1894 Sioux Nation Treaty Council Statement to the UN Human Rights Council 51st Session 2022

1894 Sioux Nation Treaty Council

Statement of Charmaine White Face

Spokesperson for the 1894 Sioux Nation Treaty Council

United Nations Human Rights Council

 51st Session - Geneva, Switzerland

Panel discussion on the negative impact of the legacies of colonialism

 

            My name is Charmaine White Face.  I am the Spokesperson for the 1894 Sioux Nation Treaty Council.  We are located in the middle of North America. We are from the Great Sioux Nation and have an International Treaty with the United States.  However, the U.S placed us in Prisoner-of-war camps which they call American Indian Reservations, and the US is illegally occupying our Treaty territory without our consent.

 

            Thank you for approving Resolution 48/7 regarding the Negative Impacts of Colonialism.  Approving a Resolution recognizing that there are still dehumanizing effects of colonialism  in the world is a first step in healing those harmful effects for millions of Indigenous Peoples and Nations.

 

            To fully activate Resolution 48/7, this Human Rights Council needs to recommend in your report to the General Assembly that all Indigenous Nations that have International treaties or agreements with colonizing governments are automatically placed on the Decolonization List. Resolution 48/7 was meant to truly eliminate not enable colonization.

 

            In addition, this Council must offer to all Indigenous Nations and Peoples including those without treaties, or agreements but who suffer oppression by colonizing governments, the opportunity of participating in the process of Decolonization.  Without that opportunity, the Human Right to Self Determination of Indigenous Peoples and Nations is denied and colonialism condoned. 

 

            Mitakuye oyasin (For all my relations),  Thank you.