Six years ago today, we announced the Gathering to Protect the Sacred ..., where we signed the International Treaty To Protect the Sacred from Tar Sands Projects. This International Treaty is based on the 150-year unbroken Treaty of Peace, made between the Pawnee's and the Ihanktowan Dakotas on January 23, 1863, on a hillside close to Niobrara, Nebraska.
The written treaty was witnessed by representatives of the USA and the Ponca Nation. Our Ihanktowan ancestor is a signatory to this Treaty, as well as, ancestors of other Ihanktowan Tiospayes.
This International Treaty to Protect the Sacred, signed on January 25, 2013, was one of the primary catalysts for other Indigenous Treaties and Alliances, that are continuing to be signed and resolidifying our unity as Indigenous Peoples and our Human Family.
This International Treaty to Protect the Sacred, was a primary inspiration, along with the International Indigenous Gatherings, beginning in 2009, the Indigenous Summit of the Americas, in Panama City, Panama, April 7-10, 2015, and the Millemont Gathering, in Paris, France, that released the "Critical State of Mother Earth," December 7, 2015, during COP21, the Paris Climate Accord Conference, for the participatory development and signing of the "International Treaty to Protect and Restore Mother Earth" on April 22, Mother Earth Day, 2016. This International Treaty, seven years in the making, was signed by Indigenous Representatives from across the Americas and Indonesia and other members of our Human Family. It has been continued to be shared and signed, globally.