Sofia Painiqueo, a traditional Mapuche singers says "We, the Mapuche people, are a nation, a nation within the Chilean nation. Speaking
historically about our Mapuche nation..."
Radio program. "There has been hope in Indian
communities that administrators sympathetic to Indian concerns would be appointed to FUNAI, the government department for Indian affairs."
The pro-English governments of Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay established the Triple Alliance and declared war on Paraguay to destroy the newly-formed Paraguayan state.
A group of over 30 people working on indigenous concerns using film, video, and still photography met in Berkeley to discuss the prospects of sharing resources
and information.
The processes of communication among the Indian nations of this continent, now called "America," were broken with the European invasion that was initiated almost 500
years ago.
Rosaines Aguirre, who produced
the film "The Four Corners: A National Sacrifice Area?" have recently left the United States for Brazil on a pre-production and research trip in preparation for their film
"Amazonia,"