"Live One-Hour Special on the United Nations 8th Session on the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII)"
Tupac Enrique Acosta (Nahuatl-Xicano), Director of TonaTierra (www.tonatierra.org) and 7th Generation Fund member; Rosalie Little Thunder (Sicangu Lakota Nation), Chairperson Person 7th Generation Fund, member of the South Dakota Peace and Justice Center, and Co-Chair of the UNPFII Women's Indigenous Caucus at UNPFII; Tia Oros Peters (Zuni Nation) Executive Director of the 7th Generation Fund (http://www.7genfund.org), and member of the UNPFII Women's Indigenous Caucus; and Shannon Rivers (Akimel O'Odham Nation),community activist, organizer of Indigenous Peoples Day, advisor to TonaTierra (www.tonatierra.org), and Co-Chair of the UNPFII Global Indigenous Caucus join us live from the United Nations 8th Session on the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) floor to provide news, updates, and information on the major themes of this years UNPFII 8th session. For more information on the United Nations 8th Session on the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII), visit (http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/unpfii/) and the 7th Generation Fund for Indian Development (http://www.7genfund.org).
The United Nations 8th Session on the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) is held from May 18th, 2009 to May 29th, 2009 at the United Nations in New York City, New York (USA).
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