FOUNDATION FOR INDIGENOUS AMERICANS OF ANASAZI HERITAGE - Draft American Delaration on the rights of indigenous peoples(2004)

OAS - WORKING GROUP TO ELABORATE THE DRAFT AMERICAN DECLARATION ON THE RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES

The goals for FIAAH at these high level negotiations is to ensure the context of the American Draft Declaration law language includes remedy’s for address concerning collective issues effecting the viability to sustain life in North America for the indigenous American Indian people racially identified as black Americans.

The Organization of American States is a regional agency within the meaning of Article 52 of the United Nations Charter.

Working Group to prepare the Draft American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples was approved by the Organization of American States Commission on Human Rights; Inter-American Court of Human Rights on August 27, 2004

FIAAH is a member representative for the U.SA to the Caribbean Antilles Indigenous Peoples Caucus & the Diaspora, CAIPCD. CAIPCD is one of the representative bodies for indigenous people’s to the OAS for negotiations with the Working Group to prepare the draft Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

The Declaration is to be presented to the permanent Council in the first half of 2006 before the thirty –sixth regular session of the General Assembly.

The point of consensus for the fourth meeting are articles XIX-XXIV of the American Draft Declaration. These articles dealt with traditional forms of property and cultural survival. Right to land, territory and resources, treaties agreements and constructive arrangements, cultural identity, right to environmental protection, organizational and political rights.

At these meeting FIAAH recommendations was voted and approved by the caucus for the inclusion of the words “Communities” and collective recognition into the Article for Rights to Environmental protection into the draft. Inclusion of these words will ensure indigenous Americans of North America living within the United States jurisdiction as black American communities will not be excluded from having avenues for being recognized under this legislation for stopping environmental exploitation with in their communities. Example: hazardous waste dumping or building playgrounds around or above hazardous waste sites. Today this is common practice in black American communities.

FIAAH presented many recommendations for context in writing the legislation (words) to be ratified in the upcoming meetings. FIAAH will be actively working on bringing this declaration into American International law thru the General Assembly for 2006.