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’s Communications Authority Director, Chief Casike/Tureygua Taino, Cay, the Cibuco Bayamon Taino Tribe (PR and FL); FANA’s Director of Visual Media and Digital Content, SandHill Tribal Council member Norris Branham; FANA’s Director of Indigenous 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 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…
