1. THE REUNION OF
THE CONDOR AND THE EAGLE
INTERNATIONAL INDIGENOUS TRADE
AND
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AND UNITY PACT
May 5, 1999 Ndongu, Otomi First Nation, Estado de Mexico, Mexico
PREAMBLE:
We speak as one, guided by the sacred teachings and
spiritual traditions of the Four Directions that uplift,
guide, protect, warn, inspire and challenge the entire
human family to live in ways that sustain and enhance
human life and the life of all who dwell on Mother Earth,
and hereby dedicate our lives and energies to healing and
developing ourselves, the web of relationships that make
our world, and the way we live with Mother Earth.
GUIDING PRINCIPLES
Starting from within, working in a circle, in a sacred manner, we heal
ourselves, our relationships and our world.
"STARTING FROM WITHIN"
Development Comes From Within
The process of healing and development unfolds from within each person, relationship, family,
community or nation.
Vision
A vision of who we can become is like a magnet drawing us to our potential. Where there is no
vision, there can be no development.
Culturally Based
Healing and development must be rooted in the wisdom, knowledge and living processes of our
cultures.
Interconnectedness
Because everything is connected to everything else, any aspect of our healing and development
is related to all the others (personal, social, cultural, economic, etc.). When we work on any
part, the whole circle is affected.
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2. "WORKING IN A CIRCLE"
Growth and healing for the Individual, the Family and the Community must go hand
in hand.
Working at one level without attending to the other is not enough. Personal and social
development as well as top-down and bottom-up approaches must be balanced.
Unity
We need the love, support and caring of others to heal and develop ourselves. Unity is the
starting point for development. No unity, no development.
Partcipation
People have to be actively engaged in the process of their own healing and development.
Without partidpation, there can be no development.
Justice
Every person must be treated with respect as a human being and a child of the Creator,
regardless of gender, race, culture, religion or any other reason. Everyone should be accorded
the opportunity to fully partidpate in the processes of healing and development, and to receive
a share of the benefits.
"IN A SACRED MANNER"
Spirituality
Spirituality is at the centre of healing and development. Connection with the Creator brings life,
unity, love and purpose to the process, and is expressed through a heart-centred approach to
all that we do.
Harmonizing with Natural Law
Growth is a process of uncovering who we truly are as human beings in harmony with the
natural laws of the Universe.
Walking in Balance
Codes of morality, ethics and protocol teach us how to walk the road of life in a good way.
Violating moral and ethical boundaries destroy the process of healing and development.
Working from Principle
Our plans and actions are founded on our deepest understanding of the principles that describe
how the universe is ordered and how healing and development unfold.
"WE HEAL AND DEVELOP OURSELVES, OUR RELATIONSHIPS AND OUR WORLD"
Learning
Learning to live in ways that promote life and health is the essence of our development.
Our primary strategy is therefore the promotion of this type of learning.
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3. Sustainability
When we take actions to improve our lives or the lives of others, it is critical to avoid
undermining the natural systems upon which all life depends and to work in ways that enhance
the capacity of people to continue in the path of their own healing and development.
Move to the Positive
Solving the critical problems in our lives and communities is best approached by visualizing and
moving into the positive alternative that we wish to create, and building on the strength we
already have, rather than giving away our energy fighting the negative.
Be the Change you Want to See
In all of our actions, we seek to be living examples of the changes we wish to see in the world.
By walking the path, we make the path visible.
Utilizing these guiding principles for building a sustainable, harmonious, peaceful, just, and
unified world for all members of the human family and, with ftill respect for those international
covenants, treaties, conventions, laws and agreements that uplift, guide, empower, unify,
support, and enhance all life within, above and upon our Beloved Mother Earth, with all the
sincerity and commitment of our hearts and minds, we agree to work together to promote the
cultural, educational, social, economic and healthy development of our Indigenous peoples
everywhere.
This collective work includes:
1. To respect and promote the Four Worlds Human and Community Development Model and
other wholistic, culturally-based and spiritually-centred models for human and community
transformation and harmonious economic development that are in accord with the Guiding
Principles.
2. To translate the "Sacred Tree" into our Indigenous languages of Mexico and to continue to
enrich, expand and deepen these cultural and spiritual teachings and understandings with
the contributions, insights, thoughts and feelings of Indigenous peoples everywhere.
3. To establish the Four Worlds International Institute for Indigenous Science of Mexico and
the Four Worlds College for Human and Community Development in each Indigenous region
of Mexico, in harmony, respect and unity with all other related educational, cultural, social
and economic initiatives.
3.1 The Institute and College will be centered at the Otomi National Ceremonial Center,
Municipio de Temoaya, Estado de Mexico, Mexico.
3.2 The Institute and College will be managed and administered by Indigenous people in a
manner that encourages and empowers the participation of all concerned.
3.3. The Institute and College will have its own legal personality.
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4. 3.4 The objectives of the Institute shall be:
a) To promote the development and strengthening of Indigenous science, culture,
language and knowledge.
b) To prepare strategies and take action for the reclamation of the cultural,
educational and material values of Indigenous people.
c) To prepare programs and projects to promote the sciences and the arts in our
Indigenous regions.
4. The Four Worlds College will focus on these twelve proficiency areas for Indigenous capacity
building: 1) Human Development; 2) Community Development; 3) Personal Growth and
Healing; 4) Human Relations; 5) Facilitating Learning; 6) Developing Servant Leadership; 7)
Fostering Personal and Community Wellness; 8) Environmental Relations; 9) Program
Development; 10) Community Development Issues; 11) Cultural Foundations; 12)
Integrative Practicums.
5. To work together to prepare and execute an integrated vision and program of action for
collective human, community and economic development for our Indigenous peoples at the
international, regional, and community levels. These programs and collective projects will
include:
5.1 Environmental protection and bio-diversity, and planning for the sustainable
development of our Indigenous regions in harmony with all life.
5.2 Business administration, Indigenous marketing and the development of social and
economic development partnerships within our Indigenous world and with other
business and social and economic development agencies in our respective countries
and internationally.
5.3 Academic and cultural interchanges including the development of traditional education
and training in the Indigenous languages and literature.
5.4 Use and benefit of traditional and contemporary means of communication, multimedia
and video conferencing.
5.5 Reclaiming of traditional technologies that benefit the natural richness of life.
5.6 Strengthening and integrating traditional medicine and spiritual health practices,
where synergistic, with the western medical model.
5.7 To promote the research and investment in the creation of employment.
5.8 Creation of economic enterprises for Indigenous women and young people.
5.9 To develop an Indigenous College and University System throughout the Indigenous
regions of Mexico in partnership with other national and international educational
agencies and institutions.
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5. 5.10 To upgrade and enhance all areas of the pre-school, elementary, secondary and post-
secondary education systems in Indigenous regions of Mexico, in a manner that is
wholistic and culturally-based and will allow that our communities to fully participate in
the information age.
6. Other related initiatives shall be:
6.1 To develop sustainable, non-polluting energy sources for our communities.
6.2 To recuperate and clean our rivers, lakes and streams that have been polluted by the
industrial wastes and contaminated waters of the cities.
6.3 To implement awareness campaigns in regards to the need of taking care of the
water, the air and Mother Earth.
6.4 To recuperate traditional technologies that do not pollute our Mother Earth, as well as,
to research and utilize other new technologies that enhance the harmonious
development of life.
6.5 To make domestic works and to create traditional art using nature.
6.6 To support a traditional living program with natural materials in each Indigenous
region that will replace, where possible, plastics, concrete, metal, cardboard and other
non-biodegradable materials.
6.7 To promote a program of alimentation, nutrition, agriculture and full use of the eatable
plants of the region to fight against malnutrition and recuperation of our indigenous
gastronomy.
6.8 To prepare a ecological disposal of human waste program that avoid pollution.
6.9 To use the energy from the sun, water and wind.
6.10 To develop our herbal knowledge and wholistic health resources.
6.11 To promote academic and cultural interchange, through a permanent program of
scholarships for Indigenous young people of our respective countries.
6.12 To promote Indigenous education language, cosmology and spirituality for our
children, youth and other members of our communities.
6.13 To prepare didactic materials, such as dictionaries, song collections, stories, music and
literature.
6.14 To recuperate our traditional medidnes and plants.
6.15 To build treatment and cleansing houses.
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6. 6.16 To develop strategies and marketing alternatives for the sale and interchange of the
products and services of the Indigenous peoples of our respective countries.
6.17 To promote productive projects for the creation of employment and income to families
such as: textile art, ecological-educative and cultural tourism, fruit growing, agriculture
(corn, bean, potato, soy bean, pumpkin, vegetables), research and manufacture of
natural medicines, production of prepackaged foods, carpentry, clothing making for
traditional garments, manufacture of shoes and musical instruments, pottery and
ceramics.
6.18 To establish an international Indigenous trade center in Mexico that will empower,
encourage and sustain international trade directly between the Indigenous peoples of
Canada and Mexico and other Indigenous regions of the Western hemisphere.
7. Finally, we agree we will make a Human Resource Development Plan for community,
regional, national and international development.
7.1 To promote the organization, training and professional preparation of our Indigenous
peoples in all areas of integratedsustainable development that is in harmony with all
life.
7.2 To update our traditional organizations, institutions and financial systems.
7.3 To prepare Indigenous personnel in areas such as business administration, human and
community development and systems of justice and governance that are in harmony
with our cultural and spiritual foundations.
7.4 To develop a language immersion programs to teach English and Spanish for our
Indigenous communities for the purpose of further developing understanding,
friendship and social and economic interchange between our Indigenous peoples.
7.5 To support the creation of economic enterprises that are developed and managed by
Indigenous young people.
7.6 To support the creation of economic enterprises that are developed and managed by
Indigenous women.
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