Parliament of Worlds Religion 2009 Melbourne Australia

Author(s): Parliament of the World’s Religions
Publisher: USA Parliament of the Worlds Religions

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PROGRAM
Friday, December 4, 2009
peoples. This panel will focus on the impact of climate change and the efforts of Indigenous peoples of the Arctic to address this crisis.
Aqqaluk Lynge is president of the Inuit Circumpolar Conference (ICC) Greenland and ICC Vice-Chair for Greenland. He has represented the Inuit of Alaska, Canada, Greenland and the Far East of Russia as President of the ICC from 1997 to 2006. Mr Lynge was first elected to the Greenland Parliament in 1983 and also served as a minister with various portfolios. He has demonstrated a deep commitment to pan-Inuit unity since the early 1970s.
Francois Paulette is a Dene Suline and member of the Smith's Landing Treaty 8 First Nation. He became the youngest chief in the Northwest Territories Indian Brotherhood. In 1972, along with other chiefs, he challenged the crown to recognise treaty and Aboriginal rights. He served on the National Indian Brotherhood Treaty Implementation Committee, the Assembly of First Nations Renewal Commission, and the Parks Canada Aboriginal Consultative Committee and has spoken internationally on Dene history and Aboriginal rights.
Norma Kassi, raised in Old Crow, Yukon, is Vuntut Gwich'in (People of the Lakes). From 1985 until 1992 she was a member of the Yukon Legislative Assembly. She has been a spokesperson in the effort to preserve the Porcupine Caribou Herd and serves on the International Gwich'in Steering Committee for the Preservation of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. She is Co-director of the Arctic Health Research Network: Yukon, engaged in health research.
Working Together, The Health of
Two Worlds
Ngangkaris (Traditional Healers)
Pat Anderson
Stephanie Bell
Room 102
Panel Discussion
Australian Aboriginal Cultures are rich and vibrant, particularly in the realm of health and healing. They are the oldest surviving cultures in the world. Yet, today, the health of Aboriginal people across Australia is poor, with a 17 year life expectancy gap between Aboriginal and non Aboriginal Australians. Ngangkaris (traditional healers) Andy Tjilari, Rupert Peter and Toby Ginger outline traditional healing methods offered to Anangu (Aboriginal people) in remote communities in the western desert tri state area, as well as those in hospitals, jails, nursing homes and hostels in regional centres. The Ngangkari believe that health outcomes for Aboriginal people are improved by integrating traditional forms of healing with western medicine. They consider that education of health workers about traditional healing practices is essential to this approach. Pat Anderson, a Alyawarre woman, and Stephanie Bell, a Kulilla/Wakka Wakka woman, will provide a discussion on the contemporary Aboriginal health issues based upon their years of experience working with Aboriginal community controlled health organizations and to make comment on the broader social determinants of Aboriginal health. Andy, Toby and Rupert are from the NPY Ngangkari Program; their work is highly valued and the service is in great demand. They are authorised to speak publicly about traditional Anangu culture and Ngangkari practices.
Andy Tjilari, Rupert Peter and Toby Ginger are from the NPY (the Ngaanyatjarra Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjaral Ngangkari Program; their work is highly valued and the service is in great demand. They are autho
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rised to speak publicly about traditional Anangu culture and Ngangkari practices.
Pat Anderson is an Alyawarre woman renowned nationally and internationally as a powerful advocate of disadvantaged people, with a particular focus on the health of Indigenous peoples. She has extensive experience in all aspects of Aboriginal health, including community development, advocacy, policy formation and research ethics. Ms Anderson has spoken before the United Nations Working Group on Indigenous People, was formerly the Chief Executive Officer of Danila Dilba, the Aboriginal community-controlled health service in Darwin, and has been Chair of the National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation, the peak national Aboriginal health organisation. She is also a prolific writer and has had many essays, papers and articles published. Ms Anderson retired from the position of Executive Officer of the Aboriginal Medical Services Alliance Northern Territory, which is the peak body of the Aboriginal community-controlled health organisations in the Northern Territory and was the co-author of the Little Children are Sacred report into abuse of Indigenous children in the Northern Territory. Most recently Pat was awarded the Public Health Association of Australia's Sidney Sax Public Health Medal at the 2007 PHAA annual conference.
Stephanie Bell, a Kulilla/Wakka Wakka woman, is Director of the Central Australian Aboriginal Congress, one of the country's largest and longest established Aboriginal Medical Services. Ms Bell is a former Chair of the Aboriginal Medical Service Alliance of the Northern Territory, Chair of the Northern Territory Aboriginal Health Forum and an executive member of the National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation. She also is a board member of the Central Australian Division of General Practice and the General Practice Division of the Northern Territory. Ms Bell convenes the Community Forum within the CRC for Aboriginal Health.
Our Impact on the Land Has the Same Impact on Us
Uncle Max Dulumunmun Harrison
Rodney Minicon
Room 103 Lecture
This program will explore how the land teaches us to forgive those who have caused us grief and suffering and the impact of cleansing Aboriginal massacre sites. Uncle Max Harrison, Aboriginal Elder of the Yuin Nation and Rodney Minicon, Cleanser of Aboriginal Massacre Sites, will share how many hundreds of Aboriginal massacre sites across Australia have been cleansed or are being cleansed.
Uncle Max Harrison is an Aboriginal Elder of the Yuin Nation. For the last 30 years, he has been sharing his culture as a teacher and guide for others to appreciate Mother Earth.
Rodney Minicon, Cleanser of Aboriginal Massacre Sites, has worked for many years with Aboriginal communities across the land to assist in cleansing the ancestral people and spirits that have been disturbed by the aggressive colonisation practices of Britain and successive governments across the Australian and Pacific Nations.
Sufism and Peace: A Meeting Point for All Religious Traditions
Dr Golam Dastagir
Dr Sirajul Siraj Farhad Ashktorab Bahar Jamshidi Room 104
Panel Discussion
Sufis believe that the loving attitude popular in religious traditions today is not a new phenomenon, but rather a continuous unbroken movement in the annals of human