an ngo in consultative status with ecosoc
american
indian law alliance
to hear the voices of our people, even unto the SEVENTH generation
Pagans in the
Promised Land
by Steven Newcomb - a
discussion on the Law of Nations
and the international
legal discrimination against
Indigenous peoples
Including:
AILA & Owe Aku Report on the XIth Session of the Working Group on the Declaration - both Sessions = December 2005 and February 2006
AILA Report on the 4th Session (2005) of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
AILA Report on the 61st Session
of the Commission on Human
Rights & AILA's Intervention
AILA Intervention at the 61st
Session of the Commission on
Human Rights
Declaration on the Rights
of the World's Indigenous
Peoples
2004 Permanent Forum Report
2004 InterSessional Working
Group on the Draft
Declaration Report
2004 Caucus Statement on the
Provisional Adoption of Articles
United Nations Study
on Treaties
United Nations Expert
Seminar on Treaties
Overview of the UN System
UPDATES ON THE DECLARATION
We're at the
General Assembly
There Could be a Declaration Passed This Year!
Don't Let the
United States Postpone Passage of the Declaration!
Follow this LINK to Locate Your
Representatives by Zip Code - Email, Call, Fax Them!!!
At this site you
can enter your zip code (left border of web page) and get a list of your Senators and
Congresspeople with their emails, fax, etc.
Human Rights Council Resolution on the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
AILA's Announcement on the Declaration's Passage and Statement "For the Record"
The Final Session of the Working Group on the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
See our Updated
Border Crossing Rights Booklet
About Us
Founded in 1989 by Tonya Gonnella Frichner (Onondaga Nation, Snipe Clan) the American Indian Law Alliance is an indigenous, non-profit organization that works with Indigenous nations, communities and organizations in our struggle for sovereignty, human rights, and social justice for our peoples. We support our elders and leaders and are accountable to the communities we serve. We welcome our allies, while remaining committed to our original instructions handed down through generations of ancestors in order to preserve Indigenous traditions for our descendants.
In addition to the valuable lessons brought to our work by our founder from her own Onondaga Nation, we are guided by the elders, leaders and traditional communities of the Tetuwan Oyate (Lakota Nation). We have been selected to serve as the coordinators for the international efforts of the Teton Sioux Nation Treaty Council at several treaty gatherings. AILA's executive director, Kent Lebsock, is himself Lakota.
AILA's commitment then, to the traditional leadership of our nations and the communities we serve, is far deeper than an administrative or political choice. Through blood and ceremony, we commit our efforts to the territories to which we owe our allegiance and our allegiance to our peoples who safeguard our territories. We are guided by our responsibility to the seventh generation yet to come. In the words of Sitting Bull,
"Let us put our minds together and see what kind of life we can make for our children."
It seems fitting therefore to choose, as a theme to our website, the now famous ledger art done by our ancestors when, as prisoners of the wars of conquest, they passed much of the time creating colorful art on the pages of old, discarded ledger books used by their wardens to catalogue blankets, food stuffs, animals and, of course, human beings. It reminds us that in revitalizing our future, we are, all of us, accountable to the past.
On a national and international level, the American Indian Law Alliance ("AILA" ) organizes and advocates on behalf of and with Indigenous Peoples from around the world. We are one of less than 20 Indigenous NGOs (non-governmental organizations) with Special Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations. Locally, the Legal Services Project is the direct-service component of the American Indian Law Alliance.
We hope the pages of this website will be useful and instructive and please do not hesitate to contact us with your comments and questions. We appreciate your interest in our work and encourage your support.
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