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  • Mis-use of Geronimo’s name by the U.S
    ~ May 2011

    Arcata, California: The mis-use of the name of the late and honored Apache chief, Geronimo, as code for Osama Bin Laden was a sucker punch to Native Peoples in the United States. Indigenous Peoples’ continue experiencing our names, images, ceremonial items, spiritual practices and likenesses to be stereotyped and misrepresented in the media, and further[.....]

  • Half-Day Discussion on Right to Water and Indigenous Peoples UNPFII 10th Session 16-27 May 2011
    ~ May 2011

    American Indian Law Alliance  11 Broadway, 2nd Floor New York, NY 10004 Email: aila@ailanyc.org United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues 10th Session 16-27 May 2011, United Nations Headquarters, New York Agenda Item 7: Half-day Discussion on The Rights to Water and Indigenous Peoples Submitted by Ms. Tonya Gonnella Frichner of the American Indian Law[.....]

  • Press Release Training for Indigenous Peoples’ Participation in the United Nations Offered by Local Native Non-Profit Organization
    ~ Mar 2011

    Contact:     Mary Campbell 707 825 7640 mc@7genfund.org Training for Indigenous Peoples’ Participation in the United Nations Offered by Local Native Non-Profit Organization Arcata, California, March 16, 2011 – The Seventh Generation Fund for Indian Development  (SGF) is hosting a one-day workshop titled ‘Dialogue on Leadership and Empowerment: Indigenous Voices at the United Nations.’ This[.....]

  • Press Release – Northern California Native Non-Profit to Host United Nations Preparatory Caucus Meeting
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    Contact: Mary Campbell 707 825 7640 mc@7genfund.org Northern California Native Non-Profit to Host United Nations Preparatory Caucus Meeting BLUE LAKE, California, March 15, 2011 – The Seventh Generation Fund for Indian Development (SGF), an Arcata based Indigenous non-profit organization, is hosting the North American Indigenous Peoples’ Caucus Meeting on March 19-20, 2011 at the Blue[.....]

  • Follow our work on Facebook
    ~ Dec 2010

    welding projectsfacebook badges You can stay informed our what the SGF crew is doing by “Liking” our Facebook page.  Click on the Facebook logo.

  • Special Peru Crisis News Update- Interview with Tupac Enrique
    ~ Jun 2009

    An Interview with Tupac Enrique, Director of Tonatierra and SGF Board Member on the massacre in Peru this morning – Amazon Indigenous People rally to defend their Homelands. At least twenty indigenous Awajun and Wambis have died and hundreds more have been injured after a brutal confrontation this morning on the Fernando Belaunde Terry Road[.....]

  • Protection of Water – Water is a Human Right
    ~ May 2009

    COLLECTIVE STATEMENT Intervention to the Eighth Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues 2009 Submitted by the Seventh Generation Fund for Indian Development Agenda Item 3a: Social and Economic Development Protection of Water – Water is a Human Right   Madame Chair, esteemed Members of this Forum, brothers and sisters of the[.....]