Conference Purpose

Description

Maec Waewaenen Mawaneh Weyak ( A big thank you to everyone).

Conference Purpose

Indigenous peoples all over the world are steadily confronted with outside pressures of having both their land and cultures assimilated into the dominant cultural context. There is currently an acute need to explore successful models of sustainable development that allow for the preservation of indigenous lands, sovereignty and culture, while also allowing for the integration of economic development, institutional capacity-building and technological advancement.

The Menominee believe their model of sustainable development provides clues to the kind of values, economic system, and social order that might be necessary in a sustainable world. As the state of the world's environment becomes more critical, it is believed that this model as well as other principles derived from indigenous wisdom might offer clues from which the modern world can learn as it desperately seeks development alternatives.

Who Attended?

The 2007 Sharing Indigenous Wisdom: An International Dialogue on Sustainable Development Conference at the Oneida Radisson, June 11-15, 2007 had over 120 persons in attendance. We had representatives from throughout the world including Central and South America, New Zealand, Finland, the Philippines, India, Nigeria, Nepal , Australia, Canada, Mexico and the United States. Indigenous Nations represented include: Anishnabe, Awajun, Dineí, Karuk, Mauri, Metis, Oneida, Okanagan, Pikangikum, Pueblo of Pojoaque, Potawatomi, Pueblo Miskitu, Sac and Fox, Salish-Kootenai, Seminole, Tingguian, Yakama, and the hosts, the Menominee. The attendance had scholars, academics, foresters and forest managers, institutional and governmental policy makers, planners and implementers, undergrad and graduate students from colleges and universities near and far. We had excellent representation of the US Forest Service and IUFRO. Particular to our concern are the indigenous practitioners who come to share their wisdom so generously and unselfishly with all who attended Sharing Indigenous Wisdom: An International Dialogue on Sustainable Development.

Original URL

http://www.sharingindigenouswisdom.org/

http://www.sharingindigenouswisdom.org/