1 12 35 https://www.abyayalanews.org/files/original/d49cae9278140ff9c726776605ae95b3.pdf 5c9220046fadbb6733e72a34ca0656e1 PDF Text Text "FOR THE RIGHTS OF THE Page MARGINAL AND OPPRESSED" 7 A new Council of Ethnic Communities "RunujelJunam" (CERJ) has been formed in Guatemala "to defend the human and cultural rights of Indigenous communities in Guatemala, so that they may keep their Identity as the original and legitimate Representatives of the Guatemalan people." In August, CERJ presented a protest to the Human Rights Commission of the National Congress, saying that those who wished to leave the "Voluntary Defense Committees" established by the military were being accused of being "Communists" and threatened. The organization also plans to work for land rights, literacy, housing, and cultural values. SOURCE : Consejo De Comunidades Etnicas, Sa. Avenida 3-13, Zona 5, Santa Cruz Quiche, Guatemala. PLANTATION WORKERS STRIKE Families of the "desaparecidos," Guatemala. ©Rick Droz ~,_/---~ On January 23, 198~ 40,000 farmworkers launched a strike against the coffee, cotton, and sugar cane plantations of the southern coast of Guatemala. The strikers, coordinated by the Committee ofFarmworker Unity (CUC), are calling for the daily wage to be raised to 10 quetzales (U.S. $3.70) per day. According to CUC, hundreds of workers have been fired for participating in the strike, and workers are being threatened and denounced as subversives by armed men in plainclothes, working for the plantation owners. � 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. 4, Nos. 2&3 (Fall 1988 & Winter 1989) Zotero Volume 4 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 "For the Rights of the Marginal and Oppressed" (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 Fall 1988 & Winter 1989 Zotero Title "For the Rights of the Marginal and Oppressed" (Guatemala) Item Type Journal Article Attachment Title Vol. 4, nos. 2 &3 (7).pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Issue 2 & 3 Language English Volume 4 Abstract Note A new council was formed in Guatemala to protect the human and cultural rights of local Natives. Pages 7 Publication Title SAIIC Newsletter Derechos Humanos Fall 1988 Guatemala Human Rights protection of human rights Winter 1989 https://www.abyayalanews.org/files/original/237b210874c455a24915aa837f99912c.pdf 305ef139201956f5708d08103e15fe56 PDF Text Text YANOMAMI LEADER WINS U.N. AWARD Ivanildo Wawnaweytheri Yanomami, 34, speaks about the situation in his territory: "In the beginning, when there were no whites, there were no planes, there were only Yanomarni on the Earth. They say that the Yanornarni have a god, and the white man has his god. And there carne a time when the god of the white man made the Naba. Our god, Ornarna, lived with the Yanornarni, instructed them. When the time changed, the Naba appeared, planes began to fly, and boats carne on the river. It was at that time that the Naba began to appear, that he carne into contact with the Yanornarni. Until that time, no one suffered from diseases, the Yanornarni lived welL always had plentiful food, the children did not suffer as they do today. The Yanornarni began to become sad and Ornarna went away. Now [my people] think that there will come a time when there will be no more Yanornarni. And they are very worried. At Surucucu, where whites never before entered, any kind of ailment, even a weak flu, kills the Yanornarni. They are very weak and I have already seen· much sadness. WHAT YOU CAN DO: Send telegrams to Pres. Sarney insisting that Intenninisterial Decree (Portaria) 250 be annulled, that the gold prospectors (garimpeiros) be expelled and the Yanornarni be guaranteed their constitutional right to use of their lands. (Pres. Jose Samey, Presidencia da Republica, Gabinete Civil, Palacio do Planalto, CEP 70150 Brasilia, DF, BRASIL-Telex 613ll7 PRDF) SOURCE: "Urihi," Commission for the Creation of the Yanomami Park (CCPY), Rua Manoel da Nobrega ill 3a. cj. 32, CEP 04001 Sao Paulo SP, Brasil. Davi Yanornarni joins the late Chico Mendes as winner of the United Nations Environmental Program's Global 500 Award. He says, "With this prize I am stronger. In my tribe the Yanornarni, we are backward, we are primitive; there everybody runs around naked. I was not born to live in the city. I was raised in the forest, and I never left my horne where my parents were born and raised ' I knew that the gold prospectors would come to my land, I knew all this. I knew the FUNAI would allow the gold prospectors to invade. The Indians asked the FUNAI to remove the gold prospectors and nothing happened. I am not against the gold prospectors. I am against gold prospecting, because it makes holes and ruins. the rivers and the river channels. The Yanornaffil do not do that, cut the ground, cut the trees, bum the forest. We are not enemies of nature. The whites also suffer- the poor. Aren't they suffering? For. they have no land to plant things on, no land to live on. Most of my relatives do not know I have won this prize. We are so spread out- it is hard to communicate. They will only know when I arrive. But I have other relatives who are very worried about me. The medicine men who work to protect me are very worried. Because I am an only son who defends the Yanornarni people. So the medicine men are doing their work so that what happened to Chico Mendes will not hapi:'en to me. There are also warriors who are on my s1de, taking care of me. And that is what I had to say. � 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 "In the Beginning There Were No Whites" (Brazil) 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 Fall 1988 & Winter 1989 Zotero Title "In the Beginning There Were No Whites" (Brazil) Item Type Journal Article Attachment Title Vol. 4, nos. 2 &3 (22).pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Issue 2 & 3 Language Spanish Volume 4 https://www.abyayalanews.org/files/original/3c2457ba72d9a4fb7d30c757c1fa1290.pdf cf5345cf71f6b2a5bbc7fe8a04732742 PDF Text Text MALAYS TRIBAL PEOPLE ARRESTED IN LUMBER PROTESTS \Perth__ _ "ONE ABORIGINAL FAMILY" Aboriginal activist Pat Dodson, Chairman of the National Federation of Land Rights Councils, gave this report on the Aboriginal mobilization in observance of the 200th anniversary of the Europeans' arrival in Australia: "About 15,000 Aboriginal people were in Sydney on January 26th, 1988-the largest protest by any one people in Australia's history. When we marched, the spirit of our forbears was with us. We all remembered Jandamarra, Pemulwuy, the Kalkadoon warriors, Arapie-all the heroes and heroines who died defending the land, the culture, the ceremonies. Those without a spirit or a heart to see would not have experienced, known, or appreciated this. "We marched together as one Aboriginal family and we reasserted our nationhood. This was expressed by Central Land Council Chairman Wen ten Rubuntja when he said Aboriginal people living along the coast where the white people took over first might not know their language anymore, but the Emu story and the Snake story go all over Australia and we are all descended from these stories, they come from the sea through our country, all over Australia.' "On the streets of Sydney, we were like one great black snake and our presence was living proof of the 200-year-old lie that founded white Australia-the legality' that declared Australia an 'empty continent' or Terra Nullius. "For the remainder of 1988 our struggle will focus on these self-evident truths-our fundamental demand for land, culture, and justiceand we will continue to build our theme: We have survived-we were always here, and we will always be."' SOURCE: LAND RIGHTS NEWS, P.O. Box 3321, Alice Springs, NT 5750, Australia. ,-">··" Malaysian police have cracked down on Penan tribal people protesting the invasion of their lands by logging companies. In December and January, 128 Penans from Sarawak province were arrested under a new law that makes blocking a logging road an offense punishable by a two-year jail sentence, and a fine equivalent to U.S. $2500. So many of the younger Penan men have now been jailed that it is feared that the women and children left in the forest villages will face acute food shortages. The Penans arebeing held in small cells in the police stations at Miri and Marudi. Despite cramped conditions and inadequate facilities, they are reported to be in good morale. The Sarawak Director of Forests, Mr. Leo Chai, has said that firm action against the Penan needed to be taken because they have been "stubborn" and "have to be taught a lesson." Some of the blockades have been tom down by police andreerected by the Penan nine or ten times. 80% of the hardwoods logged in the Penan rainforest are exported to Japan. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Rainforest Action Network, 300 Broadway, Suite 28, San Francisco, CA 94133. Objectives and Goals of SAIIC SAIIC's goals are to promote peace and social justice for Indian people: (1) by providing information to the general public in the U.S., and to human rights and solidarity organizations regarding the struggles for survival and self-determination of Indian peoples of South and Meso America. (2) by facilitating exchange and promoting direct communication and understanding between Indian people. c ;§Aile can be reachedviaTelex #154205417 (Attn:. Telex/Electronic Mail: SAIIC) or by electronic mail via Peacenet (cdp: ·. SAIIC). '-'- � 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. 4, Nos. 2&3 (Fall 1988 & Winter 1989) Zotero Volume 4 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 "One Aboriginal Family" (Australia) 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 Fall 1988 & Winter 1989 Zotero Title "One Aboriginal Family" (Australia) Item Type Journal Article Attachment Title Vol. 4, nos. 2 &3 (30).pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Issue 2 & 3 Language Spanish Volume 4 https://www.abyayalanews.org/files/original/23e3046714f499be91f53e5fb4694632.pdf 77b9976d562fd327f7d2a633a0e14df6 PDF Text Text Page 21 ~~""-~~~~~ "YANOMAMI LAND"-THE FARCE OF DEMARCATION President Jose Sarney has taken an unusual action to open up for development lands which only two months earlier had been reserved for the use of the Yanomami Indians. Interministerial Decree 250, on November 18th, annulled a measure that had guaranteed the Yanomami "permanent possession" of a National Park and two National Forests carved out of their lands. Instead, the Yanomami will have "preferential," but not exclusive use of these ancestral territories. The Yanomami are the largest Native group in the world still not in permanent contact with the national society. As the demarcation of their land, executed by the Brazilian military as part of their 'Calha Norte' program, now stands, the Yanomami could lose as much as 70% of their land. The government has recognized lands in the vicinity ofYanomami villages as 19 '1ndian Colonies," but these offer little protection to the semi-nomadic Yanomami in the wake of an invasion by 40,000 gold panners and the presence of a large contingent of Brazilian soldiers in the border area. Many observers feel that the President's actions are designed to pave the way for largerscale mineral exploitation in the area, which contains rich reserves of gold, uranium, cassiterite, and strategic minerals. Already, rivers in the Yanomami area have been polluted by the gold miners, who use large quantities of mercury to purify the gold. The Yanomami have no antibodies to protect them against diseases brought in by the miners and soldiers, and health workers from the Catholic Church and the Commission for the Creation of a Yanomami Park (CCPY) have been expelled from the Yanomami area by the government. � 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. 4, Nos. 2&3 (Fall 1988 & Winter 1989) Zotero Volume 4 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 "Yanomami Land"-The Farce of Demarcation (Brazil) 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 Fall 1988 & Winter 1989 Zotero Title "Yanomami Land"-The Farce of Demarcation (Brazil) Item Type Journal Article Attachment Title Vol. 4, nos. 2 &3 (21).pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Issue 2 & 3 Language English Volume 4 Pages 21 https://www.abyayalanews.org/files/original/76ad8cf3245263e908c70c88b1613419.pdf b99e381a8d45ba332789b32f04b51350 PDF Text Text Page 2 ,.., 500 ANOS DE RESISTENCIA INDIA Esta edicion del Boletfn Inforrnativo del Centro de Informacion Indfgena de America del Sur y Meso-America esta dedicado a los 500 aii.os de resistencia indfgena en su lucha por los territorios, la cultura, y por proteger La Madre Tierra. Las comunidades y organizaciones indfgenas se preparan para el Quinto Centenario de la invasion Europea al continente americana, y el SAIIC urge a todos a reexaminar la historia de 500 anos de colonialismo, y ver de que manera el neocolonialismo sigue negando nuestros derechos ancestrales .. Esta es una oportunidad para el auto-descubrimiento, para intercambiar experiencias y expresiones. Mientras que los gobiemos europeos planean celebrar el "descu· brimiento de America" reencamando la talllamada "conquista" de las naciones indfgenas, los 500 Aii.os seran conmernorados de varias formas por los Indfgenas-a traves de la participacion de los niii.os, las rnujeres, y los hombres, a traves de la tradicion oral, contando las antiguas, ceremonias de curacion, musica, danzai cantos, artesenato, reinterpretacion de los hechos, a traves de la investigacion sobre la situacion actual de las comunidades indfgenas, a traves de la auto-dernarcacion de los territorios ancestrales, a traves de libros, programas de radio, peliculas, hacienda llamados a los noindfgenas a un nivel nacional e intemacional para que nos unamos en la campaii.a de auto-descubrimiento. El SAIIC esta trabajando .con organizaciones indfgenas de las Americas sobre la campaii.a de 'los 500 Aii.os, y planea ayudar a organizar una conferencia intemacional para discutir estrategias para las actividades sobre los 500 Aii.os. Invitamos a cada uno de Ustedes, a unirse con nosotros en el "redescubrimiento de nuestra America," y a tomar accion inmediata dando apoyo al trabajo de las organizaciones indfgenas en su mira hacia la construccion de la sociedad del future. En esta edicion, tambiem queremos expresar nuestro senti· miento de pena por el asesinato de muchos indfgenas cuyas vidas han sido cegadas por su lucha por la tierra y por defender los derechos humanos. No es con tristeza pero con una fuerza que aumenta cada vez mas que guardamos su memoria con nosotros mientras seguimos adelante. � 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. 4, Nos. 2&3 (Fall 1988 & Winter 1989) Zotero Volume 4 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 500 Anos de Resistencia India 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 Fall 1988 & Winter 1989 Zotero Title 500 Anos de Resistencia India Item Type Journal Article Attachment Title Vol. 4, nos. 2 &3 (2).pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Issue 2 & 3 Language Spanish Volume 4 Pages 2 Publication Title SAIIC Newsletter 500 Anos de Resistencia India Fall 1988 Resistencia Winter 1989 https://www.abyayalanews.org/files/original/b31aa3b638b5f0c6cce5ba5886238228.pdf ad78bce6d1f1406edbd43bea4e609ed1 PDF Text Text Page 3 This edition of the SAIIC Newsletter is dedicated to 500 years of organized Native resistance, in the fight for land, culture, and to protect the Mother Earth. As Indian communities and their organizations throughout the Americas prepare to observe the SOOth anniversary of the European invasion of the American continent, SAIIC urges everyone to reexamine the historical record of colonialism , and to take note of the ways in which policies of the "new colonialism" are still denying our ancestral rights. While European governments plan to celebrate the "Discovery" of America by reenacting the "conquest" of Indian nations, there are diverse ways in which Native people will commemorate the 500 Years-through the participati9n of children, women, and men; through oral tradition, storytelling, collective memory, healing ceremonies, music, dance, song, handicrafts, reinterpretation of events; through the investigation of the current situation in Native communities, through the self-demarcation of ancestral territories, through books, radio programs, and films, reaching out to nonIndian people at a national and international level to join forces in our campaign of self-discovery. SAIIC is working with Native organizations from throughout the Americas on the 500 Years campaign, and plans to help organize an international conference to discuss strategies for the 500 Years activities. We invite everybody to join with us in "rediscovering our America," and to take immediate action in support of the work of Indigenous organizations as they look toward the future. In this issue, we also mourn the assassination of many Native people whose lives have been taken for defending their land and basic human rights. It is not with sadness but with ever-increasing strength that we keep their memory with us as we go forward. © 1989 Aguirre/Switkes/ AMAZONIA � 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. 4, Nos. 2&3 (Fall 1988 & Winter 1989) Zotero Volume 4 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 500 Years of Indian Resistance 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 Fall 1988 & Winter 1989 Zotero Title 500 Years of Indian Resistance Item Type Journal Article Attachment Title Vol. 4, nos. 2 &3 (3).pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Issue 2 & 3 Language English Volume 4 Abstract Note This issue is specifically dedicated to the 500 years of fighting for land, culture, and to protect the Earth by the Natives. It asks that we reconsider what days like Columbus Day mean for Natives, not for oppressors. Pages 3 Publication Title SAIIC Newsletter 500 years of fighting Fall 1988 Native Resistance Winter 1989 https://www.abyayalanews.org/files/original/8a505d0ce6d104afefc8303e2ae7d9c1.pdf b89bc7fbd01f7694b6649bae95cf0731 PDF Text Text Page 23 ACRE PROTECTION PLA 1'" INADEQUATE :--.., 1111 In 1985, the Interamerican Development Bank, yielding to protests that their plan to pave the BR364 road from Porto Velho, Rondonia to Rio Branco, Acre would adversely impact Indigenous people, rubber tappers, and other people of Acre, created a "Plan for the Protection of the Environment and Indigenous Communities (PMACI)," to be designed and implemented before the road project was approved. The latest version of PMACI, however, shows that the "national security" considerations of the Brazilian military have been placed above the concerns of the populations struggling for survival in Acre. In particular, the plan calls for the creation of '1ndigenous Colonies," which UNIAcre, the regional council of the Brazilian Indian movement, has flatly rejected, saying that it will continue to press for the complete, legal demarcation of Indian lands. The Brazilian military has ruled out recognition of large extensions of Indian lands in the border regions as a threat to "national security." (See Yanomami article above.) WHAT YOU CAN DO: Send letters or telegrams to Enrique V. Iglesias, President, The Interamerican Development Bank, 808 17th St. NW, Washington, DC 20006, protesting the failure to incorporate the concerns of Native people into the PMACI. £NfYUANTO 1550 8M WASII!Nt]TON. . . /i~z~(~~­ 'Acre will get money only after you demarcate Indian lands." 'Who would think-Gringos with a heavy consc1ence. • II MACUXIINDIAN KILLED IN JAIL Velario Damasio Macuxi, 17, was found dead in his cell at the civil police station in the town of Normandia, Roraim~ on October 23rd. Other youths held in the police station allege that they had been severely beaten by members of the police. . The Macuxi, of the savannah reg1on of the northern Amazon, have suffered encroachment on their ancestral lands by cattle ranchers. Recently, the Macuxi have become more assertive of their land rights, and in 1988, SAIIC sponsored the visit of Gilberto Macux~ one of the tribe's spokesmen, to the U.S. (See Summer 1988 newsletter.) Amnesty International, which has launc~ed a year-long campaign to denounce human n?ht_s violations in Brazil, says that a number of meldents have been reported where Macuxi Indians engaged in non-violent activities aimed at protecting their land were detained and abused by the police and army. FOR MORE INFORMATION: Amnesty International, 322 Eighth Ave., New York, NY 10001. � 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. 4, Nos. 2&3 (Fall 1988 & Winter 1989) Zotero Volume 4 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 Acre Protection Plan Still Inadequate (Brazil) 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 Fall 1988 & Winter 1989 Zotero Title Acre Protection Plan Still Inadequate (Brazil) Item Type Journal Article Attachment Title Vol. 4, nos. 2 &3 (23).pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Issue 2 & 3 Language Spanish Volume 4 https://www.abyayalanews.org/files/original/25119861ade3ccc86b74f4570276e90d.pdf 7dff27f1e68bcf0e52781f2b1d5d67c1 PDF Text Text Page 27 PERU AIDESEP CALLS FOR CHANGES IN GOVERNMENT AMAZON POLICYL_j l__r--JA~ LJ -~== ...r-i.. The Inter-Ethnic Association for the Development of the Peruvian Amazon (AIDESEP) held its Thirteenth Assembly in September, 1988, and called for changes in Peruvian government policy to include Indian participation in designing Amazon development policies. Among the themes discussed were those of land, natural resources and ecology, production and commercialization, social services, and organization. Consensus emerged on several key points: •"to demand changes in the government's economic policies for the Amazon, so that development benefits our comm~nities, and not the bosses and business interests" -to develop an urgent program for nutrition and medicine, with the funding for this project controlled by Indian representatives in order to avoid corruption; •to develop a national plan for land titling for Indian communities, with AIDESEP coordinating the self-demarcation of Indian lands. •that international funds from development agencies be prioritized to "recognize, title, and increase the size of" Indian lands, "because we are the ancestral owners and the best caretakers of the Amazon''. Representatives of the 19 regional organiza-tions attending the meeting in Villa la Paz, Chosica elected a new Board, consisting of : President, Miqueas Mishari, Ashaninka Vice-President, Roman Shajiam Sakejat, Aguaruna-Huambisa Vocals, Eli Sanchez Rodriguez, Shipibo and Raul Casanto, Shingari Treasurer, Oswaldo Manihuari Muray~ Cocama; and Secretary, Santos Adan Atsua, Aguaruna. SOURCE : "Voz Indigena'', Av. San Eugenio 981, Lima 13, Peru. --- __-::__ -- ;> ~ ~ }) JJ? ~~ _tl~~6 ~- ASHANINKA INDIANS HELD IN SLAVERY ~ -S-._c;_? Among the most serious · violations of the human rights of Indian people in Peru is the enslavement of the Ashaninka people in the Ucayali, Tambo, and Urubamba River regions. At the recent Congress of the Regional Indian Organization of Atalaya (OIRA), delegates called for immediate action on the part of the Peruvian authorities to stop these violations. Delegates of the community of Diobamba stated that 'Beman Cagna, owner of the Fundo Nueva Luz has been exploiting more than 50 Ashaninka families for more than 30 years through slavery and hard labor without payment, and with threats of putting people in the private jail he has built. Cagna has about 60 men working in the extraction oflumber in the Tahuania Creek, forcing them to work from 6am to 6pm.". Florinda Arenas Campos denounced the patron Victor Merino for raping her 15-year old daughter in fron of her. Later, she said, Merino took the young woman to the Fundo Salvaje on the Ucayali River. In spite of Florinda's denunciations, no action has been taken by the authorities. She revealed that Merino has 20 Indian people working in his house as slaves. There may be thousands of Indian people in the Atalaya region who are being physically mistreated or held in slavery, whose lands have been stolen,. Some who protested have been murdered. According to OIRA, this is in clear violation of the Law of Native Communities and related government regulations. � 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. 4, Nos. 2&3 (Fall 1988 & Winter 1989) Zotero Volume 4 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 AIDESEP Calls for Changes in Government Amazon Policy (Peru) 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 Fall 1988 & Winter 1989 Zotero Title AIDESEP Calls for Changes in Government Amazon Policy (Peru) Item Type Journal Article Attachment Title Vol. 4, nos. 2 &3 (27).pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Issue 2 & 3 Language Spanish Volume 4 https://www.abyayalanews.org/files/original/880e06da8ec0c23998d27d2fdf021e45.pdf 7dff27f1e68bcf0e52781f2b1d5d67c1 PDF Text Text Page 27 PERU AIDESEP CALLS FOR CHANGES IN GOVERNMENT AMAZON POLICYL_j l__r--JA~ LJ -~== ...r-i.. The Inter-Ethnic Association for the Development of the Peruvian Amazon (AIDESEP) held its Thirteenth Assembly in September, 1988, and called for changes in Peruvian government policy to include Indian participation in designing Amazon development policies. Among the themes discussed were those of land, natural resources and ecology, production and commercialization, social services, and organization. Consensus emerged on several key points: •"to demand changes in the government's economic policies for the Amazon, so that development benefits our comm~nities, and not the bosses and business interests" -to develop an urgent program for nutrition and medicine, with the funding for this project controlled by Indian representatives in order to avoid corruption; •to develop a national plan for land titling for Indian communities, with AIDESEP coordinating the self-demarcation of Indian lands. •that international funds from development agencies be prioritized to "recognize, title, and increase the size of" Indian lands, "because we are the ancestral owners and the best caretakers of the Amazon''. Representatives of the 19 regional organiza-tions attending the meeting in Villa la Paz, Chosica elected a new Board, consisting of : President, Miqueas Mishari, Ashaninka Vice-President, Roman Shajiam Sakejat, Aguaruna-Huambisa Vocals, Eli Sanchez Rodriguez, Shipibo and Raul Casanto, Shingari Treasurer, Oswaldo Manihuari Muray~ Cocama; and Secretary, Santos Adan Atsua, Aguaruna. SOURCE : "Voz Indigena'', Av. San Eugenio 981, Lima 13, Peru. --- __-::__ -- ;> ~ ~ }) JJ? ~~ _tl~~6 ~- ASHANINKA INDIANS HELD IN SLAVERY ~ -S-._c;_? Among the most serious · violations of the human rights of Indian people in Peru is the enslavement of the Ashaninka people in the Ucayali, Tambo, and Urubamba River regions. At the recent Congress of the Regional Indian Organization of Atalaya (OIRA), delegates called for immediate action on the part of the Peruvian authorities to stop these violations. Delegates of the community of Diobamba stated that 'Beman Cagna, owner of the Fundo Nueva Luz has been exploiting more than 50 Ashaninka families for more than 30 years through slavery and hard labor without payment, and with threats of putting people in the private jail he has built. Cagna has about 60 men working in the extraction oflumber in the Tahuania Creek, forcing them to work from 6am to 6pm.". Florinda Arenas Campos denounced the patron Victor Merino for raping her 15-year old daughter in fron of her. Later, she said, Merino took the young woman to the Fundo Salvaje on the Ucayali River. In spite of Florinda's denunciations, no action has been taken by the authorities. She revealed that Merino has 20 Indian people working in his house as slaves. There may be thousands of Indian people in the Atalaya region who are being physically mistreated or held in slavery, whose lands have been stolen,. Some who protested have been murdered. According to OIRA, this is in clear violation of the Law of Native Communities and related government regulations. � 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. 4, Nos. 2&3 (Fall 1988 & Winter 1989) Zotero Volume 4 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 Ashaninka Indians Held in Slavery (Peru) 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 Fall 1988 & Winter 1989 Zotero Title Ashaninka Indians Held in Slavery (Peru) Item Type Journal Article Attachment Title Vol. 4, nos. 2 &3 (27).pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Issue 2 & 3 Language Spanish Volume 4 https://www.abyayalanews.org/files/original/7daa3db2dcb5f65587e9d21057b977f1.pdf 3d21df509515090c1987508687bb6868 PDF Text Text The Kayap6 have learned video to document their stmggle to protect the rainforest. SAIIC P.O.Box 7550 Oakland, CA 94707 © 1989 Kit Miller � 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. 4, Nos. 2&3 (Fall 1988 & Winter 1989) Zotero Volume 4 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 Fall 1988 & Winter 1989 Zotero Title Back Cover Item Type Journal Article Attachment Title Vol. 4, nos. 2 &3 (32).pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Issue 2 & 3 Language Spanish Volume 4 https://www.abyayalanews.org/files/original/e32682ea87dbfde8d077b670e58dc817.pdf 68007e21478045d7af98115f6d485668 PDF Text Text uar Federation radio classroom remote communities during the rainy season. © 1989 Aguirre/Switkes/AMAZONIA The Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE) and the Ecuadorian government have signed an agreement for a National Board of Indian Education, which will develop and implement intercultural bilingual education at a national level. The project was announced by Ecuador's Minister of Education and Culture, Arq. Alfredo Viera at the opening of CONAIE's Second National Congress in November. Under the agreement, CONAIE hopes to use as models those bilingual education programs that have already been developed by regional Indian organizations in Ecuador, with the goal of creating an educational system for Indigenous people that departs from that of the dominant white-mestizo society, and which strengthens the language and cultural identity of Native people. Luis Montaluisa of CONAIE was named the first national director of the Board. At the Congress, CONAIE delegates stressed the need to maintain independence from the Ecuadorian government, but to press for solutions in the areas of: • Legal recognition of CONAIE; • Defense and definitive legal recognition of the "natural settlements" of Indian nations in Ecuador, and a true application of the agrarian reform program for Indian people of the highlands; • Recognition of the right of self-determination of Indian peoples; • Expulsion from Indian areas of "pernicious and harmful" foreign religious sects, including the Summer Linguistic Institute (ILV), World Vision, and the Mormons, as well as political groups like Tradition, Family, and Property; • Discussion of constitutional reforms and a new project of laws concerning Indigenous Nationalities; • "Pushing ahead nationally and internationally the campaign against the celebration of the 500 Years of the invasion of the Ainerican continent." CONAIE elected a new Board of Directors, including Cristobal Tapuy, President a:nd Luis Alberto Macas, Vice President. � 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. 4, Nos. 2&3 (Fall 1988 & Winter 1989) Zotero Volume 4 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 Bilingual Education - CONAIE Makes Important Gains (Ecuadaor) 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 Fall 1988 & Winter 1989 Zotero Title Bilingual Education - CONAIE Makes Important Gains (Ecuadaor) Item Type Journal Article Attachment Title Vol. 4, nos. 2 &3 (16).pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Issue 2 & 3 Language English Volume 4 Pages 16 https://www.abyayalanews.org/files/original/e6977d8c888f6570560315533f26b3d2.pdf d0d52d720666c3706416c52c94e8d684 PDF Text Text CLORINDA GUALMES: ONE WOMAN AGAINST THE MILITARY ~ Following the military coup of 1976, Indian people in Argentina were subjected to widespread oppression, with large landowners conspiring with the military to displace Indians from their ancestral territories. In Nequen province, many families were evicted by the military so that they could extend their estancias (landholdings) and headquarters. One such estancia, called Pulmari, already consisted of 125,000 acres, yet the military wanted to further extend their lands, so they evicted onethird of the Mapuches from the community of Lonco Luan. Clorinda Gualmes, like her ancestors, lives with her family in El Faldeo del Cerro Otto, close to the army base and ten kilometers from Bariloche. The military tried to chase her off her land on several occasions, but she and her family always returned. Now, the Argentine army is trying to sue Clorinda and take away her land by judicial means, accusing the Gualmes family of illegally occupying the land. Elogio Frites, a Kalla Indian lawyer working in legal defense, says that "514 hectares (1,270 acres) belong to the Gualmes family forever, and laws 23302 and 14932 protect their rights." "On1y with my Courage and my Will" Elizabeth Draper recorded the following statement by Clorinda Gualmes: "My family has lived on my land for 100 years. I have a photo of my grandfather and his animals there taken in 1907. My father was the first wood and coal seller, my mother the first to make local cheese. But now, I have been evicted three times. First, by the National Parks and then by the army. They say they need the land for maneuvers. The last time was in 1983, on the 29th of July, at a quarter to 11 in the morning. It was snowing, when 40 soldiers came in and tore everything down. They left me without anything. Even my furniture was taken by the rain. For over a qconth that winter, I had nowhere to go with my animals. I lived in a tent. I have pictures of it covered with snow. I hid my cows in the hills. The soldiers had wanted to take them to the market. Now, I am on the same land. I came back by myself without anyone's help. Only with my courage and my will. I know that it is mine. Since then, soldiers have come two or three times to tell me they are going to practice on the shooting range. In all the years since I was born there, they have never shot around my house as they have in the last four or five years. The bullets would hit my house, or pass beside the corral. Now, they are bothering me so that I will get tired and I will leave. They haven't achieved this, yet. I have filed three or four complaints against them, so they have stopped bothering me in this way. I have a big file of the notes I have written to the Ministry of Defense, Ministry of Interior, and other officials. But I never know when I leave my home what I will find when I get back. The Centro Mapuche came to find me when I was in the tent and I have been working with them ever since, as Treasurer of the organization." � 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. 4, Nos. 2&3 (Fall 1988 & Winter 1989) Zotero Volume 4 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 Clorinda Gualmes: One Woman Against the Military (Argentina) 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 Fall 1988 & Winter 1989 Zotero Title Clorinda Gualmes: One Woman Against the Military (Argentina) Item Type Journal Article Attachment Title Vol. 4, nos. 2 &3 (18).pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Issue 2 & 3 Language English Volume 4 Pages 18