Thousands of Delegates Tackle Climate Change Issues at UN Forum on Indigenous issues

Representatives of the world’s 370 million indigenous people are gathered at the United Nations this week to demand that their voices be included in future talks on climate change. Over 3,000 delegates are attending the seventh session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous issues. They argue that indigenous people in many parts of the world have been among the worst hit by global warming but remain the least responsible for causing it.

Last September, the General Assembly passed a historic resolution calling for the recognition of indigenous peoples’ right to control their lands and resources. But the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples is not legally binding because Canada, New Zealand, Australia, and the United States voted against it.

Casey Camp-Horinek is a member of the Ponca Nation of Oklahoma. A life long political and environmental activist, she founded the Coyote Creek Center for Environmental Justice. She is a delegate to the United Nations on behalf of the indigenous environmental network. She joins us now here in the firehouse studio in New York.

Casey Camp-Horinek, member of the Ponca Nation of Oklahoma and a life-long political and environmental activist.

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