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Welcome to the Flying Eagle Woman Fund

Announcements Bulletin Board

 Featuring noteworthy news, reports and special events notices

 




Special FEWF events in honor of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues



FEWF Events-UNPFII.

The Flying EagleWoman Fund

The American Indian Law Alliance

And the American Indian Community House
cordially invite you to

An Evening Honoring Dr. Erica-Irene A. Daes

Dr.Erica_IreneA.Daes

Founding Chairperson and Special Rapporteur of

the United Nations Working Group on Indigenous Populations

Friday May 22, 2009    -     6:00pm - 9:00pm

The Alaska House - 122 Mercer Street

RSVP (212)-982-5358         e-mail:fran@flyingeaglewomanfund.org
To download the Invitation Click Here


Tuesday May 26, 2009. 8:00 P.M.
Spiderwoman Theater in association with the Silver Cloud Singers
Hosted by the Public Theater.


Sponsored by:
The American Indian Law Alliance and The North American Regional Representative to the United Nations Permrnant Forum on Indigenous Issues.
Invites you to:
A Celebration in Honor of Ingrid Washinawatok El-Issa


Tuesday May 26, 2009. 8:00 P.M.
The Public Theater 425 Lafayette St.

To Copy and Down Load Click
Here

FEWF Events-UNPFII



To Copy and View the Poster Click Here

 

Wednesday May 20 th - 777 UN Plaza 2 nd floor - 6:30pm - 9:00pm

"A Brave New World, Indigenous People in the New Political and Economic Landscape"

Chief Oren Lyons, William Means, Alex Ewen and

Dr Erica-Irene A. Daes

Thursday May 21 st - 777 UN Plaza 2 nd floor - 6:30pm -9:00pm
10 th anniversary reception honoring Ingrid Washinawatok El Issa "Opeqtaw Metamoh-Flying Eagle Woman"

Friday May 22 nd - Alaska House. 109 Mercer Street, NYC

6:00pm - 9:00pm

Panel "Our Land Our Life - Indigenous Peoples and Sacred Sites"

For more info:Click Here




Dear Friends of the Permanent Forum


Important Information for IPOs and NGOs on the 8th
Session of the PFII.Read more


Special Announcemet : The Eighth Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
18 - 29 May, 2009
UN Headquarters, New York

Pre-registration is now open
http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/unpfii/en/session_eighth.html

http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/unpfii/index.html

The Center for Women's Global Leadership.
Celebrating 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence and the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Print Version in PDF: English
               

       
Ingrid El-Issa
The Fund for the Four Directions
New York City, USA
Native American Women’s Rights Activist
www.cwgl.rutgers.edu/16days/kit08/exhibit/el-issa.html


www.cwgl.rutgers.edu/16days

From 25th November (International Day Opposing Violence Against Women) and 10th December (International Human Rights Day) symbolically link violence against women and human rights to show that such violence is a violation of a woman's human rights


For more information read here:

            Americans for Indian Opportunity Ambassadors Reception at AICH
 September 12, 2008


Photos
Video is coming soon
 
www.aio.org


From our Archives: Click Here
Americans for Indian Opportunity Ambassadors Reception at AICH
September 22, 2006



In memory of Wastewinyan Gonzalez.May her memory and work live on.
Wastewinyan Gonzalez participated in a panel discussion about

Religious Freedom Lockdown: Justice, Jails, and Families
during the time of The Seventh Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues in New York city
Monday April 28, 2008
The event was sponsored by Peace development fund and Co-Sponsor by: Flying Eagle Woman Fund & Fundacion Rigoberta Menchu Tum

Video      Photos



Peace development fund Sponsor & Co-Sponsors by: Flying Eagle Woman Fund & Fundacion Rigoberta Menchu Tum .
Nuclear, Coal, and Oil: Climate Change at its Best.
Video    Part 1   Part 2




President Evo Morales Aima making a special visit to the American Indian Community House and the Flying Eagle Woman Fund in down town at 11 Broadway, New York City.



Reports from the : Seventh Session and the FEWF
co-sponsored special events
2008

Watch Video of the Award Ceremony

Part 1    Part 2

Watch Video of the Sovereignty, indigenous people and Environment

Part 1        Part 2

Photos from the Forum

FEWF award Ceremony        Sovereignty, indigenous people and
Click HERE               Environment Click HERE

         

Peace development fund Sponsor & Co-Sponsors by: Flying Eagle Woman Fund & Fundacion Rigoberta Menchu Tum

Religious Freedom Lockdown: Justice, Jails, and Families
Monday, April 28, 2008 .
Photos of the event    For more info please Click Here

Nuclear, Coal & Oil: Climate Change At Its Best.
Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Photos of the event    For more info please Click Here

          

In celebration of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
FEWF Presents:

Flying Eagle Woman Fund & Peace Development Fund presents:

Religious Freedom Lockdown: Justice, Jails, and Families
Monday, 28 April 2008
1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m.

Nuclear, Coal, and Oil: Climate Change at its Best.
Tuesday, 29 April 2008
1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m.
At: Library Auditorium Dag Hammarskjöld
Photos by Dan Goldman.



Special Announcement : Seventh Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
Special theme: Climate change, bio-cultural diversity and livelihoods: the stewardship role of indigenous peoples and new challenges
21 April - 2 May, 2008
UN Headquarters, New York

Please stay tuned for announcements and special events
co-sponsored by FEWF in honor of the Permanent Forum.


 

For further information, click: PERMANENT FORUM ON INDIGENOUS ISSUES

Reports from the : Sixth Session and the FEWF
co-sponsored special events

 

May 17 - The Birth of Human Rights_Indigenous contact with Europe and the origin of international Law_ a panel discussion
Watch the Video: En Spanish and English:


Part 1      Part 2   Part 3   Part 4



For more information about the Distinguished Speaker check the event flyer PFII Side Panel.

May 18 - Ingrid Washinawatok El-Issa Memorial
and in Celebration of the 6th Session of the UN PFII.Watch the Video

Honoring Ingrind
Part 1      Part 2             Part 3


 Check the Photos
photos

 

May 23 - John Trudell & Bad Dog, The Ripcords, Pura Fe, Ulali and other Special Guests at the club REBEL NYC...wear your dancing shoes...it's a party event!

 

 

WHAT'S NEW AT FEWF!

[   April 28, 2007- Menominee Sturgeon Feast & Celebration Pow - Wow

      Menominee Indian High School

      Keshena, Wisconsin

      To see poster: KEWAEHMAKAT PITATEH (They're coming Home)  

       

 

[   Helen Waukazoo is the recipient of the national Flying Eagle Woman Award for 2007 Click: Native American Health Center  to read the Native Americans in Philanthropy's announcement. 

 

[ FEWF, AICH and the Southern Connecticut State University host  the first Aboriginal Taiwanese Internship program.  For a report (and pictures) on the first 4 young women Interns visit: FEWF WELCOMES ABORIGINAL TAIWANESE INTERNS

[    THE NEW FEWF  EVENTS & PHOTO ALBUM ARCHIVE  PAGE

Please visit FEWF's new ARCHIVE PAGE on which you will find a chronological  listing of past notices, featured articles and special events reports.

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