1 12 27 https://www.abyayalanews.org/files/original/b520647d94edeba1361ec14233c228e0.pdf 182300fc9b064769e7efaa4c51be0a37 PDF Text Text .~ :J 01 <( ri co co "' @ .8 0 J:: 0.. Three Indian leaders from the Amazon region meet with the president of the World Bank in Washington. See pages 2-5. � 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. 3, No. 2 (Winter 1987) Zotero Language English 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 Back Cover Type The nature or genre of the resource Journal Article Language A language of the resource English Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Winter 1987 Zotero Title Back Cover Item Type Journal Article Attachment Title Vol. 3, no. 2 (20).pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Issue 2 Language English Publication Title SAIIC Newsletter Volume 3 https://www.abyayalanews.org/files/original/18504c021721215c3de3522a556ca1bf.pdf 2737987d1bd8aaf9835f5001e2415679 PDF Text Text SAIIC welcomes all contributions! The newsletter, our radio program, and other projects are financed by donations from our supporters. Your generosity is appreciated. Special thanks for work on this issue to Barbara Englebert, Nicki Irvine, Janice Irwin, Helene Lorenz, Antonia Luisa, Elsabet Rydell-Janson, and Ken Taylor. For production assistance we thank the Onaway Trust, American Friends Service Committee, Intertribal Friendship House, Peoples Translation Service, W es Huss, Stephen McNeil, Bobsey Draper, and the SAIIC Committee: Jane Addison, Monti Aguirre, Rayen Cayuqueo, Peggy Lowry, Maria Massolo, James Muneta, Anna Lugo Stephenson, and Glen Switkes. Pete Hammer co-edited and typeset this issue. Susan Lobo is SAIIC Publications Editor. Nilo Cayuqueo is SAIIC Coordinator. NEWSLETTER To receive the SAIIC Newsletter for one year (four issues), please send a donation of $8 for addresses in the United States, Mexico, and Canada or $10 for addresses elsewhere. PUBLICATIONS Working Commission Reports: Second Conference of Indian Nations and Organizations of South America. Tiwanaku, Bolivia, published by SAIIC, 1984, $3. Journey to the South, K'uu yaa Tsa-wa, published by SAIIC, 1986, $1. RADIO SHOW The SAIIC radio program "South and Central American Indian Update" is heard the third and fourth Fridays of each month at 8:00p.m. on KPFA FM 94.1 in northern California. One hour tapes can be purchased for $8 each. ORDER FORM Number Cost Newsletter subscription (See prices above) Working Commission Reports, $3 each Tapes of radio program, $8 each Donations _ _ _ __ Total enclosed _ _ __ Name ___________________________________ Address _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ CitY, State, Zip _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ Please make out all checks, which are tax deductible, to American Friends Service Committee/SAllC, and mail to South and Central American Indian Information Cente~ P.O. Box 7550, BerkeleY, CA 94707 USA Vol. 3, no. 2. Winter, 1987. Published quarterly by SAIIC © 1987. Page 19 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Title A name given to the resource Special Thanks and Subscription Information (Newsletter, Publications, and Radio Show Tapes) Type The nature or genre of the resource Journal Article Language A language of the resource English Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Winter 1987 Zotero Title Special Thanks and Subscription Information (Newsletter, Publications, and Radio Show Tapes) Item Type Journal Article Attachment Title Vol. 3, no. 2 (19).pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Issue 2 Language English Pages 19 Publication Title SAIIC Newsletter Volume 3 https://www.abyayalanews.org/files/original/a5386064c98bb6af52b411c916feccbc.pdf c767ad868230dffaf9680d5befb70b12 PDF Text Text This issue of the SAIIC Newsletter is dedicated to Brother Bill Wahpepah, who died January 2 in Oakland, California, at 49 years of age. As a friend said at the time of Bill's death, "His life was a celebration of the primacy of the creator and of the traditional ceremonial Indian ways. Around the world people will carry on Bill's work with the strength and wisdom he gave everyone." A leader of the American Indian Movement and a supporter of SAIIC, Bill was one of the people most interested in fostering brotherhood and solidarity among all Indian people of the hemisphere. The following message from Bill was tape recorded in July, 1982, and carried to Peru by a friend, where it was played to a number of Indian groups and at meetings where replies were taped and sent back to Bill. "Greetings, my relatives. My name is Bill Wahpepah and I am Kickapoo/Sauk-Fox Indian from North America. I want to tell you that we are very concerned about all of our people in this hemisphere and we want to know from you if you would communicate with us. There are stories among our people that before the colonizers came and long before the Europeans caine to us, our people had all these good things to communicate with each other. And these many different ways to pray and protect this earth and respect this earth were commonplace to us. "We want to reach out to that commonality so that we can grow and we can make our people live. We are urging you to communicate with us, to participate in a movement to join all Red People of this hemisphere so that we can contribute to the rest of the world our philosophy of our Mother the Earth, and to bring about peace on the Earth, and to make a good future for all of our children. Now we can begin communication, and we can rediscover the family ties that we once knew so many centuries ago. I thank you for your time, and we send you greetings of solidarity and love from peoples from North America. And we look forward to visiting with you in person, and singing songs, and dancing together with you, and praying with you." SAIIC promotes exchange and unity among all Indians of the Americas by making information available and by making increased direct communication possible. SAIIC also makes South and Central American Indian issues and culture known to the general English-speaking public. The Newsletter, one of SAIIC's projects, reflects indigenous perspectives of the Americas. Nilo Cayuqueo, SAIIC Coordinator, and Susan Lobo, Publications Editor Page 18 Vol. 3, no. 2. Winter, 1987. � 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. 3, No. 2 (Winter 1987) Zotero Language English 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 Dedication and Statement of Mission Type The nature or genre of the resource Journal Article Language A language of the resource English Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Winter 1987 Zotero Title Dedication and Statement of Mission Item Type Journal Article Attachment Title Vol. 3, no. 2 (18).pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Issue 2 Language English Pages 18 Publication Title SAIIC Newsletter Volume 3 https://www.abyayalanews.org/files/original/8665fea95ad91482baeb92eb0d4e6916.pdf b4eada4b1e6f8c26914f6a52f41e8f44 PDF Text Text NORDIC COUNTRIES Sami Issue Statement On Nuclear Iuti on Like many Indian organizations in North, South, and Central America, the Sami are members of the World Council of Indigenous Peoples. Their homeland covers the northern regions of Norway, Sweden, Finland, and the Soviet Union. During the many centuries they have lived in this arctic climate, the Sami have developed a culture which is centered around reindeer husbandry. Among the serious consequences of the disaster at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in the Soviet Union last spring was the contamination of much of the Sami homeland with radioactive fallout. Especially in Norway and Sweden, the national governments declared that Sami reindeer meat was too contaminated for human consumption, which dealt a serious blow to the Sami economy. The following statement on this situation was adopted by the 13th Nordic Sami conference held at Are, Sweden, September 13-15, 19 86. "It is obvious that our existence is based on a natural milieu and any marked worsening of the milieu will immediately have the most negative consequences. In a situation which is already serious, we and our way of life are now threatened by dangers connected to atomic power. The area threatened by radioactivity is limited to the South Sami region, but the consequences represent a threat to the whole of the Sami people. "The Sami Conference requests that the Nordic countries assume full responsibility for negative economic and other consequences resulting from radioactive fallout in Samiland for the Sami and their existence, not only for the present but for the future as well. Even though the present situation requires immediate and special economic help and planning, this assistance must not, in the long run, threaten the basis of Sami life. We further require that the Nordic countries together with Sami organizations work out a common program for the present and future. The Sami Conference requests that the governments of Finland, Norway, and Sweden support this resolution." Vol. 3, no. 2. Winter, 1987. Page 17 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Title A name given to the resource Sami Issue Statement on Nuclear Pollution (Nordic Countries) Type The nature or genre of the resource Journal Article Language A language of the resource English Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Winter 1987 Zotero Title Sami Issue Statement on Nuclear Pollution (Nordic Countries) Item Type Journal Article Attachment Title Vol. 3, no. 2 (17).pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Issue 2 Language English Pages 17 Publication Title SAIIC Newsletter Volume 3 https://www.abyayalanews.org/files/original/eeb8d3ee718a54c3faea51fd8c05063e.pdf b461020abf0f981161e359e663bcc01c PDF Text Text MEXICO Community In Oaxaca Struggles For Land The Zapotec community of San Juan Jaltepec in Oaxaca has appealed for international assistance to maintain their community land, which the Mexican government has given to other parties. The community, which currently numbers more than 2,000 people, has lived on the land for hundreds of years and holds a legal title through a Spanish land grant dated 1770. Several decades ago a portion of the land was set aside for the community of Santa Maria Yaveo, which now includes about 380 people. In 1975, Santa Maria Yaveo asked the Mexican government for more land, and the government surveyed San Juan Jaltepec's land with the intention of dividing it between the communities. Efforts to resist the survey led to a conflict in which three people were killed and nine wounded by government police on September 3, 1979. Since then some of the land in dispute has been obtained by ranchers from other states, and the general situation remains very tense. When members of the San Juan Jaltepec community attempt to cultivate the land, the new "owners" complain to the police, who evict them. San Juan claims the land was sold illegally through corrupt judicial proceedings and is prepared to defend the land with arms. CARIBBEAN Meeting Planned For August In Dominican Republic The Inter-American Indian Institute, located in Mexico City, and the Museo del Hombre Dominicano (Museum of Dominican People), located in the Dominican Republic, are organizing the First Meeting of Caribbean Indians, to be held August 10-14, 1987, in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. The goal of the meeting will be to bring together Indian people, government representatives, academics, and non-governmental organizations to establish relationships among these groups and to discuss prospects for the future of Indian concerns. For more information, contact Alejandro Camino, Project Director, Inter-American Indian Institute, Insurgentes sur 1690, Mexico, D.F., Mexico. OAS Challenged on Neglect of Indian Rights In the fall of 1985 the Inter-American Indian Institute, which functions under the auspices of the Organization of American States (OAS), held its Ninth Congress in Santa Fe, New Mexico (see SAIIC Newsletter, Winter, 1986, pp. 2-5). Under pressure from Indian leaders who had been invited to the Congress for the first time, the Institute agreed that all future OAS reports on human rights should include a section on Indian communities. However, in the recently completed draft of the annual report of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, there is no mention of Indian rights. SAIIC encourages Indian organizations in North, Central, and South America to write letters to the general secretary of the OAS urging the acknowledgement of Resolution 16 from the Santa Fe Conference in all statements on human rights. Letters should be sent to OAS Commission on Human Rights, 17th and Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20006. 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Title A name given to the resource OAS Challenged on Neglect of Indian Rights Type The nature or genre of the resource Journal Article Language A language of the resource English Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Winter 1987 Zotero Title OAS Challenged on Neglect of Indian Rights Item Type Journal Article Attachment Title Vol. 3, no. 2 (16).pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Issue 2 Language English Pages 16 Publication Title SAIIC Newsletter Volume 3 https://www.abyayalanews.org/files/original/9a519335d43b46ccfc4e045843bf4fcc.pdf b461020abf0f981161e359e663bcc01c PDF Text Text MEXICO Community In Oaxaca Struggles For Land The Zapotec community of San Juan Jaltepec in Oaxaca has appealed for international assistance to maintain their community land, which the Mexican government has given to other parties. The community, which currently numbers more than 2,000 people, has lived on the land for hundreds of years and holds a legal title through a Spanish land grant dated 1770. Several decades ago a portion of the land was set aside for the community of Santa Maria Yaveo, which now includes about 380 people. In 1975, Santa Maria Yaveo asked the Mexican government for more land, and the government surveyed San Juan Jaltepec's land with the intention of dividing it between the communities. Efforts to resist the survey led to a conflict in which three people were killed and nine wounded by government police on September 3, 1979. Since then some of the land in dispute has been obtained by ranchers from other states, and the general situation remains very tense. When members of the San Juan Jaltepec community attempt to cultivate the land, the new "owners" complain to the police, who evict them. San Juan claims the land was sold illegally through corrupt judicial proceedings and is prepared to defend the land with arms. CARIBBEAN Meeting Planned For August In Dominican Republic The Inter-American Indian Institute, located in Mexico City, and the Museo del Hombre Dominicano (Museum of Dominican People), located in the Dominican Republic, are organizing the First Meeting of Caribbean Indians, to be held August 10-14, 1987, in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. The goal of the meeting will be to bring together Indian people, government representatives, academics, and non-governmental organizations to establish relationships among these groups and to discuss prospects for the future of Indian concerns. For more information, contact Alejandro Camino, Project Director, Inter-American Indian Institute, Insurgentes sur 1690, Mexico, D.F., Mexico. OAS Challenged on Neglect of Indian Rights In the fall of 1985 the Inter-American Indian Institute, which functions under the auspices of the Organization of American States (OAS), held its Ninth Congress in Santa Fe, New Mexico (see SAIIC Newsletter, Winter, 1986, pp. 2-5). Under pressure from Indian leaders who had been invited to the Congress for the first time, the Institute agreed that all future OAS reports on human rights should include a section on Indian communities. However, in the recently completed draft of the annual report of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, there is no mention of Indian rights. SAIIC encourages Indian organizations in North, Central, and South America to write letters to the general secretary of the OAS urging the acknowledgement of Resolution 16 from the Santa Fe Conference in all statements on human rights. Letters should be sent to OAS Commission on Human Rights, 17th and Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20006. 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Title A name given to the resource Meeting Planned for August in Dominican Republic (Caribbean) Type The nature or genre of the resource Journal Article Language A language of the resource English Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Winter 1987 Zotero Title Meeting Planned for August in Dominican Republic (Caribbean) Item Type Journal Article Attachment Title Vol. 3, no. 2 (16).pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Issue 2 Language English Pages 16 Publication Title SAIIC Newsletter Volume 3 https://www.abyayalanews.org/files/original/bbd7950d350eb91e545eed93c9517107.pdf b461020abf0f981161e359e663bcc01c PDF Text Text MEXICO Community In Oaxaca Struggles For Land The Zapotec community of San Juan Jaltepec in Oaxaca has appealed for international assistance to maintain their community land, which the Mexican government has given to other parties. The community, which currently numbers more than 2,000 people, has lived on the land for hundreds of years and holds a legal title through a Spanish land grant dated 1770. Several decades ago a portion of the land was set aside for the community of Santa Maria Yaveo, which now includes about 380 people. In 1975, Santa Maria Yaveo asked the Mexican government for more land, and the government surveyed San Juan Jaltepec's land with the intention of dividing it between the communities. Efforts to resist the survey led to a conflict in which three people were killed and nine wounded by government police on September 3, 1979. Since then some of the land in dispute has been obtained by ranchers from other states, and the general situation remains very tense. When members of the San Juan Jaltepec community attempt to cultivate the land, the new "owners" complain to the police, who evict them. San Juan claims the land was sold illegally through corrupt judicial proceedings and is prepared to defend the land with arms. CARIBBEAN Meeting Planned For August In Dominican Republic The Inter-American Indian Institute, located in Mexico City, and the Museo del Hombre Dominicano (Museum of Dominican People), located in the Dominican Republic, are organizing the First Meeting of Caribbean Indians, to be held August 10-14, 1987, in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. The goal of the meeting will be to bring together Indian people, government representatives, academics, and non-governmental organizations to establish relationships among these groups and to discuss prospects for the future of Indian concerns. For more information, contact Alejandro Camino, Project Director, Inter-American Indian Institute, Insurgentes sur 1690, Mexico, D.F., Mexico. OAS Challenged on Neglect of Indian Rights In the fall of 1985 the Inter-American Indian Institute, which functions under the auspices of the Organization of American States (OAS), held its Ninth Congress in Santa Fe, New Mexico (see SAIIC Newsletter, Winter, 1986, pp. 2-5). Under pressure from Indian leaders who had been invited to the Congress for the first time, the Institute agreed that all future OAS reports on human rights should include a section on Indian communities. However, in the recently completed draft of the annual report of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, there is no mention of Indian rights. SAIIC encourages Indian organizations in North, Central, and South America to write letters to the general secretary of the OAS urging the acknowledgement of Resolution 16 from the Santa Fe Conference in all statements on human rights. Letters should be sent to OAS Commission on Human Rights, 17th and Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20006. Page 16 Vol. 3, no. 2. Winter, 1987. � 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. 3, No. 2 (Winter 1987) Zotero Language English 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 Community in Oaxaca Struggles for Land (Mexico) Type The nature or genre of the resource Journal Article Language A language of the resource English Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Winter 1987 Zotero Title Community in Oaxaca Struggles for Land (Mexico) Item Type Journal Article Attachment Title Vol. 3, no. 2 (16).pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Issue 2 Language English Pages 16 Publication Title SAIIC Newsletter Volume 3 https://www.abyayalanews.org/files/original/ae4c23505886a80fb633246202688c2b.pdf e4492f019addbbd63fc04136b1e962bd PDF Text Text people because hunger and misery remain unchanged. We understand also very well the causes of the struggles of our brother and sister Indians of this country and the Indians of other continents. We have a great historic responsibility to unite so that one day our future generations will be able to live in peace. And I can tell the people of the United States that you also have a part of the responsibility in our struggle, since much of your salary goes to finance this war being carried out in our communities. This struggle of Indian people is not just a struggle of words. It is like the way we grow our corn. First we cultivate the soil, then we find the right seeds, and then we care for the plants so that they bear fruit. Our struggle goes step by step, looking forward to making a change. Radio Show res Guatemalan I 1ans Peggy Berryhill (Muskogee Nation) recently completed a radio documentary on the crisis facing Indians in Guatemala which will air in March on "Horizons," which is broadcast on many public radio stations. She made the following comments to SAIIC about her work. I've found that radio is a tool to help communicate new or little-known information about Indian people, especially contemporary issues. It is a way to combat stereotypes and to empower people. It is important to get Indians and non-Indians thinking beyond their isolated problems, whether in Oakland, Juneau, or in Guatemala. We have to understand that there are connections. SAIIC: What motivated you to do for more information contact: Guatemalan Research Project a radio documentary on Guatemala? Seventh Generation Fund, P.O. Box 10, Forestville, CA I think Guatemala is one of the [707] 887-1559 least reported stories. Nobody has been aware of what is going on there. I had a dream. I was in a hilly community in a pickup truck with another journalist, being strafed by an army helicopter. They were trying to drive us to a safe house. Once we got to the house, the army suddenly came in and killed everyone. I woke up. My heart was beating, and I was terrified. The dream was so vivid, so frightening. Where was this army from? I didn't know then what this dream meant. In doing the interviews with the Guatemalan refugees for the documentary, I saw where the dream had come from. During the interviews, I heard this same story. The dream was a reality in Guatemala and someone wanted that known. It was someone's dying wish to have their story told, and it came to me. To me radio is the Indian story-telling tradition, and this dream was the vehicle. And if I'm the vehicle for this dream, then the story's being told. Vol. 3, no. 2.Winter, 1987. Page 15 � 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. 3, No. 2 (Winter 1987) Zotero Language English 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 Radio Show Features Guatemalan Indians Type The nature or genre of the resource Journal Article Language A language of the resource English Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Winter 1987 Zotero Title Radio Show Features Guatemalan Indians Item Type Journal Article Attachment Title Vol. 3, no. 2 (15).pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Issue 2 Language English Pages 15 Publication Title SAIIC Newsletter Volume 3 https://www.abyayalanews.org/files/original/fed4e9a5127706f4740d71a71597c1c7.pdf 9abf698e59a18c0428b076a37ec0d400 PDF Text Text Rigoberta Menchu, Quiche from Guatemala, is a member of the Peasant Unity Committee (CUC, Comite de Unidad Campesina). She narrated the film When the Mountains Tremble and has written the book I, Rigoberta Menchu. In December, 1986, she made the following comments on SAIIC's radio program, South and Central American Indian Update, which is heard in northern California on KPFA, 94.1 FM, at 8:00 p.m. the third and fourth Fridays of each month. After 33 years of military rule in Guatemala, we now have an elected civilian president. We had hoped before the election to bring about concrete changes for the Indian people, who in Guatemala are over 75 per cent of the population. Now, after the civilian government has been in power for nine months, the situation continues to be very complicated. The killings and the disappearances have not stopped. The numbers may not be as high, but the fact remains that there are continuing abuses of human lives. This is the principal concern. Now Guatemala is living through more profound misery than we ever experienced in the past because of the destruction of the land and the massacres. There are now thousands of people displaced from their land who are dependent on their land for their survival. Our cultural roots as well as our material survival are based on the cultivation or corn and beans. Up to this point, none of our demands, even the most fundamental, have received any response from the Guatemalan government. There has been no clarification of the fate of the more than 36,000 who have disappeared, nor has the government identified or punished those responsible for the disappearances. And there is tremendous frustration among the Indian Y88, I find myself alone everyday life confronts me with the reality of mourning in my soul the fibers of my being broken and torn from the injustice the struggle that springs from the blood of innocent people the collective martyrdom of our journey the shadows that amass on our journey the ringing of the bells of our being. Yes, I am alone but I feel the strength of all the widowed women of the world protesting for men for women for children the violation of the right to live. -Calixta Canec, Cakchiquel Maya, refugee in California Page14 Vol. 3, no. 2. Winter, 1987. � 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. 3, No. 2 (Winter 1987) Zotero Language English 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 Yes (Poem) Type The nature or genre of the resource Journal Article Language A language of the resource English Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Winter 1987 Zotero Title Yes (Poem) Item Type Journal Article Attachment Title Vol. 3, no. 2 (14).pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Issue 2 Language English Pages 14 Publication Title SAIIC Newsletter Volume 3 https://www.abyayalanews.org/files/original/4c38153444e413c55643672f4c196fe0.pdf c99daadacd8d7f8488701f12dfe1d87e PDF Text Text Rigoberta Menchu, Quiche from Guatemala, is a member of the Peasant Unity Committee (CUC, Comite de Unidad Campesina). She narrated the film When the Mountains Tremble and has written the book I, Rigoberta Menchu. In December, 1986, she made the following comments on SAIIC's radio program, South and Central American Indian Update, which is heard in northern California on KPFA, 94.1 FM, at 8:00 p.m. the third and fourth Fridays of each month. After 33 years of military rule in Guatemala, we now have an elected civilian president. We had hoped before the election to bring about concrete changes for the Indian people, who in Guatemala are over 75 per cent of the population. Now, after the civilian government has been in power for nine months, the situation continues to be very complicated. The killings and the disappearances have not stopped. The numbers may not be as high, but the fact remains that there are continuing abuses of human lives. This is the principal concern. Now Guatemala is living through more profound misery than we ever experienced in the past because of the destruction of the land and the massacres. There are now thousands of people displaced from their land who are dependent on their land for their survival. Our cultural roots as well as our material survival are based on the cultivation or corn and beans. Up to this point, none of our demands, even the most fundamental, have received any response from the Guatemalan government. There has been no clarification of the fate of the more than 36,000 who have disappeared, nor has the government identified or punished those responsible for the disappearances. And there is tremendous frustration among the Indian Y88, I find myself alone everyday life confronts me with the reality of mourning in my soul the fibers of my being broken and torn from the injustice the struggle that springs from the blood of innocent people the collective martyrdom of our journey the shadows that amass on our journey the ringing of the bells of our being. Yes, I am alone but I feel the strength of all the widowed women of the world protesting for men for women for children the violation of the right to live. -Calixta Canec, Cakchiquel Maya, refugee in California Page14 Vol. 3, no. 2. Winter, 1987. �people because hunger and misery remain unchanged. We understand also very well the causes of the struggles of our brother and sister Indians of this country and the Indians of other continents. We have a great historic responsibility to unite so that one day our future generations will be able to live in peace. And I can tell the people of the United States that you also have a part of the responsibility in our struggle, since much of your salary goes to finance this war being carried out in our communities. This struggle of Indian people is not just a struggle of words. It is like the way we grow our corn. First we cultivate the soil, then we find the right seeds, and then we care for the plants so that they bear fruit. Our struggle goes step by step, looking forward to making a change. Radio Show res Guatemalan I 1ans Peggy Berryhill (Muskogee Nation) recently completed a radio documentary on the crisis facing Indians in Guatemala which will air in March on "Horizons," which is broadcast on many public radio stations. She made the following comments to SAIIC about her work. I've found that radio is a tool to help communicate new or little-known information about Indian people, especially contemporary issues. It is a way to combat stereotypes and to empower people. It is important to get Indians and non-Indians thinking beyond their isolated problems, whether in Oakland, Juneau, or in Guatemala. We have to understand that there are connections. SAIIC: What motivated you to do for more information contact: Guatemalan Research Project a radio documentary on Guatemala? Seventh Generation Fund, P.O. Box 10, Forestville, CA I think Guatemala is one of the [707] 887-1559 least reported stories. Nobody has been aware of what is going on there. I had a dream. I was in a hilly community in a pickup truck with another journalist, being strafed by an army helicopter. They were trying to drive us to a safe house. Once we got to the house, the army suddenly came in and killed everyone. I woke up. My heart was beating, and I was terrified. The dream was so vivid, so frightening. Where was this army from? I didn't know then what this dream meant. In doing the interviews with the Guatemalan refugees for the documentary, I saw where the dream had come from. During the interviews, I heard this same story. The dream was a reality in Guatemala and someone wanted that known. It was someone's dying wish to have their story told, and it came to me. To me radio is the Indian story-telling tradition, and this dream was the vehicle. And if I'm the vehicle for this dream, then the story's being told. Vol. 3, no. 2.Winter, 1987. Page 15 � 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. 3, No. 2 (Winter 1987) Zotero Language English 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 Few Gains Under New Government (Guatemala) Type The nature or genre of the resource Journal Article Language A language of the resource English Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Winter 1987 Zotero Title Few Gains Under New Government (Guatemala) Item Type Journal Article Attachment Title Vol. 3, no. 2 (14-15).pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Issue 2 Language English Pages 14-15 Publication Title SAIIC Newsletter Volume 3 https://www.abyayalanews.org/files/original/a5005ec9e15811e4cabcba065439c0d2.pdf 5fdce725d82f197bfdc626fbc262ac37 PDF Text Text "We Have An Educational System" The educational system that Indian people had before the Spanish came still exists today. It is an education for life that is lived daily through work, through example, through responsibility, and in the sustained identity of our people. We Indians are conscious that we have to educate the representatives of the government, especially those charged with what they call "informal education." We also have to educate our own teachers, many of whom are Indian, but who are now alienated from their identity as Indians. We expect a difficult task of reorienting many people's thinking. At the same time, we must systematize our own educational processes and establish guidelines. Then we have to think about modifying the existing educational system, starting from the very root, recognizing from the beginning the multinational, multilingual, and multicultural character of Peru. It is also necessary to have a form of education that rescues the knowledge of our elders, which is unfortunately now being lost as a result of formal education. The knowledge which our elders gained through thousands of years is now going to the grave with them. We must remember that this knowledge serves all of humanity if we keep it alive. We need to reform the educational institutions, the educational infrastructure, and the educational process. All of this is possible and necessary if we are going to thoroughly regain our form of Indian education, our identity, our personality, and to demonstrate that Western culture is not the only culture, or the best one for us. The work and the thoughts of our ancestors are an example for us all. -Published recently in Pueblo Indio (Av. Jose de Canterac 373,Jesus Maria, Lima 11, Peru), Vol. 2, no. 5, 1986. Indian Educational Priorities in Eastern Bolivia e The need for a recognition on the part of the national government that Indian cultures are a living expression of our people. e The need to maintain the cultural values of Indian people, recognizing that cultural identity is fundamental to the socio-economic development of peoples and communities. e The need for bilingual and bicultural education in the schools. e The need for training of Indian youth in technical skills in agriculture and stock raising, as veterinarians, as accountants for the consumer cooperative, as journalists, and as primary and secondary school teachers. • In 1987 CIDOB will support the training of three youth in agronomy, medicine, and veterinary medicine. e CIDOB supports the work of general education and literacy training as a means of raising consciousness, including the full participation of community members in this effort. CIDOB also recognizes the importance of strengthening traditional Indian organizations, structures, and processes. -Issued by the Indian Federation of Eastern Bolivia (CIDOB), November, 1986. Vol. 3, no. 2. Winter, 1987. Page 13 � 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. 3, No. 2 (Winter 1987) Zotero Language English 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 Indian Educational Priorities in Eastern Bolivia Type The nature or genre of the resource Journal Article Language A language of the resource English Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Winter 1987 Zotero Title Indian Educational Priorities in Eastern Bolivia Item Type Journal Article Attachment Title Vol. 3, no. 2 (13).pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Issue 2 Language English Pages 13 Publication Title SAIIC Newsletter Volume 3 https://www.abyayalanews.org/files/original/1ec97e91898c7f51359daa4f3bb16e5f.pdf 5fdce725d82f197bfdc626fbc262ac37 PDF Text Text "We Have An Educational System" The educational system that Indian people had before the Spanish came still exists today. It is an education for life that is lived daily through work, through example, through responsibility, and in the sustained identity of our people. We Indians are conscious that we have to educate the representatives of the government, especially those charged with what they call "informal education." We also have to educate our own teachers, many of whom are Indian, but who are now alienated from their identity as Indians. We expect a difficult task of reorienting many people's thinking. At the same time, we must systematize our own educational processes and establish guidelines. Then we have to think about modifying the existing educational system, starting from the very root, recognizing from the beginning the multinational, multilingual, and multicultural character of Peru. It is also necessary to have a form of education that rescues the knowledge of our elders, which is unfortunately now being lost as a result of formal education. The knowledge which our elders gained through thousands of years is now going to the grave with them. We must remember that this knowledge serves all of humanity if we keep it alive. We need to reform the educational institutions, the educational infrastructure, and the educational process. All of this is possible and necessary if we are going to thoroughly regain our form of Indian education, our identity, our personality, and to demonstrate that Western culture is not the only culture, or the best one for us. The work and the thoughts of our ancestors are an example for us all. -Published recently in Pueblo Indio (Av. Jose de Canterac 373,Jesus Maria, Lima 11, Peru), Vol. 2, no. 5, 1986. Indian Educational Priorities in Eastern Bolivia e The need for a recognition on the part of the national government that Indian cultures are a living expression of our people. e The need to maintain the cultural values of Indian people, recognizing that cultural identity is fundamental to the socio-economic development of peoples and communities. e The need for bilingual and bicultural education in the schools. e The need for training of Indian youth in technical skills in agriculture and stock raising, as veterinarians, as accountants for the consumer cooperative, as journalists, and as primary and secondary school teachers. • In 1987 CIDOB will support the training of three youth in agronomy, medicine, and veterinary medicine. e CIDOB supports the work of general education and literacy training as a means of raising consciousness, including the full participation of community members in this effort. CIDOB also recognizes the importance of strengthening traditional Indian organizations, structures, and processes. -Issued by the Indian Federation of Eastern Bolivia (CIDOB), November, 1986. Vol. 3, no. 2. Winter, 1987. Page 13 � 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. 3, No. 2 (Winter 1987) Zotero Language English 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 "We Have an Educational System" Type The nature or genre of the resource Journal Article Language A language of the resource English Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Winter 1987 Zotero Title "We Have an Educational System" Item Type Journal Article Attachment Title Vol. 3, no. 2 (13).pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Issue 2 Language English Pages 13 Publication Title SAIIC Newsletter Volume 3