(Lea el resumen en español abajo)
What is Indigenous Message on Water?
In keeping with the Indigenous World Forum on Water and Peace*, our anthology Indigenous Message on Water…
Is a multi-lingual book (English/Spanish/Native language/s) gathering wisdom, thoughts, verses, short-stories, poems, and general reflections on the various local issues pertaining to Water.
Is an intercultural dialogue between East/West/North/South indigenous elders, activists and writers.
Is a pedagogical tool to create awareness about Water around the world.
Supports, via the arts, the Indigenous World Forum on Water and Peace.
Invites readers to offer their own words to Water in a symbolic gesture to protect and honor her.
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Who Are the Authors, Artists and Editors?
The Indigenous Message on Water brings together the poems, stories and thoughts of various friends from far and wide this blue globe on which we live on. They who have gifted us with beautiful droplets from their own harvest: Chamoru, Pinay and Maori friends from the Pacific; Sakhe from Russia; Cree, Tsalagi, Cherokee, Yoeme, Anishinaabe, Lakota, Lipan Apache, Metis, and Gitxan friends from North America; K'iche', Kaqchikel, and Q'anjob'al friends from Guatemala; Maya and Nahuatl friends from Mexico; Wayuu, Palenque and Kuna friends from the Caribbean; Uitoto, Okaina and Tikuna from the Amazonia; and Kichua, Yanakuna and Mapuche-Huilliche friends from the Andes and the farthest lands of the Deep South.
AUTHORS
Alejandra García Quintanilla / Allison HedgeCoke
Andrew Judge / Briceida Cuevas
Calixta Gabriel Xiquín / Cebaldo De León
Craig Santos Perez / Daniel Caño
Darlene Sanderson / Diane M. Zephier
Estercilia Simanca Pushaina
Francisco Ucán-Marín / Enokakuiodo
Fredy Chikangana / Gideon Mackay
Gloria Albernaz / Graciela Huinao
Holly Calica / Hugo Jamioy
Humberto Ak'abal / Jaime Luis Huenún
Javier Salcedo Gregorio / Jessica Robertson
Jim Larriva / John D. Berry
Jon M. Fox / Judith Santoprieto
Kim Shuck / Kimberly L. Becker
Late Sandy Beardy / Lorenzo Aillapán
Luis Antonio Canché Briceño / M. Blackstock
María Inés Huenuñir / María Teresa Panchillo
MariJo Moore / Marlena Myles / Miguel Rocha Vivas
Mirian Díaz Pérez / Rafael Mercado Epieyú
Rayen Kuyeh / Ruth Chaparro
Te HuirangiErueraWaikerepuru
Vicenta María Siosi Pino / Xánath Caraza
Margo Tamez / Lee Maracle
Galina Popova / EvdokiyaKsenofontova
ARTISTS
Lee Claremont (http://www.leeclaremont.com/)
Daniel Molina Sierra (http://damsartprocess.blogspot.ca/)
Oswaldo DeLeón Kantule (http://deleonkantule.tripod.com/)
EDITORS / TRANSLATORS
Juan Guillermo Sánchez Martínez
Felipe Quetzalcoatl Quintanilla
Darlene Sanderson
Sophie Lavoie
What We Need and What You Get
We need $10.000 US Dollars to cover the cost of publishing the Anthology, print the posters and t-shirts and, furthermore, to fulfill our mandate so as to send out the books and perks.
With your help, the project will be divided like this:
- We will send at least 6 complimentary books for each of the 60 authors/artists in the compilation.
- We will also give books to the special guests of the forum in 2014.
- We will send the books out to the applicable funders around the world.
- And any remaining books will be sold independently. Any profit is intended to support the Indigenous World Forum on Water and Peace of 2014.
- NB: The PERKS, on the right side of your screen, offer different possibilities to obtain the book and/or to be involved in this collective publication!
The Impact
Elders have shared that Water has its own life force, that rivers and streams are the arteries and veins of Mother Earth, and that the oceans are the sacred mat that links all of Life. We know that Water is necessary for the health of all people, plants and animals. Yet, half of all Mother Earth’s lakes and rivers are polluted. And billions of people live without access to clean drinking water and adequate sanitation. Many of these communities are indigenous. Even in Canada –a ‘developed’ country- 1/6 of indigenous communities do not have access to safe, clean drinking water.
Despite our proven sustainable cultural practices that respect and honor the natural environment, the lived experiences of our communities are overlooked. In many policies and strategies for action, the scientific world is looked to for both water policy development and climate change strategies. As original caretakers and guardians of Mother Earth, we have valuable insights for sustainable water practices that could inform and suggest alternatives to current water management and governance systems.
By Darlene Sanderson, Cree/Russian, PhD, Secretariat
*Fragment of a text that was published in TokBlongPacifik, News and Views from the Pasific Islands. Vol. 9.Issue 1. Winter 2012
Other Ways You Can Help
If you can’t monetarily support our project, you can still help us!
- Please share this campaign with your friends, students, colleagues, editors, magazines through your own social network. We will appreciate it tremendously! You can use the tools in this site to share.
- Please also link to this site on your own blogs, websites and platforms, and follow us on facebook!
*The Indigenous World Forum on Water and Peace is a coalition of Indigenous leaders, Indigenous organizations, academics and like-minded people globally who wish to protect water for future generations. It is a vision from the Elders, and has the support of 60 organizations globally (at the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues). This is a partnership between Indigenous peoples organizations (The International Council of Thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers), universities (UNBC, UVic), and non-government organizations (The Pacific Peoples’ Partnership and the Indigenous Environmental Network).
This Forum has two components:
- A global forum that will gather together traditional Indigenous knowledge keepers, community members working to protect water and people from all nations, proposed for September, 2014. The Global Forum responds to the need to develop sustainable water practices and to address conflicts over water, and will address the Millennium Development Goals such as poverty, disease and child mortality.
- The forum will be a catalyst for a new paradigm, the drop of water that ripples out to local communities to work together for healthy and clean water. Communities’ capacity will be built to find their own solutions to the challenges faced by water.
\The founding members of the Indigenous World Forum on Water and Peace:
Tom Goldtooth (USA – Indigenous Environmental Network)
Motarilavoa Hilda Lini (Vanuatu – traditional hereditary chief)
Mona Polacca (USA – Hopi/Tewa, Hausupai, International Council of the 13 Grandmothers)
Lucy Mulenkei (Kenya – Indigenous Information Network)
TeHuirangiWaikerepuru (Aotearoa/New Zealand – Maori kaumatua/traditional Elder
JebraRamMuchahary (India – NE Indigenoustribes)
Tomas Alarcon (Peru – CAPAJ)
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(Resumen en Español)
¿Qué es el Mensaje Indígena de Agua?
- Es un libro multilingüe (español/inglés/lenguas nativas) de consejas, pensamientos, versos, cuentos, poemas y reflexiones sobre problemáticas locales relacionados con el agua, los cuales líderes, abuelos, poetas, escritores, activistas indígenas del mundo están regalándonos para esta edición colectiva.
- Es un diálogo intercultural entre abuel@s, activistas y escritor@s indígenas del Este/Oeste/Norte/Sur.
- Es una herramienta pedagógica para crear conciencia sobre el carácter sagrado y medicinal del Agua.
- Es un apoyo –desde la perspectiva del Arte- al Foro Indígena Mundial sobre el Agua y la Paz.
- Es una invitación a los lectores a ofrecer sus propias palabras al Agua en un gesto simbólico de protección y agradecimiento.
En realidad es una publicación muy importante para los objetivos del Foro, pues a través del libro esperamos que el mensaje se propague y personas en todo el mundo reflexionen sobre el agua a partir de estas palabras. Al mismo tiempo, esperamos con la venta del libro reunir fondos y así cubrir una parte de los gastos del Foro Los participantes, desde luego, recibirán ejemplares para compartir con su propia comunidad.
¿Quiénes son los artistas, autores y editores?
AUTORES
Alejandra García Quintanilla / Allison HedgeCoke
Andrew Judge / Briceida Cuevas
Calixta Gabriel Xiquín / Cebaldo De León
Craig Santos Perez / Daniel Caño
Darlene Sanderson / Diane M. Zephier
Estercilia Simanca Pushaina
Francisco Ucán-Marín / Enokakuiodo
Fredy Chikangana / Gideon Mackay
Gloria Albernaz / Graciela Huinao
Holly Calica / Hugo Jamioy
Humberto Ak'abal / Jaime Luis Huenún
Javier Salcedo Gregorio / Jessica Robertson
Jim Larriva / John D. Berry
Jon M. Fox / Judith Santoprieto
Kim Shuck / Kimberly L. Becker
Late Sandy Beardy / Lorenzo Aillapán
Luis Antonio Canché Briceño / M. Blackstock
María Inés Huenuñir / María Teresa Panchillo
MariJo Moore / Marlena Myles / Miguel Rocha Vivas
Mirian Díaz Pérez / Rafael Mercado Epieyú
Rayen Kuyeh / Ruth Chaparro
Te Huirangi Eruera Waikerepuru
Vicenta María Siosi Pino / Xánath Caraza
Margo Tamez / Lee Maracle
Galina Popova / Evdokiya Ksenofontova
ARTISTAS
Lee Claremont (http://www.leeclaremont.com/)
Oswaldo DeLeón Kantule (http://deleonkantule.tripod.com/)
Daniel Molina Sierra (http://damsartprocess.blogspot.ca/)
EDITORES / TRADUCTORES
Juan Guillermo Sánchez Martínez
Felipe Quetzalcoatl Quintanilla
Darlene Sanderson
Sophie Lavoie
Miembros FUNDADORES del Foro Indígena Mundial sobre el Agua y la Paz:
Tom Goldtooth (USA – Indigenous Environmental Network)
Motarilavoa Hilda Lini (Vanuatu – traditional hereditary chief)
Mona Polacca (USA – Hopi/Tewa, Hausupai, International Council of the 13 Grandmothers)
Lucy Mulenkei (Kenya – Indigenous Information Network)
Te Huirangi Waikerepuru (Aotearoa/New Zealand – Maori kaumatua/traditional Elder
Jebra Ram Muchahary (India – NE Indigenous tribes)
Tomas Alarcon (Peru – CAPAJ)
Qué necesitamos / Usted qué obtiene
Con su ayuda, el total de ejemplares impresos va a ser dividido de la siguiente manera:
- Vamos a enviar 6 libros a cada uno de los autores/artistas de la compilación.
- Vamos a regalar libros a los invitados espaciales del Foro 2014.
- Dependiendo de la campaña, vamos a enviar libros a cada uno de ustedes, alrededor del mundo.
- Y el número de libros restante será vendido por nosotros de manera independiente a fin de apoyar el Foro Indígena Mundial sobre el Agua y la Paz 2014.
¡Los INSENTIVOS (PERKS) en el costado derecho de su pantalla ofrecen distintas posibilidades para obtener el libro y ser parte de esta publicación colectiva!
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