(chanting)
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(chanting)
It's the danger of forgetting that is the road to extinction.
Our salmon are endangered species now.
The Winnemem Wintu would also be on the endangered species list.
As the salmon reduce in number, so do the Winnemem Wintu.
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I came to Congress to plead the case of the Kalash Tribe,
which is endangered due to climate change.
The community is 6,000 years old and only about 4,000 people.
The whole community is at risk of being wiped out.
Respect for the traditional ecological knowledge,
unlocking opportunities to learn
from people who continue to live close to these landscapes
is an opportunity for all of us to boost our knowledge
of what's happening with this planet.
Knowledge is not just academic.
The knowledge that comes through being in one place
all this time, is different
than when somebody comes in and studies it for 5 years or even 20 years.
I am representing hundreds of years of indigenous traditional knowledge.
For us it's very important to see
how the younger generation can protect more the environment.
But how all this knowledge can be protected
to protect us and to protect our future.
(speaking Spanish) We, the indigenous peoples of the world,
know how to live in harmony with our Mother Earth.
Because we respect it.
Because we understand that it is necessary to maintain equilibrium.
Equilibrium and harmony.
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Let us remember that what was once an oppressed voice
is now the intellectual speech of the landscape.
I believe for tomorrow,
for our grandchildren
and your great-great-grandchildren,
it will be a vibrant one,
because we are committed to making it so.
(speaking Spanish) It's important to create change now,
because we don't have much time.
We are fightingto make that change.
And the world, the IUNC and its members,
need to realizethat a change is urgent.