Synopsis: The First World Parliament of Indigenous Peoples was convened in Tumkur, India, last month.

Aloha mai nō kākou e nā hoa ‘ōiwi o ka honua nei a puni. I kēlā pule aku nei ua ‘ike ‘ia ke kūlana kūpiliki’i o ka nohona o ka po’e Dalit o ‘nia a me ka hau’oli loa i ka loa’a mai he mau ipulua i ho’ohiki ‘ia mai e kekahi maka hanohano o ke aupuni. ‘O ke kumu nui na’e o mākou i haiamū ai i laila, ‘o ia nō ka hana pū ‘ana me kekahi po’e ‘ōiwi he 10 lāhui like ‘ole, mai ‘ō a ‘ō o ka honua, ma ka ho’okumu ‘ana i kahi ‘ōlelo kuahaua e waiho ai ma ka U.N. a i mua ho’i o ke ao holo’oko’a. Eia ma lalo nei ka unuhina o ka mana’o nui o ia kuahaua.

» I ulu ka lāhui kanaka o ka honua nei i ka huki like ‘ana o nā ikaika pili ‘uhane i ho’okumu ‘ia ma loko o ka po’e ‘ōiwi ma o ka paio mau ‘ana no ka pono.

» Ua pilikia nui kākou po’e ‘ōiwi i ka hana ‘ino ‘ia iho nei o ke ao, ‘oiai ‘o ke kino ia o Papa a ua maika’i ka noho pū ‘ana o kākou me ia i loko o nā kau a kau. Ke pilikia ke ao, ua pilikia pū ke ola o ka po’e ‘ōiwi. Ua pili hemo ‘ole mai ka noho ‘īnea o ka po’e ‘ōiwi me ka noho ‘īnea o ke ao. ‘O mākou, The World Parliament of Indigenous Peoples, ‘a’ole wale nō mākou e nānā maka.

» Na ka hō’āpono ‘ia o ka United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples e hō’ike mai i ke ‘ano kūpa’a o ia ‘aha ma hope o ka pono o ka po’e ‘ōiwi o ka honua nei. He mea i hō’ike ‘ole ‘ia ma mua.

» Eia hou ho’i, na kēia kuahaua e hō’ike mai ē ‘o ka wā nō kēia e huki like ai ka po’e ‘ōiwi o ke ao ma nā hana e pono ai ke kaiāulu ‘ōiwi a me ko ka honua nō ho’i a puni.

» Ma o ka ho’okumu ‘ana i nēia ‘aha ‘ōiwi e ho’olōkahi ai ka po’e ‘ōiwi ma ka huki like ‘ana, ke kūkākūkā ‘ana, ka ho’oholo ‘ana, ka maka’ala ‘ana, a me ke kāko’o ‘ana ho’i i ka pono o ka po’e ‘ōiwi a me ko kākou mau kaiāulu.

» He mea maika’i ka pilina o nā po’e ‘ōiwi. A ua pa’a ko kākou mana’o ē he kōkua nui ko kākou ‘ike a me ke kuana’ike ma ka ho’oponopono ‘ana i nā pilikia o nā kānaka a me nā mea ola ho’i o ke ao nei, a me ka ho’omau ‘ana i ko kākou ola. ‘O ko kākou kuleana nō ia.

» I mea e mākaukau ai no ka ‘aha WIPCE o ka makahiki 2014, ke kono aku nei mākou i nā aupuni ‘ōiwi a pau pū ho’i me nā hui ‘ōiwi like ‘ole o ka honua nei e komo pū ma nā hana like ‘ole e pono ai ka holomua ‘ana o nā hana politika o ka honua nei.

» ‘O kekahi kuleana o ka World Parliament, ‘o ia nō ka hō’ike ‘ana aku, i mua o ke ākea, ke ‘ano a me ka waiwai ‘i’o o ia mea he ‘ōiwi. A ‘ikea nō, e maopopo ana i ka po’e a pau o ka honua nei eia nō ma loko o ka po’e ‘ōiwi o ka honua ke akamai e ‘ike ai i ka ha’ina o nā pilikia e noho hāhā pō’ele’ele nei ka po’e o ka honua i kēia wā.

‘O ia ihola nō ka mana’o nui o ua ‘aha nei i ‘ike ‘oukou. He kāko’o paha, ‘a’ole paha.

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