Newsletter date: 14 September 2015; last updated 12:40pm AEST 15 September 2015 to feature Voices from the Freedom Summit
Contents:
* Event: WGAR News: Demand Our Treaty: Rosalie Kunoth-Monks Calls for First Nations People to Attend Summit in Alice Springs 11-13 September 2015
* Video: Eleanor Gilbert, Vimeo: Treaties of Unity - Ngarla Kunoth-Monks - Freedom Gathering 2015: https://vimeo.com/139165387
* Video: Eleanor Gilbert, Vimeo: Treaties of Unity - Rosalie Kunoth-Monks - Freedom Gathering 2015: https://vimeo.com/139139888
* Video: Eleanor Gilbert, Vimeo: Treaties of Unity - Tauto Sansbury - Freedom Gathering 2015: https://vimeo.com/139294095
* Video: Eleanor Gilbert, Vimeo: Treaties of Unity - Bella Bropho - Freedom Gathering 2015: https://vimeo.com/139165322
* Video: Eleanor Gilbert, Vimeo: Treaties of Unity - Les Coe - Freedom Gathering 2015: https://vimeo.com/139139834
* Video: Eleanor Gilbert, Vimeo: Treaties of Unity - Jenny Munro - Freedom Gathering 2015: https://vimeo.com/139139798
* Video: Eleanor Gilbert, Vimeo: Treaties of Unity - Sam Cook - Freedom Gathering 2015: https://vimeo.com/139150735
* Videos: Eleanor Gilbert on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/user1605040
* Media Release & Discussion Paper: Ghillar Michael Anderson, Sovereign Union: A call for solidarity: Many minds can locate the true pathway: Speech for Freedom Summit Mparntwe (Alice Springs, NT)
* About Sovereign Union and our Organisational Structure
* Background:
WGAR News: First Nations leaders gather once more in the heart of Australia to define Treaty: Freedom Movement SA Media Release
WGAR News: A different point of view: Treaty interviews with Tauto Sansbury & Rosalie Kunoth Monks on CAAMA Radio
WGAR Background to the National Freedom Movement
WGAR Background to the Aboriginal Sovereignty Movement
WGAR Background to Treaties with Aboriginal Sovereign Nations of Australia
WGAR Background to Constitutional Recognition of Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Peoples
* Links for access to independent 'Constitutional Recognition' articles
WGAR News postings on Indymedia Australia: https://indymedia.org.au/newswire
WGAR News Public Google Group: https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en-GB#!forum/wgar-news
WGAR News - Working Group for Aboriginal Rights (Australia)
- Event
WGAR News: Demand Our Treaty: Rosalie Kunoth-Monks Calls for First Nations People to Attend Summit in Alice Springs 11-13 September 2015
https://indymedia.org.au/2015/09/01/wgar-news-demand-our-treaty-rosalie-...
- Eleanor Gilbert's Videos on Vimeo
Treaties of Unity - Ngarla Kunoth-Monks - Freedom Gathering 2015
https://vimeo.com/139165387
"Ngarla Kunoth-Monks reads the template "Treaties of Unity" that was workshopped at the Freedom Gathering held on 11 - 13 September 2015 at the Old Bungalow, Mparntwe (Alice Springs, NT)."
Treaties of Unity - Rosalie Kunoth-Monks - Freedom Gathering 2015
https://vimeo.com/139139888
"Rosalie Kunoth-Monks called the Freedom Gathering for 11 - 13 September 2015 to craft a template for a way forward for Aboriginal Nations and communities. The meeting resulted in the document called "Treaties of Unity"."
Treaties of Unity - Tauto Sansbury - Freedom Gathering 2015
https://vimeo.com/139294095
"This is just the beginning of something that’s going to be great for all of us." Tauto Sansbury, Narungga
Treaties of Unity - Bella Bropho - Freedom Gathering 2015
https://vimeo.com/139165322
"Bella Bropho has been arrested nine times for camping on her own land - Matagarup (Heirisson Island) Perth, WA. Bella puts the "Treaties of Unity" template in context. "Treaties of Unity" was workshopped at the Freedom Gathering held on 11 - 13 September 2015 at the Old Bungalow, Mparntwe (Alice Springs, NT)."
Treaties of Unity - Les Coe - Freedom Gathering 2015
https://vimeo.com/139139834
"Les Coe, Wiradjuri, puts Treaties of Unity in context with relation to the coercive Recognition for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders in the colonial Commonwealth constitution, which is seen as a trap."
Treaties of Unity - Jenny Munro - Freedom Gathering 2015
https://vimeo.com/139139798
Wiradjuri: "The gathering has been about a treaty of unity for our people. We’ve worked over three days on a template. We’re asking all our people to take this template back, discuss it in the families, discuss it in your clans, discuss it in your tribes. And also, please, for the world to see, put it down in you language. We want the world to know there are many, many clans still living, just surviving, many tribes. And we as a people need to come together. If it’s only for this one time and place in history it will be enough to change this country and hence change the world."
Treaties of Unity - Sam Cook - Freedom Gathering 2015
https://vimeo.com/139150735
"….for younger generations to be able to participate (and) to be led with such a solid base of wisdom of a lot of leaders’ minds and thinkers who’ve come through generations of families that have been leading and pushing for our formation as sovereign nations. To see all that kind of come together is the hope that I think we all share. I think we all are not just passive participants, we’re driving forward because we know that this is our right as Aboriginal nations and that we have a lot of work to do. I absolutely appreciate that everyone came with a sense of openness and unity and that we’ll move forward on those good values and intent."
Eleanor Gilbert on Vimeo
https://vimeo.com/user1605040
- Media Release & Discussion Paper
Ghillar Michael Anderson, Sovereign Union: A call for solidarity: Many minds can locate the true pathway
http://www.sovereignunion.mobi/content/call-solidarity-many-minds-can-lo...
12 Sep 15: "Ghillar, Michael Anderson, Convenor of the Sovereign Union, co-founder of the Aboriginal Embassy and Head of State of the Euahlayi Peoples Republic sends his Speech for the Freedom Summit on Saturday 12 November 2015 at the Old Bungalow, Mparntwe (Alice Springs, NT):
Many minds can locate the true pathway: one outcome
The need for decolonisation and asserting independence
I present this paper to you because I am unable to attend today.
It is absolutely important that we take on board what an Aboriginal leader, Patrice Lumumba, of the Democratic Republic of Congo said when he addressed the Pan African Congress (PAC) in 1960 and said we have to rediscover our most intimate selves and rid ourselves of mental attitudes and complexes and habits that colonisation has trapped us in for the last centuries.
Lumumba thought it was possible to work together with the former Belgium oppressors who for their part they saw as an enemy and facilitated his assimilation.
If we truly want to establish a process of asserting our sovereignty then we must cast aside personalities and differences. This is not about gaining personal notoriety or fame because not one person has all the answers, but many minds can locate the true pathway. ... "
- About
About Sovereign Union and our Organisational Structure
http://www.sovereignunion.mobi/content/about-sovereign-union-and-our-org...
"The Sovereign Union was first formed at a meeting on 12-14 June 1999 on Mt Kaputar, near Narrabri, NSW. A delegation was sent to Geneva to the UN Working Group of the Commission on Human Rights to take our sovereign voices to the international community. The Sovereign Union was further formalised with a Foundation Meeting of the 'Sovereign Union – interim Unity Government' at the Kuradji Tent Embassy, near Wollongong, New South Wales on May 25 2012. As First Nations Peoples it is now imperative that we unite and rebuild as sovereign independent nations, in order to assert our sovereign title and rights throughout Australia. This will be a major political and legal fight, but it is our future for not just us, but for our children and our grandchildren. ... "
- Colour Poster
Sovereign Union Organisational Structure:
http://nationalunitygovernment.org/content/sovereign-union-organisationa...
- Background
WGAR News: First Nations leaders gather once more in the heart of Australia to define Treaty: Freedom Movement SA Media Release
https://indymedia.org.au/2015/09/10/wgar-news-first-nations-leaders-gath...
WGAR News: A different point of view: Treaty interviews with Tauto Sansbury & Rosalie Kunoth Monks on CAAMA Radio
https://indymedia.org.au/2015/09/09/wgar-news-a-different-point-of-view-...
WGAR Background to the National Freedom Movement
https://indymedia.org.au/2014/12/26/wgar-background-to-the-national-free...
(last updated: 10 September 2015)
WGAR Background to the Aboriginal Sovereignty Movement
https://indymedia.org.au/2014/12/24/wgar-background-to-the-aboriginal-so...
(last updated: 10 September 2015)
WGAR Background to Treaties with Aboriginal Sovereign Nations of Australia
https://indymedia.org.au/2015/03/26/wgar-background-to-treaties-with-abo...
(last updated: 10 September 2015)
WGAR Background to Constitutional Recognition of Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Peoples
https://indymedia.org.au/2013/08/11/background-to-constitutional-recogni...
(Last updated: 30 April 2014)
- Links for access to independent 'Constitutional Recognition' articles:
Sovereign Union: Recent 'Constitutional Recognition' Articles: with Teasers http://nationalunitygovernment.org/tags/constitutional-reform
Sovereign Union: Over 50 related 'Constitutional Recognition' Articles - SU http://sovereignunion.mobi/search/node/Constitutional%20Reform
New Matilda - Constitutional Reform https://newmatilda.com/search/node/constitutional%20reform
Red Flag - Constitutional Recognition articles https://redflag.org.au/search/node/constitutional%20recognition
Paddy Gibson, Solidarity Online: Aboriginal 'recognition'-a cover for Abbott’s assimilation http://www.solidarity.net.au/best/aboriginal-recognition-a-cover-for-abb...
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WGAR: Working Group for Aboriginal Rights (Australia)
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