution endorsing the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, May 19th 2009; TRAINING: Registration form and agenda for IITC Human Rights Training June 25 - 26, Chickasaw Nation, Norman Oklahoma; TRAINING: Taller de Capacitación sobre Derechos Humanos de CITI, 29-30 de julio, Ocotepec Cuernavaca Mexico /IITC Human Rights Training workshop July 29 - 30, Ocotepec, Cuernavaca Mexico; Conferencia Anual de CITI, Ustupu Kuna Yala 29 – 31 de agosto de 2009/IITC Annual Conference, Ustupu Kuna Yala, Panama, August 29 – 31 2009; Stockholm Convention COP 4, Geneva, Switzerland May 4 – 8, 2009 Indigenous Caucus Statement for the High Level Segment; Tribes Applaud Permanent Mount Taylor Traditional Cultural Property Designation; Call for Nominations: UN New Independent Expert on Cultural Rights, Deadline July 24, 2009; Invitation to OHCHR consultation on business and human rights, Geneva 5-6 October 2009

May 2009 IITC E-News Treaty Council E-News. Topics include: Treaty Council Honors Indigenous Rights Activists for their Commitment in Protection of Sacred Places; “Australia Moves to Higher Ground”. Statement on Australian support for Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples by Les Malazar, Chairperson of the Foundation for Aboriginal and Islander Research Action (FAIRA); Sign on to the Native Energy Justice Campaign!; Sign-on letter to Prime Minister Stephen Harper of Canada, regarding Canadian policy on Extractive Industries, March 29, 2009; Treaty Council UPR Submission on the Examination of the United States; Written Intervention submitted by the International Indian Treaty Council, Assembly of First Nations, Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs and the International Organization of Indigenous Resource Development to the United Nations Human Rights Council, 10th session, 2 – 27 March, 2009; Report of the international expert group meeting on the role of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues in the Implementation of Article 42 of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples”, January 14-16 , 2009; OHCHR analytical study on climate change and human rights is now available; Treaty Council Side Event to be held during the Eighth Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, May 18 - 29, 2009, New York; Indigenous Peoples' Global Summit on Climate Change, Anchorage Declaration