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Box 2574 Fido Net 1:352/333 :: :: Olympia, WA 360-786-9629 :: :: 98507-2574 USA The Quarto Mundista BBS :: ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: DOCUMENT: ISI_90.TXT I N D I G E N O U S S U R V I V A L I N T E R N A T I O N A L RESOLUTIONS TO THE SIXTH ASSEMBLY OF INDIGENOUS SURVIVAL INTERNATIONAL Anchorage, Alaska August 24, 1990 INDIGENOUS SURVIVAL INTERNATIONAL ANCHORAGE, ALASKA RESOLUTION NO. 1 A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING SEASONAL DRILLING RESTRICTIONS IN THE BEAUFORT SEA WHEREAS the Alaska Eskimo Whaling commission feels that a Seasonal Drilling Restriction on industrial activity in both State and Federal offshore waters is necessary for the protection of the Bowhead Whale population and the traditional subsistence whale hunt; AND WHEREAS the State is currently reviewing its 1986 Beaufort Sea Seasonal Drilling Policy, Minerals Management Service has proposed the removal of seasonal drilling restrictions imposed on offshore tracts previously leased in Beaufort Sea Sales BF, 71, and 87, and the Minerals Management Service chose not to include any seasonal drilling restriction in the most recent Beaufort Sea Sale 97, despite the objections of the Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission, the North Slope Borough, and the State of Alaska; AND WHEREAS recent State and Federal reports criticizing industry's failure to adequately respond to and clean up oil spills in Cook Inlet heightens our concern that the oil industry is not capable of responding to and cleaning up significant oil spills in the more harsh Arctic environment; AND WHEREAS the North Slope Borough has taken the position in the ongoing State seasonal drilling review that the threat of an oil spill as well as recent data on effects of industrial noise on Bowhead whales is grounds for the imposition of a more restrictive seasonal drilling policy; NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT ISI supports the North Slope Borough in opposing the removal by Minerals Management Service of any seasonal drilling restrictions imposed on previously leased Beaufort Sea tracts. August 24, 1990 MOVED BY: ______________________________ SECONDED BY: ___________________________ INDIGENOUS SURVIVAL INTERNATIONAL ANCHORAGE, ALASKA RESOLUTION NO. 2 RESOLUTION FOR PROTOCOL AMENDMENT WHEREAS the Migratory Bird Treaty Act restricts and prohibits the hunting of migratory birds in Alaska and Canada between March 10 and September 1; AND WHEREAS the Alaska and Canadian Natives hunt and gather migratory birds when they arrive between March 10 - September 1; AND WHEREAS the proposed Protocol to the Migratory Bird Treaty Act will allow for the utilization of migratory birds for subsistence between March 10 and September 1; NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT Indigenous Survival International calls on the United States Congress and the Canadian Government to pursue the ratification and implementation of the Protocol. August 24, 1990 MOVED BY: ______________________________ SECONDED BY: ___________________________ INDIGENOUS SURVIVAL INTERNATIONAL ANCHORAGE, ALASKA RESOLUTION NO. 3 Whereas: For thousands of years the Gwich'in Athabascan Indians of northeastern Alaska and northwestern Canada have relied on caribou for subsistence, and continue today to subsist on the Porcupine Caribou Herd which is essential to meet the nutritional, cultural and spiritual needs of their people; and Whereas: The Gwich'in have the inherent right to continue their own way of life; and that this right is recognized and affirmed by civilized nations in the international covenants on human rights; and Whereas: The health and productivity of the Porcupine Caribou Herd, and their availability to Gwich'in communities, and the very future of the Gwich'in people are endangered by proposed oil development in the calving and nursery grounds in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge - Coastal Plain; and Whereas: The entire Gwich'in Nation was called together by their Chiefs in Arctic Village in the summer of 1988, and again to meet August 27th - 31st, 1990, to carefully address this issue; and Whereas: The Gwich'in people of every community, having reached consensus on this issue in their traditional way, request the continued support of ISI for protection of the Porcupine Caribou Herd in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge; and Whereas: In modern times we Native people have needed to stand together - not just our village or tribe but all Alaska Natives - to protect our rights to subsistence. We stood together and won Title 8 of ANILCA and the State subsistence law, and we defeated those who wanted to amend those laws in ways that could hurt us. We stood together for our rights to our traditional potlatches and to continue to hunt the Bowhead whale, and we will win the fight to use the sea otter and the other animals that are our heritage; and, Whereas: Those who do not respect our way of life seek to divide us, and to take away our right to our own means of subsistence and way of life: * Fish and Wildlife Service hopes the Athabascans will not speak up for the rights of Aleuts to use sea otters. * The State of Alaska and others wanted us to deny the right of our Kenaitze brothers and sisters to harvest king salmon in the Kenai River. * The Department of Interior promised many Native corporations oil and gas rights in ANWR if they would work against the Gwich'in people, and support development in the calving and nursery grounds of the Porcupine Caribou Herd. August 24, 1990 MOVED BY: ______________________________ SECONDED BY: ___________________________ INDIGENOUS SURVIVAL INTERNATIONAL ANCHORAGE, ALASKA RESOLUTION NO. 4 HIGH SEAS DRIFTNET FISHERIES WHEREAS the high seas district fleets of Japan, Taiwan and Korea fish in the North Pacific for salmon and squid; AND WHEREAS there are approximately 1000 vessels in the combined fleet putting out up to 30 - 40 thousand miles of net per night during the season and approximately a total of 2 million miles of net per season; AND WHEREAS these driftnet fisheries are having a dramatic impact on the fish and wildlife of the North Pacific and Bering Sea, including salmon, marine mammals, and sea birds; AND WHEREAS the indigenous peoples of Alaska, Canada and the USSR depend on fish, birds, and marine mammals for their cultural, social and subsistence needs; AND WHEREAS the driftnet fleets of Japan, Taiwan and Korea are taking many of these subsistence resources, particularly salmon, which is causing serious economic and cultural problems for the indigenous peoples of Alaska, Canada and the USSR; NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Indigenous Survival International finds the social, cultural and economic impacts of the high seas driftnet fisheries of Japan, Taiwan and Korea on the indigenous peoples of Alaska, Canada and the USSR are unacceptable; AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED the Indigenous Survival International supports a worldwide ban on the use of high seas driftnets in order to protect the fish and wildlife of the marine environment and ensure that important fish and wildlife resources are available to indigenous peoples for their subsistence. August 24, 1990 MOVED BY: ______________________________ SECONDED BY: ___________________________ INDIGENOUS SURVIVAL INTERNATIONAL ANCHORAGE, ALASKA RESOLUTION NO. 5 WHEREAS the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 allows for harvest of marine mammals by Alaska Natives if they will be used for subsistence purposes or to produce traditional handicrafts; AND WHEREAS the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is the regulatory agency managing sea otters, polar bears, and walrus; AND WHEREAS the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has singled out sea otters by preventing their harvest for handicraft purposes for no biological reason; AND WHEREAS products made from sea otter for personal use and for trade among people is well documented among coastal Alaskan Natives; NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Indigenous Survival International deplores the actions taken by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in their prohibition on sea otter handicrafts; AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT Indigenous Survival International urges the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to adopt a cooperative stance and work with Native Organizations such as the Alaska Sea Otter Commission to promote sound management of sea otters that is consistent with the rich tradition of Alaska Native culture. August 24, 1990 MOVED BY: ______________________________ SECONDED BY: ___________________________ INDIGENOUS SURVIVAL INTERNATIONAL ANCHORAGE, ALASKA RESOLUTION NO. 6 WHEREAS Resolution 89-13 (ISI at Moose Factory) has not yet been satisfactorily implemented; AND WHEREAS the implementation of this resolution is of great important to the future work of Indigenous Survival International; AND WHEREAS ISI's previous work was greatly enhanced by the work of a Communications Coordinator based in Canada; NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the General Assembly of ISI in Anchorage in August 1990 endorses ISI 89-13; AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT a Communications Coordinator be appointed and funded by the International Steering Committee of ISI. August 24, 1990 MOVED BY: ______________________________ SECONDED BY: ___________________________ INDIGENOUS SURVIVAL INTERNATIONAL ANCHORAGE, ALASKA RESOLUTION NO. 7 NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT Indigenous Survival International, through its Steering Committee, then actively seek status as a non-governmental organization with the United Nations. August 24, 1990 MOVED BY: ______________________________ SECONDED BY: ___________________________ INDIGENOUS SURVIVAL INTERNATIONAL ANCHORAGE, ALASKA RESOLUTION NO. 8 ANIMAL RIGHTS WORKSHOP WHEREAS Resolution 89-13 (ISI at Moose Factory) has been reaffirmed and endorsed by the General Assembly of Indigenous Survival International meeting in Anchorage in August 1990; AND WHEREAS Resolution 89-02 (ISI at Moose Factory) concerned a charitable tax number and a fund-raising committee; AND WHEREAS both resolutions show the need for ISI to coordinate fund-raising and consciousness raising among all peoples in order that members' stories be told; NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED the Indigenous Survival International act to develop a newsletter that reflects the stories of its members; NOW THEREFORE BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that said newsletter should solicit funds for the purpose of furthering the goals and objectives of Indigenous Survival International. August 24, 1990 MOVED BY: ______________________________ SECONDED BY: ___________________________ INDIGENOUS SURVIVAL INTERNATIONAL ANCHORAGE, ALASKA RESOLUTION NO. 9 WHEREAS the General Assembly of Indigenous Survival International at Anchorage in August 1990 recognizes a need to cut expenses and enhance efficiency in its work; NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the General Assembly meets every two years, rather than every year, and that the International Steering Committee meets twice a year, contingent upon funding, to monitor the follow-up work regarding resolutions adopted by the General Assembly, and lend appropriate support to the ISI Secretariat. August 24, 1990 MOVED BY: ______________________________ SECONDED BY: ___________________________ INDIGENOUS SURVIVAL INTERNATIONAL ANCHORAGE, ALASKA RESOLUTION NO. 10 WHEREAS the trapping methods and tools of native and nonnative trappers worldwide will, in the near future, be subject to the scrutiny of the international humane trap standards currently being developed by Technical Committee 191 of the International Standardization Organization; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT Indigenous Survival International and member countries contact the Secretariat of the International Standardization Organization Technical Committee 191 with a view to becoming formally involved in the standards setting process. ,. August 24, 1990 MOVED BY: ______________________________ SECONDED BY: ___________________________ INDIGENOUS SURVIVAL INTERNATIONAL ANCHORAGE, ALASKA RESOLUTION NO. 11 WHEREAS indigenous peoples are concerned about the welfare of wildlife throughout the world; AND WHEREAS the monk seal (monochy monochus) is one of the twelve rarest species in the world; AND WHEREAS there are no more than 500 survivors of the species; AND WHEREAS the species is still declining as a consequence of deaths resulting from fishing activities and human encroachment of habitat, especially by tourism; AND WHEREAS neither governments and animal welfare and conservation organizations nor the European Community have shown enough interest in preserving the species; AND WHEREAS the European peoples continue to criticize and interfere with the wildlife management practices of other nations where the species concerned number in the hundreds of thousands or even millions of individuals; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the European Community, the Conservation/Animal Welfare organizations and particularly the government of the United States where the last monk seals live, commit themselves to saving a truly endangered species before criticizing and interfering in the wildlife management of other nations; AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT Indigenous Survival International makes an urgent request to the European and African peoples to preserve the monk seal. August 24, 1990 MOVED BY: ______________________________ SECONDED BY: ___________________________ INDIGENOUS SURVIVAL INTERNATIONAL ANCHORAGE, ALASKA RESOLUTION NO. 12 RESOLUTION ON NELCHINA CARIBOU WHEREAS the Copper River people have relied on the Nelchina caribou herd for thousands of years, for their physical, cultural and spiritual well-being; AND WHEREAS in recent years, regulations by the State of Alaska have blocked the CR people from hunting or using the caribou according to their traditional ways; AND WHEREAS rural residents of the Nelchina herd's range rely more heavily on the caribou than do urban residents; AND WHEREAS those regulations have favored urban sports hunters over the rural subsistence hunters; AND WHEREAS the 1990 state regulations allow any Alaskan to hunt Nelchina caribou this fall, regardless of whether they qualify for subsistence uses under the special criteria of "Tier 2" in state law; AND WHEREAS the 1990 state regulations have reduced the fall hunting season from forty-one days to three days; AND WHEREAS traditionally CR hunters take caribou wherever they find them, regardless of whether they are located on state or federal lands; AND WHEREAS the federal hunting regulations apply the federal subsistence priority only to federal lands, thereby restricting CR hunters from their full opportunity to hunt under that priority; AND WHEREAS the federal district court recently refused to issue an injunction against the state and federal regulations; AND WHEREAS this refusal will significantly harm the CR peoples' ability to obtain the caribou they need and are entitled to; NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT ISI calls upon the State of Alaska in the future to limit its fall hunt of Nelchina caribou to those who qualify under "Tier 2" of state law; BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT ISI calls upon the State of Alaska to allow CR people to hunt during their traditional hunting season; AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT ISI calls upon the federal government to amend its regulations to apply the federal subsistence priority to all lands, not just federal lands. August 24, 1990 MOVED BY: ______________________________ SECONDED BY: ___________________________ INDIGENOUS SURVIVAL INTERNATIONAL ANCHORAGE, ALASKA RESOLUTION NO. 13 WHEREAS Indigenous Survival International is an international indigenous organization working for the protection and preservation of indigenous nations' spiritual and cultural ties to mother earth; AND WHEREAS the indigenous peoples have traditional laws for the protection and preservation of the traditional food sources; AND WHEREAS the inherent rights of self-government over all renewable and non-renewable resources was exercised by our ancestors until foreign nations'/states' governments were established in our traditional homelands; AND WHEREAS the rights of the indigenous governments are constantly questioned by nations/states; AND WHEREAS the Statement of Solidarity of ISI, adopted by consensus on the 9th day of August 1984, speaks of our responsibility for our cultural survival into the future; NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT ISI hereby affirms the indigenous governments' responsibility for preservation of our societies, cultures and values into the future; AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT ISI encourage discussion and revitalization of indigenous governments; AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT ISI be involved in the educational process to the universal community about our indigenous governments' responsibility to ensure the continued existence of our cultures into the future. August 24, 1990 MOVED BY: Willie Kasayulie SECONDED BY: Clarence Alexander INDIGENOUS SURVIVAL INTERNATIONAL ANCHORAGE, ALASKA RESOLUTION NO. 14 RESOLUTION ON BIOASSAY OF MARINE MAMMAL TISSUES WHEREAS marine mammals of many species are important food sources for Native people throughout Coastal Alaska; AND WHEREAS environmental contaminants including heavy metals, pesticides, PCB's, and hydrocarbons are pollutants that jeopardize marine mammals; AND WHEREAS environmental pollutants are consumed by people who utilize marine mammals for food and such pollutants may cause hazards to public health; NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT Indigenous Survival International requests the initiation and expansion of bioassay studies to determine the magnitude and composition of pollutants; AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT the results of these scientific studies be summarized and made available to the public. August 24, 1990 MOVED BY: ______________________________ SECONDED BY: ___________________________ INDIGENOUS SURVIVAL INTERNATIONAL ANCHORAGE, ALASKA RESOLUTION NO. 15 WHEREAS the Indigenous Survival International (ISI) is an international alliance of indigenous peoples from Alaska, Canada, and Greenland; AND WHEREAS there is a worldwide ban on elephant ivory and some misinformed governments, organizations, and individuals are advocating that walrus ivories will replace elephant ivories; AND WHEREAS walrus are protected from international trade in the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 and the harvests have been going steadily down in the last few years; AND WHEREAS there is communication with the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) to list walrus in Appendix I or Appendix II of Convention of International Trade of Endangered Species (CITES); AND WHEREAS the Eskimo Walrus Commission has an agreement with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Alaska Department of Fish and Game for the management of walrus and have since proposed an outline for a management plan for walrus and is proceeding on; NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT IUCN drop its effort to list walrus as Appendix I or Appendix II; BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT the U.S. Congress provide increased funding for walrus to alleviate "our" problems in Alaska. August 24, 1990 MOVED BY: ______________________________ SECONDED BY: ___________________________ INDIGENOUS SURVIVAL INTERNATIONAL ANCHORAGE, ALASKA RESOLUTION NO. 16 WHEREAS Indigenous Survival International (ISI) is an international organization dedicated to promoting and protecting traditional Native ways of life including subsistence hunting and fishing; AND WHEREAS indigenous people in coastal areas of the arctic and subarctic depend on marine mammals to continue their traditional lifestyles; AND WHEREAS marine mammals have come under intense focus by animal rights groups whose goal is to prevent harvest of any marine mammals; AND WHEREAS the efforts of the animal rights groups result in condemning and destroying Native cultures; AND WHEREAS native people have existed with the natural environment for thousands of years before western encroachment; BE IT RESOLVED THAT ISI support the efforts of Native organizations such as the Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission, the Eskimo Walrus Commission, the Alaska Sea Otter Commission, and other marine mammal commissions to promote and protect the relationship between native peoples, the sea and its resources; AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT ISI urge the federal and state governments of the United States to engage in cooperative management with such native groups in order to responsibly manage for marine mammal management, and to support such management structures financially as well. August 24, 1990 MOVED BY: ______________________________ SECONDED BY: ___________________________ INDIGENOUS SURVIVAL INTERNATIONAL ANCHORAGE, ALASKA RESOLUTION NO. 17 WHEREAS the marine resources of the Arctic include sea mammals, migratory birds of many species, fish of many species, beluga whale, bowhead whale, walrus, polar bear, gray whale, seals and delicate creatures at the bottom of the sea; AND WHEREAS the peoples of the Arctic have depended upon marine resources for our livelihood since time immemorial; AND WHEREAS the conservation of renewable resources has been forwarded orally and carefully carried out from generation to generation among the peoples of the Arctic; AND WHEREAS this history has caused the peoples of the Arctic to become reliable and efficient resources managers; AND WHEREAS the rate of oil and gas development in the Arctic has been increasing in recent years, especially in the Arctic OCS, with very little scientific understanding of the impacts of this development on marine resources; AND WHEREAS on June 27, 1990, President Bush announced moratoria on future drilling off the coast of California, Florida, Washington, Oregon and New England until at least the year 2000; AND WHEREAS this announcement places tremendous pressure on Alaska for future oil and gas exploration and development; AND WHEREAS offshore oil and gas development has already begun to interfere with subsistence hunting in the Beaufort Sea by certain villages; AND WHEREAS the Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission has taken a prominent role in recent years in developing restrictions for offshore oil and gas exploration and development in Northern Alaska in order to protect subsistence resources and subsistence hunting in the Arctic OCS; AND WHEREAS the Bering Sea Fishermen's Association has undertaken a similar role in Western Alaska; AND WHEREAS the AEWC and BSFA are joining together to form the Alaska Arctic Oil Spill Prevention Commission, for the purpose of informing local communities of offshore oil and gas activities, providing expert advice to local communities on these activities, and giving local communities an opportunity for input to oil companies and the Federal Government with respect to the impacts of these activities; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT Indigenous Survival International endorses the efforts of the Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission and the Bering Sea Fishermen's Association and encourages all local communities and organizations in coastal Alaska to join in the formation and support of the Alaska Arctic Oil Spill Prevention Commission. 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