CONSEJO INTERNACIONAL DE TRATADOS INDIOS

      ANNOUNCEMENT AND INVITATION

"Pesticides: The Threat to our Community Health and the Environment, Knowing our Rights, Exploring Alternatives and Working Together for a Healthy Future."

A workshop hosted by North-South Indigenous Network Against Pesticides, a project of the International Indian Treaty Council (IITC) in coordination with the Traditional Yaqui Authorities of Potam, Torim and Vicam Pueblos and the community organization "Yaquis United For Mother Earth".

WHERE: THE TRADITIONAL “GUARDIA”, POTAM PUEBLO

Rio Yaqui  Sonora Mexico

WHEN:   MAY  29-31 2006

Registration: 8 AM daily

Programs and presentations will begin at 9 AM daily

Meals will be provided for registered participants

Translation will be also be provided

For more information, a detailed agenda and to confirm your particiation please contact the North-South Indigenous Network Against Pesticides in Tucson Arizona, tel: 1 (520) 822-1420, email: angel@treatycouncil.org;

IITC in Alaska, tel: 1 (907) 745-4482, email: andrea@treatycouncil.org; or  (in Spanish only) "Yaquis United for Mother Earth”, c/o Javier “Paco” Villegas, tel. 011 52 64343 80623 in Vicam, Rio Yaqui Sonora Mexico

Thanks for your interest! We hope to see you there!