First Peoples Worldwide is one of the only international organizations led by Indigenous Peoples and dedicated to the mission of promoting Indigenous economic determination and strengthening Indigenous communities through asset control and the dissemination of knowledge.
Through regranting, technical assistance, education and advocacy, First Peoples provides Indigenous Peoples with the tools, information and relationships they need to build community capacity to leverage assets for sustainable economic development.
Indigenous Peoples make up five percent of the world’s population and represent 90 percent of the cultural diversity. They have traditional land claims of up to 24 percent of the Earth’s surface and their lands possess 80 percent of the Earth’s remaining biodiversity. Yet, historically, the needs and cultures of Indigenous Peoples have been disregarded. Many of the world’s Indigenous cultures are endangered and their lands and natural resources are increasingly threatened by external economic and development pressures. Without an active campaign to protect them, the world’s Indigenous Peoples are in danger of disappearing altogether in the next century. With them will go generations of Indigenous knowledge, valuable medical research, vibrant cultures, and worldviews that are unique and infinitely sustainable.
First Peoples employs a number of strategies to help Indigenous Peoples take their place in the world’s systems. FPW advocates extensively with policy making bodies, governments, funders, and institutions on behalf of Indigenous Peoples. First Peoples engages with multinationals and extractive industries to encourage them to work directly with Indigenous Peoples to establish mutually beneficial agreements. First Peoples established Keepers of the Earth (KOE) to build the capacity of Indigenous Peoples to establish and manage protected areas on their own homelands. First Peoples promotes socially responsible investing, and maintains an aggressive Research program on Indigenous Peoples and their issues.
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Mailing address as of October 1, 2009:
857 Leeland Road
Fredericksburg, VA 22405
USA
Telephone: (540) 899-6545
Fax: (540) 899-6501
Email: info@firstpeoplesworldwide.org
Website: www.firstpeoplesworldwide.org
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Thank you so much for joining! We are being heard by everyone around the world... the AP has already written about us! Please pray we can push for momentum to get their state laws changed in Alabama! The city of Oxford wants to continue to destroy & then build on our sacred mound! They will not let any one up on the mound for any ceremonies, even during the protests there was law enforcement standing nearby...
This sign should be reading: Indian burial mound No digging Violators will be prosecuted
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Lehman Brightman-Ethnic Studies Lecture SFSU Oct 8th 2009
Dr. Lehman Brightman-National President of United Native Americans,Inc, Will have a lecture/ discussion on the trials and tribulations we as First Nations People endured to implement Native American /Indigenous studies on the UC and CSU level.
When: Thursday October 8th 2009, 2:10pm-3:25pm.
Where: Cesar Chavez Student Center, San Francisco State University.
For More Information Visit:
Ethnic Studies 40 Years later. Race, Resistance and Relevance.
I TASTE THE RED EARTH AND ACKNOWLEDGE MY HUMANESS, I FEEL THE URGE TO CREATE, AND MY SPIRIT SOARS LIKE THE SPIRALING HAWK I TOUCH THE WARMTH OF GRANDFATHER SUN SO MY HEART WILL NEVER GROW COLD.
THEN I TURN TO THE CENTER OF MY SACRED SPACE, ENTERING THE SILENCE, TO REDISCOVER THE ETERNAL FLAME OF LOVE.
