LOGOYACHAY WASI
Sitios Sagrados Indigenas: Biodiversidad y Espiritualidad

Conferencia organizada por Yachay Wasi in Acopia, Dpto. de Cusco, Peru, 5 al 11 de abril 2009
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Informacion sobre la conferencia durante Evento paralelo de la Octava Sesión del Foro Permanente sobre las Cuestiones Indígenas de la ONU.

22 Mayo 2009

Sala de Conferencia de la PNUD NY

Programme - Fotos

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INFORME de la CONFERENCIA

TEMA: Espiritualidad Indígena como núcleo de la Conferencia Andina

Acopia

DESAFIO INKA 2009

papel

Petuuche Gilbert, Acoma, NM, USA

Exposición

ORGANIZER: Yachay Wasi, Non-Governmental Organization in Special Consultative Status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council, associated with the UN Department of Public Information and in Operational Relations with UNESCO.

Yachay Wasi (Quechua: House of Learning) is based in New York, NY, USA and in Cuzco, Peru.

Por razones de problemas de fondos el encuentro de Yachay Wasi en Perú ha cambiado de internacional a nacional. También su local ha cambiado de Cusco al pueblo de Acopia en los Andes, dos horas desde Cusco en vehiculo.

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For reference: A 2001 Indigenous Encounter was held in Acopia (Scroll down to bottom of page)

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RELATED PAST EVENTS BY YACHAY WASI:

. 2006

19 May 2006: Panel Discussion entitled “Sacred Sites and the Environment from an Indigenous perspective”, hosted by UN Environment Programme at UN Hqrs, with the participation of Indigenous representatives, a member of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues and an officer of the Secretariat for the Convention on Biodiversity.

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. 2003

5 - 9 November 2003: Second “Encounter of Indigenous communities in the High Andes and Amazon” in the Andean village of Mosoqllacta, Peru. Main speaker for the event was Mr. Ole Henrik Magga, Sami from Norway, Chair of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues.

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15 May 2002: Panel Discussion entitled “Cultural Heritage and Sacred Sites: World Heritage from an Indigenous perspective” at New York University School of Law, with the participation of Indigenous representatives and officers of UNESCO NY office and World Heritage Centre, OHCHR and the Secretariat for the Convention on Biodiversity.

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. 2001

17-21 June 2001: First Encounter of Indigenous Communities in the High Andes in the Andean village of Acopia near Cuzco in collaboration with the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights which sent a representative.

During this First Encounter, Yachay Wasi faxed a letter signed by Andean participants to UNESCO World Heritage Centre protesting the September 2000 chipping of the Intiwatana (sundial) by a falling crane during the filming of a beer commercial in Machu Picchu. As a result, Yachay Wasi was invited to participate in the UNESCO WHIPCOE Workshop in Winnipeg, Canada (5 - 8 November 2001)

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Prompted by a NY Times article May 8, 1996 “Archeologists in Peru oppose loan of Inca Mummy to US” announcing the May 21- June 19, 1996 exhibit of a 500 years old Inca young girl’s remains at Washington DC headquarters of National Geographic Society, Yachay Wasi started its Inka Challenge Campaign against desecration of Indigenous remains with a petition against the exhibit and a media campaign. This continued during other USA exhibits featuring pre-Columbian human remains such as the 1998 Florida Museum exhibit.

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