Free Nations (United to Heal Our Mother Earth)

A UNITED NATIONS FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLES The creation of the Free Nations United to Heal Our Mother Earth (aka “Free Nations”) – sovereign treaty alliance is a direct response to the destruction of our planet and in support of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe. Free Nations once fully realized will unify 1,000 indigenous nations into a sovereign treaty alliance representing 500 million indigenous peoples from around the world. The new global confederacy will be like the European Union or the United Nations in scope. Free Nations as a sovereign entity itself will be independent of the UN. However, Free Nations will work with the UN from time-to-time in a similar fashion as the European Union. The goal of Free Nations is to protect and restore Mother Earth while providing an alternative to the existing extractive economy. The extractive economy extracts both natural resources from Mother Earth, but also extracts vast amounts of human energy to support a crumbling system that only benefits 1% of the world population. WHY THE NEED FOR A GLOBAL ALLIANCE? “The world needs us right now,” said Sarayaku delegate Nina Gualinga. “The statistics say we are 4 percent of the population, but we are protecting more than 80 percent of the world’s biodiversity.” The indigenous people have very little voice and political power in international affairs because indigenous nations are not recognized as sovereign nations by the General Assembly of the UN. However, indigenous peoples are most impacted by international policies and decisions that cause climate change, the lost of land, the pollution of water, the destruction of forests and genocide. The combined resources of 500 million indigenous peoples will provide the power necessary to revitalize Mother Earth, to combat climate change and resolve some of the greatest crisis facing our planet.