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DESCRIPTION:Nov. 25-26: Two-day conference,  \nHonoring Indians of All Tribes’ 50th 
 Anniversary and Reunion.\n\n The AIM West Conference in San Francisco 
 invitation extends to all our relations from the four directions to join 
 with us to see what good we can do for our communities, for children and 
 for our Mother the Earth! \n\nSpecial guests include Len Foster, Madonna 
 Thunder Hawk, Yvonne Swan, Bill Means, Fred Short and Puksu Igualikinya 
 (Ku-na-Panama), Fawn Oakes, daughter of Richard Oakes, and more.\n \nOn 
 this occasion, we honor “Indians of All Tribes”, women and men who 
 sacrificed their livelihoods to reclaim Alcatraz Island beginning on 
 November 20, 1969. Congratulations on their 50th Anniversary and 
 Reunion!\n\nThe agenda will include prayers and blessings at 9:45, 
 following the Welcome. \n\nThe Inter-Tribal Drum Group “Red Lightning 
 Women Power Singers” will follow, as well as presentations by the 
 Chairwoman of the Ohlone Tribal Nation and the California Amah Mutsun 
 Tribal Peoples. \n\nKeynote speaker Dr. LaNada War Jack will speak on 
 “From Alcatraz to Standing Rock”, followed by the film “Alcatraz is 
 Not an Island.”\n\nAfternoon presentations include the topics of the 
 Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, the Kurds of the 
 Middle East as Indigenous Peoples, Alcatraz 50th anniversary—Inspiration 
 and Achievements, Sacred Sites and and the Environment, Tribal Colleges 
 including DQ University in California, the Census, Elections, and a call 
 for Leonard Peltier as Vice President on the Peace and Freedom 
 ballot.\n\nPresentations and panels on Nov. 26 cover topics including 
 International Indigenous Movements in the Global South, the BDS Movement 
 and Palestine, UN initiatives including those on sustainable development 
 and a study on sterilization of Indigenous women, LGBTQ and Two Spirit 
 groups and issues, Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women, Youth 
 Incarceration,  Political Prisoners including Red Fawn Fallis and Leonard 
 Peltier, the US-Mexico border and militarization, and more. \n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2019/11/18/18828250.php
SUMMARY:AIM West Coast Conference
LOCATION: 2969 Mission St., San Francisco
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2019/11/18/18828250.php
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