The book is entitled Basic Call to Consciousness, edited by Akwesasne Notes (Book Publishing Co., Summertown, TN) which was first published in 1978 then republished in 2005 with a new preamble and introduction. The book is available from the publisher for $12.95 (http://www.bookpubco.com/products/basic-call-consciousness) or from Amazon, both new and used, from about $8.00 to $12.95.
In 1977 twenty-one of the most respected traditional American Indian leaders journeyed to Geneva, Switzerland to deliver to NGOs of the United Nations the Iroquois Address to the Western World. The papers presented conveyed the point of view of the grassroots Indigenous people of the planet: “Human beings are abusing one another, the planet they live on, and their own individual persons. The destruction of the natural world and its people is the clearest indicator of mankind’s spiritual poverty.” Together the papers are a basic call to consciousness of the sacred web of life in the Universe. It is a powerful call that has ancient roots but very forward looking, even futuristic, implications. In the new edition “John Mohawk introduces the events that transpired prior to the trip to UN, Chief Oren Lyons gives an overview on the struggle for self-determination before and since the Geneva meetings, and an afterword by Jose Barreiro looks to a new era of possibility for Native nations.”
This 130 page, very readable, book contains the papers from 1977 and introductory chapters on the Haudenosaunee and the Great Law of Peace.
