Snow Riders of The American Indian Nations

Princess Caroline Murat leads Native Olympic Inclusion
with Jean-Marie Fournier atop his Veysonnaz Resort during her
Ski & Music Festival with Stew Young & SuzyChaffee (ends)

Stew Young Princess Caroline and Suzy Chaffee

Stew Young Princess Caroline and Suzy Chaffee

NVF Euro leader, French Princess Caroline Murat (center) with Stew Young and Suzy Chaffee (NVF co-chair) at their reception in Veysonnaz in Feb 05. In a twist of fate, Princess Caroline then
rallied Jean-Marie Fournier and Princess Lea de Belgique, to
stand up for tribal youth in their bid for Olympic inclusion.
"I support this bid with all my heart," said Princess Lea.

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and Torino Advances North American
Indigenous Olympic Bid

January 29, 2006

Jacques Rogge, IOC President

Dear President Rogge:

   Our board of directors of Native Voices Foundation (NVF), a partnership of U.S. Tribal leaders, Elders, ski communities and Olympians, applauds you for your visionary authorship of the IOC Eco recommendation to include Indigenous Peoples in the Olympics to help enhance their sustainability!

   NVF's mission is "to create joyful unity through sports (to heal the discrimination of indigenous peoples) and restore to health of our Mother Earth for all our children." NVF was first funded by the Texaco Star Grant voted by my US Olympic teammates, past and present, to help ensure that future generations have a chance to ski thanks to the tribes returning to ancestral lands. (I am US Olympic skier Suzy Chaffee, 1st woman of the USOC Board, and NVF co-founder).

   Added to the reasons in the enclosed letter and presentation, we are asking your blessing to include in future Olympics, a North American Indigenous Olympic Team, as a result of our Sovereign American Indian Nations reaching out, in a magnanimous gesture, to unite with their First Nations cousins, who are the Vancouver Hosts. This would include teams in the summer and winter Olympics in the 10 sports they invented or choose. Therefore, the two Chiefs: Joe Garcia, President of the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI), and Phil Fontaine, Chief of the General Assembly of the First Nations, request a meeting with you, at your earliest convenience during the Torino Games, so that you may ideally jointly announce your acceptance at a press conference, or announce their official bid. Tuanni Josephs, executive director of the Four Host Nations of the 2010 Vancouver Games, who said he and the Chiefs enjoyed getting to know you during your Olympic preparation meetings, offered to host the meeting and press conference at their BC House.

   President Garcia, who is also Governor of the San Juan Pueblo, is a runner who is also passionate about wanting to give Indian youth athletic . . .

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