11 12 1190 https://www.abyayalanews.org/files/original/315176e159dd3119f5e9771fd4c8c8be.pdf 9fbd722d61473924e51bf1c57176f589 PDF Text Text EDITORIAL State borders, rather than cultural borders, are one of the largest obstacles blocking Indigenous peoples from communicating, working together and reinvigorating our cultures. For this reason, we have dedicated this edition to publicizing Indigenous thinking and discussion on nation-state border issues. The 1995 war between Peru and Ecuador has rekindled interest in this ongoing debate. Reminiscent of the formative nineteenth-century nation-state independence wars in Latin America, this recent war is a bloody conflict between nation-states fought with Indigenous lives. Twentieth-century examples of similar situations include the 1932-1935 Chaco War between Paraguay and Bolivia which took 40,000 Indigenous lives, the so-called Soccer War in 1968 between El Salvador and Honduras, the never-ending strife on the Colombian-Venezuelan border, and the hardships which the Miskitu people in Nicaragua and Honduras and the Kuna Nation in Panama and Colombia have endured. European colonizers first, and then American States, delineated borders. Outsiders divided the continents' geographical space and states, provinces, departments, municipalities, and counties replaced cultural territories of Indigenous origin . The Spanish Crown, after decimating and exploiting Indigenous peoples, decided to give some territorial rights through the systems of "Mercedes lndivisas," "Cedulas Reales," and other communal rights. Indigenous peoples exercized autonomous rights to those territories. However, after the Criollo (descendants of Spaniards) elites expelled the Spanish monarchy in the so-called War of Independence, they took away those territorial rights, and imposed on Indigenous peoples a new ideology of "citizenship." Indigenous peoples were forced to enroll in the Criollo Independence Army. Needless to say, they were used as cannon fodder. The new governing elites decided that it was their turn to rule the vast territory which is today America. The Criollo elites reshaped, according to their individual interests, what today are considered the Latin American states. Indigenous peoples were not consulted to evaluate that process. With our populations decimated, borders were imposed on us, subdividing our Indigenous nations. Although the decline of the Spanish empire and the emergence of the Criollo elite ushered in the recognition of some of our own traditional territory, Indigenous "uprisings" throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries were constant reminders of the denial of our immemorial rights to our own territories which we have occupied for thousands of years. New legal systems based on individualistic Roman judiciary tenets contradicted the collective cultures of Indigenous peoples. Today, the Latin American states continue to deny and ignore Indigenous peoples' conception of justice and government. Today, the Indigenous movements demand to be heard. It is important that throughout this Decade of Indigenous Peoples our different conceptions of political rights to self-determination and autonomy be reexamined. Our cultural practices and our reproduction as collectives requires having control over our territories. We are more conscious about the need to be heard as "collective entities." Indigenous peoples' demands need to be heard and met by new rules that cannot be defined by westem laws and cultures. It is imperative that governments and societies recognize our rights as distinct and original peoples of the world. Borders are but one of several obstacles we face as Indigenous peoples. Each demarcated border line has been created by the process of colonization and violence against Indigenous nations. Whether domestic or international, borders bear the same colonial logic. Ultimately, they mean our demise. In light of this fact, the articles in this issue will update the tremendous pressures we must face due to anachronistic colonial legal structures, by now obsolete, that deny us our rights as original Indigenous peoples. SAIIC Board of Directors 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. 9, no. 1 (Spring 1995) 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 Editorial Type The nature or genre of the resource Journal Article Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource SAIIC Board of Directors Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Spring, 1995 Language A language of the resource English English Zotero Title Editorial Item Type Journal Article Author SAIIC Board of Directors Volume 9 Issue 1 Pages 3 Publication Title Abya Yala News: Journal of the South and Meso American Indian Rights Center (SAIIC) ISSN 1071-3182 Date Spring, 1995 Language English Abstract Note Since the Spanish conquest, state borders have burdened, repressed, and alienated indigenous peoples from North, Central, and South America. This issue deals specifically with indigenous interpretations and actions to fight against violence, oppression, and development in their territories. Attachment Title Editorial.pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Autonomy borders Criollo European conquest Spanish conquest Territory https://www.abyayalanews.org/files/original/84b792af98ca5fdd2d0dfd3e4ccfb8df.pdf 6e52c0c12fc5e4a24f7607f8c42bdf6d PDF Text Text D I TORI AL. The year 1993 (Gregorian year) is behind us. ln different ways and for different neasons, great expoetations were created because it was said that this yw would be beneficial for Indigenous people. ln the fmt place, the United Nations declared 1993 the "Year of the World's Indigenous Peoples". The yw was conceived to provide a platform so that consciousness, sensibility, and human rights to favor Indigenous Peoples would be created throughout tbe world. Nation-stales reacted positively to tbis call, but ~e.-repairs to oppression and discrimination have seldom benefited o~r peoples. In truth, we can affirm that no signifiCallt fact o~c rep3!l! i5>n is concrete. If this would be true, there would have been some advances in J Indigenous legislation, commitrnents o CSJabl· h di~ alit fuJ1.he~ (o~ogicil conservation and economic implementationon z Indigenous Territories. ;AI \~ ? ' ~ The World Bank and the Intern Development Bank, after sgonsoring <tceadc{bf ~ironmental destruction, accompanied by genocide and ethnoeide, have only receatly decided to invite lndif~ representativefui \~ dial~es. These banks have offered some " economic support and technical ~bu ~ ere is noguarantte lhat'illey;vill stop fundingde&liuctivc ~je<:ts on Indian areas. The United t' =~~eloproentProg13111prOmised~j;,rtproje<:~~~i?,nofbiodive:~teiJCC)tualrightsoflndigenouspeoples' Indeed, aU of these can be ~"'{ ~e. How er, thM·~~teeJ!!!!.!W ,s: ag;kmeo~ proposals, and proje<:ts wiU be implemented under conditions of "!luality ~d !1'.\'tualrcspoe~ i.e.witb-i~_:9.'Uprticipati01f~f J.!)digenous peoples in the decision making or implementation process. There is alSo no gueie<: Indigenous TerritOries and natural r~ees within bose territories will be respected. that The Indigenous fund, created by the ~e ents of Bolivia and MexiOO has only~n.,rntified byfi~e or six governments even though it has beenwidely publicized. What isev~worsc, is h~paii";CI~tionby-au~~~njZaltons in thedecision-maki.ngprocess and not one Indigenous women's orga$ization h~ invited even thoug,. there man~~')/ Re<:ently, the United Nati<>ns has~ t~of Indigenous P!'OPICS, from 1994-2004 to beip, among other things, to disseminate information (education) regarding Indi~ us P~~ resolutio~ bowev~, does not rellect" the full participation of the Indigenous Peoples in the activities of the Decade. It ~~Ued · ew P~ec;M>"-tbat bad ibeOretically begun in 1992 has already ended, ~ for it has not been mentioned anywhere. ~ '~ ~ !} Despite cunrent processes of dernocra tion in Jftin Ameri~ assacres, ~ression, assassinations of Indigenous representatives, and endless waiting for territorial demarcation ~laws, ~ntinued to the end of tbe Year t e w id~ndigenous Peoples. We must print for the record, tbe massacre of the Yanomami in ~· theK ~aninka ~e in t~o'!>eruvian~n, tlie assassination ofa Macuxi leader in Brazil and several Indigenous peoples of theF i'Itures fOUifd in Gua~m~a. ~inations ~ve also ~en place in Colombia and repression in Ecuador and Panama does not escapeoy eo.lbm: In~qilc, 11w{Mapuche ~pie were tmp~ 1,and continue to be prOS<X:uted. Similarly, ' when it comes to Territorial Demarcatk>n, t'U'USI pqjnt out the Macu~ ~I) o~tbe ~ea Ra~.Serra do Sol and the military strategies used to intimidate them, as well asJhe ~~~~ilizatiqn of 125 Mocovi lndi~'\Qusl,o~nities against the "Law of Indigenous c Communities" approved by the gove.OOr ~santa" 1;''9, 1\r~ntina.pe liSt <jf eount~es that.have -qolated, intimidated and refuted the rights of Indigenous peoples continues to grow1All ~hJ dei1)o~trilles tha~ in ~raetiec, !be& oontiDues to'be violations and denial of ancestral Rights of Indigenous Peoples. The publicized WOdj q>n!ere.l& Human Rights of t.berUoited Nations in Vienna (1993), bad no significant ' anainments. "'-. I II! 4 It is important to emphasize, as a positiveoutcomeof]hisco~tintiOOS continentafand world struggle oflndigenous Peoples, that we have advanced nationally, regionally, continentally, and globally. The Second Continental Encounter of Indigenous Peoples organized by CONIC, ' ~! , tbe "Coordinadora de Naciones, Pueblos y Organizaciones lndfge®S ije\ Continente", last October, marked a historical milestone in the consolidation of continental unity, organization, self~riticis"j:. and P/?~itional political position. The hopes and yearning for a 1rue year of justice, peace, and hannony l' r our people is the wish of the entire Continental Indigenous o Community. With thesegoals in mind, we are building community, IoJkiDg to ibe future, and taking ftnn steps to voice our continental demands. are 1 1 'f tn • Peace, JUStice, and Harmony with Mother Earth SAIIC Board ofDireclors VO L 7 NO.3 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. 7, nos. 3-4 (Fall/Winter 1993) 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 Editorial Type The nature or genre of the resource Journal Article Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource SAIIC Board of Directors Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Fall and Winter 1993 Language A language of the resource English English Zotero Title Editorial Item Type Journal Article Author SAIIC Board of Directors Volume 7 Issue 3,4 Pages 3 Publication Title Abya Yala News: Journal of the South and Meso American Indian Rights Center (SAIIC) ISSN 1071-3182 Date Fall and Winter 1993 Language English Abstract Note An editorial highlighting developments in the indigenous community during the year of 1993. Attachment Title editorial.pdf Attachment URL [No URL] saiic Second Continental Encounter of Indigenous Peoples World Conference on Human Rights of the United Nations Year of the World's Indigenous Peoples https://www.abyayalanews.org/files/original/4d8013be6270c6faa5fb731e39b76989.pdf e1fd90e34572f4a8dafb472d10867b40 PDF Text Text SAIIC News from SAIIC he Indigenous movemem has grown immensely over the last decade. and the problems facing Indigenous people are as diverse and pressing as ever. In acknowledgment of lndigcnouspeoplcs'shiflingpolitical,economic and ecological realities, our informalion dissemination and networking activities have focused on supponing Indigenous organizing for territorial, environmental and human rights. vVe have also been busy improving our internal organizational srructurestOenable us to use limited resources most efficiently. Being located in the US puts us in the privileged position to effectively distribute information. offer technical support and act as a communication link for lndigenousorganiuuiOllS. We do not try in anyway todefineorshape the decisions of I ndigcnous communitics because that power legitimately corresponds to the people's grassl'OOl5 organizations. Our role is to give those T organizations and conununitiesa voice here in the US and internationally. Since january I this year. we have turned muchauention to the situation in Chiapas. Mexico. The peoples of this region. which was bypassed by the first Zapatista revolution of 1917. may finally have the possibility to shape their own destiny. Outsiders have ahva}<S sought to impose their prioritics on the Maya of Chiapas. Now Indigenous peopksare fighting to take their destiny into their own hands. SAilC offers support tO the many lnd,igenous organizations in the state engaged in this struggle, as well as to thestatewidecounciltheyhave formed with campcs\no organizations. Through networ\<ing. publishing information, and makiog our voices heard at events, confe<enccs and meet- ings across the world. we are working to advocate for Indigenous peoples on other important issues as well. Board voi.8No.l &2 member Alejandro Argu.m edo has actively pursued refonns in the International Biodiversity Convention. Wara Alderete also on the SAIIC board. is active in work relating tO Indigenous peoples' health care and respect for traditional systems of healing. Board member Guillermo Delgado continues to participate in the development and organizing efforts of AlPIN. the first Imernational Associ at ion of Indigenous Press. With the assistance of the lndiansk Mediaseme•· in Oslo. SAIIC has been providing fresh news OJl Indian issues to support organizations in Europe. SAIIC is pleased to have been able to help build the Abya Yala Fund. and to have hosted its founding meeting (see ' Abya Yala Fund formed' in this issue). SAIIC's Visitors & Exchange program continues to coordinate or otherwise assist in visits and speaking tours by Indigenous representatives. Most recent!}'· Araceli Burguete, research coordinator for the Independent Indian People's Front of Mexico, made a tremendous impact during her California tour educating the public about the conflict in Chiapas from the perspectiveof Indigenous organizations work· ing there. We were also fortunate tO share in coordinating a joint solidarity tOur of Indigenous leaders Leonardo Viteri and Hector Villa. il from Pastaza m Ecuador, as well as three representatives of COLPU!'vLALI.·· the regional Maya organization in Chiapas. jorge Matamoros. Miskiro sociologist from Nicaragua presemed information on the situation on theAtlantic Coast here. Last year, Rosa Jalja from the Coordinating Commission of Indigenous Women in Bolivia and Atencio Lopez. Secretat)' of the Kuna Nation, provided inspiration.and advice at SA liC's Board Retreat ip M.ountain Wolf. Califomia and gave presentalions,tlnoughout the country. Finally, we were honored to have Mapuche elder Jose Luis Huilcaman here fora short time in November. The l'ord Foundation recently reponed that less than l/10 of l percent offoundat ion assets go to Native AmeriC.1nflndigenous programs. This report has helped shape efforts to increase our base of support among individuals and institutions as both donors and as subscribers lO this quarterly journal. Support from the General Service Foundation has allowed us to spend concerted ime and altention on our organiza· tiona! needs and plan (or fuwre work. ln the process, we have spent a considerable amount of time ex'j)anding and streamlining our computerized database. Two public awareness campaigns arc planned for this year. one targeting individuals and one targeting foundations. One of SAIIC's goals is "To communicate the Indigenous perspective tO policy and funding institutions whose work affects Indigenous people.• We have therefore designed a mailing to foundations designed to raise their a'vareness of indigenous issues. thereby. hopefully increasing the amount of support that goes to lndigenousorganizations. We want to thank all of you who have hung in there with us throughout the years, despite the. at times, sporadic nature of our conur1u· nications. It has been hard for us to focus in the midst of so many pressing issues facing our brothers and s isters in the South. We, however have never forgouen our supporters in the North. We are very grateful to the individuals and fonndations that have supponed us, including: john D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Foundation for Deep Ecology. Public Welfare foun· dation, The Tides Foundation, Public Media Center, VictOria Ward , JeffrC)' Bronfman, Maya Miller, Rosa Alegria and BillyTrice,Jr. MuchlsimasGracias 4l � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Vol. 8, nos. 1 &amp; 2 (Summer 1994) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource News from SAIIC Type The nature or genre of the resource Journal Article Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource SAIIC Board of Directors Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Summer 1994 Language A language of the resource English English Zotero Title News from SAIIC Item Type Journal Article Author SAIIC Board of Directors Volume 8 Issue 1,2 Pages 43 Publication Title Abya Yala News ISSN 1071-3182 Date Summer 1994 Language English Abstract Note SAIIC draws attention to a few areas of interest that occupied recent months and this issue of Ayba Yala including the Zapatista uprising, advocacy for indigenous issues, noted people who have recently educated people in the US on indigenous peoples throughout the world, and future efforts to reach more people with news about and by indigenous peoples. Attachment Title abya yala p43.pdf Attachment URL [No URL] indigenous news saiic https://www.abyayalanews.org/files/original/164804cc07b90e9377e56c9e904ca991.pdf 47840346123a544ca703057c86bb9c77 PDF Text Text ORGANIZATION CONIC Preparatory Meeting in Bolivia The provisional council of the Co· ordinating Committee of Indigenous Nations and Organizations of the continem held its planning meeting for the upcoming continental encounter in Chuquiagu (La Paz), Bolivia from May 11-4. The Coordinating Comminee of Indigenous Women of Bolivia hosted this meeting. At CON lC's last continemal encounter held at Temoaya , Mexico in 1993, participants decided to hold a consti· tutive congress in October 1994 in Guatemala, and to fonn a Provisional Council to plan this congress. Delegates from the Southern Cone.Andean region, Central and Nonh America elaborated proposed bylaws at this meeting. and have sent these along with a declaration of principles and objectives to all CONIC members. The coming congress in Guatemala was set for the I0 -14 of October and will be hosted b)' the Council of Maya organizations of Guatemala (see calender be· low). All member organizations will be anending, and may also invite up to three additional organizations from their region. & COMMUNICATION Ngulam--Consejo de Toe/as Las Tierras. based in rcciprocit)'; solidarity and Mar<iflores 1326, Casilla 448, Temuco, equality; and plurinational democracy. Chile. Fori>ifonnation: CONAl£, Las Granados 2553 y 6 de Diciembre, Casi/111 17- li1235, Quito, Ecuador, Tel: (593-2) Indigenous News Agency 248930 Fax: (593-2) 44271 email begins Publishing The International Indian Press ccc@ccnaie.ec Agency (Al PIN) began wiring news relating to Indigenous nations and or· Ashaninka Women Begin ganizations of the continent through Organizing for Self-Sufficiency Many Ashaninka have been forced the IPS network last january. Genaro Buatista, Mixtec journali st a nd to Oee their homes by conOicts be· Natividad Gutierrez are the acting co· tween the military and the Sendero ordinators in Mexico City. All lndig· Luminoso Guerilla movement. enous journalists are invited to submit i\shaninka women are searching for reports to AlPIN, by fax (525) 761· solutions to the critical lack of food, 8573. The reports are published over clothing. and health care facing their the wire every week and arc accepted families. Following the First t\shaninka every Wednesday until 6:00pm. sub· Summit in November-December of missions should be a maximum of300 1993, an ' Ashaninka Mothers' Club" words, approximately 60 lines of text. was formed with the goal of carrying out projects to meet basic needs in the Central Forest region of Peru. AccordCONAIE National Congress ing to club leader, Lucila Arce Salcedo, Approves National Policy the traditional Ashaninka economy Statement which was based on self-sufficient ag· From the 15·18 of December last ricuhure, hunting and fishing has been year. CONAIE celebrated its fourth serious!)' impacted in recent years by national congress in the town ofUni6n the arrival of colonist, Sendero Base, Puyo in the Amazon Region. The Luminoso activity, logging and most Congress approved CONAIE's •Politi· recently the activities of oil companies cal Project' , a document which out· such as Shell and Mobil. lines the organization's national politi· The Mothers' organization is there· cal strategy. According to CONAIE fore working to develop sewing and president Luis Macas this project 'will cooking industries to helpsuppon their be a guide £or the construction of a families with cash incomes. lf success· more just, plurinational and ful. this project will benefit 500 pluricultual state and for the recogni· t\shaninka families. Next,they hope to tion of the Indigenous people and the begin a home for children who have poorest secwrs of the country.' , and been orphaned during the wave of proposes solutions to the problems of violence. Arce Salcedo reports that land distribution, housing, industrial· approximately 2.000 children in the izarion, health. unemployment, segre- communities of Provincia de Satipo. gation and discrimination. Punor Ocopa, Rio Ene. and Rio Tambo According toCONAIE, the project's are orphans in their communities Jiv. proposals are based on the fundamen- ing in various stages of malnutrition, tal principalsof the Indigenous peoples, sickness and poverty. especially. an integral humanism which for infonnation or to send aid: l<alia recognizes that the close relationship Torrelli. 4015 Rhod11 Ave., Oalllaru/, Ct\ between people and nature is what 94602, Tel: (510) 482·4682 Fax: (510) Fourth Session of Mapuche Tribunai--Wallmapu Norngulamtuwum--Held in Temuco, Chile. From the28·29ofMarch J994, the Mapuche organization Auld" Wallmapu Ngulam (Consejode Todas las Tierras--All Lands Council) held their annual meeting, focusing on refOiming the Chilean State and self· determination for the Mapuche. The Cotmcil issued several resolmions rejecting Chile's "Indigenous Law• ( Law # 19.2553) as serving the Chilean state, but not the Indigenous population. Many specific changes were recommended. For information : ilul>i>l \Vallmapu guarantees us life: communitarianism 421-4758 40 />bya Yala News � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Vol. 8, nos. 1 &amp; 2 (Summer 1994) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Organization & Communication Type The nature or genre of the resource Journal Article Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource SAIIC Board of Directors Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Summer 1994 Language A language of the resource English English Zotero Title Organization & Communication Item Type Journal Article Author SAIIC Board of Directors Volume 8 Issue 1,2 Pages 40 Publication Title Abya Yala News ISSN 1071-3182 Date Summer 1994 Language English Abstract Note List of events by indigenous organizations and important milestones for the hemisphere-wide indigenous community. Attachment Title abya yala p40.pdf Attachment URL [No URL] CONAIE CONIC Preparatory Meeting International Indian Press Agency (AIPIN) Mapuche Tribunal Women https://www.abyayalanews.org/files/original/21cf249ff6ff7c6cfdf203e27de85e0a.pdf 24846cfb4d3460f22ba32f74e9b59fd5 PDF Text Text BOOKS w~4£H~MJ' Much Work Ahead for Indigenous Historians here are few texts in which indigenous voices speak for themselves. This historiography srill needs to be wriuen by both men and women of Abya Yala. Until today our histO\Y has been oral. Generally, our voices have been recorded in colonial languages, which in effect. are translations. Our own literature, should be caustic, in regard to those texts which have relegated us to being objws of study. Maybe those who objectify us forget that we can read their accounts. Here is a sample of three relevam texts: Tlte Elder Brothers: A lose South Anwican People and rheir· Wisdom (1990) by Alan Ereira; War of Slraclows( 1991) by Michael Brown and Eduardo Femandez; Indigenous Voices (1992) b)•Roger Mood)•. In contraposirion, we can t!nd texts (e.g., Taraqu written by the A)•mara historian Carlos Mamani Condon in 1991) that have been written by indigenous people themselves. presenting a T Ntwsfrom NATIVE CALIFORNIA ''An ins"id_ view of the Califomia fndian world• e A unique quarterly magazine devoted to Indian people of California, Ncwf. /reM Native California contains anicl~ on social, environmental, and political issues written by Na· tivc Californians and those close to the California Indian community. As a special service, Nnosfrom Natiw California would like w ofrcr a special rate on new subscriptions: one year (fou r issues) for $12.50 (or $22.00 outSide the U.S.). To take advantAge of this offer, send your name, mailing addre$S, phone number, and a check for$12.50 (or $22.00 in U.S. ctln'C()C)', check, or money order issued by a U.S. bank) to' News fro,. Naffvt Cnlifornia, P.O. Box 91 45, Berkeley, CA 94709. fo r more infom> 3tion, call (510) 849-0177. Vo1.8No. l &2 different voice. Ereira's book is a good example of "colonial anguish". We do not believe that indigenous peoples' stntgglescan be understood until colonial attitudes are abandoned when facing indigenous cultures. In his account. Ereira "be· comes' rhe spokesperson for the Kogi people of the Sierra of Santa Mana in Colombia. In very few pages can we hear tl1c Kogi's own voices. Instead, the author-historian basically presents his own saga which coincides with those of the Kogi. who are a living example of what Europe and the United States call 'ecological susrainability'. This book does, however, illustrate the constant threats experienced by the Kogi, and their efforts ro live ham1oniously with naLure. Michael Brown and Eduardo Fernandez's book documents the guerrilla phenomenon in f>en•. describing the Ashaninka Indigenous tribe's experiences as they struggle to win a fight that is not theirs. The heroes in this account are the guerrillas and the authors themselves. The Ashaninkas' voices arc barely heard throughout the book. The text should be considered as a history of the sixties and seventies of Pert>, but not of the Ashaninkas, except as victims of the political left and right, the missionaries, the government and the armed forces. Moody's Indigenous Voices is a collection of indigenous texts. Moody takes advantage of the demands published by Indigenous leaders in the Working Group of the United Nations, and decided to compile them into a book. Moody's project is highly questionable given that the texts printed were all produced by indigenous nations, yet there is not a single instance in the book in which the Indigenous con· tribmors were invited ro participate in the editing process. In a world where publications are the equivalent of business cards. indigenous peoples are once again objects of the text, rather than subjects capable of articulating our own ideas. In contrast to the above texts is Mamani Condori's Taraqu, which is one of the first texts produced by an Aymara historian. He sraned by studying docurnems related to rheAymara territories. In an eloquent job. Tar(J{p' presents the Aymaras' voices. who are thus the text1S ultimate owners. This text shows more than ever, that it is imperative for the nation-stares ro recognize the Aymara as the legimitare caretakers of their territory and halt the abusesdirectedagainsrthem. Mamani Condori is a member of the Andean Oral History Workshop in Chuquiyawu, Kollasuyo. in Bolivia. 'I!) 39 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Vol. 8, nos. 1 &amp; 2 (Summer 1994) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Whose History? Much Work Ahead for Indigenous Historians Type The nature or genre of the resource Journal Article Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource SAIIC Board of Directors Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Summer 1994 Language A language of the resource English English Zotero Title Whose History? Much Work Ahead for Indigenous Historians Item Type Journal Article Author SAIIC Board of Directors Volume 8 Issue 1,2 Pages 39 Publication Title Abya Yala News ISSN 1071-3182 Date Summer 1994 Language English Abstract Note Though there are histories and stories written about indigenous peoples, rarely do those stories place the indigenous groups at the forefront, rather favoring the outsider's encounter with and reaction to the people. The author reviews two books about indigenous people written in a colonial manner and a counterpoint of a book written about the Aymara written by an Aymara historian. Attachment Title abya yala p39.pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Aymara Indigenous histories https://www.abyayalanews.org/files/original/2f2971befbc1b2649d38e0e07d5d618c.pdf 70bacd71b280d5d3ef182d6ea997ca76 PDF Text Text URGENT ACT IONS State of Emergency Declared in Ecuador: Reports of I 5 Indigenous Activists Killed cuadorian President SLxto Duran-Ballen declared a State of Emergency on june 21 and the following day gave the militmy sweeping powers to •restore order• throughout the country. Indigenous organizations led by the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE) are blockading roads and demonstnning to demand the govemmem revoke the new agricultural development law. The military has surrounded CONAIE offices and are seeking arrest of the organization's leaders who are now in hiding. Increased repression is feared. The Ecuadorian government ignored repeated calls by CONAJE and popular organizations for national consultations on proposed agricultural bills. Instead it swiftly approved new legislation on june 13. President DuranBallen claims the new law will modernize the country's agricultural sector. Indigenous organizations called the law unconstitutional, stating that it will destroy their agricultural economy, threaten Indigenous systems of land tenure, and drive thousands to immigrate to city slums in search of work. Today. the country's constitutional court ruled the new law to be unconstitutional. but observers think the government may ignore this ruling. CONAIE organized a massive "Mobilization for Life' to demand the law be revoked. The mobil.ization has nearly paralyzed nine of 21 Ecuadorian provinces. This is the fourth nationwide mobili.zation led by CONAIE since the well-known Indian uprising in 1990. In a gesture that was both symbolic and concrete, CONAIE has stalled the flow of agricultural goods to several cities. The govemmem Stated that three year sentences would be given to those protesters who disobe)'ed the state of emergency. CONAl E responded, "The decision of our grassroots is to remain where they are until the law is repeated. If all the dimensions of the conOict are taken into account, the imposition of a state of emergenC)' is a virtual declaration of war against the Indigenous people and the majority of the country.• E 38 Five Indigenous protesters have been killed in the highlands, and there are unconflm1cd reports that 10 people were killed by police while peacefully blocking a road to an oil well in Lago Agrio in the t\mazon. The number of those injured and detained is unknown. A radio station in Latacunga belonging to the Catholic Church was occupied and ransacked by security forces. and one of the staff detained. Protesters have been harassed and threatened for the last two weeks. and tensions are extremely high. On june 20. after two weeks of protest, the government invited Indigenous organizations to negotiations. but broke off talks the next day. lndigenot\S organizations demand that the agricultural law be revoked before negotiating the shape of new legislation. The government would agree only to modifying the new law. CONAIE and the environmental group Accion Ecologica point out that the new law promotes privatization of communal properties, fails to recognize Indigenous systems and concepts of land tenure as legitimate, and will promote agroindustry and livestock grazingat the ex-pense of small farmers who now account for 75% of the country's agricultural production. -t Please send lettet'S to President Duran BaUen urging the Ecuadorian governmem to negotiate a peaceful resolution to tbe conflict, tO immediately halt repression directed against CONAIE and other Indigenous groups and to respect Indigenous organizations' just demands. Sixto Duran Ballen. Presidente del Ecuador. Palacio Presic!encial. Carcia Moreno. 1043, Quito-Ecuador Fax: (593-2) 580 73.5 with copies to: Luis Macas, Presidenrc CONAIE, Av. Granados 2553, Casilla 17-17-1235, Quiro-Ecua<li>r Fax: (593-2) 442271 !'Wya Yala News � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Vol. 8, nos. 1 &amp; 2 (Summer 1994) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource State of Emergency Declared in Ecuador: Reports of 15 Indigenous Activists Killed Type The nature or genre of the resource Journal Article Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource SAIIC Board of Directors Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Summer 1994 Language A language of the resource English Zotero Title State of Emergency Declared in Ecuador: Reports of 15 Indigenous Activists Killed Item Type Journal Article Author SAIIC Board of Directors Volume 8 Issue 1,2 Pages 38 Publication Title Abya Yala News ISSN 1071-3182 Date Summer 1994 Abstract Note The Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE) and other organizations protest new laws by the Ecuadorian putting agroindustry and livestock grazing above small farmers making a living off the land. Fifteen have been killed by police forces and others during the protests Attachment Title abya yala p38.pdf Attachment URL [No URL] CONAIE Ecuador Indigenous assassination land rights https://www.abyayalanews.org/files/original/bb249f6f5dece116cc39153eee19a834.pdf 2a07fb6e594ca695f946679c7b1b0fe5 PDF Text Text URGE NT ACTIONS Emergency Support Needed! Paez People left Homeless, Injured, Orphaned by Earthquake in Southwestern Colombia ighteen Indigenous communi tics disappeared beneath tons of mud and rock after a massive earthquake registering 6.3 on the Richter scale struck northern Colombia's remote Cauca region which is inhabited primarily by Indigenous people. The quake struck on june 6, with its epicenter close to the town of Toribio, releasing a series of debris slides and flooding of the Paez and Moros rivers. The list of dead, disappeared and injured grows daily. Indigenous organizations report that government aid to the sun~vors has been slow and totally insufficient, and that many injured have not received treatment and that people are dying from infection . Official calculations.acknowledge857 deathsand close to 15,000 injured, but there is no precise information on the number of victims or the conditions or the survivors. A leader of the Vi taco Indigenous E reserve site of a major avalanche, claimed that at least half of the 4,000 Indigenous inhabitants ofthis locality had been buried. The National System for Prevention and Attention to Disasters announced that •given the magnitude or the quake' aftershocks, new rock slides could fall from the Nevado del liuila (mountains! which could cause increases in the Paez river's levels." In turn this could result in the flooding of more communities. On the 9 of june. the affected communities were again panVoi. SNo. l &2 icked by tremors with intensities vary- diction within the disaster area. ing from 4.0 to4.8on the Richter scale. Emergency aid provided by ColomONIC's Executive Committee bians and international organizations and theRegional lndigenousCounhas been essential in sa'~ng hundreds cil of Cauca (CRIC) is urgently international aid and solidarity. ln of unprotected Indigenous people's order to send information regardlives. However, the National Indigenous Organization of Colombia ing the possibilities for support in this state of emergency communi(ON IC) calls for individuals and agencies to take into account, not only the cate with CRIC at Fax: 928immediate situation, but also the com233893. munities future. or particular conDonations can be s ent directly cern has been a campaign, promoted by portions of the national press, for to the ONIC bank account in the adoption of Indigenous children Colombia: by people outside the region . This is an attack on the autonomy for which InBANCO DE BOGOTA, Cuenca No. digenous communities have struggled 051-06327-9, DAMNIFICADOS for years. Additionally, ONIC is conINDIGENAS DEL CAUCA-ONIC. cerned with the process of resettling those who have been displaced from Or in the US, to: their land, stating, "land isn't just a material element, but the essence or ABYA YALA FUND. their cultures". c/o Tides Foundarion, Its recovery has cost many lives, as well DAMNIFICADOS INDIGENAS as much pain and suffering. Now, the DEL CAUCA-Colombia, 1388 displaced people find themselves set Surrer Sr. JO floor, San Francisco back to step one. Delimitation or new CA 94109 Indigenous reserves is urgently needed. Its also critical to urge governments who are supplying aid that these funds be channeled through Indigenous organizations in a way that establishes a true network of solidarity with the affected communities. The Colombian government has been slow to recognize Indigenous organizations juris- 37 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Vol. 8, nos. 1 &amp; 2 (Summer 1994) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Emergency support Needed! Paez People left Homeless, Injured, Orphaned by Earthquake in southwestern Colombia Type The nature or genre of the resource Journal Article Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource SAIIC Board of Directors Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Summer 1994 Language A language of the resource English English Zotero Title Emergency support Needed! Paez People left Homeless, Injured, Orphaned by Earthquake in southwestern Colombia Item Type Journal Article Author SAIIC Board of Directors Volume 8 Issue 1,2 Pages 37 Publication Title Abya Yala News ISSN 1071-3182 Date Summer 1994 Language English Abstract Note A 6.3 earthquake destroyed communities in northern Colombia killing hundreds and injuring thousands. Government aid to survivors is slow, SAIIC is asking for aid to send to those in need while thinking not only of the immediate need but those of the communities' future. Attachment Title abya yala p37.pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Cauca Colombia natural disaster ONIC https://www.abyayalanews.org/files/original/5f5525910f2eb385b13866e6e886a5cf.pdf 69a2eed7c6187abfbf60bb3c81e4427e PDF Text Text HUMAN RIGHTS Wave of Violence in Colombia takes Heavy Toll on Indian Leaders he Indigenous communities of Colombia have not escaped the alamling levels or violence registered in this country in the last few years. Man)' Indigenous communities have suffered the aftemlath of a lingering and irrelevant war between the army and guerrilla groups: 01hers. have been victims or the unrelenting struggle for land rights. The securit)' forces generally see Indigenous people as poten· tial guerrilla collaborator and have directed arbitral)' deten· ·s, tions. tortures. dis.."l.ppcar3ncesal'ld murders against them. In addition to preexisting ~~nd struggles. Indigenous efforts to exerclse rights under the new constitUlion, especially admin istnuion of government funds, have drawn violem opposillon from traditional power groups. This )'ear se''eral cases have been added to the already long list of crimes against the Indigenous population of Colombia. Assassination in Southern Colombia Amnesty International re· pons that, the body or well· known Indigenous leader Laureano lnampue was found in 1he San juan River on May 6. near his home in the G«achucallndigenous reserve in the department of Narino. According to wimc;sses. he was vio· lemly removed from his home b)' heavily armed men in military uniform. His captors claimed the)' were detaining him for interrogation by the local battalion's commander. Family members were unable to obtain any infonnation regarding his whereabouts from local amhorities. He was found dead a day later. h)ampue had been threatened previously because or his work to recover Indigenous lands. Senu Activists Killed in Land Struggle Three Senu Indigenous activists, Clemente Mendoza, Hernando Solano and Fernando Alvarez Conde. were mur· de red during the momhs of February and March in Northern Colornbia in the community of Ascrradero. Municipality of Purisima. Department of Cordoba. According to local reports. they were engaged in attempts 10 recover lands of the Gran Resguardo de San Andres de Sotavento through a land title given by the Spanish crown three cemuries ago. ''Tireless" Activist Killed in Tolima On May 15. ON!Cdenounced that Yesid Bocanegra Mnninez was shot to death by gunmen in the town of Colaima, department of Tolima. Omar Mendoza vice-president of Tolima's Indigenous council also received three gunshot wounds in the auack, and remains hospitalized. Bocanegra was described by ONIC as a ' tireless fighter for our cause•. Indigenous communities throughout the country are llO\ V on alen rearing thal a second major wave of violence will follow attempts by Indigenous communities to exercise their T 4 new constitmional rights. (See •Arter the Constitution" in this ONIC Leaders Assassinated for Demanding issue) ~ Compliance with the Constitution On March 26, four Senu Indigenous leaders were murdered on the outskirts of the municip:llity of San Andres de l>iformation supplied by National Indigenous Organization of Sotavento. The four were intercepted at 12 o'clock in the Colombia (ONIC). night, by unknown assailants while riding in a van belonging Please send letters urging the Colombian government 10 to the community. Theempt)' bumcd van was discovered with provide adequate protect,on to Indigenous leaders exer<:ismg bloodstains inside. The next day, the lifeless bodiesofl'orfirio Ayala Mendoza. Alternate Secretary of the ONIC, nominated the~r eonstltutionru rights, that these kiUings be immediately for 1993-1997 during last September's National Indigenous investigated and that those responsible be held accountable to: Congress: Hector Aquiles Malo, Chief of the Gran Resguardo $thor l'rtsident< Ctsm·Gaviria T> "Ujillo, Pl~sfdentc de Ia Republica. de San Andres de Sotavemo; Luis Arthur Lucas, Senu leader. Palaclo de Nari~o. Santaft <I<; Bogot<l, Colombia. and ex-General Secretary of the ON IC from 1968 to 1990; and Fax: 011 57 I 286 7-134/287 7939. Cesar Mendoza Cruz the vehicle's driver. Indian groups see these murders as manifestations of traditional power groups With copies 10: opposition to Indigenous communities' ane1npts to exercise Ambas<adorGabnd Silva, EmbassyofColombia,21181;;roy PI.l'.IV, ' new constitutional rights to manage t.. o:tx revenue and invest- \Vashingwn, DC. 20008. and: ONIC, M 32395. 8og()!d, Colombia. ment for their regions. 36 Abya Yala News � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Vol. 8, nos. 1 &amp; 2 (Summer 1994) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Wave of Violence in Colombia takes Heavy Toll on Indian Leaders Type The nature or genre of the resource Journal Article Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource SAIIC Board of Directors National Indigenous Organization of Colombia Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Summer 1994 Language A language of the resource English English Zotero Title Wave of Violence in Colombia takes Heavy Toll on Indian Leaders Item Type Journal Article Author SAIIC Board of Directors National Indigenous Organization of Colombia Volume 8 Issue 1,2 Pages 36 Publication Title Abya Yala News Date Summer 1994 Language English Abstract Note Indigenous leaders in Colombia have been under attack and subject to disappearances, torture, arbitrary detention, and even murder due to their struggle for rights granted to them in the Constitution. Attachment Title abya yala p36.pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Colombia Indigenous assassination ONIC San Andres de Sotaveno Senu Tolima https://www.abyayalanews.org/files/original/db447d1fbb9497d1748523548194fb11.pdf d428b940ef90c1884d2e9f4b7b9798ce PDF Text Text H EALTH Report from The International Symposium on Public Policy and Traditional Health Systems Ottawa, Canada ndigenous people, doctoi'S, tracli tiona! and Western researchei'S from the divci'Se traditions ofAsia. Africa and the Americas met in Ottawa, Canada to discuss policy models and experiences, the revival of traditional knowledge and practice, biodivei'Sity and intellectual property rights. I The symposium, held on March 24 at the International Development and Research Center in Ottawa, Canada (IDRC) followed a series of related meetings such as the Pan-american Health Organization (PAHO) conferenceon ' Health and Indigenous People of the Americas' held with support from the IDRCin Winnipeg, Canada in April 1993. PAl-lO's Board of Oirectoi'S, made up of the Public 1-!ealth minislers from every lalin American counuy. adopted a significant resoltt· tion based on the recommendations of this conference. This resolution serves as an importanttool for indigenous people in each counuy when demanding the right to practice traditional medicine as well as official suppon for improved healthcare in our communities. The resolution approved on September 28. 1993 credined indigenous communities' as· Offerings being made to Pachamama (Mother Earth) in Jujuy, Argentina 34 pi rations for control over their institu· Lions and way of life, and their need to strengthen their own identity. It also recognized that indigenous communities have conlributed significantly to heahh & nu1ri1ion of society, and 1he maintenance of ethnic, cultural and biological diversity. The resolution also based itself in respect for the val· ues and social, cultural, religious, and spiritual prac1icesofindigenous people including those which are related to the maintenance and improvement of hcahh and the 1rcmmem of illnesses. PAHO urged member governments to PJ>ya Yala News �HEALT H promote lndtgcnous people's panici· pallon in all health pohcy affecting th~m; promote orprevention programs especially in regard t() the health of the indigenous people; assist in the evaluauon or the initJOtl\'t of the Health of the lnd1gcnous Peopleofthci\mericas; and to estabhsh an ex pen commission whtch would mclude Indigenous representatives and be charged with developing strategies and pn)jccts to improve Indigenous people's health care, Divergent perspectives on research policy Indigenous representatives and west em tesearchcrs ''olced very different perspcctl\·eson ~arch. Researchers from the Nauorul C.-mcer Institute m the Unued States described the 'Biodl\'ersuy l"ro)ect' in which the)• are ISOlating chemical compounds from medicinal plantS m the ~rch for a cure to cancer or AI OS . Their statement$ were mtic-ized by the indigenou~ representatives for not taking into uccoum the true Vlllue of traditional medicine which is based on an understanding thM a ctii'C is found in all aspect~ of the plant-not just in an isolated component Thts western model WllS also cmlcaud for us lack of spaitu.-'llhy. m the sense that a cure is not JUSI a b1ologtcalncuon but IS also a strrngthcnmg of the spirit, something which is nOt found 1n a chemical substance. lndagenoU5 people also voiced conVoi.8No. 1&2 cern over the exploitation of our medicinal plantS m order to serve the intuesu of dcvclopo!d coumries'and their pharmaceutical companies. This el< ploitation can I'C$\Jh in environmcn· tal dC\oastalion as well as destroy our communities' cultural and social st rueLure through the Introduction of a mercantile system. J\ c.1ll was made for <he development of teStnrch methodologies that arc ~) paniclpntOI)'. b) sensitive to the Indigenous cosmology and respectfuloflhclrtmditlonnl heahl1 S)'Stcms c) serve the needs of the local communities rather than foreign research Institutions or companies d) evaluate the CO$t efnclency of lf:lditional medtcinal systems based in social values and sptritualtradiuons not just on western values, and 0 to work within cth1cal bounds where research goals and uses are clearly stated. Official Health Policies In some t\s~nn countries such as Ch.ina and lndin, tmditlonnl medicinal practices have b<:cn preserved as a significant component of nntional health policy. Researchers expressed concern with respect tOthe mtegration of traditional and Western medicine, citing the ncgath·e imp.1c1 official regulations may have on tmditlonal pm~ticcs; as well as the possibtlity that the Westcm system could dommate the Other. The Cbmese and lndtan govemm<:ntS. for e.'<ample. removed cosmology and spirituality from trndltionl11 medtcmal practice. so as to regulate or u.se these practices at their convemence. Vanous ind1genous repn::sentau,•es expressed their preference for nn official posiuon of tolerance. which would allow continu;ulon of tmdnionol practices without direct governmental interference or rcgul11 Ions. There was a general consensus thnt social control over tmditionnlt>rnctlces arise in each community, as h has b<:en for thou· sands of years. Oesplte cuhuml dirferences. spirituality seemed to b<: the common 1hread uniting the majority of tmditlons. Spiritual, mecmal and phys1cnl \vell-b<:ing are integral componentS f~d together in traditional cunng practices. Traditional heahh S)'SltmS arc sctences in their own right and. tf they are to be understood, thiS basiC principle must be I'CSpo!ctCd. It isimpemtivethat indigenouscommunities and organizations continue to actively panic!pate In this process by analyzing and influencing the policies that arfcct all aspects of life In our communities . ..., n1is ar!lclt was based 011 rhe PAHO's 'Healrh of Indigenous PtopiN' and a rtport by jerry 8odtckcr. to whom we wi$h to txprtSS our gratfrutk. To rtctivc th( PAHO docum<nt • Hmlth of lndigtnOliS P<oples' H5SISJLOS-34. wnrc to: :S2S 2J Strw N. W.• Washington D.C. 20037, U.s.A. or the PAHO ojflc.c In )'OIIT CDllntl)•. 35 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource Report from The International Symposium on Public Policy and Traditional Health Systems Type The nature or genre of the resource Journal Article Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource SAIIC Board of Directors Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Jerry Bodecker Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Summer 1994 Language A language of the resource English English Zotero Title Report from The International Symposium on Public Policy and Traditional Health Systems Item Type Journal Article Author SAIIC Board of Directors Contributor Jerry Bodecker Volume 8 Issue 1,2 Pages 34-35 Publication Title Abya Yala News Date Summer 1994 Language English Abstract Note Indigenous people, doctors, traditional and Western researchers came together in Ottawa, Canada to discuss policy and public health for indigenous communities. The symposium is one in a series of meetings including the Pan-American Health Organization. Views on research, health, and cures differed greatly between western researchers and indigenous representatives. Indigenous people rose concerns about lack of cultural sensitivity in health policy. Attachment Title abya yala p34-35.pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Ottawa Canada PAHO Public Health western vs traditional medicine https://www.abyayalanews.org/files/original/8d828f7daa7d4fb6031a7de701238f3e.pdf 124bd5a7404aec4b605aded70247c631 PDF Text Text IN BRIEF Indigenous Leaders Awarded Goldman Environmental Prize Indigenous Groups in Argentina Push for Rights Under New Constitution On April IS, 1994. Luis Macas president of the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAl E) and Mathew Coon Come. grand chief of the Cree were awarded the prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize in San Francisco, California. The prize includes a no-strings attached $60,000 grant. Macas was recognized for his role in the 1990 Le''llntamiento lndigena (Indigenous uprising) in Ecuador which forced the government to seriously negotiate the conditions for oil drill- The fifteen Indigenous nations in Argentina are ean;ing out a country-wide mobilization in response to the opening of ing in the Ecuadorian Amazon. He was also praised for his role in the negotiations between CONAIE and the Ecuadorian government which resu1ted in a sweeping settlement giving Indigenous nations title to three million hectares of rainforest in the Amazon. Coon Come has worked fordeeades to oppose the Quebec government's monumental plans for hydroelectric dam building in James Bay. Both these struggles put Indigenous and environmental organizations against some or the world's most powerful forces. With these a"'llrds, the Goldman foundation has helped give world attention and Stature to these leader's struggles. Following is Luis Macas' statement at the ceremo· nies. a process for constitutional revision. Indigenous groups are pressuring the national congress to finally include an article stating their rights under the constitution. Indigenous organizations held two assemblies regarding the issue of constitutional refom1 and have drafted a proposal for rights to be included in the new constitution. The proposal's most important points were recognition that Indigenous peoples existed before the creation of the National state and birth of the provinces; the recognition of the Argentinian Republic asa pluri-ethnic and pluri-cultural state; the inclusion of rights to communal land ownership as well as control of all natural resources found in these lands: the right to educate their children in their own language and culture~ and finally, the deletion of pan 15 of article 67 of the current constitution which states that the govenment should •main· tain a peaceful relationship with the lndiansand promote their conversion to Catholidsm•. After drafting these proposals. representatives of all the Indig- enous communities presented a declaration to the national con· gress to urge inclusion of these changes in the new constitution. ...1Virl1 the arrival of western civilization the plundering of natural rtsourGes was init'iatcd as ·was the taheove:r and destmclion of our mother earth and the exploitation of our people. This imcnsive and irrational exploitation of nmural resources ca11sed nor only impoverishment of the earth but has generated poverry and the violation of human rights among our 1>tople in the South. The culture ofcapitalism and avarice has forced itself on nature to achieve its goals no matter what the sacrifice. As a result, we an: 110w experiencing an accelerated process of true global collapse. As inhabitants of this planer, it is viral and urgem to stop these crimes against nature and life and worh tore huegrate ourselves with the natural world so as to redirec.rour path toward a more respectful and harmonious relationship wirh it. These beliefs motivate us to defend ourmotherea,.th and resist hcrdcstntction with her. Therefore it is important that we gain title to territories which will gtwrantee their proteaion, not only for us, but for the benefit of all life... We have to oppose destruction and death with justice. s11stainable development and life. 4 lnnu Activists Blockade Hydro-Quebec Roads lnnu from the Coalition for Nitassinan (their traditional lands) supported by observers set up camp on Ma)' 29. blocking the access ro.~d which Hydro-Quebec intends to use for construction of the massive Sainte-Marguerite Ill (SM Ill) hydroelectric project. Hydro-Quebec officials have reportedly sought an official injunction against the blockade in order to remove the protesters. The SM Ill project would be built in lnnu territory along the nonh shore of the St. Lawrence River in Quebec. It would flood over 450 square km. and, possibly contaminate this area with the toxin methyl mercury. lnnu fear this contamination will render the region's fish, one of their main food sources. · Abya Yala News � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Vol. 8, nos. 1 &amp; 2 (Summer 1994) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Indigenous Leaders Awarded Goldman Environmental Prize Type The nature or genre of the resource Journal Article Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource SAIIC Board of Directors Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Summer 1994 Language A language of the resource English English Zotero Title Indigenous Leaders Awarded Goldman Environmental Prize Item Type Journal Article Author SAIIC Board of Directors Volume 8 Issue 1,2 Pages 4 Publication Title Abya Yala News Date Summer 1994 Language English Abstract Note Luis Macas of the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities in Ecuador and Matthew Coon Come of the Cree received the Goldman foundation Environmental Award grant. Macas’ acceptance speech pointed to the need for environmental protection against exploitation and extraction at the hands of non-native people. Attachment Title abya yala p4.pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Environmental Protection Goldman Foundation https://www.abyayalanews.org/files/original/086a51019e0888c1e33eb767d8df3d97.pdf 0b362e01dc28a40c56c9e6452df96800 PDF Text Text P ERS PECTIVES ON ( HIAPAS Indigenous and Campesino Organizations Unite to Present Peace Proposals Peace will come when everything that has been confiscated and stolen from the people has been returned, especially in regard to fond, because the legitimate and authentic owners of the fond ore the compesinos ond Indigenous people. ---Working commision, State Indigenous and Compesino Council of Chiopos thousand Indigenous people and campesinos are occupymg the pubhc plaza in Chiapas' capital city of Tuxtla Guuerrez as this magazme goes 10 press. The occupation began when I0,000 members of the Stole Indigenous and Campesino Counc1l of Ch1apas (CEOIC) marched on the capualas pan of a nation-wide mob1hzallon called 'Zapata V1vc'. They are seeking resolution of the~r demands for tern tory, autonomy land refonn, and acceptance of the CEOIC peace plan. The Independent Indian People's Front repons some ad,·ances in negouauons with the government. Howe,-er, but negotiations on human rights guarantees remoin unresolved . Indigenous organiz.11ions will sign no agreements wuhout securing the release of all those people who hove been unjustly and arbitrarily arrested in the state. S IX Only ten days after the first shots were fired, every major Indian organization mel in San Cristobal de Las Casas to form--along with non-Indigenous campesino organizations--the Indigenous and Campesino Stole Council of Chiapas (CEOIC). The Indigenous organizations arc a minority in the tumultuous ond fragile coahtion However. they are currently the most acuve and powerfully vocal faction. Although the Zapatistas' positions have been mtmmal m relauon to spec1ficall)• lnd•an concerns, Indigenous organiz.1uons throughout the state of Cluapas have taken advantage ofthe pohucal space opened by the january rebelhon to unite forces and are developmg their own alternative peace proposals. These proposals have special relevancesmce the Mexican government agreed that a prerequisite to negotiations was that there would be no return 10 the pre-rebellion situation in the state. Whether CEOIC will toke a scat at the negotiating table with the governmentond Zapatistas remains unclear. CEOIC has endorsed most of the EZLN's demands. in addition m their jonuary 11 -14 meeting, the council called for constitutional reform to enable a new relationship between Indigenous peoples ond the Mexican stale. This would be based in the reorganization of terntory as well as polillcal restructuring. CEOIC proposes the creauon of autonomous plun-ethmc reg.ons which would shift power from the state and the federntion 10 lnd1genous peoples' in the state. Actual geogrnphic regions have not been drnwn. Actual territorial demarcauon IS the next challenge 12 ,~~i(/4. Antonio Hernandez Cruz M aya Tojolabal and Secretary General of the CIOAC Hernandez is o founding member of the State Indigenous and Compesino Council of Chiopos. He spoke with SAIIC in Son Cristobol de los Casas regarding the Indigenous movement in Chiopos, government repression ond the CEOIC's work. Following the uprising, Hernandez was among the hundredsof lndionsdetoinedond tortured by the military. Can you tell me what hoppened to you when you were detamed by the military. what d1d they occuse you of? -We were detamed on january 5 until 2:00pm the follo\\ong day ... The)' accused us ofbemg the Zapatistas' political leaders... They took us from the car we were ridmg in, put hoods O\'er our heads and tied them ''ery tightly around our necks. We were like this for 24 hours. Then they interrogated us heavily, trying to force us 1 say that 0 we sympathized or were active in the Zapatista am1y. When we said no.they hit us. 1received blows in the stomach. chest. back, and head. about 20 hard blows. Did you denounce thrs occurrence? -To the nauonal and mternational press, to the teleVlston. but ttle'l<ision doesn't repon anything. The press Pbya Yala News � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Vol. 8, nos. 1 &amp; 2 (Summer 1994) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Indigenous and Campesino Organizations Unite to Present Peace Proposals Type The nature or genre of the resource Journal Article Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource SAIIC Board of Directors Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Summer 1994 Language A language of the resource English English Zotero Title Indigenous and Campesino Organizations Unite to Present Peace Proposals Item Type Journal Article Volume 8 Issue 1&2 Pages 12 Publication Title Abya Yala News Date Summer 1994 Language English Abstract Note Answering the call for nation-wide mobilization in Mexico following the Zapatista uprising, the State Indigenous and Campesino Council of Chiapas (CEOIC) marched to and occupied the public plaza in Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas demanding territory, autonomy, land reform, and acceptance of a peace plan. Attachment Title abya yala p12.pdf Attachment URL [No URL] indigenous peace plan State Indigenous and Campesino Council of Chiapas Tuxtla Gutierrez Chiapas Zapatista Vive https://www.abyayalanews.org/files/original/565cc80d001602d7a9b72e1b2288d927.pdf 7ebf33a6797a8926e6930c81337b6642 PDF Text Text IN unsafe to eat. In addition. the construction would diven tributaries from the Moisle river, reducing Oows by up to 42% of one oft he world's most important salmon rivers. This could further endanger the Atlantic salmon. Reportedly. one million cubic meters of forest would also be clearcut for the reservoir and access roads. Quebec hopes to sell power generated b)• the projects to utilities in the nonheastem US. B RI EF the rights of the Indigenous communities precede scientific interest in these remains. lnacayallived his last days in the capital city, where he was brought with his family by the researcher Francisco Moreno to live on his esl3.te of•Pase:o del Bosque' . On September 24. 1888 the chief died of sadness. Coalition Pour Nitassirum, 182 de l'Eglise, Mani-Utenam, QC, Canada C4R4K2, Tel: 418-927-2102 Continental Indigenous Foundation Formed Mapuche Exert Rights over Cultural Heritage Indigenous leaders from throughout the continent came to Oakland, California on April 16 for the founding meeting of the first foundation formed and led by lndJgenous people from South and Central America. SAIIC hosted this meeting fort he Abya Yala Fund during which the various leaders decided the foundation's strategies and goals. The foundation aims to fund projects developed by lndig- On Febn•ary 20. remains of human skeletOns, pieces of Valdivian St)•le ceramics. and a stone pipe were discovered at a construction site in the city of San Martin de Los Andes, Argentina. Representatives of the three Mapuche communities in the region. the Curruhuinca. Vera, and Cayun, demanded immediate return of the ani facts. stating, •we cannot accept any manipulation of these remains be it for scientific or other reasons. There is no doubt that these remains we re found on ancestral Mapuche territory where our ancestors rest and this is S3cred to us! The three communities. members of the Mapuche Organization ofTain Kine Getuam held a series of public demonstrations and meetings with municipal authorities, from which they ob· tained a promise that the artifacts would be retumed to their "rightful heirs". The Mapuche remain concerned that this commitment " "" be kept. The discovery. also brought to light the lack of legislation for protection of such artifacts. The Mapuche enouscommunities in South and Central America and Mexico. Areas of interest will be territory. environment, training. selfdevelopment. women's issues. health, education. organizing. scholarships. and exchanges between Indigenous peoples. Another of the foundation's goals will be to support training in international communication. for example the improvement of communities' access to other foundations. The Abya Yala Fund also plans administrative training and assistance in elaboration of grant propos.1ls. The meeting participants noted that it is time that the Indigenous communities have direct access to foundations and other fonns of financial and technical support for their development effonsaimed at improving living conditions. In addition they observed that hundreds or non-indigenous intermediary groups have been receiving funds to work with representatives noted that protection oftheircultural heritage was indigenous people or in the name of indigenous people, and the 'most fundamental human right' of their people. that many of these fund have been wasted in administration. Intermediaries have at tirncs also imposed their political conditions on Indigenous connnunities. or have not been responsive to the communities' own interests. First Restitution of Indigenous Remains in Argentina One hundred and six years after his death, the remains of the 19th century hero of Indian resistance. Cacique lnacayal. will be moved from the Museum of La Plata in the province of Buenos Aires, to the community ofTecka in Chubut . This is the first such restitution in Argentina. which recognizes that Voi.8No.l &2 The Ab)'ll Yala Fund currently has an office in Oakland, Californ~1. and aims to fom1 regional offices in Central and South America. The fund is sponsored by the Tides Foundation until it obtains legal status. Donations are ta.' deductible. and computers. fax machines, printers and other office equipment are greatly needed. Abya Yala Fund c/o Tides Foundation 1388 Sutter St, 19th Floor, San Francisco. CA 94109. 5 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Vol. 8, nos. 1 &amp; 2 (Summer 1994) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Mapuche Exert Rights over Cultural Heritage Type The nature or genre of the resource Journal Article Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource SAIIC Board of Directors Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Summer 1994 Language A language of the resource English English Zotero Title Mapuche Exert Rights over Cultural Heritage Item Type Journal Article Volume 8 Issue 1&2 Pages 5 Publication Title Abya Yala News Date Summer 1994 Language English Abstract Note Mapuche fight to protect their cultural heritage when artifacts were found in San Martin de los Andes, Argentina. Attachment Title abya yala p5.pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Cultural Heritage Sacred Artifacts San Martin de los Andes