[R-G] Indigenous Peoples Vow to Bring Down Apartheid Border Wall

[Anthony Fenton]

 Indigenous Peoples Vow to Bring Down Apartheid Border Wall


      By Brenda Norrell
The Indigenous Peoples' Border Summit of the
Americas 2007 began with a human rights delegation visit to the border
and after four days of activities concluded with a vow to "bring down
the wall." Indigenous delegates to the border on Tohono O'odham Nation
land took a tour of conditions along the U.S.-Mexico border here and
returned in outrage.
The Border Summit ended by declaring an end to discrimination
against migrants and the need for a new era of human rights.
Participants renewed their determination to halt the border wall and
hold the Tohono O'odham Nation responsible for the deaths of men,
women, children, and unborn children who have died on O'odham lands
"for want of a drink of water."
As Mohawk Mark Maracle put it, "It doesn't take a lot of people to
bring down this border wall!"
      Brenda Norrell is a freelance writer and Americas Policy Program border analyst, www.americaspolicy.org. Her blog can be found at http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com/.

      

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