The aforementioned nations have existed on TurtleIsland
and in our respective territories since time immemorial with our cultures,
languages, governments, sciences, intergovernmental relationships and
institutions in tact.Here on this 3rd
day of August 2006, on the territory of the Tetuwan Oyate, within site of the
sacred Mato Paha and by its witness, the following constitutes the Articles of a
Treaty concluded between the aforementioned nations, the signatories being duly
authorized to act on behalf of their peoples.
Article 1:The
aforementioned nations have gathered here for the purpose of protecting and
acknowledging our sacred relationship with the land;
Article 2:The
aforementioned nations have also gathered here to acknowledge and affirm that
it is the inherent right of our people to gather upon our sacred land and to
safeguard that sanctity under the Original Instructions given to us by the
Creator;
Article 3:The
aforementioned nations have also come together here at the site of Mato Paha to
establish and confirm that peaceful relations exists amongst our nations and
that we do hereby agree to maintain good faith and friendship in our mutual
relations and further to maintain an effective and lasting peace;
Article 4:The
aforementioned nations, being sovereign and independent under the laws of the
Creator and under international law as confirmed in the Declaration on the
Rights of Indigenous Peoples and the human rights covenants of the United
Nations, do hereby confirm and covenant that we commit ourselves to seek and
create the means and mechanisms for trade of products and goods originating in
our communities.We further commit
ourselves to serve and sustain the needs of our peoples and we will engage in
mutual exchange and trade that benefits all of our peoples and respect the
territories and land for which we are all responsible.
Article 5:The
aforementioned nations do herby confirm and covenant that we will provide
mutual support and defense, one for the other, with respect to our ability and
efforts to protect the sacred lands, resources and cultures, the responsibility
for which wasgiven to us by the
Creator.
Article 6:The
aforementioned nations do hereby confirm and covenant that our peoples, communities,
institutions and governments, will work together in mutual support and for the
benefit of our lands and peoples in local, national and international forums;
Article 7:The conceptual doctrine of discovery
(“doctrine of discovery”) is the basis for claiming the extinguishment of
aboriginal title and subjugation of indigenous peoples of Abya Yala (North
& South America).Therefore, the
aforementioned nations do hereby confirm and covenant to support our mutual
efforts to rescind and abrogate the international standards and colonial rule
that was begun by the Doctrine of Discovery, the Papal Bulls of the 15th
and 16th centuries and the 1496 Royal Charter of England, that continue
to deny Indigenous peoples’ human rights, and continue to adversely affect our
rights to collectively decide our destinies.
Article 8:Further,
the aforementioned nations do hereby commit one to the other to apply and
continue to apply all necessary pressure upon the Catholic Church in Rome and in all of its
congregations throughout the world to publicly renounce the Papal Bulls and the
resulting genocide and disenfranchisement of Indigenous peoples.
Ratified/Witnessed/Agreed to this 3rd day of August,
2006, on behalf of:
Black Hills Sioux Nation
Treaty Council
CONAIE (Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador)