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U.N. Pathways of Fairleigh Dickinson University and
NGO Committee on Indigenous Peoples at the United Nations
present two events
In Honor of Indigenous American Heritage Month
Chief Ronald Yonaguska Holloway is Principal Blood Chief of the
New Jersey Sand
Hill Band of Lenape
and Cherokee Indians. He has served
as a financial adviser, a police officer and in the
armed forces and on the advisory
panel of the Native American Children’s Museum in New York City.
He has addressed the General Assembly of the Permanent Forum on
Indigenous Issues at the United
Nations representing his tribe. He
is a member of the NGO Committee on Indigenous People in relationship with the United Nations.
Debra White Plume descends
from the Red Cloud Tiospaye and
Northern Cheyenne
Nation and is an
enrolled member of
the Oglala Band of
the Lakota Nation.
She co-founded
“Owe Aku,” Bring
Back the Way, to focus on social
change work, cultural preservation
and Lakota Treaty Territory defense work. She participated in the
drafting of the U.N. Declaration on
the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
Chief Darius J. Two Bears Ross is
the Principal Chief of the Ani-Tsalagi Onaselagi Northeastern Band of
Cherokee. Known as a Blood Chief,
he was installed as the Principal
Chief by the Tribe’s Circle of Elders.
He is a member of the Nuyagi
Kithuwagi/Keentowah Society of
Jersey and New York and Deputy
Director of New Jersey Native
American Indian Office.
Chief Anthony Jay Van Dunk,
Chief of The Ramapough Lenape
Indian Nation, became Chief during
one of the most tumultuous times of
the Ramapough
Nation’s history —
starting with the
initiation of the lawsuit that the
Ringwood community filed against
the Ford Motor Company and the
fatal shooting of Emil Mann.
Indigenous America — Sacred
Water and Human Responsibility
video and presentation
Wednesday, November 16, 2011, 6–8 p.m.
Moderated by
Chief Ronald Yonaguska Holloway
Principal Chief of the New Jersey Sand Hill Band of Lenape and Cherokee Indians
Featuring
Debra White Plume
Lakota Grandmother and Director of Owe Aku Bring Back the Way
(affiliated with Owe Aku International Justice Project)
and
State of Native Americans Today
(with guest Indigenous American Chiefs)
Thursday, November 17, 2011, 6:30–8 p.m.
Moderated by
Chief Ronald Yonaguska Holloway
Principal Chief of the New Jersey Sand Hill Band of Lenape and Cherokee Indians
Comments by
Roberto Borrero
Chairperson on behalf of NGO Committee on Indigenous Peoples
Guest Panelists
Chief Darius J. Two Bears Ross
Principal Chief of the Ani-Tsalagi Onaselagi
Chief Anthony Jay Van Dunk
Chief of The Ramapough Lenape Indian Nation
Location for both events
Auditorium, Edward Williams Hall
FDU’s Metropolitan Campus
(150 Kotte Place, Hackensack, N.J. 07601)
Free
For information call 973-443-8876