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Collection: Vol. 7, nos. 1 & 2, (Winter/Spring 1993)

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Stealing Indigenous Genes: Genome Project Places Indigenous Peoples at Risk

Tags: Human Genome Diversity Project, NIH, Pan American Health Organization, The Indigneous Peoples and Health Workshop, Winnepeg Canada

The controversial topic of researching and "immortalizing" the genetic code of humans is discussed. The Indigenous Peoples and Health Workshop in Winnepeg, Canada criticized the Genome Project on grounds of exploiting Indigenous people.

Urgent Action: Chilean Government Must Overturn The Conviction

Tags: Chile, Mapuche, saiic

SAIIC organizes a campiagn to demand the Chilean government to end its persecution of the Mapuche people.

Urgent Action: Mayan Leaders Receive Death Threats, Council of Mayan Organizations Calls for a Halt to the Violence

Urgent Action-Mayan Leaders Receive Death Threats.pdf

Tags: COINDI, COM-G, Maya

Many leaders on the Council of Mayan Organizations have received death threats. The Council is requesting concerned citizens and groups to encourage the Guatemalan government to investigate the threats and to put a stop to them.

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