Original Nations and Peoples Earth Summit 2024 Schedule
PAVILLION MAIN SESSIONS
9am - 3pm daily AUSTRALIA TIME (Turtle Island TIME IS THE NIGHT BEFORE)
Original Nations and Peoples - “Circle of Knowledge and Wisdom”
MAIN STAGE
5pm - 10pm daily
Showing of Films - Live Performance; Music, Dance, Story, Chalkboard Listings (Scroll down for details)
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Films:
The Doctrine of Discovery w/filmmaker introduction - A story of historical truth, spirituality, and resistance, told on behalf of the Original Nations and Peoples of Turtle Island ("North America”) and elsewhere on Mother Earth. “We are still here and still rightfully free."
Oyate Woyaka - The story of the Lakota language history, loss and revitalization. The film touches on the deep history and spirituality of the language, the shocking history that caused the Lakota language to be on the verge of extinction. It chronicles modern efforts to maintain the Lakota language amidst immense challenges from the aftermath of linguicide.
Legacy of the Andes - In the Andes, communities responded to the recent pandemic by reviving their ancient herbal pharmacopeias, food sovereignty, and connection to land.
The Body as territory - For the Original Nations and Peoples of Colombia, the Covid crisis, like the environmental one, are consequences of development without conscience, based on an extractivist system that dispossesses cultures and attacks the biodiversity of the territories, of which our bodies are part.
Awake: A Dream From Standing Rock
It’s a Hard Road to Hoe but You Gotta Start Somewhere… - Muurrbay Language and Culture Cooperative and First Languages Australia
ONP PRESENTERS VENUE
3:30 - 7:30pm daily and beyond - ONP Guest Presenters, Chalkboard Listings
YARNING CIRCLE/TALKING CIRCLE
3:30 - 7:30pm daily and beyond - Discussion Circle / Continued Discussion, Chalkboard Listings
(All times are Australian Eastern Daylight Time)
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IN-PERSON SET UP DAY: 17th Dec
Orienting the day for ‘I can help’ & putting it all up!
| 8:00am | Let's get started - Welcome all Relatives and Helpers! |
| 5:30pm | WELCOME - Gumbaynggirr Hosts and ONP Cultural sharing for Acknowledgment of Country |
| 7:30pm | Sharing First Meal |
DAY ONE: 18 Dec (VIRTUAL 17 Dec for Turtle Island)
Setting the Context; Sharing ONP Cultural Perspectives
| 9:00 - 9:30am | Summit Welcome - Creating Our Circle of Considerations - Foundations for widening our awareness of not merely what, but how we process our considerations |
| 9:30 - 12:00pm | Sharing cultural perspectives - ONP Presenters share cultural perspectives for "Relationship with each other and Relationship with environment" |
| Uncle Micklo (Gumbaynggirr) - Relationship 'Land and Language' - Gumbaynggirr cultural perspectives | |
| Steve N (Turtle Island) - Original Free Existence - Conscious awareness of the free and independent existence of our Original Nations and Peoples (ONP) on our own lands, before invasion by the system of domination from Western Christendom (Western Europe) virtual guest | |
| Uncle Gary (Gumbaynggirr) - What is agency? Who’s agency? - Interacting with non original nations and peoples institutions, organisations and ‘agencies’ | |
| Gina M (Maya) - A journey from the tail of turtle island - Maya cultural perspective (from "central america”) virtual guest | |
| Uncle Joe G (Murri) - Sing for the Black - How story maintains cultural relationship | |
| 12:00 - 1:00pm | Lunch Break |
| note: Our process includes sharing cultural perspectives which acknowledge the themes and topics arising from the morning presentations | |
| 1:00 - 3:00pm | ONP Presenters’ Discussion Panels - Yarning circle/Talking Circle - Examining Not Merely What We Think, But Also How We Think, Sharing perspectives for right and respectful relationship with each other and our environment |
| 1:00 - 2:00pm | Panel discussion - Sharing cultural perspectives for ideas of 'right and respectful' relationship to each other |
| 2:00 - 3:00pm | Panel discussion - Sharing cultural perspectives for ideas of 'right and respectful' relationship to environment |
DAY TWO: 19 Dec (VIRTUAL 18 Dec for Turtle Island)
Acknowledging the Sacred, Protecting the Sacred
| 9:00 - 9:30am | Creating Our Circle of Considerations: Continued examination |
| 9:30 – 12:00pm | Sharing cultural perspectives - What is The Sacred? How do we understand and acknowledge it? How do we see that reflected in our relationships with each other and our environment today? |
| Steve N (Turtle Island) - Day Two: Human Knowledge - How does human knowledge work? How do we know what we claim we know? How do we verify whether what we believe to be true is actually true? virtual guest | |
| Gina M (Maya) - experiences in the middle of turtle island - Maya cultural perspective (from "central america”) virtual guest | |
| Pedro S (Kituwa and Serrano) - Foundations of an Ecosophical Neighbourhood | |
| Ngemba Nation Embassy (Brewarrina) - 'The Hidden Truth’ - reconnecting and rejuvenation of First Nations People's contribution to the sacred | |
| David M (Chinantec/Ajq’ij) - Mayan Calendar - Understanding cycles of nature, time, and relationship; | |
| 12:00 to 1:00pm | Lunch Break |
| note: Our process includes sharing cultural perspectives which acknowledge the themes and topics arising from the morning presentations | |
| 1:00 - 3:00pm | Presenters’ discussion panels / Yarning circle - Examining Not Merely What We Think, But Also How We Think. |
| 1:00 - 2:00pm | What do we acknowledge as the Sacred |
| 2:00 - 3:00pm | How do we acknowledge it as the Sacred |
DAY THREE: 20 Dec (VIRTUAL 19 Dec for Turtle Island)
Acknowledging the Sacred in Protection of the Earth
| 9:00 - 9:30am | Creating Our Circle of Considerations: Continued examination |
| Courage to widen our perspectives. Today we'll be hearing from Original Peoples, cultural leaders, and special guests with perspectives relating to our changing environment. What belongs in our circle of consideration? | |
| 9:30 - 12:00pm | Sharing cultural perspectives - acknowledging the Sacred in Protection of the Earth. What is "the law?" Whose law? Common law, environmental law, Cultural law, Spiritual law? - ONP cultural leaders and special guests introduce perspectives for our consideration, community members and invited guests guided discussion |
| Gina M (Maya) Sharing ancestral teaching virtual guest | |
| Sandy F & "Rattler" (Turtle Island) Impacts of “the law” - From the front lines to beyond virtual guest | |
| Josh D (Paiute/Shoshone) Prayer Horse - Why we ride; protecting the mountain virtual guest | |
| Juan NR (Pipil) Nauat cycle of time | |
| Lewis G (Turtle Island) Spiritual Law - Seven Council Fires traditional ways of doing | |
| 12:00 - 1:00pm | Lunch Break |
| note: Our process includes sharing cultural perspectives which acknowledge the themes and topics arising from the morning presentations | |
| 1:00 - 3:00pm | Presenters’ discussion panels / Yarning circle - Original Peoples cultural leaders and community members guided discussion, Special guests introduce other perspectives for our consideration |
| 1:00 - 2:00pm | Panel discussion - Protection of the Earth; Acknowledging the Sacred |
| 2:00 - 3:00pm | Panel discussion - Protection of the Earth; Cultural Law perspectives for environment |
DAY FOUR: 21 Dec (VIRTUAL 20 Dec for Turtle Island)
ONP Resilience in Action; Where does our process go from here?
Welcome to the Solstice
Thinking of Future Generations - What impacts the Sacred? What corrupts the Sacred? What do we do today for those yet to come? How do we find or enact our Courage and Compassion in the choices we make? From where do we draw the resiliency we need for creating spaces where possibilities thrive?
| 9:00 - 10:00am | Juan M (Somi Se’k) - Corruption of Lifeways, Understanding concepts of spiritual law when language is corrupted virtual guest |
| 10:00 - 12:00pm |
Water Protector Legal Collective - "a panel discussion with those on the front lines of the struggle to protect ancestral lands, waters, and ways of life, through community organizing, movement, and legal strategies to address the shortcomings of the frameworks that are currently in existence." This will be on a different Zoom connection, MUST REGISTER HERE: bit.ly/protectingsacred |
| 12:00 - 1:00pm | Lunch Break |
| 1:00 - 2:30pm | Covert and Overt Corruption of the Sacred - Original Peoples, cultural leaders, and special guests present and guide the discussion from what we think and communicate to how we think and communicate |
| Steven N (Turtle Island) The limitations and possibilities created by the use of English virtual guest | |
| Miguel L (Cosejo Totonaco) Totonaco Nations Council of organisations and communities - The path toward the Bio-Cultural Regeneration virtual guest |
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| Polly C - Bringing Community together - a journey from Native Title to stopping Santos to protecting the waterways | |
| note: Our process includes sharing cultural perspectives which acknowledge the themes and topics arising from the morning presentations | |
| 2:00 - 3:00pm | Panel discussion - Health and Well-Being - Original Peoples, cultural leaders, and special guests guide the discussion; How do we build and maintain community health and resilience in the face of ongoing cultural oppression and ignorance? |
| Open Discussion / Raise your hand discussion - Finding and Sharing Ideas Are there Solutions? What might that include? How can we create circles of consideration where we begin to widen our realms of possibility? |
MAIN STAGE: Story and Musical Performance, Dance and Film
Wednesday 18th December
| 5:30 - 6:15pm | Freedom School Dancers - Performance through Culture, Language, Purpose, Identity, Motivation and Education |
| 6:30 - 7:00pm | Dadirri - musical performance to advocate for Indigenous perspectives and environmental consciousness |
| 7:15 - 8:15pm | Muyala - Giinagay, we are Muyala (in the spirit). We’re a group of musicians living in Gumbaynggirr homeland. Together with Gawa Micklo, we create earth and heart songs in the sacred language of this land. |
| 8:30pm | Film -- It’s a Hard Road to Hoe but You Gotta Start Somewhere… - Muurrbay Language and Culture Cooperative and First Languages Australia |
| 8:45pm | Film -- Oyate Woyaka - The story of the Lakota language history, loss and revitalization. The film touches on the deep history and spirituality of the language, the shocking history that caused the Lakota language to be on the verge of extinction. It chronicles modern efforts to maintain the Lakota language amidst immense challenges from the aftermath of linguicide. |
Thursday 19th December
| 5:30 - 6:15pm | Kids Caring For Culture - Murwillumbah Traditional Dance “Sharing world view through story, song and dance” |
| 6:30 - 7:15pm | Matty D - Original Songs of First Nations / ONP culture and life |
| 7:30 - 8:15pm | Joe G - Sing for the Black |
| 8:30pm | Film -- Awake - A dream from Standing Rock |
Friday 20th December
| 6:00 - 6:45pm | Jumbaal Dreaming Band - ‘The Heart of Gumbaynggirr Country’ |
| 7:00 - 7:30pm | Tariek H - Singer/Songwriter inspired to write and play music for Nature, Life and Love |
| 7:45pm | FILM -- The Doctrine of Discovery - w/filmmaker introduction - A story of historical truth, spirituality, and resistance, told on behalf of the Original Nations and Peoples of Turtle Island ("North America”) and elsewhere on Mother Earth. “We are still here and still rightfully free. |
Saturday 21st December
| 5:00 - 5:45pm | Kids Caring For Culture - Murwillumbah Traditional Dance “Sharing world view through story, song and dance” |
| 6:00 - 7:00pm | Muyala - Giinagay, we are Muyala (in the spirit). We’re a group of musicians living in Gumbaynggirr homeland. Together with Gawa Micklo, we create earth and heart songs in the sacred language of this land. |
| 7:15 - 8:00pm | Joe G and Nick L - Two famous musos join stage together |
| 8:05 - 8:15pm | All Souls Unitarian Washington DC - Song for the Earth virtual guests |
| 8:30 pm |
Film Short: The Body as territory; For the Original Nations and Peoples of Colombia, the Covid crisis, like the environmental one, are consequences of development without conscience, based on an extractivist system that dispossesses cultures and attacks the biodiversity of the territories, of which our bodies are part |
| Feature: Legacy of the Andes - In the Andes, communities responded to the recent pandemic by reviving their ancient herbal pharmacopeias, food sovereignty, and connection to land |
