Nowadays, the word “Summit” seems to be used for every luncheon, webinar, and live streaming event.
The Planning Committee of the Indigenous Peoples Summit uses the word “Summit” for our event because we believe it means a gathering of leaders, where people who are recognized as wise or experienced in their communities converse with one another to create new ideas and discover new knowledge.
Summits are often open to the public and signal a formal and high-profile turning of a page or breaking new ground on a particular topic. Agreements, treaties, decrees, and other documents announcing new decisions are often the outcome of Summits.
While conferences may exist for education and connection, Summits exist for discoveries and alliances.
The 2023 Indigenous Peoples Summit served as the site of a profoundly important forming of alliances: the signing of the “Indigenous Peoples Commitment to Relations and Trade.”
This process was led by Missty Slater, Chief of Staff, Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska; Brandon Cobb, Indigenous Conservation Specialist for The Nature Conservancy in Nebraska; and Luis Marcos, Spiritual and Political Authority, Q'anjob'al Maya Government.
This document ー and the signatures it gathered ー is a step toward elevating both the priorities of the World’s Indigenous Peoples as well as the sovereignty and validity of intertribal agreements.
The document is linked below and is signed by the Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska, The Sac and Fox Tribe, Garifuna Nation, and the Q'anjob'al Maya Government.
The Planning Committee of the Indigenous Peoples Summit uses the word “Summit” for our event because we believe it means a gathering of leaders, where people who are recognized as wise or experienced in their communities converse with one another to create new ideas and discover new knowledge.
Summits are often open to the public and signal a formal and high-profile turning of a page or breaking new ground on a particular topic. Agreements, treaties, decrees, and other documents announcing new decisions are often the outcome of Summits.
While conferences may exist for education and connection, Summits exist for discoveries and alliances.
The 2023 Indigenous Peoples Summit served as the site of a profoundly important forming of alliances: the signing of the “Indigenous Peoples Commitment to Relations and Trade.”
This process was led by Missty Slater, Chief of Staff, Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska; Brandon Cobb, Indigenous Conservation Specialist for The Nature Conservancy in Nebraska; and Luis Marcos, Spiritual and Political Authority, Q'anjob'al Maya Government.
This document ー and the signatures it gathered ー is a step toward elevating both the priorities of the World’s Indigenous Peoples as well as the sovereignty and validity of intertribal agreements.
The document is linked below and is signed by the Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska, The Sac and Fox Tribe, Garifuna Nation, and the Q'anjob'al Maya Government.
“Indigenous Peoples Commitment to Relations and Trade.”
