1 12 29 https://www.abyayalanews.org/files/original/4d8013be6270c6faa5fb731e39b76989.pdf e1fd90e34572f4a8dafb472d10867b40 PDF Text Text SAIIC News from SAIIC he Indigenous movemem has grown immensely over the last decade. and the problems facing Indigenous people are as diverse and pressing as ever. In acknowledgment of lndigcnouspeoplcs'shiflingpolitical,economic and ecological realities, our informalion dissemination and networking activities have focused on supponing Indigenous organizing for territorial, environmental and human rights. vVe have also been busy improving our internal organizational srructurestOenable us to use limited resources most efficiently. Being located in the US puts us in the privileged position to effectively distribute information. offer technical support and act as a communication link for lndigenousorganiuuiOllS. We do not try in anyway todefineorshape the decisions of I ndigcnous communitics because that power legitimately corresponds to the people's grassl'OOl5 organizations. Our role is to give those T organizations and conununitiesa voice here in the US and internationally. Since january I this year. we have turned muchauention to the situation in Chiapas. Mexico. The peoples of this region. which was bypassed by the first Zapatista revolution of 1917. may finally have the possibility to shape their own destiny. Outsiders have ahva}<S sought to impose their prioritics on the Maya of Chiapas. Now Indigenous peopksare fighting to take their destiny into their own hands. SAilC offers support tO the many lnd,igenous organizations in the state engaged in this struggle, as well as to thestatewidecounciltheyhave formed with campcs\no organizations. Through networ\<ing. publishing information, and makiog our voices heard at events, confe<enccs and meet- ings across the world. we are working to advocate for Indigenous peoples on other important issues as well. Board voi.8No.l &2 member Alejandro Argu.m edo has actively pursued refonns in the International Biodiversity Convention. Wara Alderete also on the SAIIC board. is active in work relating tO Indigenous peoples' health care and respect for traditional systems of healing. Board member Guillermo Delgado continues to participate in the development and organizing efforts of AlPIN. the first Imernational Associ at ion of Indigenous Press. With the assistance of the lndiansk Mediaseme•· in Oslo. SAIIC has been providing fresh news OJl Indian issues to support organizations in Europe. SAIIC is pleased to have been able to help build the Abya Yala Fund. and to have hosted its founding meeting (see ' Abya Yala Fund formed' in this issue). SAIIC's Visitors & Exchange program continues to coordinate or otherwise assist in visits and speaking tours by Indigenous representatives. Most recent!}'· Araceli Burguete, research coordinator for the Independent Indian People's Front of Mexico, made a tremendous impact during her California tour educating the public about the conflict in Chiapas from the perspectiveof Indigenous organizations work· ing there. We were also fortunate tO share in coordinating a joint solidarity tOur of Indigenous leaders Leonardo Viteri and Hector Villa. il from Pastaza m Ecuador, as well as three representatives of COLPU!'vLALI.·· the regional Maya organization in Chiapas. jorge Matamoros. Miskiro sociologist from Nicaragua presemed information on the situation on theAtlantic Coast here. Last year, Rosa Jalja from the Coordinating Commission of Indigenous Women in Bolivia and Atencio Lopez. Secretat)' of the Kuna Nation, provided inspiration.and advice at SA liC's Board Retreat ip M.ountain Wolf. Califomia and gave presentalions,tlnoughout the country. Finally, we were honored to have Mapuche elder Jose Luis Huilcaman here fora short time in November. The l'ord Foundation recently reponed that less than l/10 of l percent offoundat ion assets go to Native AmeriC.1nflndigenous programs. This report has helped shape efforts to increase our base of support among individuals and institutions as both donors and as subscribers lO this quarterly journal. Support from the General Service Foundation has allowed us to spend concerted ime and altention on our organiza· tiona! needs and plan (or fuwre work. ln the process, we have spent a considerable amount of time ex'j)anding and streamlining our computerized database. Two public awareness campaigns arc planned for this year. one targeting individuals and one targeting foundations. One of SAIIC's goals is "To communicate the Indigenous perspective tO policy and funding institutions whose work affects Indigenous people.• We have therefore designed a mailing to foundations designed to raise their a'vareness of indigenous issues. thereby. hopefully increasing the amount of support that goes to lndigenousorganizations. We want to thank all of you who have hung in there with us throughout the years, despite the. at times, sporadic nature of our conur1u· nications. It has been hard for us to focus in the midst of so many pressing issues facing our brothers and s isters in the South. We, however have never forgouen our supporters in the North. We are very grateful to the individuals and fonndations that have supponed us, including: john D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Foundation for Deep Ecology. Public Welfare foun· dation, The Tides Foundation, Public Media Center, VictOria Ward , JeffrC)' Bronfman, Maya Miller, Rosa Alegria and BillyTrice,Jr. MuchlsimasGracias 4l � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Vol. 8, nos. 1 &amp; 2 (Summer 1994) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource News from SAIIC Type The nature or genre of the resource Journal Article Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource SAIIC Board of Directors Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Summer 1994 Language A language of the resource English English Zotero Title News from SAIIC Item Type Journal Article Author SAIIC Board of Directors Volume 8 Issue 1,2 Pages 43 Publication Title Abya Yala News ISSN 1071-3182 Date Summer 1994 Language English Abstract Note SAIIC draws attention to a few areas of interest that occupied recent months and this issue of Ayba Yala including the Zapatista uprising, advocacy for indigenous issues, noted people who have recently educated people in the US on indigenous peoples throughout the world, and future efforts to reach more people with news about and by indigenous peoples. Attachment Title abya yala p43.pdf Attachment URL [No URL] indigenous news saiic https://www.abyayalanews.org/files/original/164804cc07b90e9377e56c9e904ca991.pdf 47840346123a544ca703057c86bb9c77 PDF Text Text ORGANIZATION CONIC Preparatory Meeting in Bolivia The provisional council of the Co· ordinating Committee of Indigenous Nations and Organizations of the continem held its planning meeting for the upcoming continental encounter in Chuquiagu (La Paz), Bolivia from May 11-4. The Coordinating Comminee of Indigenous Women of Bolivia hosted this meeting. At CON lC's last continemal encounter held at Temoaya , Mexico in 1993, participants decided to hold a consti· tutive congress in October 1994 in Guatemala, and to fonn a Provisional Council to plan this congress. Delegates from the Southern Cone.Andean region, Central and Nonh America elaborated proposed bylaws at this meeting. and have sent these along with a declaration of principles and objectives to all CONIC members. The coming congress in Guatemala was set for the I0 -14 of October and will be hosted b)' the Council of Maya organizations of Guatemala (see calender be· low). All member organizations will be anending, and may also invite up to three additional organizations from their region. & COMMUNICATION Ngulam--Consejo de Toe/as Las Tierras. based in rcciprocit)'; solidarity and Mar<iflores 1326, Casilla 448, Temuco, equality; and plurinational democracy. Chile. Fori>ifonnation: CONAl£, Las Granados 2553 y 6 de Diciembre, Casi/111 17- li1235, Quito, Ecuador, Tel: (593-2) Indigenous News Agency 248930 Fax: (593-2) 44271 email begins Publishing The International Indian Press ccc@ccnaie.ec Agency (Al PIN) began wiring news relating to Indigenous nations and or· Ashaninka Women Begin ganizations of the continent through Organizing for Self-Sufficiency Many Ashaninka have been forced the IPS network last january. Genaro Buatista, Mixtec journali st a nd to Oee their homes by conOicts be· Natividad Gutierrez are the acting co· tween the military and the Sendero ordinators in Mexico City. All lndig· Luminoso Guerilla movement. enous journalists are invited to submit i\shaninka women are searching for reports to AlPIN, by fax (525) 761· solutions to the critical lack of food, 8573. The reports are published over clothing. and health care facing their the wire every week and arc accepted families. Following the First t\shaninka every Wednesday until 6:00pm. sub· Summit in November-December of missions should be a maximum of300 1993, an ' Ashaninka Mothers' Club" words, approximately 60 lines of text. was formed with the goal of carrying out projects to meet basic needs in the Central Forest region of Peru. AccordCONAIE National Congress ing to club leader, Lucila Arce Salcedo, Approves National Policy the traditional Ashaninka economy Statement which was based on self-sufficient ag· From the 15·18 of December last ricuhure, hunting and fishing has been year. CONAIE celebrated its fourth serious!)' impacted in recent years by national congress in the town ofUni6n the arrival of colonist, Sendero Base, Puyo in the Amazon Region. The Luminoso activity, logging and most Congress approved CONAIE's •Politi· recently the activities of oil companies cal Project' , a document which out· such as Shell and Mobil. lines the organization's national politi· The Mothers' organization is there· cal strategy. According to CONAIE fore working to develop sewing and president Luis Macas this project 'will cooking industries to helpsuppon their be a guide £or the construction of a families with cash incomes. lf success· more just, plurinational and ful. this project will benefit 500 pluricultual state and for the recogni· t\shaninka families. Next,they hope to tion of the Indigenous people and the begin a home for children who have poorest secwrs of the country.' , and been orphaned during the wave of proposes solutions to the problems of violence. Arce Salcedo reports that land distribution, housing, industrial· approximately 2.000 children in the izarion, health. unemployment, segre- communities of Provincia de Satipo. gation and discrimination. Punor Ocopa, Rio Ene. and Rio Tambo According toCONAIE, the project's are orphans in their communities Jiv. proposals are based on the fundamen- ing in various stages of malnutrition, tal principalsof the Indigenous peoples, sickness and poverty. especially. an integral humanism which for infonnation or to send aid: l<alia recognizes that the close relationship Torrelli. 4015 Rhod11 Ave., Oalllaru/, Ct\ between people and nature is what 94602, Tel: (510) 482·4682 Fax: (510) Fourth Session of Mapuche Tribunai--Wallmapu Norngulamtuwum--Held in Temuco, Chile. From the28·29ofMarch J994, the Mapuche organization Auld" Wallmapu Ngulam (Consejode Todas las Tierras--All Lands Council) held their annual meeting, focusing on refOiming the Chilean State and self· determination for the Mapuche. The Cotmcil issued several resolmions rejecting Chile's "Indigenous Law• ( Law # 19.2553) as serving the Chilean state, but not the Indigenous population. Many specific changes were recommended. For information : ilul>i>l \Vallmapu guarantees us life: communitarianism 421-4758 40 />bya Yala News � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Vol. 8, nos. 1 &amp; 2 (Summer 1994) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Organization & Communication Type The nature or genre of the resource Journal Article Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource SAIIC Board of Directors Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Summer 1994 Language A language of the resource English English Zotero Title Organization & Communication Item Type Journal Article Author SAIIC Board of Directors Volume 8 Issue 1,2 Pages 40 Publication Title Abya Yala News ISSN 1071-3182 Date Summer 1994 Language English Abstract Note List of events by indigenous organizations and important milestones for the hemisphere-wide indigenous community. Attachment Title abya yala p40.pdf Attachment URL [No URL] CONAIE CONIC Preparatory Meeting International Indian Press Agency (AIPIN) Mapuche Tribunal Women https://www.abyayalanews.org/files/original/21cf249ff6ff7c6cfdf203e27de85e0a.pdf 24846cfb4d3460f22ba32f74e9b59fd5 PDF Text Text BOOKS w~4£H~MJ' Much Work Ahead for Indigenous Historians here are few texts in which indigenous voices speak for themselves. This historiography srill needs to be wriuen by both men and women of Abya Yala. Until today our histO\Y has been oral. Generally, our voices have been recorded in colonial languages, which in effect. are translations. Our own literature, should be caustic, in regard to those texts which have relegated us to being objws of study. Maybe those who objectify us forget that we can read their accounts. Here is a sample of three relevam texts: Tlte Elder Brothers: A lose South Anwican People and rheir· Wisdom (1990) by Alan Ereira; War of Slraclows( 1991) by Michael Brown and Eduardo Femandez; Indigenous Voices (1992) b)•Roger Mood)•. In contraposirion, we can t!nd texts (e.g., Taraqu written by the A)•mara historian Carlos Mamani Condon in 1991) that have been written by indigenous people themselves. presenting a T Ntwsfrom NATIVE CALIFORNIA ''An ins"id_ view of the Califomia fndian world• e A unique quarterly magazine devoted to Indian people of California, Ncwf. /reM Native California contains anicl~ on social, environmental, and political issues written by Na· tivc Californians and those close to the California Indian community. As a special service, Nnosfrom Natiw California would like w ofrcr a special rate on new subscriptions: one year (fou r issues) for $12.50 (or $22.00 outSide the U.S.). To take advantAge of this offer, send your name, mailing addre$S, phone number, and a check for$12.50 (or $22.00 in U.S. ctln'C()C)', check, or money order issued by a U.S. bank) to' News fro,. Naffvt Cnlifornia, P.O. Box 91 45, Berkeley, CA 94709. fo r more infom> 3tion, call (510) 849-0177. Vo1.8No. l &2 different voice. Ereira's book is a good example of "colonial anguish". We do not believe that indigenous peoples' stntgglescan be understood until colonial attitudes are abandoned when facing indigenous cultures. In his account. Ereira "be· comes' rhe spokesperson for the Kogi people of the Sierra of Santa Mana in Colombia. In very few pages can we hear tl1c Kogi's own voices. Instead, the author-historian basically presents his own saga which coincides with those of the Kogi. who are a living example of what Europe and the United States call 'ecological susrainability'. This book does, however, illustrate the constant threats experienced by the Kogi, and their efforts ro live ham1oniously with naLure. Michael Brown and Eduardo Fernandez's book documents the guerrilla phenomenon in f>en•. describing the Ashaninka Indigenous tribe's experiences as they struggle to win a fight that is not theirs. The heroes in this account are the guerrillas and the authors themselves. The Ashaninkas' voices arc barely heard throughout the book. The text should be considered as a history of the sixties and seventies of Pert>, but not of the Ashaninkas, except as victims of the political left and right, the missionaries, the government and the armed forces. Moody's Indigenous Voices is a collection of indigenous texts. Moody takes advantage of the demands published by Indigenous leaders in the Working Group of the United Nations, and decided to compile them into a book. Moody's project is highly questionable given that the texts printed were all produced by indigenous nations, yet there is not a single instance in the book in which the Indigenous con· tribmors were invited ro participate in the editing process. In a world where publications are the equivalent of business cards. indigenous peoples are once again objects of the text, rather than subjects capable of articulating our own ideas. In contrast to the above texts is Mamani Condori's Taraqu, which is one of the first texts produced by an Aymara historian. He sraned by studying docurnems related to rheAymara territories. In an eloquent job. Tar(J{p' presents the Aymaras' voices. who are thus the text1S ultimate owners. This text shows more than ever, that it is imperative for the nation-stares ro recognize the Aymara as the legimitare caretakers of their territory and halt the abusesdirectedagainsrthem. Mamani Condori is a member of the Andean Oral History Workshop in Chuquiyawu, Kollasuyo. in Bolivia. 'I!) 39 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Vol. 8, nos. 1 &amp; 2 (Summer 1994) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Whose History? Much Work Ahead for Indigenous Historians Type The nature or genre of the resource Journal Article Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource SAIIC Board of Directors Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Summer 1994 Language A language of the resource English English Zotero Title Whose History? Much Work Ahead for Indigenous Historians Item Type Journal Article Author SAIIC Board of Directors Volume 8 Issue 1,2 Pages 39 Publication Title Abya Yala News ISSN 1071-3182 Date Summer 1994 Language English Abstract Note Though there are histories and stories written about indigenous peoples, rarely do those stories place the indigenous groups at the forefront, rather favoring the outsider's encounter with and reaction to the people. The author reviews two books about indigenous people written in a colonial manner and a counterpoint of a book written about the Aymara written by an Aymara historian. Attachment Title abya yala p39.pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Aymara Indigenous histories https://www.abyayalanews.org/files/original/2f2971befbc1b2649d38e0e07d5d618c.pdf 70bacd71b280d5d3ef182d6ea997ca76 PDF Text Text URGENT ACT IONS State of Emergency Declared in Ecuador: Reports of I 5 Indigenous Activists Killed cuadorian President SLxto Duran-Ballen declared a State of Emergency on june 21 and the following day gave the militmy sweeping powers to •restore order• throughout the country. Indigenous organizations led by the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE) are blockading roads and demonstnning to demand the govemmem revoke the new agricultural development law. The military has surrounded CONAIE offices and are seeking arrest of the organization's leaders who are now in hiding. Increased repression is feared. The Ecuadorian government ignored repeated calls by CONAJE and popular organizations for national consultations on proposed agricultural bills. Instead it swiftly approved new legislation on june 13. President DuranBallen claims the new law will modernize the country's agricultural sector. Indigenous organizations called the law unconstitutional, stating that it will destroy their agricultural economy, threaten Indigenous systems of land tenure, and drive thousands to immigrate to city slums in search of work. Today. the country's constitutional court ruled the new law to be unconstitutional. but observers think the government may ignore this ruling. CONAIE organized a massive "Mobilization for Life' to demand the law be revoked. The mobil.ization has nearly paralyzed nine of 21 Ecuadorian provinces. This is the fourth nationwide mobili.zation led by CONAIE since the well-known Indian uprising in 1990. In a gesture that was both symbolic and concrete, CONAIE has stalled the flow of agricultural goods to several cities. The govemmem Stated that three year sentences would be given to those protesters who disobe)'ed the state of emergency. CONAl E responded, "The decision of our grassroots is to remain where they are until the law is repeated. If all the dimensions of the conOict are taken into account, the imposition of a state of emergenC)' is a virtual declaration of war against the Indigenous people and the majority of the country.• E 38 Five Indigenous protesters have been killed in the highlands, and there are unconflm1cd reports that 10 people were killed by police while peacefully blocking a road to an oil well in Lago Agrio in the t\mazon. The number of those injured and detained is unknown. A radio station in Latacunga belonging to the Catholic Church was occupied and ransacked by security forces. and one of the staff detained. Protesters have been harassed and threatened for the last two weeks. and tensions are extremely high. On june 20. after two weeks of protest, the government invited Indigenous organizations to negotiations. but broke off talks the next day. lndigenot\S organizations demand that the agricultural law be revoked before negotiating the shape of new legislation. The government would agree only to modifying the new law. CONAIE and the environmental group Accion Ecologica point out that the new law promotes privatization of communal properties, fails to recognize Indigenous systems and concepts of land tenure as legitimate, and will promote agroindustry and livestock grazingat the ex-pense of small farmers who now account for 75% of the country's agricultural production. -t Please send lettet'S to President Duran BaUen urging the Ecuadorian governmem to negotiate a peaceful resolution to tbe conflict, tO immediately halt repression directed against CONAIE and other Indigenous groups and to respect Indigenous organizations' just demands. Sixto Duran Ballen. Presidente del Ecuador. Palacio Presic!encial. Carcia Moreno. 1043, Quito-Ecuador Fax: (593-2) 580 73.5 with copies to: Luis Macas, Presidenrc CONAIE, Av. Granados 2553, Casilla 17-17-1235, Quiro-Ecua<li>r Fax: (593-2) 442271 !'Wya Yala News � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Vol. 8, nos. 1 &amp; 2 (Summer 1994) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource State of Emergency Declared in Ecuador: Reports of 15 Indigenous Activists Killed Type The nature or genre of the resource Journal Article Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource SAIIC Board of Directors Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Summer 1994 Language A language of the resource English Zotero Title State of Emergency Declared in Ecuador: Reports of 15 Indigenous Activists Killed Item Type Journal Article Author SAIIC Board of Directors Volume 8 Issue 1,2 Pages 38 Publication Title Abya Yala News ISSN 1071-3182 Date Summer 1994 Abstract Note The Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE) and other organizations protest new laws by the Ecuadorian putting agroindustry and livestock grazing above small farmers making a living off the land. Fifteen have been killed by police forces and others during the protests Attachment Title abya yala p38.pdf Attachment URL [No URL] CONAIE Ecuador Indigenous assassination land rights https://www.abyayalanews.org/files/original/bb249f6f5dece116cc39153eee19a834.pdf 2a07fb6e594ca695f946679c7b1b0fe5 PDF Text Text URGE NT ACTIONS Emergency Support Needed! Paez People left Homeless, Injured, Orphaned by Earthquake in Southwestern Colombia ighteen Indigenous communi tics disappeared beneath tons of mud and rock after a massive earthquake registering 6.3 on the Richter scale struck northern Colombia's remote Cauca region which is inhabited primarily by Indigenous people. The quake struck on june 6, with its epicenter close to the town of Toribio, releasing a series of debris slides and flooding of the Paez and Moros rivers. The list of dead, disappeared and injured grows daily. Indigenous organizations report that government aid to the sun~vors has been slow and totally insufficient, and that many injured have not received treatment and that people are dying from infection . Official calculations.acknowledge857 deathsand close to 15,000 injured, but there is no precise information on the number of victims or the conditions or the survivors. A leader of the Vi taco Indigenous E reserve site of a major avalanche, claimed that at least half of the 4,000 Indigenous inhabitants ofthis locality had been buried. The National System for Prevention and Attention to Disasters announced that •given the magnitude or the quake' aftershocks, new rock slides could fall from the Nevado del liuila (mountains! which could cause increases in the Paez river's levels." In turn this could result in the flooding of more communities. On the 9 of june. the affected communities were again panVoi. SNo. l &2 icked by tremors with intensities vary- diction within the disaster area. ing from 4.0 to4.8on the Richter scale. Emergency aid provided by ColomONIC's Executive Committee bians and international organizations and theRegional lndigenousCounhas been essential in sa'~ng hundreds cil of Cauca (CRIC) is urgently international aid and solidarity. ln of unprotected Indigenous people's order to send information regardlives. However, the National Indigenous Organization of Colombia ing the possibilities for support in this state of emergency communi(ON IC) calls for individuals and agencies to take into account, not only the cate with CRIC at Fax: 928immediate situation, but also the com233893. munities future. or particular conDonations can be s ent directly cern has been a campaign, promoted by portions of the national press, for to the ONIC bank account in the adoption of Indigenous children Colombia: by people outside the region . This is an attack on the autonomy for which InBANCO DE BOGOTA, Cuenca No. digenous communities have struggled 051-06327-9, DAMNIFICADOS for years. Additionally, ONIC is conINDIGENAS DEL CAUCA-ONIC. cerned with the process of resettling those who have been displaced from Or in the US, to: their land, stating, "land isn't just a material element, but the essence or ABYA YALA FUND. their cultures". c/o Tides Foundarion, Its recovery has cost many lives, as well DAMNIFICADOS INDIGENAS as much pain and suffering. Now, the DEL CAUCA-Colombia, 1388 displaced people find themselves set Surrer Sr. JO floor, San Francisco back to step one. Delimitation or new CA 94109 Indigenous reserves is urgently needed. Its also critical to urge governments who are supplying aid that these funds be channeled through Indigenous organizations in a way that establishes a true network of solidarity with the affected communities. The Colombian government has been slow to recognize Indigenous organizations juris- 37 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Vol. 8, nos. 1 &amp; 2 (Summer 1994) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Emergency support Needed! Paez People left Homeless, Injured, Orphaned by Earthquake in southwestern Colombia Type The nature or genre of the resource Journal Article Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource SAIIC Board of Directors Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Summer 1994 Language A language of the resource English English Zotero Title Emergency support Needed! Paez People left Homeless, Injured, Orphaned by Earthquake in southwestern Colombia Item Type Journal Article Author SAIIC Board of Directors Volume 8 Issue 1,2 Pages 37 Publication Title Abya Yala News ISSN 1071-3182 Date Summer 1994 Language English Abstract Note A 6.3 earthquake destroyed communities in northern Colombia killing hundreds and injuring thousands. Government aid to survivors is slow, SAIIC is asking for aid to send to those in need while thinking not only of the immediate need but those of the communities' future. Attachment Title abya yala p37.pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Cauca Colombia natural disaster ONIC https://www.abyayalanews.org/files/original/5f5525910f2eb385b13866e6e886a5cf.pdf 69a2eed7c6187abfbf60bb3c81e4427e PDF Text Text HUMAN RIGHTS Wave of Violence in Colombia takes Heavy Toll on Indian Leaders he Indigenous communities of Colombia have not escaped the alamling levels or violence registered in this country in the last few years. Man)' Indigenous communities have suffered the aftemlath of a lingering and irrelevant war between the army and guerrilla groups: 01hers. have been victims or the unrelenting struggle for land rights. The securit)' forces generally see Indigenous people as poten· tial guerrilla collaborator and have directed arbitral)' deten· ·s, tions. tortures. dis.."l.ppcar3ncesal'ld murders against them. In addition to preexisting ~~nd struggles. Indigenous efforts to exerclse rights under the new constitUlion, especially admin istnuion of government funds, have drawn violem opposillon from traditional power groups. This )'ear se''eral cases have been added to the already long list of crimes against the Indigenous population of Colombia. Assassination in Southern Colombia Amnesty International re· pons that, the body or well· known Indigenous leader Laureano lnampue was found in 1he San juan River on May 6. near his home in the G«achucallndigenous reserve in the department of Narino. According to wimc;sses. he was vio· lemly removed from his home b)' heavily armed men in military uniform. His captors claimed the)' were detaining him for interrogation by the local battalion's commander. Family members were unable to obtain any infonnation regarding his whereabouts from local amhorities. He was found dead a day later. h)ampue had been threatened previously because or his work to recover Indigenous lands. Senu Activists Killed in Land Struggle Three Senu Indigenous activists, Clemente Mendoza, Hernando Solano and Fernando Alvarez Conde. were mur· de red during the momhs of February and March in Northern Colornbia in the community of Ascrradero. Municipality of Purisima. Department of Cordoba. According to local reports. they were engaged in attempts 10 recover lands of the Gran Resguardo de San Andres de Sotavento through a land title given by the Spanish crown three cemuries ago. ''Tireless" Activist Killed in Tolima On May 15. ON!Cdenounced that Yesid Bocanegra Mnninez was shot to death by gunmen in the town of Colaima, department of Tolima. Omar Mendoza vice-president of Tolima's Indigenous council also received three gunshot wounds in the auack, and remains hospitalized. Bocanegra was described by ONIC as a ' tireless fighter for our cause•. Indigenous communities throughout the country are llO\ V on alen rearing thal a second major wave of violence will follow attempts by Indigenous communities to exercise their T 4 new constitmional rights. (See •Arter the Constitution" in this ONIC Leaders Assassinated for Demanding issue) ~ Compliance with the Constitution On March 26, four Senu Indigenous leaders were murdered on the outskirts of the municip:llity of San Andres de l>iformation supplied by National Indigenous Organization of Sotavento. The four were intercepted at 12 o'clock in the Colombia (ONIC). night, by unknown assailants while riding in a van belonging Please send letters urging the Colombian government 10 to the community. Theempt)' bumcd van was discovered with provide adequate protect,on to Indigenous leaders exer<:ismg bloodstains inside. The next day, the lifeless bodiesofl'orfirio Ayala Mendoza. Alternate Secretary of the ONIC, nominated the~r eonstltutionru rights, that these kiUings be immediately for 1993-1997 during last September's National Indigenous investigated and that those responsible be held accountable to: Congress: Hector Aquiles Malo, Chief of the Gran Resguardo $thor l'rtsident< Ctsm·Gaviria T> "Ujillo, Pl~sfdentc de Ia Republica. de San Andres de Sotavemo; Luis Arthur Lucas, Senu leader. Palaclo de Nari~o. Santaft <I<; Bogot<l, Colombia. and ex-General Secretary of the ON IC from 1968 to 1990; and Fax: 011 57 I 286 7-134/287 7939. Cesar Mendoza Cruz the vehicle's driver. Indian groups see these murders as manifestations of traditional power groups With copies 10: opposition to Indigenous communities' ane1npts to exercise Ambas<adorGabnd Silva, EmbassyofColombia,21181;;roy PI.l'.IV, ' new constitutional rights to manage t.. o:tx revenue and invest- \Vashingwn, DC. 20008. and: ONIC, M 32395. 8og()!d, Colombia. ment for their regions. 36 Abya Yala News � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Vol. 8, nos. 1 &amp; 2 (Summer 1994) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Wave of Violence in Colombia takes Heavy Toll on Indian Leaders Type The nature or genre of the resource Journal Article Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource SAIIC Board of Directors National Indigenous Organization of Colombia Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Summer 1994 Language A language of the resource English English Zotero Title Wave of Violence in Colombia takes Heavy Toll on Indian Leaders Item Type Journal Article Author SAIIC Board of Directors National Indigenous Organization of Colombia Volume 8 Issue 1,2 Pages 36 Publication Title Abya Yala News Date Summer 1994 Language English Abstract Note Indigenous leaders in Colombia have been under attack and subject to disappearances, torture, arbitrary detention, and even murder due to their struggle for rights granted to them in the Constitution. Attachment Title abya yala p36.pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Colombia Indigenous assassination ONIC San Andres de Sotaveno Senu Tolima https://www.abyayalanews.org/files/original/db447d1fbb9497d1748523548194fb11.pdf d428b940ef90c1884d2e9f4b7b9798ce PDF Text Text H EALTH Report from The International Symposium on Public Policy and Traditional Health Systems Ottawa, Canada ndigenous people, doctoi'S, tracli tiona! and Western researchei'S from the divci'Se traditions ofAsia. Africa and the Americas met in Ottawa, Canada to discuss policy models and experiences, the revival of traditional knowledge and practice, biodivei'Sity and intellectual property rights. I The symposium, held on March 24 at the International Development and Research Center in Ottawa, Canada (IDRC) followed a series of related meetings such as the Pan-american Health Organization (PAHO) conferenceon ' Health and Indigenous People of the Americas' held with support from the IDRCin Winnipeg, Canada in April 1993. PAl-lO's Board of Oirectoi'S, made up of the Public 1-!ealth minislers from every lalin American counuy. adopted a significant resoltt· tion based on the recommendations of this conference. This resolution serves as an importanttool for indigenous people in each counuy when demanding the right to practice traditional medicine as well as official suppon for improved healthcare in our communities. The resolution approved on September 28. 1993 credined indigenous communities' as· Offerings being made to Pachamama (Mother Earth) in Jujuy, Argentina 34 pi rations for control over their institu· Lions and way of life, and their need to strengthen their own identity. It also recognized that indigenous communities have conlributed significantly to heahh & nu1ri1ion of society, and 1he maintenance of ethnic, cultural and biological diversity. The resolution also based itself in respect for the val· ues and social, cultural, religious, and spiritual prac1icesofindigenous people including those which are related to the maintenance and improvement of hcahh and the 1rcmmem of illnesses. PAHO urged member governments to PJ>ya Yala News �HEALT H promote lndtgcnous people's panici· pallon in all health pohcy affecting th~m; promote orprevention programs especially in regard t() the health of the indigenous people; assist in the evaluauon or the initJOtl\'t of the Health of the lnd1gcnous Peopleofthci\mericas; and to estabhsh an ex pen commission whtch would mclude Indigenous representatives and be charged with developing strategies and pn)jccts to improve Indigenous people's health care, Divergent perspectives on research policy Indigenous representatives and west em tesearchcrs ''olced very different perspcctl\·eson ~arch. Researchers from the Nauorul C.-mcer Institute m the Unued States described the 'Biodl\'ersuy l"ro)ect' in which the)• are ISOlating chemical compounds from medicinal plantS m the ~rch for a cure to cancer or AI OS . Their statement$ were mtic-ized by the indigenou~ representatives for not taking into uccoum the true Vlllue of traditional medicine which is based on an understanding thM a ctii'C is found in all aspect~ of the plant-not just in an isolated component Thts western model WllS also cmlcaud for us lack of spaitu.-'llhy. m the sense that a cure is not JUSI a b1ologtcalncuon but IS also a strrngthcnmg of the spirit, something which is nOt found 1n a chemical substance. lndagenoU5 people also voiced conVoi.8No. 1&2 cern over the exploitation of our medicinal plantS m order to serve the intuesu of dcvclopo!d coumries'and their pharmaceutical companies. This el< ploitation can I'C$\Jh in environmcn· tal dC\oastalion as well as destroy our communities' cultural and social st rueLure through the Introduction of a mercantile system. J\ c.1ll was made for <he development of teStnrch methodologies that arc ~) paniclpntOI)'. b) sensitive to the Indigenous cosmology and respectfuloflhclrtmditlonnl heahl1 S)'Stcms c) serve the needs of the local communities rather than foreign research Institutions or companies d) evaluate the CO$t efnclency of lf:lditional medtcinal systems based in social values and sptritualtradiuons not just on western values, and 0 to work within cth1cal bounds where research goals and uses are clearly stated. Official Health Policies In some t\s~nn countries such as Ch.ina and lndin, tmditlonnl medicinal practices have b<:cn preserved as a significant component of nntional health policy. Researchers expressed concern with respect tOthe mtegration of traditional and Western medicine, citing the ncgath·e imp.1c1 official regulations may have on tmditlonal pm~ticcs; as well as the possibtlity that the Westcm system could dommate the Other. The Cbmese and lndtan govemm<:ntS. for e.'<ample. removed cosmology and spirituality from trndltionl11 medtcmal practice. so as to regulate or u.se these practices at their convemence. Vanous ind1genous repn::sentau,•es expressed their preference for nn official posiuon of tolerance. which would allow continu;ulon of tmdnionol practices without direct governmental interference or rcgul11 Ions. There was a general consensus thnt social control over tmditionnlt>rnctlces arise in each community, as h has b<:en for thou· sands of years. Oesplte cuhuml dirferences. spirituality seemed to b<: the common 1hread uniting the majority of tmditlons. Spiritual, mecmal and phys1cnl \vell-b<:ing are integral componentS f~d together in traditional cunng practices. Traditional heahh S)'SltmS arc sctences in their own right and. tf they are to be understood, thiS basiC principle must be I'CSpo!ctCd. It isimpemtivethat indigenouscommunities and organizations continue to actively panic!pate In this process by analyzing and influencing the policies that arfcct all aspects of life In our communities . ..., n1is ar!lclt was based 011 rhe PAHO's 'Healrh of Indigenous PtopiN' and a rtport by jerry 8odtckcr. to whom we wi$h to txprtSS our gratfrutk. To rtctivc th( PAHO docum<nt • Hmlth of lndigtnOliS P<oples' H5SISJLOS-34. wnrc to: :S2S 2J Strw N. W.• Washington D.C. 20037, U.s.A. or the PAHO ojflc.c In )'OIIT CDllntl)•. 35 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource Report from The International Symposium on Public Policy and Traditional Health Systems Type The nature or genre of the resource Journal Article Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource SAIIC Board of Directors Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Jerry Bodecker Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Summer 1994 Language A language of the resource English English Zotero Title Report from The International Symposium on Public Policy and Traditional Health Systems Item Type Journal Article Author SAIIC Board of Directors Contributor Jerry Bodecker Volume 8 Issue 1,2 Pages 34-35 Publication Title Abya Yala News Date Summer 1994 Language English Abstract Note Indigenous people, doctors, traditional and Western researchers came together in Ottawa, Canada to discuss policy and public health for indigenous communities. The symposium is one in a series of meetings including the Pan-American Health Organization. Views on research, health, and cures differed greatly between western researchers and indigenous representatives. Indigenous people rose concerns about lack of cultural sensitivity in health policy. Attachment Title abya yala p34-35.pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Ottawa Canada PAHO Public Health western vs traditional medicine https://www.abyayalanews.org/files/original/3f6fb03e37847d5786cab7673f2c3f53.pdf 403f8276cfc1754cc9ca8bd68731997e PDF Text Text ENVIRONMENT PERU: Oil Development brings Death andDevastation to the Maranon & D EVELOPMENT "At this very moment the Rio M aranonand Rio N are totally apo covered with oil from shore to shore and in the next several days it will reach the Amazonas River.· Less thnnt.hree weeks after the pipe· causes of the spill.• AIDESEP also deline rupture, l'etropcru chief Miguel Celi nounced that the local and national press hod not covered th. sprll out of Rivera announel!d, at the newly opened e pressure from imercsts workmg to Pa)~Amazondrilltngsite,that.l'eru's secure foreign invcsunent crude producuon would be inci'C:ISed from 132,000 boncl.s/day to approxlGovernment Proposes Increases matdy300.000b.,rrelsldayoverthenext in Exploration and Extraction two }'CO~ as a result of increased foreign On 'M•1rch 30. as oil gu$hcd from investment. S\tch an increase would detre1>it pipes Into the Maml'lon, Peru- place Pel'\l's production on par with vian Presldcm Alberto Fujimorl was Ecuador (n former OPEC member), present mthc signing of n nal\lml gas which also produces close 10 300.000 cxplor:mon contractlxtween Petroperu barrels/day. ApproximatelrSO% of new :md ~L~ple <4s C<>rporatton of Peru a extraction IS pr<>poSed for the 1\nwon subsid1ary of the regJon. The already deteriorating 24 year Dallas b.'ISed Maple old Trans-Amazon pipeline would <:a IT)' Resources Corp<n':l· this additional burden as well. tion. This contract allows ford rUling to AIDESEP Begins M obilization evah.ratc the fellsibll· lf the government's oil development ity of gas explolla· program Is allowed to proceed, tion along the AIOESEP for~ massive destruction Aua)'lla m·er near of the envaronmem and lndtgcnous Ucayali In the etn· people of the Peruvian Am.uon. To tral forest reg1on. this point. the Peru,~an government The previous week, has refused to allow Indigenous orga· the J>cnl\1nn gov· nizationsn role in the decision-making emmcnt s•gned an process. AIOESEP is planning effqns agreement with to document the current situation and Royal Dutch Shell mobilize :m lnd1genous front in oppoforoUexplor:mon m sition to~,, drilling. Support tS desthe areas of perat~ly needed forthese.effons Thts Kashl)'ll.n. S.1n 'Mar· mobihz.ation holds hope that the In· communities! tin and Mlpaya. If dlgcnous people of Pem will be able to One week prior Spilled o il spreads quickly and discovencs i\Te avoid the environmental catastrophes tO the UPI article dovestates rivers and flooded rnacle, the company that have followed oil devclopmentln t\IDESEPstated .ln foresls in the Amezon a report sent to incould lond a 30 year countries S11ch as Ecuador. "!' tcm:rtional lndigenoll.5 and environ- lca5rng contract for exploitation in the mental organizations. •At this very regron In all, these new contmcts for~~C13f11«1: moment, the RiO MarMOn ~nd Rio could cover arens in the regtons of: ~!roD AmtOJldo CaslrD, Cot:mlmator, Napo are totally covered W>th oil from Purus, C.•masea.Aguaytiaand Pucallpa. AIDESEP. PrDgrama de l!mcrgcnclo shore tO shore and m the next several The Yme, Chip•bo. Conibo,Am~hunca. Ashtminha·Aldt:lq> • Ave. Son Eugmlo 981 days It will reach the ~mazonas Rlver•. Yannnahu~. Shar.mabua. Matsiguenga, URBSI'ACataluta.Ul VICtoria, Umo(l3) Peru They noted that eight pcqple had rued Cat:rcalbos, and Ashaninka peoples all /nfom•atfon supplr~d by AIDESEP mul as n result of the spill and that ' It is or Inhabit these: rcgr(>l\S, with n combined Edward /lummond, gradu111e student, th< utmost urgency to h'lwstigare the popul:otion of approximately 27.000. Unfvcrslty of TcxllS. April 14. Ul'l In lima, Peru reponed thdt the coumris trans-Amazon pipdinc had naptured two weeks tnrlicr. spilling crude from Occidental and Petroperu oil wells directly into the Marailon RIVer In the Peruvian Amazon. Petroperu technicians $Uiled that '10,000 barrels a day are spilhng becnusc: of the rupture and thntthc figure could Increase 10 30,000'. lndlgenouscommunltlesdepend on the Manflon and itS tributaries for rashing. drinking \YII(Cf. and t1'31'1Spor· l.lltlon. Mlqueas Mishnrl president or che Imercthmc Assoclm ion for the Developmen t or the Peruvian Amazon (AIDEPSEP} slllttd, "The government JSn't wor· ned about the effects or the spill on the lndinncommuniue.~.· and called upon President Fujimori to 'listen to us, to cake into acrountthat we exISt, to talk to the 0 11 Voi.8No.1 &2 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource Peru: Oil Development brings Death and Devastation to the Marañon Type The nature or genre of the resource Journal Article Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource AIDESEP SAIIC Board of Directors Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Summer 1994 Language A language of the resource English English Zotero Title Peru: Oil Development brings Death and Devastation to the Marañon Item Type Journal Article Author AIDESEP SAIIC Board of Directors Volume 8 Issue 1,2 Pages 33 Publication Title Abya Yala News Date Summer 1994 Language English Abstract Note The trans-Amazon pipeline carrying Occidental and Petroperu crude oil burst spilling between 10,000 and 30,000 barrels of oil a day into the Marañon river, the main water source for many indigenous communities in the area. The Peruvian government has signed more natural gas explorations contracts for other areas in the Amazon. The Interethnic Association for the Development of the Peruvian Amazon (AIDEPSEP) raised concerns about the safety of such projects. Attachment Title abya yala p33.pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Amazon Gas extraction Interethnic Association for the Development of the Peruvian Amazon Oil Spill Petroperu https://www.abyayalanews.org/files/original/40e75df7c529cb8eac8b0d65e45be8e1.pdf 84c4e766edad785b7ea62872ad406df6 PDF Text Text EN VIRON M ENT & D EV ELOPM EN T "...the 150.000 Indigenous people who make up the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities ofthe Ecua. dorian Amazon cannot guarantee...that oil exploration or exploitation projects inour territories will be able to proceed." of licensing to proceed. In an open letter to the Ecuadorian president, Edmundo Vargas President of CONFENAIE declared. "The Ecuadorian government's lack of sensitivity regarding the position of the lndigneous peoples and eviromnemalists of the region: the lack of a serious natural resource managment policy which addresses the present and future needs of our country and particularly those of the Indigenous nationalities of the region; the absence of adequate laws to control national and foreign companies: the carrying out of economic projects within Indigenous territories b}' the government and private comapanics without prior consultation; and the lack of indigenous participation in the decisons and benefits of these projects, clearly demonstrate thattheconditionsand guarantees necessary to extend the scope of petro· leum activities in the Ecuadorian Ama- zon do not exisl." CONAIE supported this position adding. that the)• hold. ' the Ecuadorian State and petroleum companies participating in the Seventh Oil Licensing Round responsible for the problems we have and for damages both to those people who have lived in the Amazon for thousands of years and to their environment.• Indigenous groups point out that the d rilling areas up for relicensingare located in the headwaters of the Amazonian river system on the Eastern slope of the Andes. Therefore an)•Spills and toxic dumping--which have been ubiquitouscompanions of previous oil activities in Ecuador--could potentially affecttheentireAmazon region through its waterways. Both organizations called for a fif. teen )'ear moratorium for the seventh 32 round of licensing, 'during which time the country can evaluate the environmental and social impacts of oil developmem, and Ecuador can implant policies for oil development which include defenseoftheenvironmem, respect for the ways of life of Indigenous peoples. and an integrated orientation of the country which will benefit all Ecuadorians." Vargas stated, "The Directive Council of CONFENAIE, together with its member federations, has resolved that the 150,000 Indigenous people who make up the Confederation of lndigenous Nationalities of the Ecuadorian Amazon cannot guarantee, neitherto the Ecuadorian State. nor to national or foreign investors participating in the Scventh Oil Licencing Round, that oil exploration or exploitation projects in our territories will be able 10 proceed. ~ Information supplied by CONAl E, CONFENA/E and the Rainforest Action Netwotk" Case against Texaco m ay be heard in New York Courts n April. Federal j udge Vincent L zation of Indigenous People of Broderick ruled that if Indigenous Pastaza (OPIP) and support organipeople and others suing Texaco zations. the transnational oil comfor irresponsibly discarding hazard- pan)' ARCOagreed to negotiate their ous waste in the Ecuadorian rainforest plansforoilexploration in the provice can prove that decisions regarding ofPastaza in Ecuado~sOriente. OPIP these operations were made at Texaco met withARCOonjune9. A second headquarters in New York, then it meeting should be occurring in Ecwould be appropriate for the case to uador as this magazine goes to press. be heard by L US federal court in ARCO officially states that it has not he New York. The case was brought b)' yet made the decision to pursue exSiona, Secoya, Cofan, and Quichua ploration in the Oriente's 'Block I0'. peoples and mestizo colonists who it has nevertheless, reached several live in the zone affecLed by Texaco's preliminary agreements with OPIP. operations. OPIP and ARCO agreed to establish Texaco's lawyers have asked the a techical commission which will judge to reconsider. If the case pro- include three representatives from ceeds in New Y court . it will set an ARCO and from Petroecuador and ork important precedent regarding rights six from Indigenous organizations of foreigners to bring US based multi- in the region. This commission will nationals to trial within the US. establish the guidelines for an E' <aluation of Environmental Impact for Pastaza Organizations negothe Exploratory Period . as well as tiate with ARCO select which company will complete Under pressure from the Organi- the study. I Abya Yala News � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Vol. 8, nos. 1 &amp; 2 (Summer 1994) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Case against Texaco may be heard in New York Courts Type The nature or genre of the resource Journal Article Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Summer 1994 Language A language of the resource English English Zotero Title Case against Texaco may be heard in New York Courts Item Type Journal Article Volume 8 Issue 1,2 Pages 32 Publication Title Abya Yala News Date Summer 1994 Language English Abstract Note If indigenous peoples and others harmed by irresponsibly discarded hazardous waste from Texaco can prove the decisions regarding that discarding were made in their New York headquarters, the case will be heard by the US federal court in New York. The Organization of Indigenous People of Pastaza negotiates with ARCO over oil exploration plans. Attachment Title abya yala p32.pdf Attachment URL [No URL] ARCO Ecuador Organization of Indigenous People of Pastaza Texaco https://www.abyayalanews.org/files/original/71eefac6d88b44413d2263ab4c3aa27e.pdf 4a2707a8da82d46e554f89e8326c73c7 PDF Text Text ENVIRONMENT & D EVELOPMENT Increased Oil Development Rejected in the Amazon Indigenous people throughout the Amazon ore increasingly discovering oil extraction to be om: of the greatest threats to their fond, health ond culture. In Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, Colombia, and Peru. central governments ore pushing increased oil ond gos development os o solution to their economic problems. Maxus oil company constructs now pipeline into the forests of the Ecuodori.an Oriente E.CUADOR: Indigenous Federations Take Strong Stand Against Seventh Round of Oil Leasing 0 or flooded forests and rainforest. That 53 me day. llcuadonan lndogenous peoples and euvoronmcmalists responded with a peaceful takeover of the ~1imstT)' of Energy and Mines. As a result. MiniSter Fmnc~o Acosta agreed to a me<ung with the Confederation of lndlgenou:. Nationalities of llcuador. CONAIE. opening the way n Janto 24, Ecuador's presi and vast ar~as nry dent fOm•~lly opened a new round of oil leases, which will open fh·e million ncrcsohhe rainforest (an grea the so of New jersey) to ze mtemnuonal oil comp.•mes. Included m tht lands affected are the territories ortheHuaoranl,Quiehu.1,Cofan.Shuar and Ashuar peoples, the planMd Sumaco and Galems National Parl<s. Voi. 8No. 1 & 2 for discussions on the fom1atlon of a commission to design and omplcmcm oil monitoring policoe$. In March. CONAIE and the Amazon regtonallndigcnous org.•ni;rnuon. CONFENAlE both Issued suongstatements no11f}ing the Ecuadorian government and tmnsn;uoonal ool compames that the Indigenous peoples in Ecuadorwould not allow the new round 31 �ENVIRONMENT & D EV ELOPMEN T "...the 150.000 Indigenous people who make up the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of the Ecua. dorian Amazon cannot guarantee...that oil exploration or exploitation projects in our territories will be able to proceed." of licensing to proceed. In an open letter to the Ecuadorian president, Edmundo Vargas President of CONFENAIE declared. ' The Ecuadorian government's lack of sensitivity round of licensing, "during which time the country can evaluate the environmental and social impacts of oil <levelopment. and Ecuador can implant policies for oil development which include defenseoftheenvironmem,respect for the ways of life of lndigenous peoples. and an integrated orientation of the countrywhichwillbenefitall Ecuador- the 150.000 Indigenous people who make up the Confederation of lndigenous Nation. lities of the Ecuadorian a Amazon cannot guarantee, neitherto the Ecuadorian State. nor to national or foreign investors paTiicipating in the Sev· emh Oil Licencing Round, thaLOil cxploration or exploitation projects in our territories will be able 10 proceed.~ regarding the position of the lndigncous peoples and evironmentalislS of the region; the lack of a serious natural resource managmem policy which addresses the present and future needs of ians." our country and particularly those of Vargas stated. "TheOirectiveCoun- lnformcuion Sll/1/)lied by CONAIE, the Indigenous nationalities of the re- cil of CONFENAIE, together with its CONFENAIE and the Rairiforcsr Action gion: the absence of adequate laws to member federations. has resolved that Networ·ll. • control national and foreign companies; the carrying out of economic projects within Indigenous territories b}' the government and privaLe comapanies without prior consultation; al1d the lack of indigenous participation in the decisons and benefits n April. Federal Judge Vincent L zation of Indigenous People of of these projects, clearly demonstrate Broderick ruled that iflndigenous Pastaza (OPIP) and support organithat the conditions and guarantees necpeople and others suing Texaco zations. the transnational oil comessary to extend the scope of petrofor irresponsibly discarding hazard- pany ARCOagreed to negotiate their leum activities in the Ecuadorian Amaous waste in the Ecuadoriann~in(orest plans foroilcxploration in the provice :zon do nol ex.ist. 11 CONAII; supported this position can prove that decisions regarding ofPastaza in Ecuador'sOrieme. OPIP COonjune9. Asecond adding. that they hold . 'the Ecuador- these operations were made at Texaco met,vithAR heaclquaners in New York, then it meeting should be occurring in Ecian St:He and pelroleum companies participating in the Seventh Oil Li- would be appropriate for the case to uador as this magazine goes to press. censing Round responsible for the prob- be heard by the US federal court in ARCO officially Slates that it bas not lems we have and for damages both to New York. The case was brought b)• yet made the decision to pursue exthose people who have lived in the Siona, Secoya. Cofan, and Quichua ploration in the Oriente's 'Block I0'. Amazon for thousands of years and to peoples and mestizo colonists who it has nevertheless, reached seven~! live in the zone affected by Texaco's preliminary agreements \vith OPIP. their environment.• operations. Indigenous groups point out that OPIP and ARCO agreed to establish Texaco's lawyers have asked the a techical commission which ,v;u the drilling areas up for relicensing are located in the headwaters of the Ama- judge to reconsider. If the case pro· include three represematives from ceedsin NewYorkcourt, it will set an ARCO and from Petroecuador and zonian river system on the Eastern slope of the Andes. Therefore an)•spills important precedent regardingrighlS six from Indigenous organizations of foreigners to bring US based multi- in the region. Thiscomol.iSsion ,v;u and toxic dumping--which have been nationals to trial within the US. ubiquitouscompanionsof previous oil CSiablish the guidelines for an Evaluactivities in Ecuador--could potemiltlly ation of Environmental Impact for Pastaza Organizations negoaffecttheentireAmazon region through the Exploratory Period, as well as its waterways. tiate with ARCO select which company will complete. !3oth organizations called for a fif. Under pressure from the Organi· the sllldy. teen )'tar moratorium for the seventh Case against Tex aco m ay be heard in New York Courts I 32 Abya Yala News � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Vol. 8, nos. 1 &amp; 2 (Summer 1994) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Ecuador: Indigenous Federations Take Strong Stand Against Seventh Round of Oil Leasing Type The nature or genre of the resource Journal Article Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource CONAIE CONFENAIE Rainforest Action Network SAIIC Board of Directors Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Summer 1994 Language A language of the resource English English Zotero Title Ecuador: Indigenous Federations Take Strong Stand Against Seventh Round of Oil Leasing Item Type Journal Article Author CONAIE CONFENAIE Rainforest Action Network SAIIC Board of Directors Volume 8 Issue 1,2 Pages 31-32 Publication Title Abya Yala News Date Summer 1994 Language English Abstract Note In the face of further threats of environmental destruction at the hands of oil companies, Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE) and Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of the Ecuadorian Amazon (CONFENIAE) occupied the ministry of Energy and Mines until Minister Francisco Acosta agreed to meet with them. The groups insisted that indigenous people be included in the decisions about what would be done with their lands taking into consideration indigenous needs as well as environmentalist concerns. Attachment Title abya yala p31-32.pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Amazon CONAIE CONFENIAE Ecuador Oil Extraction https://www.abyayalanews.org/files/original/ea9e065a0b7ca89f23439f6f9eb5e129.pdf 8ffb323a76c2cba8a02b495369e0350d PDF Text Text ENVIRONMENT & DEVELOPMENT Closing the Darien Gap? The Pan-American Highway's last Link by Alicia Korten (we do not want the Pan·Ameri Highway built through our homelands'. stntcs Lcopoldo llaporiso, chid of the 13,<100 Embcm·WounaanpeoplesofPanama's easternmost province, the Darien. I le states that th~ highways wit! CIIUW, ·m~•v• deforestation, immigrauon b)· outs•ders. an mcmJS<: In drug traffick· crs, v•olcnct and the loss of our cui· ture' In October of 1993. the Panam~· man and Colomb"m governments signed agreements to begin studies thnt they hope will lead tothe connectiOn of North nnd South America through the Darien Gap. If this I07 kilometer stretch Is butlt, the highway will run wtthout a break between Alaska and Atj;enurua's somhem tip. The O:mcn Gap is one ofthe world's mOSl b•oiQg~cally richndnfo~s and a cntical comdor between North and South American ecosystems for plant and wildlife. The area is home to roughly 40,000 mhabitants. includlnt: etm Alfcl<1 KorUro Is tiJC alSOCiaL< Jirwor of tho· Ct•tro for PIIP•Iar Ltgal ilssutanct's lndlg· rnou5 Program (CfAl.P) m Pa•ama. She,... ,;,; with the lnd~gll".<>US P~1t-i\mmcan lfoglotvay CclmniWWt! Vol. 8 No. I t 2 Rvc distinct Indigenous nations, Afri· c::.n-Amcricans, and m~tizo colonists. UNF.SCOdeclanid the Darien National 1'3rk, the largest in Ccntrnl America, a World Heritage Site an(llllos[ihere R¢· serve in 1981 and 1983 respective!)• beca1.1se of its cuhur:~l and biological di\WStty. The Colombian and Pnnamaman governments are explonng three dlf· fet't'nt routes..one along the P:loflc Co;1St, one along the Adnnuc Co..'\St, ~nd one through the isthmu~·s middle which would pass through the border community Palo de Lctms. The Palo de I euas ro1.1te is the shortest, least co$tly and most favored. All routes lY.lSS through Embera. Wounaan and Kuna temtortes. The Palo de l..etrns route cuts through the Indigenous communufes Pucuro. Paya. Cut>t. Aru~ and 01hers as well as through the Onnen National Park and the Knuos Pnrk m Colombia--both of whtch haw rcgulauons permitting the highway's consu·uction. Pressure to build the road comes primarily from South t\mericnn governments and industnes who want grtnter access to Nonh American m.•r· kets. Colombia. MeXICO and Venczt•ela are promotmg the highway'sconstruction most aggrcssh·cl)' due to a recent!)' signed f(ee u11dcagrccmcm. "The high· way ... will fncllhate trade of pem>leum, COltOn. cloth, iron, steel. and other goods between Mexico, Colombia and Venezuela.." statts juan Castancg~~. Colombia's Director of the MirusuyofForetgnAffitir'slatin Ameri· can~k Extending the Pnn-Amencan high· way is part of the Colombian govern· ments aggressive de,·elopment pack· age for the region. The Pacific Plan is a complementary mega-project aimed at opening the region to multiple fomlS or resource explottntion (seeAbya Yala. V. 7:3&4). The plan has gone through tnan)" t:eV\5\00.S StnCC US tmtoal draft in 1983. whtch ~tatcd that 'thise..xtensh·e region contains imme~ forest. fiSh· ing, ri•-er-and ~-b:tst:d mineral resources which the countr)' reqmres immediately.• The 1992 proposal how· ever, begins wn h discussion ofsustainable development and poverty allcvia· tion and then contmues with the prevl· ous goals of otl exploration, mining. largescale agriculture. commercial fiSh· mg and tourism. Together. these proJects thmuen 1he region wtth mas 29 �ENVIRON MENT & D EVELOPM ENT -- Sl\'e changc··changc whtch local pt0p1a frrl wtU dbpl.ltt thtar com· munmn and ck\btatc the ~'s C'ft\1ronmcnt lnc:h~tcnous pcol'lb far thc luglt- "~)' " ould cr.xlt the furcsu on whoch thr tr way of hfc dcPfnch by facthtaung the area's coloo mnllon and devclop· mcm In Oeccmlx:r of 199), over 500 delegates from dllfcrcnt Embcra· Wounaan contn>lmlllcs p.1sscd a rcsolunon Staling their 'rcjcCIIO Of the n PDn·American l lll(h" ~y·~construcllon th rough l ndt~:~rnou• tcrm orics I n P~n~na· because, ' the construct ton of the Pan-Arntne.on htgh"'11)' through our t~"'"'lldcauw ti'Kpaablrcbm- to our fornb. m crs. flor2 :and bmb upon,. hKh depend ou.r brotho-;, •nd 'l.>lcr- thc arumals and our n\-cr cuhu~ Thc "-OOncb ca~ b)· the ~em COfUIIUC1t<>n of the PanAnw-ncan htll)\w• > to suU fresh Thl$ C<'lblfll4t10n Cl~ the com·crston of our tcmu>ncs tnto tov.• p;t~tures and liulr by little the extinction of the b•oolv,·tl>ty of our lands.• Six indig••nou~ orwmiz,ulons in the Darien Gap hnV<' funned a co.1liuon calltd the lndt&cnous Pan-Amcncan • v.,,. = litgh,.ayCommt<•ICm(IPAHC)togam a \'OK'C tn upcommt ntj:Oilauons "We arc dcmandmg C>Ut kgal nghts tO C'On· ~uhanon rcg,mllnjlln)· plan,. the SO"" cm mcnt ha, for our anttstral bnds•, ~n Cl;&,mac C...rpoo. IPAHC. Coordan.uor Fund•"' for the 107lulomttcr hnk ntcr· 1$1\0l )-tt secu~ """~cr. thd Amcn(';ln ()e,ck,pmcnt Bank (108)"-111 1 P.mamo money to elaborate mmal 03n technical Sllldtc~ Mtd cm"romnentai imp.1Ct $tQtCntflll~ rhe 108 \\'111 also proV1de Colombtn S I.' mllhonto renoV the P3n-Amcnc.ut liighway seg3tc ment Medellin-1 urb<1, nn ~•stmgroad that requires lla\'ing to suppon intcrconttnentaltr.<ffll The Unned States J\O''Cmmem " ttl likely 1101 pro"de fundmg but m.ay ~uppon the pfOJCCI b) prO\t<hn& technical~. acconl"'' to Sl.&te !Xplnmtnt olrtcWs. lnd~ ptaple· uc d~ • n>· ou~ fundcrs from supponmg the protttt .,. 30 .. = Resolution of th• lndlg•noul Embers Wounaanand Kuna peoptu of Pan.ma at • Mtlonlll •ncounter to discuss exttntlon of th• PanAmericlm high..,.y on MJ!y 8. 1994. in tiHt community of Comun, eom.rc. Embeta-W-. AnN of C..maco. n1 t1uo1 8<Jono ji)""''S a... • .--1 "~an noc rm>a:n wl<ru \\. thcrd. .... raoh'( the"'"""""" • Fu>t R<)«t the Pr~" th:ot the P.llti%D3nl.ll\ .and Col.>rnbUn Go--.mmmt> ""' dlscu<SI~~&,.ithln tht Good :"'d;')tbor Co<nmissoon to Optn 1ht Dlr1<n (.tp b) bwlcltng 1h< f'm.Amrrl(,m li'Ch"'•l • S.Cond ll<nund tho '"'"'<d•~• U'JX1lSIOO of >tu.l~ hrtnll und.-n.~lu:n and tlul "tU be undfrL.Ikt"n h)• l~": Pan.un.mun .md Colomb1;1n j.tOV('mn\cnb, tu uprn the· 1),\ncn Cf.lp, whlc h tun,Ut\II('S C)u t T~tr1tonfs. • 1'hlrd· In thr (''"' tl"tt tilcy <'~lllhtuc to meet to dt>c:u•llhr Opt·nll\ji of the l),u1rn Gap. ""'demand the- JM<Iktp:nlc>n c>l hadtgcnous N>llons und.-r tqu>lconditi<lll',tO rl!'li!z< stud!<> and l'lro't~>rn.-nt PJ.ut-.. a S.diO!I.'lland lntcl1\.di(Jn.&l kwJ tlut rn.l) .•fleet our tcn'IIDtl, • Founh. I •pond ~llti) tht lndoncnou> Pm-Amcncm ti•J:h""> Corrunls$lon Io.ntn Gep),t., lndudttht lollov.tng a A mcmbermd.......,. Dl'theGtn<toiC"A!Wd>t.Sol tht Emhrr•·''"'"...., •nd Kuna b A rncmbu and o.\$btant uC l'ucum-1'••.. and the OnCC\Id. • Fthh. Dcm.1nd tho! the \! bltul n. .........., .~ ouch u the hlltr Amcnart Ot\clupuxmlbnk1108 tbt \\Crld IIW:Xld ethcD,IU>pmd a!l <miillorStla<holnd ~ tn rdloon IO tbt Opmin& ('( :b< J:>onm Wp and the poi\OC1patlon ol tbt lnd~nous s ......,.,n.n M.o"' •nd D<-"Ciopmrmll"rojtctstl= ..111:d!ra •l\lfltrrttones • S.X1h Rtqlldl th< 1n«m.ttl<>noll Communuy and 'i<alid.lnt)' Group; "' dtrt"""' tlut Fin.ut(ing J\g,·ndC' .uki 1h.: t\U\ilm.ll\tln :and Colomb1.m C'fO\·tmmtuh ~Lw te-al panklp.liiPII U1 tho lndlg>:IMOlS r<;,UIOI\S r~LnR pL\n, 1M th< rc~tWn Cactqut l<MI<k• V~ldc: Kuo.a Grn<r•l Cong""" Caciqut lcojloldu 1\'lpotu<> t m~ra-Wounaan ('o(lltrnl Congrt>& CaCl(Ju•• llrn)lnun C..lrct.:t Modus.>nd• G<:ntnll Congtt"!o Cactqut C•tlllft111 Ay•l.t Cacoqu< ol l'a)'a. For more inlmn•t ion <O<ILI<I a..tnm Cupi<•IPAIIC Co>onllNI«. HcrurHu.na<. ~ad,,..,. <ftmdon ~C"Mr<Ut:a ~Cmm>cl< \s:srftxil L<pll'opulu(O'AU') ''"""tado~c.-,_~ Elo-do hnam1.Tel:l50n 23~lSI h" U On MM29 or, .\hcu Konm. Aclrii<X 1PAHC/Ed lith 5L, .-\pi •), :-.;..,. \;,rir, 1\)' IO(l()llfcll f"" (212) 24l 1901 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Vol. 8, nos. 1 &amp; 2 (Summer 1994) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Closing the Darien Gap? The Pan-American Highway's last Link Type The nature or genre of the resource Journal Article Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Alicia Korten Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Summer1994 Language A language of the resource English English Zotero Title Closing the Darien Gap? The Pan-American Highway's last Link Item Type Journal Article Author Alicia Korten Volume 8 Issue 1,2 Pages 29-30 Publication Title Abya Yala News Date Summer1994 Language English Abstract Note A proposed Pan-American Highway from Colombia to Panama would destroy important ecosystems and cut through lands of up to five indigenous communities as well as non-native communities. The Indigenous Pan-American Commission speaks up against the highway stating the irreparable impacts of other sections of the highway that have destroyed the livelihood of nearby indigenous groups. Attachment Title abya yala p29-30.pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Darien Panama Embera-Wounaan Indigenous Pan-American Highway Commission Pan-American Highway https://www.abyayalanews.org/files/original/c29a04ddfd46e15ee94760a72b95258f.pdf 792ef84680435cfd9ee6d5964f9e0440 PDF Text Text Suicide Before Eviction Guarani·Kaiowa family in Mato Grosso do Sut wait along a road crossing the land rhat was theirs An entire communityofGuoroni-Koiowo people in Moto Grosso do Sui, Brazil, threoten co commit collective suicide if o Federal courc's order to expel them from their oncestrol fonds is corried out. This May, Marta Vitor Guarani, president of the Koguoteco Association for Displaced Indians travelled to che US to make the situation ofher people known co the international community. tt H owlongwillwehavetowaitfor the 'Brazilian justice system to give us rights to our land>' questioned Mana Vitor Guarani at a press conference in San Francisco. Over 11,000 lndigcnou,;; people including Guamni-Kaiowa. Nandeva and M'bya have lost their lands in the state to invasions by ranchers supported by S)'ffij)athetic courts and police forces. Indigenous lands in the state have halved over the last decade, now total- 26 ling less than 25,000 hectares. ' It is always the ranchers who win in the courts, while Indians end up without any respect for our land rights. But Indians are like plants, how can we live without our soil. without our land.' asked Yitor Guarani. She notes that landless Indians are left nothing but misery. "Ovcrseven thousand Indians arc working in the charcoal factories and inthesugarcaneproccssingplams. They live in a state of slavery. This is the integration that white society offers us. But we Indians, the first owners of this land. cannot accept this humiliating and inhuman integration." Land Expulsions and Mass Suicide The Guarani, Vitor says. "are the poorest people, the most. abandoned people in 'Brazil." In their desperation, many. especially youths, have turned to suicide. Indian organizations claim Abya Yala News �SELF DETERMINATION A N D TERRITORY that approximately 300 people have committed suicide over the last ten years. The Brazilian government's own estimate pms the number at Ill between the years of 1986-1993. Mana's community, Poste lndigena Dorados. has seen the greatest concentration of lndigeno\tS suicides in the country. One-hundred and six GuaraniKaiowa families from the community of jaguapire in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sui are threatening collective suicide if a Federal court's order to expel them from their lands is carried out. Marta states, ' The area has already been demarcated and legalized. but with no guarantees, and this could be the fourth time, that the Indigenous people of jaguapire are expelled, which would be very serious. because the mothers have decided that they will give poison to the children and later kill themselves !rather than be moved I." At the end of last year the community ofjaguapire sent a lener to FUNAI (the Brazilian agency [or Indian affairs) affinning that they had chosen to die rather than be evicted. A federal court postponed the community's eviction out of consideration for these circumstances, but the court's final decision is Still pending. In 1992, the community's 2,089 hectare area was declared a permanent Guarani-\(aiowa possession by the Brazilian minister of justice. It's demarcation was confirmed by the 'President of the Republic. Nonetheless, under Brazil's peculiar system for titling land to Indian communities, anyone else \vishing to present counter claims is given a lengthy period and multiple opportunities to do so. Legal challenges filed at any time in the process can be pursued for many years, even after lands are demarcated and ratified as Indigenous possessions. lnjaguapireand elsewhere, this has meant Indian loss ofpre,iouslydemarcated lands. Indigenous communities must prove \vith physical evidence that the)' have the longest record of inhabitation for contested lands. In the case of Jaguapire, evidence shows that the Guarani-Kaiowa have been burying Vol.SNo. l &2 their dead on these lands for at least 90 years, while the rancher claiming the lands arrived only ten years ago. In many cases however~ evidence is more difficuluo find. journalist Rippernotes. ' ranchers are accustomed tO run their tractors over the cemeteries to obliterate any sign that there were Indian people there. • Despite being the most populous Indigenous people in Brazil. the Guarani now subsist on the smallest pieces of Indian land in the country, and are submitted to the most brutal social and economic conditions. Thegiam region of forest and savannah once used by the Guarani for hunting. fishing and agriculture has been subdivided and reduced tO degraded pasmre by wealthy landowners. often with the help of State subsidies. land ownership in Mato Grosso do Sui is arguably the most concentrated on earth, with 1% of the population owning 70% of all lands. The Guarani are divided into three groups: the Nandeva, Kaiow~ and M'bya. and live throughout Southern Brazil from the state of Espirito ~anto to Rio Grande do Sui. HG wever. the vast majority live in MalO Grosso do Sul. Pressures on the Guarani lands have imensified as their territories lie within the area of the government's Parana-Paraguay project which has caused real estate speculation in the region. Although the case of jaguapire is one of the most serious, eleven other Guarani communities have also been evicted or are threatened with eviction, and await court decisions as to their fate. lnthecommunityofUmonYerde, Marta points out, 'people are living under tenLS wit hom the conditions necessary to live while they await the judge's decision. More than 200 families are there, and the)• are going through a lot of misery. We can see in their faces since we are Guarani people that they are very sad, extremely sad.' Accordjng to the Brazilian lndianist Misslonary Council (CI MI) another Guarani·Kaiowa community living in Marta Vitor Guarani and a companion mourn at her community's cemetery for youths who have killed themselves photo: J.R. Rlptl(t/ tmagens da tc.~rra 27 �SELF D ETERMINAT ION AND TERR ITO·~ Y--------------R~ antral "r'>lem M~lll (,ro.;o do Sui ruas ttO«UptCd thctr l:tncls tn the pre· nousl)· dcmar<atcd 2.7<15 :acre Takual)t)'ll') kuuuiu lnd••n Atn The)· h.n~ b«n e>1<tcd "~tum> from ~ temtOI)· .\bow 300 GuaDtll· Kala... a burned a bncl1~( P"" ;dang raMI actt» to tM tonacsted area lbncMB accu.c: them of bumm11 a hoU>c one! school as "cII. ha...cwr OMI note. ~ "''' burned b) a non·lndl.ln sutkr an an attempc to prl>\ol.to mtb t:ll) acuon :ayaMI tM lndtans \hh· tary polK'< N\~ occupied tM :ttc,;, although c.Latmtnll ncutrahty an 1M conlbct,IM)· N\C n(2tl) ah'a)"> acted ag;unst lndag<'nou~ pc.oplt Resistance and Repression TM Kaguatcca Asoolmton for 1>1>placccl lndtan\ umtc• :all lndtgcnoos groups In tM St>lr to m:bun bnd> of the diSpossa;ed and prcwnt funhcr C\1Cllon~ Elc\'tn tho11s.111d lndagtnom people nrr dlsplatcd an Mnto Gro>SO do Sui, 9,000 of thr'lt nrc Gunr.~nl, while the reM belong to other ~mallet· )>COtllcs. 1 grcnt prublcm fncing those \ who would rentrnto their lnnds,ls the gap between pl.tntlngnnd harvest time$, since they arc stnrtlng with no rc:~~:rw•. Kaguatccatssohthlng food ~uppon for these coanmunllie:> to> help them hvc unulthc fti"SS 11;11'\cst Currently three dtffcrcnt communttto W1th :1 tt>tal of 220 pc.opk arc prcp.~nng to mxcup) bn<b tht) "'""' ~1ou.ty !<>reed to 2bandon \Luu founded tM ~ca.­ c.auon for d~<pla.~.llndlilru follOW>ng 1M ~al\oJtton of 1\c,r uncle \!;areal Tupa )' ck 5ouu an IQ83, a htgltl) respcc1cd lndi&<nous leader""""'-, J.> 1M •poet ""h """ or hooey' for hb P""~r "uh l:tnguagc • Th1< "'"one of the many hundrcdiof lnda~I'IO\a lc:td crs,._auted for rno<t1ngbnd 1n,-a· soons A«otdtns, to \nor. 'In Br.a:tl. tM murdu of lndwt~ donn\ mock ait)'lnort. n.>t tM pohucbn. nor the gO\-.:mment, 001 the CI\1IW\ popub· uon ' Althoulth IC\ cr.ai•S+~'PNIIOJU ha'~ b«n ln\nllj;itrd, not one rc· suited 1n tM ktlkr'< ctm,1CI>on unttl 1a>t >~r whm tM u.a....m of \tarcal 28 contender At tM end of l,hl \pnl. t.ula met \\1th lndtgtnou' k~.kB rep· r=nung 24 or&~m:otuoo• and '16 In· di:an pcopks from all 0\cr 8=•1 At this mtttang. 1\c, co>nfumc.l hiS oppt"" • tioo to anu-lnd.an co>~llutoonal 'rc• forms• • a:ld proml~ dw cbtm.s or t Ill') :"a.... nc.. ~res m2ke lance ~m more dtfftrult 'for the lndagcnous cng.mt%21><'<\0 "'ltlld b.: Guaram. tM core of rcs&<Untt is reb· mtl. t,~<~n !luttoda) ,tM<c arc m2ny prot· eo~~nt <hurchn "hteh come to our International Support NHded Now co>mmunliiC$ ,..,.h tM same diSCOUrse \'itor Guaram ~~~sthat tnt<ma A> th.- Je>u•t> "ho amc dunng thi: uonal suppon for J;tpupta< b needed 'dde:O\ <I") • of Brutl They arc lalling ....,..._ 'lamM<ctomakt'lhosdmuncu· ourrclt~.lollm~ourculture. \\rllh- tion 10 1M namt of our P<<'l'k I OUI Hultur.al idmlll), our pc.oplcwan· ~y mack W. d.'nunciauoo tn tM ckr tM I"R)I"a>~ and the strtttSoC!M t.:S ~-. tn IM u~' and tn IM CillO, dnnklng. ~n~ :and bring Otbers~tlw:~rcopmto>u• lhopcn.l1<ukd b) the "h•t< ~>··· stated tlw all or Amtnatt JI<X>Ct) gl\C' I» \ ator l"cnt) -one Guar.am-Kaiowa suppon m th" b) Kn.ltng lcucn to communnar> ha'c formed the assem- Jud&<' Pedro Rona an ~n Paok>. "h<> t> bly ulltd A~TI(.UASU todtSCUSS!Msc the Judge "ho "til dwdc, :and b) prolllcnu, rspccaally th3t ofland. \"nor pressunng tM Btalthan 1:0\'Cmtnent <•plains, •tf onet-ommunuy.saltead)• so that they don't vlol~tr our con•utu· lcjtlllilcd, the)' help the other who are tiona! nghts.lktwccn the 5of0ctober >till in lond conOicts.• Thts organiza· and last month they were 10 h~''c de· tlon will p~rtlclpnte later this month in marcatcd nlllndlnnlnnd5. but thiS hns fonnathm of a Statewide asscmbl)' to not happened. 11 f< "J)I'CSCIIl ~~~ lttdtl\CrtCtU peoples of $ M:uo {;t'O$SO do Sui. whh 1he hope that In aclclftlort to Marta Viwr Gtwrcml wtd the l.ttg« "xtlltlon will be able to more joao RapfNr, lrtfu"'t<tllon we~< flltl\'ldrcl l.ty cffcctlwly ptC>$Urc for land rtghts. the Nucleus for lndtg~niiUI RIKhl>. CIMI, and Ratnforot il<tacm Nclkclth Positive Signs In a l.lndm.Jrk clca>100, the Su· Y<lUr kilt" ore ntroncl) tlllf'<"· prcmc Federal Coun tn San P.tukl tc· UUil/<>riMGuJr<Utl·KilW..a PI<"'~ ccntl) dtsmlSO((( •local coun dCCISIOO »ntc JUdge Pcdr<> IWII<J o-klng that tn !J,oro>fthe ran.;htngcompan) S..ttin GUMaru 1.1r.d ,~g~u, ~ >f<IV'IcJ SIA to> rclo.:att tho: Guar.tna community of""'tcCcrros Add•tl0n31ly. the Conn Exmo. Sr DR PEDRO ROnA gramrd 1 pcuuon b)· the 1\ucleus £or TnbunaiRcp!NIFcdmlda l~ lndl#noi.IS lbghtJIO prolubltoncjudg<' Ru:> IJbcro Btadan>. n )(). Cmtm m \bto G,._, do <.ul from hearing 01009-000 ~ P.Nkl.'-1' ~~~a.-.1 co;&.>cJ tn,·t>h1ns, the Guar.tna.liin« C\'· &x: (5511) 35-'WQol or04'l0 Cl) one of htS <kcto;oonS 11;1-e fa,-ored ran.: hang mterc>tsand malted ma'ic· I'll= scnl CAlpc'\ ld tiOJU of thou..ind• of lnda:ltiS \'uoc Guaram "1,., nO«S 'It Sttms Exmo. 5r tlut tooc "'111 1\c, lk>pc for tM GU:II3ni OR .Jean \!.uros Ftrrdro tf "lub· ti cl«ted to tM prcsKimcy. J=l'edc.:alda I \'araoo\IJioQu;<.o tNt tMre '"II ~ JUstl« and rccognido Sui lk>n of lndliln LAnd> • Current opanio.., Ru:> Qu.lor.x ck julho. n 3~ poll' """' \\ orkcr)' candadat~ -:"9004-392 Campo> Grande, M'> luts IJ:Ila<>O •t.uta• dl S.h'a ";th a &=I <trong n.111oaul lc)(j 0\'Cr htS nearest ".., f1aull)· scntcn,cd Shonlythereaf· tcr, ltxal authonttcs allo"ed htm to flee the r~ TM Guarani ftm:cly rcstStcd :~>aon of thc!r land> unnl ~tng 0\"tt· "hclnwd 1n tM carl) pan of thJS cen- in,.,. =· "'"> � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Vol. 8, nos. 1 &amp; 2 (Summer 1994) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Suicide Before Eviction Type The nature or genre of the resource Journal Article Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Marta Vitor Guarani Joao Ripper Nucleus for Indigenous Rights CIMI Rainforest Action Network Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Summer 1994 Language A language of the resource English English Zotero Title Suicide Before Eviction Item Type Journal Article Author Marta Vitor Guarani Joao Ripper Nucleus for Indigenous Rights CIMI Rainforest Action Network Volume 8 Issue 1,2 Pages 26-28 Publication Title Abya Yala News Date Summer 1994 Language English Abstract Note Indigenous people of Mato Grosso do Sul face expulsion from their lands as ranchers supported by the government claim the land. Though the territories have been demarcated for the indigenous groups, they are still at risk of being taken away due to the complicated legal processes related to land rights. Many in the communities have resorted to killing themselves and more threaten to do so if orders for expulsion are carried out. Attachment Title abya yala p26-28.pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Guarani Kaguateca Association for Displaced Indians Mass Suicide Mato Grosso do Sul Brazil