A/HRC/21/47/Add.1 100. Nahuacalli and Tonatierra Project: Rights of indigenous peoples are threatened by Arizona Senate Bill 1070, the North American Free Trade Agreement, and the Doctrine of Discovery. 101. Native American Church of North America, Inc.: Concerns regarding health and sustainability of naturally occurring peyote in peyote gardens; reoccurring issues for peyote users and harvesters include wrongful arrest, confiscation, prejudicial treatment in family custody cases, and discrimination in employment. 102. Native American Directions: The Tucson Unified School District’s Mexican American Studies program is a good example how a school district should reflect the community that it serves. 103. Indigenous Elders and Medicine Peoples Council: A recent report regarding the USDA Forest Service Policies and Procedures fails to provide meaningful and effective direction for the development of policies for the protection of indigenous sacred sites. 104. Indigenous Youth Experience Council: United States Government has statutory and treaty obligations as well as standing agreements to protect the sacred places of indigenous peoples. 105. National Congress of American Indians: Importance of “Carcieri Fix” to restore the benefits provided by the Indian Reorganization Act and to remove the uncertainty surrounding development and strategic planning in Indian Country; support for reform of federal surface leasing regulations for American Indian lands; important that tribes have equal access to states of all programmes. 106. Indian Law Resource Center, National Congress of American Indians Task Force on Violence Against Women, National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center, Inc., and Clan Star, Inc.: Violence against American Indian and Alaska Native women and girls in the United States has reached epidemic levels in Indian Country and Alaska Native villages. 107. Morning Star Institute: Hundreds of Native American sacred places, heritage languages and cultures are endangered; Native Americans encounter serious barriers when attempting to exercise their cultural rights. 108. Inter Tribal Council of Arizona: Mining in the Oak Flat area will result in the destruction of sacred sites, notably mining in any part of the ecosystem will negatively affect the religious and cultural integrity of the area as a whole. 109. Black Mesa United-Dzilijiin Bee Ahota, Inc. (BMU-DzBA): Strip mining and related activities threaten Black Mesa, a sacred mountain, and area drinking water sources. 110. International Council of Thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers: Mining threatens the survival of indigenous cultures, contaminates soil and drinking water; government, financial institutions and decision-making bodies should have better implementation of free, prior and informed consent with regard to indigenous peoples. 111. Representative of boarding school survivors, Leo Killsback: Boarding schools and forced assimilation created historical trauma that is now imbedded in the contemporary lives of Native Americans. 112. Tewa Women United: Extractive industry threaten natural resources including water, air and land in New Mexico; Historical Document Retrieval and Assessment Project document. 113. Honor Our Pueblo Existence: Indigenous peoples in the Southwest region of the United States live in the shadow of a violent culture created by Government and military projects to research, develop, and manufacture weapons of mass destruction. 44