"From Salzburg to Window Rock"

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"From Salzburg to Window Rock"

Indigenous World Uranium Summit and
Nuclear Free Future Award

Nov. 30 through Dec. 2, 2006

Navajo Nation Museum
Window Rock, Navajo Nation (Arizona), USA

Read Voices from the Summit at: Voices from the Earth, Spring 2007 issue

Wednesday, November 29, 2006 — Day of Witnessing, Welcoming
8:30am-late afternoon: Tour of Past and Proposed Uranium Mining Sites, Eastern Navajo Agency, New Mexico (continues into late afternoon).
12 Noon-6pm: Early Arrivals; Conference Registration Begins at Navajo Nation Museum, Window Rock
6pm Dinner to Welcome Participants, Navajo Nation Education Center

 
Thursday, November 30, 2006 — Uranium Legacy: Testimonies from the Four Directions
7:30am: Arrivals, Registration Continues
8-8:30am: Welcome Address
8:30-9am: Keynote
9-10:15am: (A) Plenary Panel: From Salzburg to Window Rock: Objectives of the Summit (four speakers)
10:15-10:30am: Break
10:30-11:45: (B) Uranium Mining Legacy, Concurred Panels ("CP"): (1) Navajo; (2) Laguna-Acoma; (3) Canada First Nations; (4) Other Countries
11:45-12 Noon: Break
12 Noon-1:15pm: Lunch; Luncheon Speaker
1:15-1:30pm: Break
1:30-2:45pm: (C) Uranium Workers, Community Health (CP): (1) RECA Reform; (2) Uranium Toxicity; (3) Health Studies; (4) Depleted Uranium
2:45-3pm: Break
3-4:15pm: (D) From Technical to Sacred (CP): (1) Uranium Extraction Methods; (2) Nuclear Waste Disposal on Native Lands; (3) Sacred Sites Impacts; (4) Traditional Cultural Teachings
4:15-4:30pm: Break
4:30-6pm: Free Time; Movie in Museum Auditorium: Return of Navajo Boy (2003)
6pm: Dinner at Navajo Nation Education Center; (E) Testimonies from the Four Directions: Introduced by Rep. Tom Udall (invited)

 
Friday, December 1, 2006 — New Threats, Successful Actions, Visions for the Future
7:30-8am: Registration Continues; Announcements
8-8:45am: Keynote
8:45-9am: Break
9-10:15am: (F) New Uranium "Boom" (CP): (1) Market Forces/Gov't Policies; (2) US; (3) Canada; (4) Other Countries
10:15-10:30am: Break
10:30-11:45: (G) Native Actions on Uranium, Nuclear Waste (CP): (1) ENDAUM and DNRPA; (2) Western Mining Action Network; (3) Mining Watch Canada; (4) Other Countries, Regions
11:45-12 Noon: Break
12 Noon-1:15pm: Lunch; Luncheon Speaker: Vision of Sustainability
1:15-1:30pm: Break
1:30-2:45pm: (H) Sustainable Development (CP): (1) Black Mesa Coalition: Just Transition; (2) Rocky Mountain Institute; (3) Wind and Solar Development; (4) Other Applications
2:45-3pm: Break
3-4:15pm: (H) Working Groups on Draft Covenant: (1) Uranium; (2) Nuclear Waste; (3) Sustainability
4:15-4:30pm: Break
4:30-6pm: Free Time; Movie in Museum Auditorium: Homeland (2005)
6pm: Dinner and Entertainment; Nuclear Free Future Awards Ceremony

 
Saturday, December 2, 2006 — Day of Approving Action Plan, Covenant
7:30-8am: Announcements
8-8:45am: Keynote
8:45-9am: Break
9-10:15am: (J) Plenary: Presentations of Working Groups' Drafts
10:15-10:30am: Break
10:30-11:45: (K) Plenary: Discussion of Draft Covenants from Floor
11:45-12 Noon: Break
12 Noon-1:45pm: Extended Lunch as Drafts are Revised and Assembled into Final Covenant; Luncheon Speaker
1:45-2pm: Break
2-4:30pm: (L) Plenary: Final Discussion, Ratification of Covenant
4:30-6pm: Wrap-up and Adjourn Summit
6pm: Native Music and Entertainment