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UNITED NATIONS
FIF'TH SESSIONOF THE PERMANENT FORUM ON INDIGENOUS ISSUES
NEW YORK. USA.
15-26Mav.2006
YURTA MIRA
Alexandra Grigorieva,Ph.D.
President
Dr. of MedicalAnthropologt
Professorof ResearchInstituteof IndigenousNationsof theNorth
SiberianBranchof the RussianAcademyof Sciences
ResearchAssociationof InternationalInnovationProiecl
at the Universityof Toronto
in Canada
Permanent Representalive
Peopleo.fSiberia
of theAssociationof the NorthernIndigenou,s
phone: 416-530-7
436 fax: +416-978-5031
[email protected]
e-mail:inter.
[email protected]
or G risorievS5(dhotmail.com
Dearsistersandbrothers,
- President
I am a Dr. AlexandraGrigorieva
YurtaMira - World
of theOrganization
Yurtaof Peace.
I wishto thankparticipants
of the Fifth Forumfor supportof idea"YurtaMira".
andalsoBranchin
Todaythe organization
"Yurta Mira"hasits HeadBranchin Canada,
RepublicSakha(Yakutia)in Siberia.
Thetaskof "YM" is to associate
nationsof theworldwith thepurpose
of all indigenous
of survivalin rigid andchangingconditions
economicsocial
of thepresent(climatic,geopolitics,
ancienttraditions
of
etc.),andalsopreservations
of originalcultureof eachnationality,
language,
people,
spiritualhealingof
aswell asthesoil on whichtheylive.
peoplearekeepers
Indigenous
theirwellof naturalandculturalrelics,andtherefore
beingis themortgage
of preservation
of a culturalandbiologicalvarietyof variousareasof the
world.
I would like to bringattentionof participants
of the Fifth Forumto followingevent:in
2010in Vancouver
will hostWinterOlympicGames.An officialEmblemof thisOlympic
Gamesis an imagewhichis Inuit symbolof hopeandfriendship.
I wishto remindthosepresentherethatInuitsarenativepeopleof PolarSiberia.Five
thousandyearsagotheyhavecrossedBeringStraitandcameto the AmericanContinent.Thus,
we arerelatedpeople.And we shouldtakepartin this Olympicstogether.
As the Permanent
Representative
of Associationof IndigenousPeopleof theNorth in
Canada,I callthe Fifth Forumto supportthe ideaof participationof all IndigenousPeoplein this
Olympics.EachlndigenousPeoplehasits uniquekindsof sports.In Yakutiatherearesuch
ancientnationalkindsof sportsas Khapsagai-wrestling
thesenationalsports
andMas-wrestlings;
canbe demonstrated
couldbe includedin standard
duringthe Olympicsso that subsequently
on freeOlympicprograms.A little of history:exactlythirty yearsagothreeYakut sportsmen
participated
won
the
Gold
stylewrestling
on OlympicGamesin Montreal.PavelPiniginhas
medal,RomanDmitriev a silvermedal,Alexanderlvanov the Bronzemedal.Thiseventwas
thebig pridefor thesmallpeopleof Yakutialivingin conditions
of PolarSiberia.
Thus"YM" will allowto theworld communityto getacquainted
with traditions.
cultural
anda spiritualheritageof Indigenousnations.
We havea wide experience
andcarryingout of suchactions.Yakutsk
of the organization
participants
hadthricehostedthe IntemationalSportsGamesof Childrenof Asia representing
from l6 countries
of Asian-Pacific
region.
- we
Our organization
hasallthat is neededfor buildingsucha complexin Vancouver
havethe pro.iectready,construction
expertsandworkersarereadyto beginwork immediately.
and
AftertheOlympics"YM" will serveasthepublic,cultural,sports,educational
medicalCenterfor nativesof Canada.
It will alsobe a groundfor sacredspiritualceremonies.
of the
of all nativepeoples
Thus"YM" becomes
andassemblies
a placefor meetings
World.