The twenty-second Indigenous Forum 2023 at the UN was held on April 17 - 28 2023. The members of the Federation of Aboriginal Nations of the Americas (FANA) and members of the SandHill Band of Lenape and Cherokee Indians (SandHill) attended the event. Members of the delegation were: FANA's Minister of International Affairs and FANA's Ambassador to the United Nations, Principal Chief Dr. Ronald Yonaguska Holloway of the SandHill, FANA's Director Chief Raymond Two Hawks Watson, Mashapaug Nations, FANA
Communications Authority Director: Chief Casike/Tureygua
Taino Cay, The Cibuco Bayamon Taino Tribe (PR and FL):
FANA Director of Visual Media and Digital Content, SandHill Tribal Council member Norris Branham, FANA Director of Press Media, FANA's Director of Indgenous Affairs and Cultural Outreach to the United Nations, SandHill Tribal Member Ms. Maria Lorena Cosme, and FANA's Director of Press Media, Laura I Zucker.
The United Nations Indigenous Forum is held on a yearly basis.
The dignitaries attending the event come from North and South America, Europe, Iceland, New Zealand, Africa, and many other countries. At this event, the problems and issues confronting the global Indigenous populations are discussed, and solutions are suggested to world leaders.
It was during this event that FANA's Communications Authority
Director: Chief Casike/Tureygua Taino Cay and FANA's Director of Indigenous Affairs and Cultural Outreach to the United Nations Ms. Maria Lorena Cosme met the CEO of Maori
TV, Mr. Shane Taurine.
He was of great assistance in pointing FANA in the direction of expanding its own sovereign-run media network and FANA looks forward to working with him in the not-too-distant future.
During this event, a meeting was held between H.E. Razan al Mubarak, UN High-Level Champion for Cop28. There was a brief discussion on FANA's constitution that was modeled after their own.
H.R. Razan al Mubarak also brought to FANA's attention the problems confronting our territorial waterways in Delaware and Connecticut. She wanted to advise FANA on the best way to address what needed to be accomplished in order to address the issues regarding the waterways issues.
There will be follow-up meetings to discuss this matter.
Also, FANA held meetings with the "Queen of Harlem'. Queen Mother Balkely. It was during this time, that discussions evolved addressing FANA's abilities to operate on a more global level.
There will be future meetings to discuss the issues that evolved as a result of the different meetings over the course of the Indigenous Forum.
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