1 12 34 https://www.abyayalanews.org/files/original/32f2ce165650b2a403b64c0fe007aa06 62d1b808a038ad5f83a8ecddc72e8e93 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. 6, no. 4 (36).pdf PDF Text Text I I INTERNATIONAL TRmUNALS OF THE WoRLD's INDIGENous PEoPLES EcUADOR On. CAMPAIGN MEETING The meeting entitled "Popular Strategy and Alliance for the Oil Exploitation in the Ecuadorian Amazon" will be held in Coca, Ecuador from September2628,1992. The Ecuadorian indigenous organizations: CONAIE,CONFENIAE,andFCUNAE; the Oil Workers Union (FETRAPEC); the environmental coalition "Campana: Amazonia por la Vida", and Observatorio Socio-Ambiental de la Amazonia are organizing a working meeting to develop a unified strategy between indigenous people, workers, «eologists and international organizations to campaign against the oil exploitation in the Ecuadorian Amazon. This meeting is a unique occasion where all the parties affected by the oil industry will meet to develop a united platform. .. For more information contact Observatorio SocioAmbiental de la Amazonia, Tel: 593-2-506-617 or 5932-550-658 or Accion Ecologica, Tel: 593-2-547-516. P.O. Box 17-15-246C, Quito, Ecuador. SECOND KUNA WoMEN's CoNFERENCE The Second Kuna Women's Conference will be held in the Kuna community of Dad Nakue Dupbir in Kuna Yala, Panama from September 25 to 27. . For more information contact Fanny AvilaEleta, Taller de Mujeres Kunas, Apartado Postal 536, Panama 1, Panama. Tel: (507) 63-40-27, Fax: (507) 69-35-14 HONEYBEE An informal quarterly newsletter to document innovations produced by farmers, artisans and farm workers; generate debate around sustainable alternatives based on people's knowledge systems among farmers, scientists, political leaders and social activists and lobby for protecting intellectual property rights of grassroots innovators. Honey Bee asks farmers to contribute specific innovations in the field of sustainable technologies and institutions with the name and address of the innovating individuals and/or community. .. You can receive a four issue subscription to Honey Bee by sending $30 to Honey Bee, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, Vastrapura- 380015,India 36 The International Tribunals of the World's Indigenous Peoples will be held from December 12-16, 1992 in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The Indigenous Peoples' Alliance and the Continental Indigenous Coordinating Committee (CONIC) endorsed the proposal to host regional tribunals on a continental level on issues of Indigenous sovereignty and rights, and to deliver a report of the findings to the United Nations in 1993. A council of 12 Indigenous Listeners will be formed to hear the testimony of the Indian Nations and prepare the report. Indigenous Nations, organizations and community groups who are interested in giving testimony should contact the Indigenous Peoples Alliance, P.O. Box 40192, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87196 The North American Tribunal of Indigenous Peoples and Oppressed Nations THE NORTH AMERICAN TRmUNAL Willbeheldfrom0ctober2to4, 1992inSanFrancisco, CA, led by the American Indian Movement. This gathering will hear testimony and hold discussions about the massive, systematic violations of human rights and international law against people of color within the US and the right to self-determination for these peoples and the release of political prisoners and prisoners of war in the US. . For more information contact the American Indian Movement, 2940-16th Street, #104, San Francisco, CA 94103; Phone (415) 552-1992; Fax (415) 431-1492 REBUIWINGOURCOMMUMTIES: A VlSIONFORTHEFUTURE Program willbe aired on Deep Dish Cable TV on December 15 and 17, 1992. Six indigenous leaders from Central and South American discuss the 500 Years Campaign, which began as an Indian response to the Quincentenary celebration and has developed as an ongoing dialogue among indigenous activists. Produced by the South and Meso American Indian Information Center. For more information contact Deep dish TV Network, 339 Lafayette Street, New York, NY 10012; Phone (212) 273-8933; Fax (212) 420-8223 SAIIC Newsletter � 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. 6, No. 4 (Fall 1992) (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: Events Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Article Language A language of the resource English Zotero Title 500 Years of Indian Resistance: Events Item Type Newspaper Article Attachment Title Vol. 6, no. 4 (36).pdf Attachment URL [No URL] https://www.abyayalanews.org/files/original/45313ecd04f5959b0ffee6203689a951 592d99983fb7b202f5947361816fbd46 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. 6, no. 4 (23).pdf PDF Text Text I I Bolivia - The indigenous communities of the Isiburo-Secure National Park, south of Beni, ratified a document denouncing the agents of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) as a threat to the Bolivian people and made a public demand for the expulsion of DEA agents from Bolivia The demand was announced on July 7,1992, in San Lorenzo de Mojos, and broadcast at noon of the same day by a local radio station. This indigenous position is in response to the detention of two indigenous leaders within a four-day period, and to the seizure of their radio equipment, which was part of a network installed with international aid. Furthermore, indigenous people testified that the anti-drug agents are constantly entering their homes without permission, and destroying everything in their path. Also condemned were the abuses which have taken place in Trinidad, the regional capital, where the home ofa universityprofessorwas "erroneously"broken into by agents. The indigenous statement declares that the presence of armed agents from the United States is "not only for the purpose of fighting drug trafficking, but also for the purpose of taking over our country, step by step." It asks the Bolivian government to "not allow yourselves to be manipulated by the Gringos". Meanwhile, the Bolivian national government hasgivenassurancesthattherewillbenofurtherinstances of the assaults and abuses for which the DEA has been denounced. Carlos Saavedra, Minister of the Interior, promised the Central Office of Indigenous Peoples of Beni (CPIB) that there would be no further assaults on the communities under the pretext of the "war on drugs". News of these events was taken to La Paz, the capital of Bolivia, by the leader Marcial Fabricano, president of the Sub Central de Cabildos of the IsiboroSeure National Park, who met with Minister Saavedra. As Fabricano pointed out, the indigenous radio network, consisting of approximately 30 stations and dedicated to the purpose of helping the indigenous movement unify, promote, and defend itself, has been fully authorized by Carlos Aponte, the governmental head of Transport and Communications. source: Presencia, Bolivia Vol 6 Num 4 23 J � 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. 6, No. 4 (Fall 1992) (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 Academy Founded in Bolivia for the Study of Aymara, Quechua, and Indigenous Culture (Bolivia) Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Article Language A language of the resource English Zotero Title Academy Founded in Bolivia for the Study of Aymara, Quechua, and Indigenous Culture (Bolivia) Item Type Newspaper Article Attachment Title Vol. 6, no. 4 (23).pdf Attachment URL [No URL] https://www.abyayalanews.org/files/original/cc293dd2aa9b31e59980f282e72cc9b0 539bda3143d09be711cb7b28f9437278 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. 6, no. 4 (13, 37).pdf PDF Text Text Miqueas Millares is the president of the Inter-Ethnic Association for the DevelopmentofthePeruvianRainforest(AIDESEP). He is a member of the Aguarana people of the Peruvian Amazon. AIDESEP is an association composed of 32 organizations orregionalfederationsfrom all ofAmazonia. Indigenous regional organizations began forming in the Amazon in the 1970's. In 1980, these groups decided to create anational coordinating body, and thus AIDESEP was born. AIDESEP defends the rights and promotes the welfare ofover 500,000 indigenous inhabitants ofthe Peruvian rainforest.. This interview took place at a meeting of the Working Group on Indigenous Populations, which works with the United Nations Human Rights Commission. SAIIC: What does it mean to be president of AIDESEP? MM: Well, according to our charter, we consider ourselves a completely indigenous organization, with a president, secretary, and treasurer. We are not a NGO, or nongovernmental organization, but often anthropologists and other intellectuals get confused around this issue and mistake us for a NGO. Instead, the reality is that we have gotten to the point where we as indigenous peoples are managing our own resources directly, without intermediaries. Many NGO's in the past have spoken in the name of indigenous people, and raised funds in our name, but for the most part these funds have not reached our people and remained Vol 6 Num 4 with the organizations instead. Thus we have seen that this pattern needed to be broken, and that we needed to channel funds directly into our communities. This we have managed to do, and we are demonstrating our ability, our responsibility, and our honesty. SAICC: How does the Peruvian government react to the empowerment of the indigenous people and to AIDESEP? MM: Well, the government and its representatives - the local, provincial, and national authorities- in the beginning slandered us as agitators. But we have shown them that it is not "agitation" when one is demanding one's rights. We are demanding what belongs to us, and we have been doing so for centuries- not just recently. For example, if we talk about land, we have been on this land for long before so-called "civilization" arrived and destroyed our culture, our traditional medicine, our languages. Now we have reached 500 years of colonization, which AIDESEP in an assembly decided to name "500 Years of Struggle for Life and SelfDetermination of Indigenous Peoples". Yet from here on we do not want to lament what has passed. We will remember it for the sake of our ancestors, but we are looking towards the future, to what we need to do to ensure the survival of our peoples. We have lived as exploited, marginalized, forgotten people, who have been much discriminated against. But the government is not going to solve our problems if we do not organize ourselves. Continued on page 37 13 �' -from page 13 Thus we have seen a great need to organize ourselves, to gain strenth through unity, to develop common understandings in order to be able to solve our problems. We do not only want to make demands, but also to propose solutions to how we can solve the grave problems we face in the Amazon. We have developed strategies around how to safeguard our territories. We need large territories for our people, not just titles to small plots of land, because in that way we can defend the environment and the ecology of our planet. We have made progress. In the last three years we have obtained land titles for 221 communities. This has been the result of AIDESEP's work in coordination with the government officials. Some of them, not all, but some, have developed an understanding that whatwearedemandingisjustlyours. Before,theydid not understand, and accused us of being troublemakers, terrorists, drug-traffickers, in order to demoralize us. But as we see that the indigenous cause we defend is a just one, we will not be frightened off by threats, imprisionment, or blackmail. We will always continue to struggle to regain our culture and our land. SAICC: As president of AIDESEP, what are the problems you would like to solve during your term? MM: Our primary project is the land issue. All of the communities of the Amazon have agreed that we want to obtain land titles for the communities which still lack them. This is the project we have agreed upon for 1992. We also have a long-term reforestation program, to recover land which has been despoiled. Another project is a health project, involving the recovery and promotion of medicinal plants alongside western medicines. We have determined that medicinal plants are even better in many cases than Western medicine. As part of this project, we are training young people to be health promoters in each community throughout the Amazon. Also, we are working towards the creation of bilingual schools throughout Amazonia. Here we have another achievement, in that the DepartmentofEducation has publicly accepted our goals in a government decree. SAIIC: I understand that it is the first time you have Vol 6 Num 4 attended this meeting at the UN. What is your opinion on this working group? MM: Well, on a personal level I have found that what we at AIDESEP are demaning is what all indigenous people of the world are seeking. We all share similar problems and needs. Here at the United Nations, I think that we, too, are nations. I believe that here we are pooling together our strength in order to be able to solve the problems that we face. If we unite our strength, make our demands and put some pressure on the governments of each country, I think that we can educate them , improve our economic and social situation, and change the racial discrimination we experience as indigenous people all over the world. Indigenous organizations themselves need to be proactive, and present proposals to the government saying how they mean solve the problems we all face. Especially the environmental problems, which are being talked about all over. the world. If we as indigenous people do not demand that the agreements made in Rio de Janeiro be respected, I think that the governments are going to forget, because of their desire to profit from the resources that exist in the rainforest SAIIC: I understand that it is the first time you have attended this meeting at the UN. What is your opinion on this working group? MM: Well, on a personal level I have found that what we at AIDESEP are demaning is what all indigenous people of the world are seeking. We all share similar problems and needs. Here at the United Nations, I think that we, too, are nations. I believe that here we are pooling together our strength in order to be able to solve the problems that we face. If we unite our strength, make our demands and put some pressure on the governments of each country, I think that we can educate them , improve our economic and social situation, and change the racial discrimination we experience as indigenous people all over the world. For more information, contact AIDESEP Av. San Eugenio 981 Lima 13, Peru 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. 6, No. 4 (Fall 1992) (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: 500 Years of Struggle for Life and Self-Determination (Peru) Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Article Language A language of the resource English Zotero Title AIDESEP: 500 Years of Struggle for Life and Self-Determination (Peru) Item Type Newspaper Article Attachment Title Vol. 6, no. 4 (13, 37).pdf Attachment URL [No URL] https://www.abyayalanews.org/files/original/6b887b3df1db62652e1fe2a4ed2087ff ebb5386e5b2a6406d4128044a65f7012 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. 6, no. 4 (39).pdf PDF Text Text The Peace and dignity Journeys, which began on May 2, 1992, in Alaska and South America. have become an interlacing of native runners from different nations throughout Canada. the United States, South and Central America and Mexico. The march has been going through small towns and urban capitals, and on August 29 the northern leg reached El Paso, Texas and Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. The people from different towns have welcomed the runners with public events, sacred ceremonies, planting of trees, medicinal offerings, official government proclamations, food and lodging, and more runners have joined all along the way. In Tortugas, New Mexico eighty runners representing over fifty nations met to continue the march south. For us, seeking solidarity among ourselves, expanding communication, and sharing the work for the fullfillment ofour prophecies, are priorities- especially now in the face of the so called celebrations of the five hundred years of the continental encounter, which goes against all the ideals of indigenous America. Out of the many events and actions taken by the global resistance movement. Peace and Dignity has emerged as an important group promoting a network of organizers throughout the American Continent These journeys were mobilized in the North and the South of the hemisphere under the advice of a great nurnberofindigenousnations who seek unity throughout the continent with the support of all the races who respect our culture and our Mother Earth. Peace and Dignity Journeys was organized by Aurelio Dias Pekpankalli and Alfonso Perez Tenoch, Mexicans who are based in Chicago, Illinois. The March will end in Teotihuacln, Mexico on October 12 with a sacred ceremony. Our presence there will add to the whole of the strategy of the Indigenous Nations. Source: Dorinda Moreno, US West Coast Coordinator of Peace and Dignity Journeys 6 Num 4 Diego Domingo Martin, a Mam leader from Guatemala, was last seen being led away by five armed men on November 8, 1991. When family members denouncedhis "disappearance," they were told they should notcareabouta "guerilla". They were warned that they might suffer the same fate if they continued their denunciation. Unfortunately Diego is not alone. Diego is only one of countless indigenous persons in the Americas singledoutforabuse. To mark the SOOth anniversary of the arrival of Columbus, Amnesty International is highlighting and stepping up its work on behalfofindigenouspeoplesthroughaspecialcampaign. In the U.S alone, approximately three hundred local Amnesty groups are already generating appeals to governments to stop the continuing violations directed against indigenous peoples. Soon, their voices will be joined by thousands of Amnesty student groups. On October 6, worldwide attention focuses on the release of Amnesty International's report entitled Hu- man rights violations against indigerwus peoples ofthe Americas. A "Day of Action" on October 12 by Amnesty groups across the U.S. commemorates the past and commits to the future. And on International Human Rights Day, December10,Amnestygroupsagainfocusonendingviolations against indigenous peoples. This anticipates further work during 1993, the UN.'s year of the Indigenous People. Amnesty International offers its report and its work through local and student groups, and thousands of individual members. The world must realize that the massacres, the "disappearances," the torture and other egregious human rights violations against indigenous people have not stopped: they continue and it is high time the governments of the an end 1:0 them. For more information on Amnesty International's campaign work or to obtain the report , please contact the Campaign Office at 655 Sutter St, San Francisco, CA 94102 or (415)441-2114. 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/. 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Title A name given to the resource Vol. 6, no. 4 (40).pdf PDF Text Text Please pass on to us any information you come across on indigenous peoples's strugles for self-determination. are always in photos, publications, and articles pertaining to these issues. All of our projects and are financed are in need of financial contributions, volunteer workers. Please contact SAIIC to find out how you can best generosity is greatly appreciated. All help. contributions are tax deductible to the extent allowed by law. I E T-shirts with colorful SAIIC logo,available in: red, black & turquoise. "500 Years of Indian Resistance" printed above the logo. Please specify size (S,M,l,Xl). $12.00 + $1.75 shipping & handling, (bulk discounts). A resource and action guide with a comprehensive listing of international rainforest and Amazonian Indian organizatiions. The guide is suplemented an overview designed to give added force to grassroots groups in the Amazon fighting in defense of the rainforest and basic human rights of the indigenous people there. Co-authored by SAIIC with the Amazonia Film Project, International Rivers Network published Rainforest Network. $8.50 plus $1.50 shipping !$4.50 airmail). Also available in Spanish. I. tive people 1 s perspectives on the Columbus Quincentennial. minutes. In Spanish and English/ color. A coproduction of SAIIC, CONAIE, ONIC Turning Tide Productions. Video price $39.95 + $1 shipping & handling. A resource other interested people with a directory of international organizations working on quincentennial activities, testimonials from Indian people in South & Meso America, educational resources and other tools for action. $10.00 + $1 for shipping & handling. American Indian Information Center CA 94604 Six indigenous leaders from Central South America discuss the 500-years campaign, which began as an Indian response to the Quincentenary celebration and has developed as an ongoing dialogue indigenous activists. Produced by SAIIC. $19.00 + $1 shipping and handli A book by & about Indian women.lnterviews, testimonies, statements Indigenous women leaders From Mexico to Tierra del Fuego. For more information contact V<lllft.l<lllllbil• llrganizolion US Posing~ PAID Oakland, CA Permil No. 79 � 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. 6, No. 4 (Fall 1992) (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 Newspaper Article Language A language of the resource English Zotero Title Back Cover Item Type Newspaper Article Attachment Title Vol. 6, no. 4 (40).pdf Attachment URL [No URL] https://www.abyayalanews.org/files/original/692a4f605396056cc68ddc41eee61601 9b33a690af07333944bdd39e8c9882be 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. 6, no. 4 (26).pdf PDF Text Text I -from page 25 presence of indigenous people today, and ofour present indigenous project It will not just be a rejection of the quincentennary, but rather a march where we seek to negotiate with the government regarding the concrete demands of the indigenous communities. That is why we are working on obtaining an audience with the President of Mexico for the 12th of October. SAllC: How do the Native people in Mexico see the project of continent-wide networking, for example the Indigenous Continental Coordinating Committe which met in Panama and in New York- how do you see the future of this re-encounter? I believe that it is something which has emerged from the needs of the indigenous communities themselves. That is to say, it did not arise from a group of indigenous people having an interest which lies outside of historical reality. It has emerged because it had to emerge; and if this is so, then we believe that it will have a great future. A true indigenous unity, with a political and philosophical understanding, an understanding of the current situation of the continent and of the world, of the danger facing humanity in the form of the destruction of Nature, of our environment, and of the danger arising from the wars that Western culture continues to create. Indigenous people feel that we have a great responsibility to share the wisdom that has been downtrodden for 500 years. This wisdom is now emerging. We, as responsible human beings whose fate it was to live in this era, are privileged to be able to reclaim this knowledge in order to disseminate it among our indigenous communities, but also among the dominant and racist society, in order to carry a message of humanity that will allow dehumanized humans to become human once more. The great work of the indigenous peoples is to reach the racist, destructive society in order to show them that we are human, that they are human, and that therefore we all deserve respect and mutual help as human beings in this world. The Second National Congress and Continental Encounter of Indigenous Traditional Medicine People took place in Mexico City, at the Palace of Medicine, from August 11 - 15, 1992. There were more than 400 participants, including representatives from the 52 organizations ofindigenous traditional medicine people of Mexico, delegates from indigenous organizations of most Latin-American countries and also from the State of Arizona, USA; as well as specialists and academics working in the area of traditional medicine. The meeting had three sessions: Speeches by Traditional Medicine People Session; the Academic Session and the Plenary Session of Conclusions and Proposals. The concurrent workshops included themes such as "Traditional Medicine and Systems of Health Care", "Organizing Strategies for Indigenous Medicine People", "Traditional Medicine and the Legal System", "Honoring and Defending Indigenous Medicine and Medicine People", "Long and Short term Programs within each Country," and " Cooperation between Doctors and Indigenous Medicine". At the site of the conference were exhibitions of medicinal herbs and pharmaceuticals prepared by traditional medicine men of the different delegations. There was also an exposition of Mexican traditional medicine entitled "Past, Present, and Future of Traditional Medicine", where ritual objects and video-tapes of ceremonies were displayed. Through the use of computers, visitors could access information about the main illnesses affecting indigenous populations. The Congress arrived at many important conclusions and recommendations aimed at governments, international organizations, universities and the indigenous organizations. A book is forthcoming which will contain the bulk of the proceedings and outcomes of this Encounter. For more information, please contact: Lie. Carlos Zolla Luque o Bioi. Arturo Argueta Villamar lnstituto Nacional lndigenista, Subdireccion de Salud y Bienestar Social AV. Revolucion 1279, Col. Tiacopac 01040 MEXICO, DF Tel: 651-4908 Fax: 593-2875 26 SAIIC Newsletter � 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. 6, No. 4 (Fall 1992) (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 Congress of Indigenous Traditional Medicine (Mexico) Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Article Language A language of the resource English Zotero Title Congress of Indigenous Traditional Medicine (Mexico) Item Type Newspaper Article Attachment Title Vol. 6, no. 4 (26).pdf Attachment URL [No URL] https://www.abyayalanews.org/files/original/c6daeecbb255d583b6daae68b459aa08 3cf47a8b0b48ace142342d569dd92d7a 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. 6, no. 4 (2).pdf PDF Text Text Eco Fight Space at Summit ............ 4 Declaration Indigenous Peoples of the World ........ 6 Italian Oil Co. 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The Mexico Declaration (Mexico! ............................ 28 Costa Rican Indians March (Costa Rica) ................... 29 Third Continental Meeting ( Panamaj ....................... 30 Calixta Gabriei,Caqchikel Maya ........ 31 Violence Against Mom Indians (Guatemala) ............ . Indian Women and 500 Years Resistance ........... . Ecuador Oil Campaign Meeting .............................. 36 Second Kuna Women's Conference ......................... 36 Amnesty !ntemational ............................................. 38 Man Killed in Dominican Republic ........................... 38 Peace & Dignity Journeys ....................................... 39 Page Mail: Oakland, Office: 1212 Broadway, #830 Oakland, California 94612 Phone: (51 OJ 834-4263 Fax: (51 0)-834-4264 Peacenet E-mail: saiic@igc.org 2 Director: Nilo Office Coordinator: Jim Freeman Office Assistant: Rosa Alegria Accounting: Quipus Radio Program Coordinator: Carlos Maibeth Design & Typesetting: Ei Andar Publications SAIIC Board of Directors Gina Pacaldo (San Carlos Chicana),Nilo Cayuqueo IMt:~roLICI'ltl'll-Aimen­ tinal, Carlos Maibeth (Miskito-Nicaragua), Wara Alderete (Calchaqui-Argentinalu Xihuanel Huerta (Chicanlndia), lucilene Whitesell (Amazonia Native-Brasil) Guillermo Delgado (Quechua-Bolivia) The SAIIC Newsletter (ISSN 1056-5876) is published four times per year and available an annual $15 personal membership, $25 for an organizational membership, or $3 at certain newstands. 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COVER ILLUSTRATION )oseMarwel Ticona , Aymora Winner of the poster contest 500 Ai'ios de Lucha Anticolonial MRTKL, Bolivia 1992 as a poster SAIIC SAIIC Newsletter � 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. 6, No. 4 (Fall 1992) (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 Contents Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper 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 1992 Zotero Title Contents Item Type Newspaper Article Attachment Title Vol. 6, no. 4 (2).pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Abstract Note Table of Contents Issue 4 Language English Pages 2 Publication Title SAIIC Newsletter Volume 6 Amazon Andes Indian Women Meso America Southern Cone https://www.abyayalanews.org/files/original/f9cc945b45e8b640ad5cac2f74dfdd07 c6f6070e520c7f863d61be7546317a7e 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. 6, no. 4 (29).pdf PDF Text Text Ruben Dar{o Peiwranda- Quechua, second prize, poster contest, "500 Aiios de Lucha Anticolonial". MRTKL, Bolivia, 1992 The national Hmnorogo Council, comprised of grassroots organizations representing all ofCosta Rica's indigenous communities, organized a great march on Aprill9, 1992 with the participation of 17 (of a total of 21) "Indian Reservations." The marchers who represented 6 Indian Nations from throughout Costa Rica, walked to the city of Buenos Aires de Puntarenas some walked for more than ten hours. In the Buenos Aires de Puntarenas district, four of the country's eight Indian Nations live in six "Indian Reservations." Approximately 1000 children, women, elderly, sutias & traditional leaders participated in the march. The marchers represented the Guaymi, Bribri, Cabecar, Maliku, Brukaj and Teribes Nations. The marchers called on the government, public and private institutions, and the general public to respect their historical rights to land and culture. Using banners & posters, each community identified its principal concerns, from which we have extracted the following: 1) Solution the land problem , by granting commu- Vol 6 Num 4 nal property titles and the means to produce them. 2) Constitutional recognition of the historic rights of the indigenous populations in the framework of a multicultural as well as a multinational state. 3)That the legislative assembly ratify the 169 Treaty of the International Labor Organization (ILO), which recognizes the rights of the indigenous population. 4) Stop permitting the exploitation of the natural resources in territories that belong 10 indigenous people. 5) No to the construction of the inter-oceanic highway on indigenous terri10ry, which we consider an aggression against nature and culture. 6) No to the construction of the Hydroelectric powerplantin Boruca, which would displace more than 40 indigenous and campesin.o communities. 7) Opposition to the negative and disrespectful politics of the National Commission of Indigenous Affairs, which is declared to be displeasing 10 all indigenous communities all over the country. 29 � 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 Costa Rican Indians March to Commemorate Day of the Native American (Costa Rica) Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Article Language A language of the resource English Zotero Title Costa Rican Indians March to Commemorate Day of the Native American (Costa Rica) Item Type Newspaper Article Attachment Title Vol. 6, no. 4 (29).pdf Attachment URL [No URL] https://www.abyayalanews.org/files/original/5db10504da097cd6e4d37e4ec8867e48.pdf 189d6f1cba5c03fbdb9034a8803c0bdb PDF Text Text Newsletter Vol6 No 4, Fall 1992 Price $3 � 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. 6, No. 4 (Fall 1992) (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 Cover Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper 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 1992 Zotero Title Cover Item Type Newspaper Article Attachment Title Vol. 6, no. 4 (1).pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Abstract Note Cover Issue 4 Language English Pages 1 Publication Title SAIIC Newsletter Volume 6 500 Years of Struggle A New Beginning https://www.abyayalanews.org/files/original/0e90df6c13a05bd9b573dcdf2bd88dd1 d643969eda8748bbf98c430040381ed6 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. 6, no. 4 (11-12).pdf PDF Text Text I (Brazil) September 10,1992. The current crisis in the Brazilian federal government has had strong repercussions on theYanomami. As all attention and activity is centered on the corruption scandal in Brasilia, government agency budgets are not being disbursed as planned. In a letter dated August 31 health workers employed by the National Health Foundation (FNS) in the state of Roraima to work in the Yanomarni Health District notified Waldir Joao Ferreira da Silva, the then FNS coordinator in Roraima who was just dismissed, of their withdrawal from the 17 health posts in the Yanomami area. In the letter, they cited dwindling resources to fly to areas affected by malaria (the team had 20 hours of flight time available as of September 1) and Brazilian delegates at the Rio conferencs. Photo SAliC lack of essential medicines, especially Mefloquina used to combat malaria - entirely unavailable in the Yanomami Health District (DSY) since the middle of August Equipmentrequested to spray the breeding grounds of malaria-bearing mosquitoes had not been provided and the incidence of malaria is increasing. There were more than 4,000 cases recorded in the last six months. In some places, more than half the population has died of the disease. Health workers and the Indians affected by diseases did not have adequate food supplies. Furthermore, large proportion of the Indians are too ill to plant their fields, affecting next year's food supply. The letter, signed by 13 of the DSY health workers, accuses the FNS of being slow and unwilling to meet health needs in the area. In the Casa do Indio in Boa Vol 6 Num 4 Vista, about half the 120patients are Yanomami, mostly malaria victims. At the beginning of September, there was only two weeks' supply of food left, provided by the Dutch branch ofMedecins sans Frontieres. The Casado Indio would be swamped with new patients if flights continued to bring in emergency cases from the Yanomamiarea. News reports noted that theYanomami were increasingly resistant to medical treatment which has been irregular, inadequate and therefore ineffective. The garimpeiros (miners) have not missed their chance, inciting the Yanomami to react against FUNAI andFNS staff. Some Yanomami invaded a post in Baixo Mucaja!, taking food and gasoline. The garimpeiros have supplied theYanomarni with food and guns as they invade the reserve once again. They now number about 2,000. Sydney Possuelo, the President of FUNAI, met with FUNAI regional administrators last month to ask for their support to work out a strategy to rescue the agency's work. Possuelo would like FUNAI to take back responsibility for Indian health care - given to the FNS two years ago when FUNAI' s work was decentralized. At stake is the disbursement over the Cr$90 billion allocated to the Ministry of Health for health work among the indigenous population. FUNAI, with a budget of Cr$870 million, is as strapped for funds as the National Health Foundation (FNS) whose funds are embargoed because of government expenditure cuts. After meeting regional administrators Possuelo visited Clio Bmja, the Minister of Justice, requesting that military helicopters be used to visit the most critical Yanomami areas. These visits will be carried out over a period of four days to remove emergency cases, investigate invasions by garimpeiros, and will probably lead to an evaluation that will provide the basis for further FUNAI lobbying to reassume responsibility for the health work. Dinarte Nobre de Madeiro, the former coordinator of the successful operation to remove garimpeiros prior Continued on page 12 11 j �I -from page 11 to demarcation of Yanomami land, visited the CommanderoftheArmedForcesintheAmazononSeptember 3 to ask for the helicopters to be released. Meanwhile, Possuelo is calling in FUNAI employees with health care training to work on an emergency basis in the Yanomami area. The aim of the DSY health workers in Roraima, all of them committed toYanomami rights, is to force the government to take responsibility for the work. There was some friction between the group and Waldir JoaoFerreiradaSilva, who has since been asked to leave his post after being appointed temporarily by the FNS in Brasilia as part ofa team that is investigating administrative irregularities of his predecessor. The DSY workers allege that he and the FNS in Brasilia were to blame for the situation because they did not provide necessary support for Yanomami health work, which continues to be critically important. Waldir's reputation among DSY health workers worsened when, at a meeting held in Manaus in July, he untactfully declared that any permanent appointee to his post would have to be approved by Roraima politicians. If this is so, the next appointment could be tragic for the Yanomami. The FNS in Brasilia is under constant pressure by congressmen from Roraima to accept their nominees to state-level posts, including the one which was occupied by Waldir. Sydney Possuelo ofFUNAI is against intervention by local governments in the appointment of officials who work with indigenous peoples. The President ofFNS, in a meeting with CCPY on August 25, gave assurances that until the investigation ends theadministratorwill be a career civil servant in the FNS. After the investigation, it will be necessary to make a permanent appointment of someone who understands the importance of the work done in the DSY and is at the same time capable of overseeing all FNS work in Roraima. The same Roraima political group has continued to be active in theYanomamiissue; the Di rio de Roraima reported that Chico Rodrigues, a federal deputy, had been told by President Collor that he would review the demarcation of the Yanomami area. Although this would be very difficult, the statement reflects the unwillingness of this political force to recognize Yanomami land rights. 12 SAIIC Newsletter � 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 Vol. 6, no. 4 (6).pdf PDF Text Text I ro E The following is Declaration #141 of the '92 Global Forum in Rio de Jeneiro. The Indians present at the Earth Summet were forced to express their views in this alternative Global Forum, as they were not allowed to completely participate in the official conference. #141 Declaration offudigenous Peoplesofthe World (June 7, 1992) We the Indigenous Peoples of the world, manifest our concern at this moment, when people from the whole planet are gathered here in Rio to discuss the direction of our lives, our planet Mother Earth and the future of our children and grandchildren. We manifest our concern because our voices, the voices of traditional peoples, are not being heard. At this moment, the governments ofthe rich nations are discussing how to exert even more control over the less favored nations. The global community of colonial states has been meeting with each other as First, Second and Third World powers. All are recognized members of the United Natious. The Indigenous Nations are primarily considered Fourth World and are excluded. The intent of the Earth Summit is to address the necessity of developing intergovernmental agreements and policies that shall move the global community of states into a sustainableyield relationship with the natural earth's resources and biospheres. All states should bind themselves to these agreements to protect the natural environment. However, throughout this process, the Indigenous Nations have been totally excluded from the formal proceedings, except in very narrow occasions in which the appearances have been more window dressing than respect for the sovereignty of Indigenous Nations. Indigenous Nations are in agreement. Our exclusion is colonial racism in all its institutional forms. The "State" governments that are significant participants in the Earth Summit process are the most powerful colonial governments in possession of Indigenous Lands, natural resources, territories and populations. To exclude Indigenous Nations helps assure those States' control of what they mutually classify as "domestic affairs." Their domestic policies, programs and governmental relationships with Indigenous Peoples result in our destruction. Statistics of the highest infant mortality, shortest lifeexpectancy, poorest health, highest poverty and so on, are reflectionsofthe injustices againstindigenousPeoples by State governments and societies enriched by the illegal takings and thievery. 6 0 1 1 E E Indigenous Peoples demand: "' our territory and lands be protected from external invasion and exploitation; "'our air, water and lands must remain free from pollution, poison and other contaminants. "' our individual human rights and freedoms are protected; "' our rights to self-governance is guaranteed; "' our rights to self-determination protected; "' our traditional, ceremonial and spiritual sovereignty; "' our right to control and govern over all foreign persons that shall enter our territory; "' our sovereignty over our language and culture; "' our sovereign control over all economic development of our land, resources, territory and peoples; "' our protection of all our sacred sites and objects; "'the freedom from being downwind of environmentally damaging, or poisoning activities of foreign individuals or corporations that impact the quality of air, water and lands; * our forests be protected as we Indigenous Peoples have always protected our forests, theanimaiswehunt, our fish, our mountains and our P AJES (spiritual .leaders) who live in the sacred places amidst our forests. "' that treaties, paid for by our people in land and blood, be honored by those nations which have prospered by these agreements. HOWEVER, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, Indigenous Nations want the integrity of our sovereignty respected. The Great Spirit has endowed the Indigenous Nations with the same rights as other member societies of the global community. The world must hear us. Not only have Indigenous Peoples been treated in token ways, but deliberate external influences have operated to divide us form one another. This "divide and conquer" ploy has come form many United Nation leaders. We should like to tell you this moment that our Indigenous spiritual leaders are watching over and observing how your spirit moves. We ask respect for the depths of the earth, home of the fierce spirits which guarantee the protection of all the people and life forms of the planet. We know this Earth Summit will sign the Fundamental Principles governing the destiny for the future (Agenda 21). We, Indigenous Peoples of the world, desire that this document be decisive in respecting the life of all the forest and Indigenous Peoples of the world. SAIIC Newsletter � 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. 6, No. 4 (Fall 1992) (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 Declaration of Indigenous Peoples of the World (Brazil) Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper 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 1992 Zotero Title Declaration of Indigenous Peoples of the World (Brazil) Item Type Newspaper Article Attachment Title Vol. 6, no. 4 (6).pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Abstract Note Declaration #141 of the '92 Global Forum in Rio de Janeiro Issue 4 Language English Pages 6 Publication Title SAIIC Newsletter Volume 6De Declaration #141 Declaration 141 Declaration of Indigenous Peoples Rio Rio de Janeiro https://www.abyayalanews.org/files/original/24014f61d8b726e34d9ea9618c003435 cca35edf00b58d28527d1e342dbcb79a 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. 6, no. 4 (10).pdf PDF Text Text I -from page 9 this provision, a foreign company files a patent application and takes hold of the Brazilian market for the benefit of its headquarters abroad, doing away with competition." In practice, it means the end of all development possibilities available to the domestic drug industry. What the Brazilian government is trying to do is precisely the opposite of what countries of the first world do, as they only recognize patents after qualifying their industries technologically and after providing them with adequate means of protection. The Indian peoples are surely being affected by this fight of giants, as the genetic bases located in their lands- particularly the ones located in Amazoniaare of fundamental importance to transnational drug The Demini region, served by a CCPY health team, has been one of the two loost affected by the departure of the FNS health workers, the other being Catrimani. Still, Dr. Deise Francisco, coordinator of the health team, reported that there are 12 new cases of malaria out of a population of 90 Yc:momami at the Demini Indian post, after months with no new cases. Mosquito breeding grounds in the area were identified by FNS entomologists but were not eradicated because of the shortage equipment and personnel. Source: Commission for lhe Ycmomami Park companies. To these peoples, the approval of the bill proposed by the Executive branch would mean the handing over of their knowledge on biodiversity to large cartels, which would save years of research and investment in the process. This is something that is already happening in other countries and represents one of the main goals of today's international economic policy. Countries such as the United States do not spare any efforts to make Third World countries adjust their patent laws to the needs of emerging transnational monopolies. For centuries Indian peoples have developed and preserved the knowledge they have on their natural resources, which are to be protected instead of becoming objects of patent protection or private appropriation. These peoples must be supported if they are to continue to preserve their knowledge and biodiversity, so that they may develop sustainable projects that can bring improvements to the quality of life of their communities without forcing them to destroy natural resources in order to survive. There are also peoples whose territories have been degraded as a result of the economic expropriation process. These areas must be recovered so that the quality of life of the communities which occupy them may be improved. This is a reality affecting Indian lands located in the Northeast, South, East and Center-West regions of Brazil. Together with steps aimed at protecting their biodiversity and knowledge, measures must be taken to ensure respect for the ethnic diversity of Indian peoples. Governments and the non-Indian society have traditionally despised the Indian logic in their handling of ecosystems. And this was the logic that ensured the self-sustainable nature of these societies and the preservation of the environment The private appropriation of these resources and know ledge, as provided for in the Bill on Industrial property, represents a blow against the interests of Indian peoples. Source: Indianist Missionary Council (CIMI) newsletter SAIIC Newsletter � 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. 6, No. 4 (Fall 1992) (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 Demini Health Project Sees Increase in Malaria (Brazil) Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper 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 1992 Zotero Title Demini Health Project Sees Increase in Malaria (Brazil) Item Type Newspaper Article Attachment Title Vol. 6, no. 4 (10).pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Abstract Note The Demini region of Brazil reported 12 new cases of Malaria out of a total population of 90. Issue 4 Language English Pages 10 Publication Title SAIIC Newsletter Volume 6 Brazil Demini Demini Health Project Malaria Yanomami