13 12 1190 https://www.abyayalanews.org/files/original/97f2399097c9aa0c697adc4d889d40aa.pdf 123f00a33edc77789ad32e2d9a11f87d PDF Text Text E c o - J u S T I CE radioacth•e waste dump in \Vard Y.lltey in Environmental Racism: The J U! N ear lndusty An Nat Americans the C.1.lifomia Mojave descn, tt.n area which is sacred for five native peoples, the Fon Mojave. Chemehuevi, Quechan. Ux:opah and Colomdo Ri\'Cr Indians. An estimated 30.000 tons of m1clet\r W.Stc are in tempor.\ry stor<lge m the US.• 'J either in underw3ter pools or il\ steel and concrete casks. at 109 nuclear reactors across the country. Btu these .stores are almost full. Some plants may have to shut down within the nex't few years unless more swrnge space is round.. There is no cemml facility in the US for handling, processing. stOring or disposing of nuclear waste. The 11\tclear industry IS :\ttempting to force the t'latiotkal government- specifi· by Ul/a Lehtinen cally the D<panmem of Energy-to take resJ>Onsibility for nuclear waste, bm the MSAATW:IJ AlSO~~O ~ ~ ·~ t:.'l.~i'IAI. ~ depanmcnt ma.intttins il docs not have ,;f \ o,«( l•.t'WS, \ Q.). f!,St.lf J 'l the cap.1city to do so. ll is howevtr, mandated to "provide" a ccmral underground or decades. the United States has stOr-.tg,e site for the comnryS entire stock mined Native American lands for of high-level nuclear waste. The onl)' can· urnnium and has tested nuclear didate it hn.s come up " fith 1$ Y\ICCft weapons on them. Some 75 J>Crcent of Moumain. + F the coumryS trranium reserves lie under native lands- lands once considered so wonhless that the authorities did not mind designating them as reservationswhile all nuclear testing within the United Stat<s has been carried out on native Lands. Children now play on radioactive ,....aste from the mmes sio1ply left where it was piled up. Some of the waste has been used to build houses or schools. In man)' areas, the death rate among children is higher than among the miners. In New Me11:1Co, Arizona :\nd Somh Dakota, radi- ation from uranium mining tailings has contaminated water resources. The Shoshone have fought for decades to end nuclear tesung on tht1r land m the Nevada desert which has exposed them to levels of radiatior\ many times higher than that generated b)' the bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki ~~ the end of the Second World War. Now the authorities want to dump nuclear 'vastt on nath·c lands as well. 1\vo propos.-lls are currcmly being moOI· ed: a high-level rad1o:.t<:tive dump on Yuc<:a }.·loumain Ill the lands of the Shoshone in Nevada, and a low le\'cl 20 Millions of dollars 1\ave been spent studying the safet)' of burying nuclear waste at Yucca. the results of whJch arc ttnything but promlsing.. Located in a vol· canic area and potential canhquakc zone, the proposed site is also near ground water. Even though the site has not been approved as an underground nuclear \ WI.SlC dump, funhcr S\UdiCS have been commissioned and its opening has been postponed until 2010 at the earliest, sev· eral proposols current!)' going through the US Sel\3te and Congress aim tO send radioactive waste tO Yuoca Mountain from 199$ on,vards. H approved, this waste would simply sit in the nuclear cquh'a· lem of a parking lot without adequate controls or equ1pment .. 6cside the permanent site of Yucca Mountain, the Oepanmem <>f Energy has also suggested 21 temporary dump sites in the US for high-level \OJ<\Ste, IS of which arc on native lands. L·n-gc sums of money ha,·e been offered to "persuade'" the various tribes to ~tcept these propos· als; so far 311 but two nations. the Goshule and the Paiute-Shoshonc, ha"e refused. In neither of these two cases did the 1" ribal Council put the decision to the Abya Yala News �Eco-JusTICE tribe as a whole. Probably for good r<a· son: prc,iously the Goshute rejected a proposed ~oxic \WlS\e incincr:nor Ol'l Lheir lands and decided lO Start a recycling business instead, while, in a survey of the Paiute~Shoshone, tribal members opposed the nuclear dump by 4 to I. The go\'emment and nuclear indttStl')' are also forging ahead with plans for the low- level radtoactive waste dum(> in Ward Valley in the California Mojave dcS<n. Despite misltading terminology. low-level radioactive waste comains the: s.1mc ingredients as high-level waste~ the half-lire of some low level waste is tens or Lhousands of years. The waste would be placed in steel drums inside scaled plastic or steal comainet'$ and then buried in shallow, unlined trenches. Tile propoS<d dump Is right above • major aqu.Her and about 30 Kilometers from the Colorado River which Oows through the vaUey on its way to Mexico. Scientists of the US Geological Survey warn thaL leaking mdioactivity n\<\)' eod up in the river. Even the National Academy of Science's Soard on Radioactive Management has recom- mended further s.1fety studies. The river and its caMls bring drinking water to o"er 20 million people in Los Angeles to Vol. 11 No.1 the west and Ph04nix and Tucson to the south, as well as providing water for agriculture and caule. In Bcauy, Nevada, ::t.n e:." istil"1g dump, similar in design to Lhc proposed Ward V..lley site and also in a descn. has stal't· ed to leak and contaminate ground w:uer. even though it is only 20 years old. from there and now the native lands are mmcd into dump sites. They take our water, then the pOison IS hU,l'ling an Jiving things there. I don't really appreciate what the government is doing. They know it is dangerous bm ~ill they move nuclear waste through roads to seas. We the people should be out there at the front. ThatS why we have asked the non· Indian people to Stop the government. Ward Valley 1S in the m1dst o£ eight Ncn only here but everywhere: in designated wilderness areas :mel is a pro- England. Puerto Rico. Russia-we should tected area because it encomp.1SSCS the really unite! \Vein Nevada have too much few remaining habitats for the endan- mining and chemk:nls th;\l go to the water gered descn tono>Se. Tile valley IS also t.'tble.. .ln my pa.n of the coumry, we saw S.1Crtd tO five native peoples Of the area. that I'Uclcar radiation was making our Their ancestors have walked there, their lives shorter. I've seen children bom ancestors arc buried there and their spir· without legs: l've seen ems bom with juSt its .still roam there. It is their church and too legs. I've. seen a lot or hun.1a11S die of grave)'ard. The Mojave believe they are disc•scs eat>Sed by radiation ... Everybody g<•ardians of the land. caretakers of ll•e has been polluting !this Iandi and every· water and neighbors of the dtsen ani· body has to pitch in and make 1hings bet· mals. If the Colomdo River dies. the ter. If we continue to destro)' lhings, than Mojave believe they will disappear as nobody will be able to smvive at all. l( we ,..,ell. Together wilh the other native peo.. doni Start working togeLher to d .. n up pks of Lhe area. the Mojave have orga· the planet soon . there won't be :.\nyone 'ies nized protests and ccremo1 in the area. left to dean up our messes tomorrow. We They have set up a 1x:rmanem camp on have w unite to understand 'vhat nuclear the proposed dump site where some of en•'l>Y does: ~ the elders stay. Corbin Harney, a Shoshone Elder and healer. said: ier •This nuclear pov is :;lhvays taken to nath·e Lands. 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Title A name given to the resource Environmental Racism: The US Nuclear Industry and Native Americans Type The nature or genre of the resource Journal Article Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Ulla Lehtinen Language A language of the resource English Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Spring 1998 Zotero Title Environmental Racism: The US Nuclear Industry and Native Americans (not attached) Item Type Journal Article Author Ulla Lehtinen Abstract Note Uranium mining and testing has occurred in the United States for decades, mostly on native lands. It has been proposed that nuclear waste should be dumped on these already radioactive lands. This could have significant social and health implications for the natives of southwestern United States. 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Heis2 7years old and in hisfourth yearo(law school at the Autonomous UniversityofTemuco, he was also o congressionalcandidate in lost Deeemberselections. but didn't achieve o seot in the House. In the following interview he spoke regarding the situation in Chiop<JS. of the Mopuc/Je in Chile, and the continental Indian movement. by Ximena Ortuzar* How do the Mapuche evaluate wh~t happened in Chiapas this past january? -There nrc various points related to this action. Personally. and in general. I celebrate the Zapatlsta's courage. decisiveness and organizational capaclty which permitted them to prepare thetr uprising without being detected by the Mexican Intelligence apparatus. Th~l is remarkable. In addirion, (he Mapu· chc support all lndigellOUS peoples' struggles In defense of their legitimate rightS. I observe though. a huge spilt between the discourse and Ideology of (he continental Indigenous movement and what (heZapatisl.aSareproposing. In one of rneir points, they demand, 'More land for the Indigenous people.• l11is Is good, but insufficient. Eve:n if they give more lands. these will continue to be just fragmemsofthe l~rger landscape. The fundamental lndlg· enous problem in all or America Is that of territory. When the State distributes p~rcels or land. mey remain under its sovereignty. The central demand 18 should be territory, where Indigenous rights have clear legitimacy. You cannot attack the real problems or the Indigenous people of the comment if you do not approa.ch thiS Issue. manner wnh being human. and with our own nature, Our COJICi!ption is that the territory IS a physical space where the ~bpuche people should have control. pbannmg power and autonomy to e,'(ercise free self-determinarion. Land and Territory 1understand that ont or the 'Mapltche's What is the conceptual difference between l.a nd and territory? -Land is an individual concept relating a person to 11 specific plnce-person-propeny. whereas the con.cept of territory is collective and refers tO a group or people with a portion or coll.,ruvetand. Formelndtgenouspeoplc. the concept of territory holds dements of identity. or culture or a form or organization. I can give you an example; with us. the Mapuche, many of the trees that surround us have names like the names of our children. And when the huincn -white person cuts the trees, clearing the native forest, we (eel that our tdentity has been cut off. Territory is connected m a substantial princlp.'l muggles in these moments is precisely fot' lerritory. -Th~t'sright. That hasrneantcharges against us for 'Illicit association', and •failure before the law, morality and good customs• which :tlTectS l44 or us. We could go to jail. but this will not SlOp our decision to recover what be· lon~to us. And you mtss this conceptual element in the z.,patisro proposal. ·F(Om what ! know. yes. I sec also that they ask for Salinas de Gonari to resign. I bdleve that he could resign and that wouldn't solve the problem for Indigenous people in Mexico. In my opinion. this is a weakness in me proposal. because the basic question is Abya Yala News �P ERSPECTIVES ON CHIAPAS not of changing the president but or chttnglng the nature of the State. m order to achieve transformation thnt resmuns the State'sabsolutcdominion o"er the Indigenous people which Is exercised agait\St their will. In the Z:lpattStJI proclamations I don't see n questionmgofthestmctureofthtSt:~tc. Another point that seems curions to me is that the h1ghest visible lendcrlsn ":sub-commander~ ...\Vhen we meet in our Tribunal there is no pres1dem, or secretary or treasurer of the Mnpu· che comnmnit)'. rather we hMe a Lonko. Mnchi--origmal authoritiesThese posluons bnng together the m· stnutional strUcture and the JUridic concept of the community. And you find this important... -OcOnitel)•. yes. It is not a question of form. While you don't reinstate your own forms of organization as a weapon to oppose the fonns of tdco· logi(jll dommation that the State 1m· poses. you are fighting with your oppressor's wenpons and they arc not ours by na10re. How would you C'l'lain this situation in the case of Chiapas? -Asnccnnin amount of mcmul colo· nlzatlon. No one c.~n fail to recognitc the effort. the courage and the dcei$Wtnc~ Of the Z:lpatistas that rose Up in Chiapas. But i reiterate that in my judgement the proposal that we know Vol8No. 1 &2 the Indigenous people, but rather the form in which this wns implemented. If we travel through the province of Arauco we encounter barely five Mapuche communities. The rest arc villages close to cities. They applied colo-nial thinkmg. Historicall)•, the Council of the Indies- which was an organization designed tO organize the Indians according to the dominant concepts-it rocogmzed the Indigenous people's nght to orgnnizc in municipalities and gave them a structure !or this. With the agrarian refom1, the Mapuche were obligated tO Ji,•e in vii· las on lands awarded In a determined has holes in the area of Indigenous place. makmg thlsn population center rightS. They propose the need for that breaks with the concept of indijusucc which is impossible wh1le the ,·idual-lnnd that represents a human rightS of Indigenous people m Chiapas collecuvity In 1h1s nsJXct. I see in the to deCide their own future Is not rem- Zapalistas a conceptual weal..-ness. st:u~d. And this hapJXnS by reinstat· ing territory and chnng1ng tht struc· What do you anrlbu1e this to? -I don'1 exactly know. I believe that ture of the Stme. I also sec thnt they the Indigenous peoples In Mexico have sufficient instilutional s tructure aJld they s hould have employed 1his in Chiapas. I am certain that the Mapu· che would never have a sub-commander in a s1milar sttuation. We could ha'·ca Toqu1,anongmalauthor· hy. but never a copy. nn ass1mila11on. I want to clanfy that I don't intend to take away from what the Z:lpanstaS ha\'e done, butlt's my duty to say that I detect a ccnain strange inOuencc on the Indigenous people in these circumstances. \Vhat is the basis for your statement? -For the last six years, we ha,·e met periodicnlly w1th lnd•genous leaders of Me>dco,l know all of them. The last Aucan Huitcaman add1"1!ssing the UN 11me. I was In Onx3ro last October. World Conference on Human Rights They assume that theyareethnicgroups held in Vienna during June. 1993 and don't vtndicatr their existence as peoples or natiOn$. Ideological domipropose the need for~ ngr~rhtn reform nation has entered into their minds Jaw which is a concept distorted from and language. In M~xico, the Indian the essence of an indigenous commu- walks m the SlrcclS like a dominated nity. In Chile there was an agr:man being. des puc being part of the majorreform and we don't quesuon the ity. blolog.allysJXaking. They are not amount of lands that were returned to conscious of who they ;m:, This is 19 �P ERSPECT IVES O N (HI APAS explained by the fact that Mexico's government has implemented the most policies of assimilation against Indigenous people. Already in 1942 in the government of Lazaro Cardenas it was said, "We have 10 Mexicanize the Indians, and not to lndianize Mexico.". And they worked on the Indians with that purpose. Maybe the roots of the problem lie in the Conquest. .. -Without doubt, the Spanish crown had a strong influence on the Indigenous people that inhabited the territory that is now the Stale of Mexico. Today they are disarticulated, they cannot decipher their own writing. and this blocks their ability to reach. once again, their own scientific exp1analion of life,. The Indigenous trunk was cut and they are still in the process of reassembling themselves. While this process is incomplete, the consciousness. the commitment of being Indigenous will continue to fail, despite being the majority. Self-understanding as a person What does it mean to be cootmiued 10 being an Indigenous person> · It is not a specific contmiunent or political belief but rather a way of understanding yourself as a person . A good example of this is that in Mexico. there have been two Indian presidents: Benito JuArez and Porfirio Dfaz who governed for many years. Nevertheless, this did not mean any advantage for the Indians of Mexico. To be Indian in biological or racial tenus doesn't mean anything if the kind of commitment I was speaking about doesn't exist. In the meeting with Indigenous leaders of Mexico which )'OU alluded to, did you raise these observations? -All of them. 20 Will Chiapas set an important precedent in the Indigenous struggle? With what response? -Without doubt. But it's important -Ourconceptsare very well received, but there has been unevenness in the not 10 let out of our sight that this level of who deals with the subject that precedent and its lessons are imporstops at the level of leaders. Further- tant for both parties: Indigenous more, lhe communities of Mexico have peoples and States. An example of this been very controlled. If one visits an is that the first constitutional and juIndigenous community, you ftncl that ridic recognitions of Indigenous people it has a plaza. it has its musical bands arose in Nicaragua during the that is, everything is organized as the Sandinista Revolution when the IndigCouncil of the Indies would have it. enous people rebelled agai nst the The Romano-Spanish concept of orga- Sandinista government and began 1he nization is palpable i.n the communi- armed struggle which was erroneously ty's Structures, which seem more like called counter-revolutionary. The govthose of a city. I'm speaking of an ernment decided to recognize them, ideological concept , applied through and it happened that other States took external structures, and contradictions similar measures. These were re-acarise such that Indians end up being commodations, small legal rectifications ... Legally functional for the States, Mexkans. bm not for the Indigenous people ... And this doesn't occur with the MapuThings change so that everything reches> -I would say it occurs less. l will mains the same? -Exactly. The Stale makes legal give you an example: we hear and we read about Emlliano Zapata. If we modifications in order tO insure the don't have prior knowledge we don't maintenance of its institutional domiknow that he was Indigenous, because nation. as happens with Benito Juarez and l'orfirio Diaz. despite being Indians, Is there a message )'OU would like to they have Spanish names. We have convey? -Indigenous movements are the ones struggled to conserve our Mapuche names and we have accomplished that which will give a new face to America with very few exceptions. The great in terms of justice, democracy, and majority oft he Mapuche conserve their liberty--which today are onl)' a dream original last names. and for us, that for us. Thus, its fundamental that constitutes an important element of every political and social movement in our identity. Meanwhile in Mexico America takes into account this elemany times, Indians only recognize ment which "~II define relations Statethemselves inside themselves--and people and Indigenous nation. Bemany limes. not even there. Here, our cause today, it is not Marxism that puts last name identifies us as Mapuches. the State at risk, but the Indigenousand in consequence, not as Chileans. original organizations. The State knows this. and takes its precautions. Every social and or political organization 1hat fights for human rights must know that Chiapas a Landmark the indigenous people should prevail Tofinisllthe fotmh annual session ofthe and contribute 10 the construction of a \vn Ma!Jt<Che Toibunal, Huilcmnan gave a true inst itutionality with our O charspeech in Tcmuco.lnfinishinghesaid, •ro acter and based on our own particurhc brothers in Chiaflas, fmward wirh rite lalities. ~ strl<ggle for land tmd liberty." "R..>prin;edinl"'t ln>ml'l1=. 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Title A name given to the resource Chiapas as seen from Temuco: Interview with Aucán Huilcaman Consejo de Todas Las Tierras in Chile Type The nature or genre of the resource Journal Article Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Ximena Ortuzar 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 Chiapas as seen from Temuco: Interview with Aucán Huilcaman Consejo de Todas Las Tierras in Chile Item Type Journal Article Author Ximena Ortuzar Volume 8 Issue 1,2 Pages 18-20 Publication Title Abya Yala News Date Summer 1994 Language English Abstract Note The messenger of the Consejo de Todas las Tierras (All Lands Council) praises the Zapatistas while pointing out there is more to be done. In the interview, Huilcaman discusses autonomy, territory, indigenous rights, leadership, agrarian reform, and identity. Attachment Title abya yala p18-20.pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Consejo de Todas las Tierras Huilcaman Aucán Indigenous movements Mapuche Zapatista Critique https://www.abyayalanews.org/files/original/aa725b1f0134b2411cba906d9ee4de7a.pdf 86659d7631469a12e3958e7b07bba8fd PDF Text Text ·we Need to Survive!•• A Message from Davi Kopenawa Yanomami (Bnuil) Daui Kopenauxl Ymwmami visilal Ntw Yo'* in April and md with 11¥ Stadmy Gennrzl of the United Nations, the Organizaoon ofAmerican States, and tM World Bank to explain the effects geld-miners are lu:uing on his people, tM Yanomami of the state of Romima in the Brazilian Amazon. He also md with manygroups on the mst QlQSt to help raise funds for a Yanomami health project. The following aree=rpts frrmt a statement made by Daui Koptnawa Yanomami to the lnttr·Ameriam Commission on Human Rights last September in Demini, Brazil. My name is Davi Kopenawa Yanomami... I am a Yanomami Indian. I want to send my message to those who are friends and who are helping us to defend the forest. I want to talk to the people who do not know the problems of the Indians in Brazil. We Yanomami Indians have lived in this forest for a vel)' long time, for much longer than any White or non-Indian person. We used to be free and we did not have any lcind of illness. We were not sick a t all. rolled into the forest. Tiley are now all over the territory. We Yanomami Indians are vel)' worried because we do not have the authority of the President... we have to ask the government to change the situation and to take the gold miners. .. out of the area. !have asked FUNAI (the Brazilian Bureau of Indian Affairs) many times and all the authorities, including former President Samey, when he was President...to take out the gold miners. .. but the only thing they d id was to promise and to keep promising things and not do anything. Instead, they let many other gold· miners come in... and they did not take them out. Sickness also came with the gold miners. Because of the mosqui· toes that bite them and then bite us, we are now having all of this sickness. Tile sickness called malaria is very Slrong, and I think at least !<XX> Yanomami have died already. Even more than !<XX>. 111at is what I think. Now our rivers.. our streams. .. During that are dirty. The time there were no nonDavi YOII()mami on his visit to North America. Yanomamldo not know about mercury... Indians around here. Tiley were far away. We Indians did not know that the non-Indians would give us so many Mercury is used by gold miners to clean the gold ... It goes problems... I am talking about the gold miners who come back to the river and the fish that the Yanomami eat and the here and take out our fish, the animal$. .. and devastate the water that the Yanomami drink is mixed with mercury. forest. 111at is what I am tallcing about. .. They have invaded When they cat and drink that they get sick. our territory.Tiley first came in 1987.11lcy killed four Those gold miners arc also poor people. Like us, Yanomami at Paapiu. From there they spread out into the they are not rich. I feel pity for them because they come territory with small airplanes and helicopters... and they here, because their boSSC$ send them here, and they just 20 SAIIC Newsle tter �obey them. Around Sururucus, there arc a lot of goldminers. The federal polke have not taken them out. They tried, but what they did was to get the nice gold-miners out, not the bad and mean ones. I am a Yanomami Indian who understands the non-Indian world. I keep asking President Collor to expel the gold miners from our territory. President Collor has been to Surururus, but. .. on ly to a military base... That is the only thing he saw. President Collor knows that the situation is not good. So I am asking o ther people to con tin ue pressuring the Brazilian government to help expel the goldminers. I spoke to the United Nations, which gave me an award. I told them that the prize did not help my people. So I am asking the UN to help the Yanomami people to pressure the Brazilian government to remove the goldminers from our area. Also, we want the Organization of American States. .. to help us as friends. I don't think it is just the Brazilian government. You should pressure every government in the world b«ause they arc all alike, and they should help us. .. Protect the Indians, protect the rivers, the mountai.n s, the forest. We need to survive. It is very important for them too. It is not only the Yanomami but also the non-Indians. We all depend on the land. So if they do not protect the land, all of humanity will die. To you whom I am sending this message, what I am asking is to do something to help the Brazilian Ind ians, and also all the Ind ians of the world, because the Indians want to live in peace. Not only the Indians who live in the forest but also the Indians who live in the dty and the nonIndians who arc living in the dty arc suffering because the government should pay attention to all of us and do something to help us. I am going to say something else... about the 19 islands of Yanomami land that former President Samey demarcated. We Yanomami Indians do not want to live in islands. We want to be safe. The gold miners arc going to enter our islands... We need a con tin uous area and a big area in order to be able to fiSh and hunt and live well. We want all of our land united. In regards to the government operation that is supposed to take out the gold miners... they have not taken out all of the gold miners. The operation has stopped because the government says that they do not have money... ! know the government authorities, the Brazilian au thorities, and I know the politicians and I know the way they work. My feeling is that they do not want to take the gold miners out... What they really want is to be here and exploit our resources. That is why they do not want to solve our problems. (Su Davi.p . 45) Vol6 Nos 1&2 Some Ground is Made in the Struggle for the Construction of a Yanomami Park President Collor finally obeyed the Brazilian court dedsion and revok ed former President Samcy's illegal dccrccs dividing Yanomami territory into 19 'islands' and create three illegal mining reserves. But optimism about a decisio n on a Yanomami Pari< soon diminished when Collor announecd he was setting up a group to study Yanomami boundaries. On April19, National Day of the Indian, he signed a decree calling for a proposal for the demarcation of the Yanomami territory to be presented to him wlthi.n six months. During Presid ent Collor's visit to the Un ited States in June, environmental and Indian support grou ps informed him that the evacuation of the gold-miners in the Yanomami area had been paralyzed and the gold-miners had again invaded an extensive part of the Yanomami territory. Upon returning to Brazil, Collor fired FUNAI prosldent Cantidio Guerrciro Guimaracs. Meanwhile, the government pla.n ned to begin on July 19, the third operation to expel the gold-miners from the Yanomami territory using a sum of $1.8 million. The government's plans for the gold-mi ncrs Is being questioned. It was reported that the intcnton is to incorporate several thousand expelled gold-miners i.n to agricultural projects. If the projects are set up near the Yanomami area, it is certain that they will re-invade the territory. Sydney Possuelo, the new prosidcnt of FUNAI published a resolution on July 22, 1991, calling for the demarcation of the Yanomami territory as a contiguous area of9,419,108 hectares, located in thcstatesof Roraima and Am.uonas. This was signed by President Collor. The government is estimating that it will cost $6 millio n to demarcate the territory. Last Minute News Ill On November 14, President Collar de Mello granted "pennanent rights" over 36,358 squa re miles to the Yanomamilll �Atendo (continued from p. 26) n.cy a.r e a strong force in the economic survival of our communities. This is because of their involvement in the production of "molas," which is the art of the Kuna. Because the "molas" are being sold at natio nal levels and exported to the US and Europe, they are achieving economic success at international levels. In many tespects, the women have a greater capacity to organize them.sclves in cooperatives and to conbibute to the economic survival of the Kuna family than the men do. This is why, when we speak of the Kuna economy, we spea.k of men and women as equals. Davi (continued from p. 21) 1hcre are many people who are powerful. There are powerful gold miners... and authorities too, like Romero Juca, former president of FUNAI. He is responsible for letting the gold miners invade our territory and ... for lots of killings of Yanomami ... Something must be done to solve our problem because Romero Juca will not solve it. He docs not like us. .. Do the international authorities and people from the United States think it is true what they always say that the demarcation of Yanomami land is a matter of money, that they do not have money to do it?... I am very worried about people abroad who.. : are giving money to Brazil. .. but ll21 to help the Indians. This money that comes from abroad is helping the Brazilian government to oppress Indians. I am very worried about that. Non-Indians are like ants. I know that non-Indians like our reso= n.cy say that we have gold, we have lumber, and they say that they need that to help the people who live in the city. Well, we do not want them, and we do not want them here. What we wa. t is tespect for our rights. We want n them to leave us alone. We need help with regard to the health situation. In the beginning we did not need any help. We did not need any doctors, any medical doctors, any nurses or any medicine. But now we need doctors and nurses to help the Yanomami who are sick. We also need medicines because we used to cure ourselves only with 'shabori' [shamanism) ... But that is not enough anymore, And we need medical doctors and medicines and help from non-Indian people. We are worried because the non-Indians are not very much worried about us. They think that we are a different race. 1hcrefore, they want to isolate us. They think we are bothering their work. We are preventing them from working here, so they would rather have us isolated. They do not wony very much about what is going on with us. 44 We have strongly safeguarded our spirituality and traditions. For example, we hold the Gc1U!ml Congress of Kuna Culture, which unites the spiritual guides of all of our communities. They are highly respected by all Kuna people. n.cy promote teaching and learning amongst the youth so that our rich traditions are not lost. We, of Kuna Yala, are confronting serious problems along the Colombian border, where gold prospectors are invading our lands. We are also indirect victims of the confrontations which take place in Colombia between the guerrillas and the army. Violating all laws, both sides invade our region while the Panamanian authorities do nothing to stop them. The same thing occurs with the Yanqui {United States) army which often crosses our territory to go to the Panamanian border with the excuse of filling the vacuum created by the dissolution of the Pana· man ian army in 1989, following the invasion. Ampan (continued from p. 11) domination. everybody is af'Taid that we will take a racist stand and that this will lead to a racial confrontation. For this reason. there has not been enough dialogue amongst the poor dass. In meetings with laborer$, peasants and intellectuals, it is important for us to talk so that we feel equal. We must, if we are from the same cla.ss, talk so that we can find a solution... Plurinationality will only be possible with the total transformation of society. This is possible if, as in Switzer· land, there are well-defined and recognized sectors. We understand that the problem is not exclusively Indigenous. It is a problem which concerns aU of us. In order to form such a state we must think carefully what it would be like. How would it be governed at the political, economic, social and cultural levels? U we find that the workers are on one side, the indigenous on another and other sectors on other sides, then it will not be possible... We must continually reconsider our struggle and include long-term goals in our strategy. We must work together and make compromises. We must coordinate our endeavors in this way or we will not succeed, even if we are united. 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, nos. 1&amp;2 (spring/summer 1991) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "We Need to Survive!": A Message from Davi Kopenawa Yanomami Type The nature or genre of the resource Journal Article Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Yanomami, David Kopenawa Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Summer 1991 Language A language of the resource English English Zotero Title "We Need to Survive!": A Message from Davi Kopenawa Yanomami Item Type Journal Article Author Yanomami, David Kopenawa Volume 6 Issue 1,2 Pages 20-21, 44 Publication Title Abya Yala News: Journal of the South and Meso American Indian Rights Center (SAIIC) ISSN 1071-3182 Date Summer 1991 Language English Abstract Note An excerpt from a speech given by David Kopenawa Yanomami. Attachment Title We_Need_To_Survive.pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Brazil Collor de Mello Fernando FUNAI Yanomami David Kopenawa https://www.abyayalanews.org/files/original/2f019cc6ff8a721fd49ce7ea96ec7a71.pdf 8bffb146e0c1237f396b8227a3d804fb PDF Text Text News from SAIIC This has been a very busy Spring as SAIIC has enjoyed visits from many Indigenous people from South and Meso America. Many of these visitors were here for the Abya Yala Fund board meeting the beginning of May (see story page 37). Aucan Huilcaman, a Mapuche leader from southern Chile, toured the United States in May to denounce efforts to extend NAFTA to Chile and the negative impact it has on Indigenous peoples there. He gave several presentations and a press conference while he was in the Bay Area. Jose Maria Cabascango, Quichua from Ecuador and coordinator of Territory and Policy at CONAIE, spent several days with us in June on his way back to Ecuador from the International Indian Treaty Council (IITC) meeting in Alaska. We conducted an interview with Jose Maria about his experiences with the Indigenous movement in Ecuador which we will print in the next issue of Abya Yala News. Nilo Cayuqueo, who has been coordinator, director, and cofounder of SAIIC for 12 years, will tum the directorship of SAIIC to Amalia Dixon, a Miskitu from Nicaragua. Nilo will spend more of his time working with Abya Yala Fund, but also will remain as active board member of SAIIC while helping Amalia in the transition. Also, Nilo has been awarded a Vanguard Foundation Sabbatical Fellowship. The sabbatical will allow Nilo to take two months of vacation. He is planning to go to the south to visit Indian communities. Congratulations. Amalia Dixon, who has long term experience with Indigenous organizations and the autonomy process on the Atlantic Coast of Nicaragua, has been chosen as the new director of SAIIC. We are arranging her visa so she can work in the Oakland office. She recently attended the IITC meeting in Alaska where she made many friendships and learned much about the situation of Indigenous peoples in North America. (She will continue in SAIIC the work Nilo has been doing for many years.) Welcome, Amalia. SAIIC board member Carlos Maibeth has been actively involved in a project to help electricity to the Atlantic Coast of Nicaragua through the use of solar panels. A recent fundraising in Berkeley, California, raised funds for this project. Joe Bryan is working in the SAIIC office for a month this summer as an Intern. Joe is a Community Studies and Latin American and Latino Studies major at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Part of this major entails a six-month internship with a social change organization. After his time with us, Joe plans to continue his internship in the Ecuadorian Amazon at the AMAZANGA institute. SAIIC is also pleased to announce that Gilles Combrisson has joined us as our new Journal Coordinator. Gilles has just finished his degree in Latin American and Iberian Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He worked for six months last year with the Shuar Federation in the Ecuadorian Amazon. SAIIC continues to seek to broaden the base of subscribers to Abya Yala News. Please help us by asking your friends to subscribe. In addition, we urge you to clip the Library Recommendation Form below and submit it to your local public or university library. This is a highly effective manner of spreading Indigenous perspectives more widely. 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 News From SAIIC... Type The nature or genre of the resource Journal Article 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 News From SAIIC... Item Type Journal Article Volume 9 Issue 1 Pages 39 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 Members of SAIIC and visitors meet at the Abya Yala Fund board meeting. Attachment Title News_from_SAICC.pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Bryan Joe Cabascango José María Cobrisson Gilles Dixon Amalia Huilcaman Aucán Maibeth Carlos Mapuche Nilo Cayuqueo https://www.abyayalanews.org/files/original/8627462995f0dfc00ca360d0bca4010b.pdf 5ecd4dab62dab270dee4844ad322a119 PDF Text Text Amazon Forum II The future of the Amazon depends on its Indigenous peoples and the state of their environment. The Coalition in Support of Amazonian Peoples and Their Environment held its second international forum in Washington, DC, at the Smithsonian’s Museum American History on May 10-12. The meeting brought together North American non-governmental organizations with representatives from the Amazon Basin to coordinate long-term efforts on behalf of Indigenous and forest-dependent peoples. Secretary-General of the Organization of American States, Cesar Gaviria, and Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs at the US. Department of the Interior, Ada Deer; gave keynote addresses at a reception welcoming participants in the evening of May 9th. For more information on the Amazon Forum, contact: Melina Selverston, Amazon Coalition, 1511 K. Street, NW, # 1044, Washington, DC 20005, Tel: (202) 637- 9718, Fax: (202) 637-9719, e-mail: amazoncoal@igc.apc.org. State Frontiers and Indian Nations Continued from Page 7 bar (page 7) for extracts from the declaration to guarantee the integrity and respect for Indigenous peoples. With all of these declarations, Indigenous leaders reiterate the importance that Indigenous participation should have in peace talks. They rightly point out that a meaningful and lasting peace will not be reached as long as the Indigenous peoples who live in the disputed territories continue to be ignored. Still, the governments of Ecuador and Peru are not listening. The government of Peru, for example, has proposed a plan to strengthen its borders by giving away Indigenous land to colonizers from different areas of the country. But peace will not come through the further colonization of Indigenous people. On the contrary, peace will only be achieved when Indigenous land is rightly and justly protected, and the Indigenous way of life secured. A joint declaration from AIDESEP and CONFENIAE states: "Nowadays, it is in vogue to speak of integration. However; we have lived for thousands of years in peaceful communion with our Indigenous neighbors on both sides of the border. Furthermore, borders that the white people created have divided communities like the Shuar, Quichua and Cofan. But we continue to feel as though we were part of one Indian continental nation: the ancient Abya Yala ." Additional declarations and information from Indigenous organizations on this border conflict are in SAlIC's PeaceNet conference saiic.indio as well as on the Internet at: http://ulwnaix.cc.ulwns.edu/-marc / geography / latinam/ecuador/ border_mnain.html. Chile, Upper Biobio Continued from page 27 However, because of a lack of resources and interest, this law is not always enforced and large companies such as ENDESA can circumvent the law by, for example, buying land and building houses in other areas, trying to persuade native communities to "sell." The purpose of the Environmental Bases Law (No.19,300) is " to regulate all activities that in one way or another affect the environment." However, because the law still lacks specific and definitive legislative language, it is easy for large corporations to act in defiance of the spirit such laws. As of now, it is apparent that the CNE will recommend the construction of the Ralco power plant without objectively re-evaluating its inevitable effects. In December 1994, the CNE recommended the construction of the plant's gas pipelines. Ralco already has utilization rights on the Biobio River's non-drinkable water, the provisional electrical concession, and engineering studies in their final stages of completion. Even though the CNE did not include the Ralco power plant in its latest plan of works, the government is·about to consent to its construction. If the government does give ENDESA the permission to build Ralco, it will close the possibility for a real environmental evaluation to be conducted. Ralco, like Pangue, will become an example of how the Chilean government allows big corporations to undertake socially and environmentally risky ventures despite the existence of laws that prohibit such projects. A similar multi-dam project during the 1970s, Antuco County on the Laja River, did not make good on its promise . Antuco is today one of poorest counties of Chile. Public outcry has been massive. Different environmental organizations like GABB (Action Group in Defense of the Biobio), Indigenous rights groups, student activists and other outraged citizens have joined forces to stop the construction of Ralco. In a public declaration, GABB called for a complete halt to any other project along the Biobio River, the enforcement of the Environmental and Indigenous Laws, respect for the Pehuenche communities, their land and culture, and the creation of an effective energy policy that would prioritize the social and ecological sustainability of the country. 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 Amazon Forum II Type The nature or genre of the resource Journal Article 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 Amazon Forum II Item Type Journal Article Volume 9 Issue 1 Pages 38 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 The Coalition in Support of Amazonian Peoples and Their Environment met to discuss long-term efforts to support Indigenous and forest-dependent peoples. Attachment Title Amazon_Forum_II.pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Amazon Coalition in Support of Amazonian Peoples and Their Environment Gaviria Cesar https://www.abyayalanews.org/files/original/a8ff03c2bd7ff43c623890556aefdfbe.pdf 471e66c57838a0321af475ed450153c1 PDF Text Text Filling The Gap With Abya Yala Fund The first foundation in the Western Hemisphere run by and for Indigenous People of South and Meso America. Indigenous representatives from Mexico, South America, Central America and North America have established a new fund to support Indigenous communities and organizations that are organizing to guarantee the survival of our people. A group of prominent Indigenous men and women have formed this Fund with the goal of enabling Indigenous communities to achieve self-reliance through locally-initiated improvement efforts. The Abya Yala Fund provides critical training in organizational development, communications, administration, fundraising and project management. The Fund also gives grants and loans for small-scale community projects emerging from Indigenous communities and their organizations. "We created the Fund due to our perception that a wide gap of communication and understanding exists between international funders and development agencies and Indigenous communities," said Leonardo Viteri, a Quichua from Ecuador and board member. There is also a great need for organizational development among Indigenous communities that traditional funding sources are not addressing. To fill these gaps, Abya Yala Fund works through local contacts to discuss directly with Indigenous people their priority issues and needs. By working with existing organizations and community projects, the Abya Yala Fund enables local residents to define their own priorities and helps the community access technical and financial resources. On May 4-7, 1995, Abya Yala Fund held its second meeting in Oakland, California, with board members from South and Meso America as well as advisors from North America attending. In that meeting, the board developed a five-year plan for the organization. The Abya Yala Fund has already received many proposals from Indigenous communities working on projects to protect the environment, land rights, human rights; to address women's issues; to support education projects; and to maintain the cultural integrity and spirituality of Indigenous Nations. Nilo Cayuqueo, a Mapuche from Argentina and a founding member of the South and Meso American Indian Rights Center (SAJIC), and Atencio Lopez, a Kuna from Panama, are the Co-directors of the Abya Yala Fund. Luis Macas, a Quichua from Ecuador and winner of the 1994 Goldman Environmental Award, as well as other Indigenous Leaders from across the Americas are on the Board. Amalia Dixon, a Miskitu from Nicaragua and member of the Board of Directors, will help promote the Fund in the US. Abya Yala Fund has established an office in Oakland, California, with the support of SAIIC. Until Abya Yala Fund receives its own non-profit status, the San Francisco-based Tides Foundation will be its fiscal sponsor. Abya Yala Fund has established contact with foundations and individuals who are very supportive of this unique initiative. In addition, the Fund has become a member of foundation networking organizations such as Native Philanthropy, Americans in Hispanics in Philanthropy, and the National Network of Grantmakers. Monetary contributions are greatly needed for project support and operations. The Fund is also seeking the donation of computers and modems, in order to facilitate regular communication with Board members and local contacts in Mexico, Central and South America. Please send tax deductible donations or information requests to: Abya Yala Fund, c/o Tides Foundation, P O Box 28386, Oakland, CA 94604, Tel/Fax (510) 763-6553. 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/. 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Attachment Title Filling_The_Gap_With_Abya_Yala_Fund.pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Abya Yala Fund Nilo Cayuqueo South and Meso American Indian Rights Center (SAIIC) https://www.abyayalanews.org/files/original/e086266f3ae7dac9afdb3bd4c0483faf.pdf 595580aaa77421dd7840af8f57b1abda PDF Text Text ORGAN I ZA T IO N AN D COMMU NI CATION email (or e-mail, which is shott for electronic mail) are sent through computer networks . This con"espondence is similar to the regular mail, faxes, and phone calls which organil.ations such as SAIIC have t•·aditionally used to communicate with board members, s upporters, and other organizations. The advantage of email is that it allows the sending of mail messages and computer files vi.ttually instantaneously and often cheaper than other means of communication. A second broad category of infotmation on the Internet is that which is disttibuted via listserv lists, PeaceNet confer"ences, Usenet News Groups, etc. They operate like newsletters to which people subscribe and then t"eceive r"egUlar mailings. These subscli ption lists ru"e useful for distributing news t-eports, wogent action alerts, announcements and other infotmation which may be of a dated natw·e. It is fot· these pw-poses that SAIIC established the saiic.indio confet"ence on PeaceNet last fall. A final broad category ofinf01mation available on the Internet is that found in electronic archives, including ITP, Gophet; and World-Wide Web sites. Organizations can use these archives to post an electronic copy of a brochUl'e describing the group's work, manifestos and Native American Radio Talk Show Debuts A me1ican Indian Radio on Satellite r-1(AIROS), which started pt-og~-am­ ming for and about Native Ameri cans last fall to Native-owned and public radio statiorlS, began a daily Native talk show on June 5. George Tige1; Muscogee (Creek), hosts Native America Calling, a live call-in program that explor'eS the full range of Native American life and culture, with topics such as hibal politics, rut, music, humor, storytelling, gruning and religious freedom. The onehour daily progrrun can be heru-d on tlibal.and public radio stations in the United States each Monday through F'liday at 1 p.m. Eastem time. Native Ameri ca Calling is produced at public radio station KUNM on the campus of the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque. It is a co-production of the Native American Public Br-oadcasting Conso1 tium and the Alaska Public Radio Network. Listeners o:zn stay abreast of new pro· gro.ms developments and new Sl<llions 36 declarations, past issues of newsletters, and other information which may have on-going value for the organization, its suppo1 ters, and the public at large. For example, SAIIC has placed a copy of its brochw-e on PeaceNet where people desiring more information on the organization can access it via FTP, Gophe1; or the World-Wide Web. Often weak infrashu cture and the lack of basic services such as phone lines, pruticulru·ly in remote areas, makes developing computer networks very difficult. In Africa activists at-e beginning to hook up to low-earth orbiting satellites in order to connect to computer network resources. For example, the NGO Volunteers in Technical Assistance (VITA) has assisted organizations in remote ru"eas ofTan7.ania wher-e there is no electl'icity or phone service to communicate '~a email and the Internet. F'l-om most anywhere in the world, a person \vith the appropriate equipment can send and l"eceive messages t\'~ce daily via a low orbit satellite. These lowearth orbiting sateUites have not been used extensively in Mexico, Central and South Ametica. Using this technology, Indigenous people can create their own computer networks in order to strengthen their otoganizations and defend their way of life. 'flJ coming on line by calling the Ncztiue America Calling Holline at (907) 566· 2244. dedicated to the presentation of treaties on the •·ights of the Indigenous peoples. Sixth Annual Indigenous Environmental Network Conference For more information~ contact: Indigenous EnvironmenU1l Network) ne hund•'ed and nations organizaOIndigenousAmericasandforty six tions from the gathered in Chickaloon, Alaska (J une 19-22) for the Sixth Annual Indigenous Environmental Net\vork confet"ence. The International Indian Tl"eaty Council (llTC) O l"ganized this confer~ ence. The goal of this conference was to unify Indigenous peoples in their wot-k to protect the Earth Mother and its natural l'eSources and strengthen Indigenous organizations. DUling four days of the confer-ence, participants gathered in seventeen workships dedicated to themes such as territories, protection of natural resources, militarization, the Hwnan Genome Diversity Pr-oject, and NAFTA. The final tluw days were Tel: (218) 751-4967, Fa:x: (218) 751- 0561. Second Coalition Conference on International Health uilding on the enthusiastic t'eSponse to the first conference held last November, the Canadian Society for International Health and the Canadian University CorlSOttium for Health and Development will hold the second CClli fi-om November 1215, 1995, at the Radisson Hotel in Ottawa. The conference theme is "Health Reform Around the World: Towar-ds Equity and Sustainability." Sessions will include paper P•"esenta- B tions, symposia, workshops, poster sessions, and round table discussions. ConmCL tile CC/H CoordinaU>r at Tel: (613) 730-2654, Fax:(613) 230·8-Wl, or e-mail: csm@(ox.nstr•can.. A'<Yfa 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/. 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Attachment Title Second_Coalition_Conference_on_International_Health.pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Canadian Society for International Health Canadian University Consortium for Health and Development Health sustainability https://www.abyayalanews.org/files/original/70913ec75861d89274e14efa1cce878d.pdf 5dead1423ccf70ec7d5ace2b5f7a8852 PDF Text Text ORGAN I ZA T IO N AN D COMMU NI CATION email (or e-mail, which is shott for electronic mail) are sent through computer networks . This con"espondence is similar to the regular mail, faxes, and phone calls which organil.ations such as SAIIC have t•·aditionally used to communicate with board members, s upporters, and other organizations. The advantage of email is that it allows the sending of mail messages and computer files vi.ttually instantaneously and often cheaper than other means of communication. A second broad category of infotmation on the Internet is that which is disttibuted via listserv lists, PeaceNet confer"ences, Usenet News Groups, etc. They operate like newsletters to which people subscribe and then t"eceive r"egUlar mailings. These subscli ption lists ru"e useful for distributing news t-eports, wogent action alerts, announcements and other infotmation which may be of a dated natw·e. It is fot· these pw-poses that SAIIC established the saiic.indio confet"ence on PeaceNet last fall. A final broad category ofinf01mation available on the Internet is that found in electronic archives, including ITP, Gophet; and World-Wide Web sites. Organizations can use these archives to post an electronic copy of a brochUl'e describing the group's work, manifestos and Native American Radio Talk Show Debuts A me1ican Indian Radio on Satellite r-1(AIROS), which started pt-og~-am­ ming for and about Native Ameri cans last fall to Native-owned and public radio statiorlS, began a daily Native talk show on June 5. George Tige1; Muscogee (Creek), hosts Native America Calling, a live call-in program that explor'eS the full range of Native American life and culture, with topics such as hibal politics, rut, music, humor, storytelling, gruning and religious freedom. The onehour daily progrrun can be heru-d on tlibal.and public radio stations in the United States each Monday through F'liday at 1 p.m. Eastem time. Native Ameri ca Calling is produced at public radio station KUNM on the campus of the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque. It is a co-production of the Native American Public Br-oadcasting Conso1 tium and the Alaska Public Radio Network. Listeners o:zn stay abreast of new pro· gro.ms developments and new Sl<llions 36 declarations, past issues of newsletters, and other information which may have on-going value for the organization, its suppo1 ters, and the public at large. For example, SAIIC has placed a copy of its brochw-e on PeaceNet where people desiring more information on the organization can access it via FTP, Gophe1; or the World-Wide Web. Often weak infrashu cture and the lack of basic services such as phone lines, pruticulru·ly in remote areas, makes developing computer networks very difficult. In Africa activists at-e beginning to hook up to low-earth orbiting satellites in order to connect to computer network resources. For example, the NGO Volunteers in Technical Assistance (VITA) has assisted organizations in remote ru"eas ofTan7.ania wher-e there is no electl'icity or phone service to communicate '~a email and the Internet. F'l-om most anywhere in the world, a person \vith the appropriate equipment can send and l"eceive messages t\'~ce daily via a low orbit satellite. These lowearth orbiting sateUites have not been used extensively in Mexico, Central and South Ametica. Using this technology, Indigenous people can create their own computer networks in order to strengthen their otoganizations and defend their way of life. 'flJ coming on line by calling the Ncztiue America Calling Holline at (907) 566· 2244. dedicated to the presentation of treaties on the •·ights of the Indigenous peoples. Sixth Annual Indigenous Environmental Network Conference For more information~ contact: Indigenous EnvironmenU1l Network) ne hund•'ed and nations organizaOIndigenousAmericasandforty six tions from the gathered in Chickaloon, Alaska (J une 19-22) for the Sixth Annual Indigenous Environmental Net\vork confet"ence. The International Indian Tl"eaty Council (llTC) O l"ganized this confer~ ence. The goal of this conference was to unify Indigenous peoples in their wot-k to protect the Earth Mother and its natural l'eSources and strengthen Indigenous organizations. DUling four days of the confer-ence, participants gathered in seventeen workships dedicated to themes such as territories, protection of natural resources, militarization, the Hwnan Genome Diversity Pr-oject, and NAFTA. The final tluw days were Tel: (218) 751-4967, Fa:x: (218) 751- 0561. Second Coalition Conference on International Health uilding on the enthusiastic t'eSponse to the first conference held last November, the Canadian Society for International Health and the Canadian University CorlSOttium for Health and Development will hold the second CClli fi-om November 1215, 1995, at the Radisson Hotel in Ottawa. The conference theme is "Health Reform Around the World: Towar-ds Equity and Sustainability." Sessions will include paper P•"esenta- B tions, symposia, workshops, poster sessions, and round table discussions. ConmCL tile CC/H CoordinaU>r at Tel: (613) 730-2654, Fax:(613) 230·8-Wl, or e-mail: csm@(ox.nstr•can.. A'<Yfa 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/. 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Title A name given to the resource Sixth Annual Indigenous Environmental Network Conference Type The nature or genre of the resource Journal Article 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 Sixth Annual Indigenous Environmental Network Conference Item Type Journal Article Volume 9 Issue 1 Pages 36 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 The Indigenous Environmental Conference met from June 19-22 to discuss topics such as territories, protection of natural resources, militarization, the Human Genome Diversity Project, and NAFTA. Attachment Title Sixth_Annual_Indigenous_Environmental_Network_Conference.pdf Attachment URL [No URL] International Indian Treaty Council (IITC) natural resources https://www.abyayalanews.org/files/original/0e53186227e36e58ed9622c5a69a3d9f.pdf 4c4b35a1a331722d0f7a7e51252d6c2b PDF Text Text ORGAN I ZA T IO N AN D COMMU NI CATION email (or e-mail, which is shott for electronic mail) are sent through computer networks . This con"espondence is similar to the regular mail, faxes, and phone calls which organil.ations such as SAIIC have t•·aditionally used to communicate with board members, s upporters, and other organizations. The advantage of email is that it allows the sending of mail messages and computer files vi.ttually instantaneously and often cheaper than other means of communication. A second broad category of infotmation on the Internet is that which is disttibuted via listserv lists, PeaceNet confer"ences, Usenet News Groups, etc. They operate like newsletters to which people subscribe and then t"eceive r"egUlar mailings. These subscli ption lists ru"e useful for distributing news t-eports, wogent action alerts, announcements and other infotmation which may be of a dated natw·e. It is fot· these pw-poses that SAIIC established the saiic.indio confet"ence on PeaceNet last fall. A final broad category ofinf01mation available on the Internet is that found in electronic archives, including ITP, Gophet; and World-Wide Web sites. Organizations can use these archives to post an electronic copy of a brochUl'e describing the group's work, manifestos and Native American Radio Talk Show Debuts A me1ican Indian Radio on Satellite r-1(AIROS), which started pt-og~-am­ ming for and about Native Ameri cans last fall to Native-owned and public radio statiorlS, began a daily Native talk show on June 5. George Tige1; Muscogee (Creek), hosts Native America Calling, a live call-in program that explor'eS the full range of Native American life and culture, with topics such as hibal politics, rut, music, humor, storytelling, gruning and religious freedom. The onehour daily progrrun can be heru-d on tlibal.and public radio stations in the United States each Monday through F'liday at 1 p.m. Eastem time. Native Ameri ca Calling is produced at public radio station KUNM on the campus of the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque. It is a co-production of the Native American Public Br-oadcasting Conso1 tium and the Alaska Public Radio Network. Listeners o:zn stay abreast of new pro· gro.ms developments and new Sl<llions 36 declarations, past issues of newsletters, and other information which may have on-going value for the organization, its suppo1 ters, and the public at large. For example, SAIIC has placed a copy of its brochw-e on PeaceNet where people desiring more information on the organization can access it via FTP, Gophe1; or the World-Wide Web. Often weak infrashu cture and the lack of basic services such as phone lines, pruticulru·ly in remote areas, makes developing computer networks very difficult. In Africa activists at-e beginning to hook up to low-earth orbiting satellites in order to connect to computer network resources. For example, the NGO Volunteers in Technical Assistance (VITA) has assisted organizations in remote ru"eas ofTan7.ania wher-e there is no electl'icity or phone service to communicate '~a email and the Internet. F'l-om most anywhere in the world, a person \vith the appropriate equipment can send and l"eceive messages t\'~ce daily via a low orbit satellite. These lowearth orbiting sateUites have not been used extensively in Mexico, Central and South Ametica. Using this technology, Indigenous people can create their own computer networks in order to strengthen their otoganizations and defend their way of life. 'flJ coming on line by calling the Ncztiue America Calling Holline at (907) 566· 2244. dedicated to the presentation of treaties on the •·ights of the Indigenous peoples. Sixth Annual Indigenous Environmental Network Conference For more information~ contact: Indigenous EnvironmenU1l Network) ne hund•'ed and nations organizaOIndigenousAmericasandforty six tions from the gathered in Chickaloon, Alaska (J une 19-22) for the Sixth Annual Indigenous Environmental Net\vork confet"ence. The International Indian Tl"eaty Council (llTC) O l"ganized this confer~ ence. The goal of this conference was to unify Indigenous peoples in their wot-k to protect the Earth Mother and its natural l'eSources and strengthen Indigenous organizations. DUling four days of the confer-ence, participants gathered in seventeen workships dedicated to themes such as territories, protection of natural resources, militarization, the Hwnan Genome Diversity Pr-oject, and NAFTA. The final tluw days were Tel: (218) 751-4967, Fa:x: (218) 751- 0561. Second Coalition Conference on International Health uilding on the enthusiastic t'eSponse to the first conference held last November, the Canadian Society for International Health and the Canadian University CorlSOttium for Health and Development will hold the second CClli fi-om November 1215, 1995, at the Radisson Hotel in Ottawa. The conference theme is "Health Reform Around the World: Towar-ds Equity and Sustainability." Sessions will include paper P•"esenta- B tions, symposia, workshops, poster sessions, and round table discussions. ConmCL tile CC/H CoordinaU>r at Tel: (613) 730-2654, Fax:(613) 230·8-Wl, or e-mail: csm@(ox.nstr•can.. A'<Yfa 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. 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 Native American Radio Talk Show Debuts Type The nature or genre of the resource Journal Article 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 Native American Radio Talk Show Debuts Item Type Journal Article Volume 9 Issue 1 Pages 36 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 The American Indian Radio on Satellite showcases diverse topics regarding tribal politics, art, music, humor, storytelling, gaming and religious freedom. Attachment Title Native_American_Radio_Talk_Show_Debuts.pdf Attachment URL [No URL] American Indian Radio on Satellite radio Tiger George https://www.abyayalanews.org/files/original/59baa80fcc7d6e399a004f501cdcfc87.pdf ca8f27200736bd77010e95cd1d643233 PDF Text Text O R GAN I ZA TI ON A ND CO MMU N I CA TI ON New Medium Reinforces Movement Computer Networking and Indigenous Organizations hen Peru and Ecuador began military skir- requi.l-e expensive intemational calls which limit their mishes on their shared national borde•; SAIIC usefulness. Computer networks t"ept-esent a new technoreceived via email a statement from CONAIE logical breaktlu-ough which completely changes the fotm denouncing the fighting and calling for international in which we communicate. Today, with a computer and a assistance for the Indigenous communities in the con- modem (which a•-e becoming cheaper and easier to use) it is possible to maintain virtually inm1ediate contact Oietive area. This in only one of an increasing nwnber of cases in with people ru-ound the world. Nonnally, it is possible to which Indigenous activists are beginning to utilize com- connect to the Internet 'vith a local call and maintain puter networks. Computer networks can be used to edu- contact 'vith people around the world without spending cate people about Indigenous realities and to build money on long distance toU charges. Indigenous activists ru-e now taking these means of stronger organizations. The Internet, a system of interlinked computer networks which stretches ru-ound the communication into ow· own hands. SAIIC has always world, is becoming a powetful organizing tool for been committed to the goal of communicating to the public an Indigenous perspeetive on issues which affect us. Indigenous organizations and communities. At this point it is relatively rru-e for Indigenous orga- We have accomplished this through vruious means of ni?.ations in the South to utili?A> computer networks to communication such as Abya Yakt News and urgent -omantic atti- aetion aletts disttibuted tlu-ough mailings and by fax advance their goals. Some people have a 1 tude towruu Indians and Western technology, and argue and phone. SAIIC is now making the tt·ansition to using that people ru-e less Indian if they use computers. But as email and Internet t-esources to achieve these same an Aymara 11-om Bolivia has argued, we will not be less goals. We can use this technology to educate others about Indian because we ru-e using a compute.: It is a tool, and ow· reality and to mobilize international public opinion it can be used in a positive way to achieve justice and lib- against hwnan rights abuses and on other issues which we face. We should also look for ways to use computer eration for our people. The telephone, and then the invention of the fax networks to mo1-e effeetively communicate among ourmachine revolutionized communications tlu-oughout the selves in order to shru-e info•·mation and to develop orgaworld. For Indigenous activists, faxes impt-oved commu- nizing strategies. nications between organizations ru>d with support Computer networking 1-esow-ces can be divided into gt-oups in Notth America and Europe. Faxes, however, three main categories. First, private messages called W In the last issue of Abya Yala News (Vol. 8, No. 4), two short stories about SAIIC's efforts to use computet networ1cs and the Internet to advance its Ofganizing WOI1< included incomplete Of misleading info<mation. On the News from SAIIC page (p. 39), there was a typO in the name of SAIIC's fleaceNet conference. The actual name is "saiic.indio. ·Also, SAIICs Home Page on the Wo!ld-Wtde Web is at httpdJwww.igc.apc.Ofg/saiic/saiic.html. You can find an electronic copy of SAIIC's txochure by pointing a gopher client to gopher.igc.apc.org and selecting "OrganiUitions on the IGC Netwo<1<s Gophel" and lhen "SAIIC." The brochUfe is also available in the ftp.igc.apc.cxs FTP site in the "publorgs_on_igc" d irecte<y and by sending an email oote to "saiic-info@igc.apc.cxs: Also, a ste<y on the Internet for Native Peoples Conference (p. 35) did oot include complete information for subscribing to these lists related to Indigenous issues (please oote that the -1in saiic-1 and native-! is the letter "I" and oot the number one): saiic-1 (send a message "subscribe saiic-1" to majordomo@igc.apc.Ofg; this list mirrors the saiic.indio conference) Indigenous Knowledge (send a message "sub indl<now <Your Name>· to listserv@u.washington. du) e NativeNet(send a message "sub native-I <Your Name>· to listsetv@tarTMnl .tamu.edu) In addition to these lists, Internet use<S mlrf wish to check out the foii<:Miing electronic archives, NativeWeb (httpd/u!<anaix.cc.u!<ans.edu/-mardnativeweb.html) Fourth World Documentation Project (http1Jwww.halqon.comlfWDP/fwdp.html) Native Ameriam Net Server at UW-Mitwaukee (gopher to alpha1.csd.uwm.edu and select "I.NIM"Ihen "Information" and finally ·Native American Net Selvet") Native Arrleric4n FTP site at Ccmell University(ftp to ftp.cit.comell.edu and change to the publspecial!Nativel'fofs directe<y) If yoo have any questions about any of these items, please contact Marc at the SAIIC office. Vol. 9No.1 35 �ORGAN I ZA T IO N AN D COMMU NI CATION email (or e-mail, which is shott for electronic mail) are sent through computer networks . This con"espondence is similar to the regular mail, faxes, and phone calls which organil.ations such as SAIIC have t•·aditionally used to communicate with board members, s upporters, and other organizations. The advantage of email is that it allows the sending of mail messages and computer files vi.ttually instantaneously and often cheaper than other means of communication. A second broad category of infotmation on the Internet is that which is disttibuted via listserv lists, PeaceNet confer"ences, Usenet News Groups, etc. They operate like newsletters to which people subscribe and then t"eceive r"egUlar mailings. These subscli ption lists ru"e useful for distributing news t-eports, wogent action alerts, announcements and other infotmation which may be of a dated natw·e. It is fot· these pw-poses that SAIIC established the saiic.indio confet"ence on PeaceNet last fall. A final broad category ofinf01mation available on the Internet is that found in electronic archives, including ITP, Gophet; and World-Wide Web sites. Organizations can use these archives to post an electronic copy of a brochUl'e describing the group's work, manifestos and Native American Radio Talk Show Debuts A me1ican Indian Radio on Satellite r-1(AIROS), which started pt-og~-am­ ming for and about Native Ameri cans last fall to Native-owned and public radio statiorlS, began a daily Native talk show on June 5. George Tige1; Muscogee (Creek), hosts Native America Calling, a live call-in program that explor'eS the full range of Native American life and culture, with topics such as hibal politics, rut, music, humor, storytelling, gruning and religious freedom. The onehour daily progrrun can be heru-d on tlibal.and public radio stations in the United States each Monday through F'liday at 1 p.m. Eastem time. Native Ameri ca Calling is produced at public radio station KUNM on the campus of the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque. It is a co-production of the Native American Public Br-oadcasting Conso1 tium and the Alaska Public Radio Network. Listeners o:zn stay abreast of new pro· gro.ms developments and new Sl<llions 36 declarations, past issues of newsletters, and other information which may have on-going value for the organization, its suppo1 ters, and the public at large. For example, SAIIC has placed a copy of its brochw-e on PeaceNet where people desiring more information on the organization can access it via FTP, Gophe1; or the World-Wide Web. Often weak infrashu cture and the lack of basic services such as phone lines, pruticulru·ly in remote areas, makes developing computer networks very difficult. In Africa activists at-e beginning to hook up to low-earth orbiting satellites in order to connect to computer network resources. For example, the NGO Volunteers in Technical Assistance (VITA) has assisted organizations in remote ru"eas ofTan7.ania wher-e there is no electl'icity or phone service to communicate '~a email and the Internet. F'l-om most anywhere in the world, a person \vith the appropriate equipment can send and l"eceive messages t\'~ce daily via a low orbit satellite. These lowearth orbiting sateUites have not been used extensively in Mexico, Central and South Ametica. Using this technology, Indigenous people can create their own computer networks in order to strengthen their otoganizations and defend their way of life. 'flJ coming on line by calling the Ncztiue America Calling Holline at (907) 566· 2244. dedicated to the presentation of treaties on the •·ights of the Indigenous peoples. Sixth Annual Indigenous Environmental Network Conference For more information~ contact: Indigenous EnvironmenU1l Network) ne hund•'ed and nations organizaOIndigenousAmericasandforty six tions from the gathered in Chickaloon, Alaska (J une 19-22) for the Sixth Annual Indigenous Environmental Net\vork confet"ence. The International Indian Tl"eaty Council (llTC) O l"ganized this confer~ ence. The goal of this conference was to unify Indigenous peoples in their wot-k to protect the Earth Mother and its natural l'eSources and strengthen Indigenous organizations. DUling four days of the confer-ence, participants gathered in seventeen workships dedicated to themes such as territories, protection of natural resources, militarization, the Hwnan Genome Diversity Pr-oject, and NAFTA. The final tluw days were Tel: (218) 751-4967, Fa:x: (218) 751- 0561. Second Coalition Conference on International Health uilding on the enthusiastic t'eSponse to the first conference held last November, the Canadian Society for International Health and the Canadian University CorlSOttium for Health and Development will hold the second CClli fi-om November 1215, 1995, at the Radisson Hotel in Ottawa. The conference theme is "Health Reform Around the World: Towar-ds Equity and Sustainability." Sessions will include paper P•"esenta- B tions, symposia, workshops, poster sessions, and round table discussions. ConmCL tile CC/H CoordinaU>r at Tel: (613) 730-2654, Fax:(613) 230·8-Wl, or e-mail: csm@(ox.nstr•can.. A'<Yfa 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. 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 New Medium Reinforces Movement: Computer Networking and Indigenous Organizations Type The nature or genre of the resource Journal Article 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 New Medium Reinforces Movement: Computer Networking and Indigenous Organizations Item Type Journal Article Volume 9 Issue 1 Pages 35 - 36 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 Indigenous peoples around the world begin to use computers and internet technologies to communicate. This will strengthen indigenous networks and organizations. Attachment Title New_Medium_Reinforces_Movement_Computer_Networking_and_Indigenous_Organizations.pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Communication computer Indigenous technology Internet Organization https://www.abyayalanews.org/files/original/48214ac331bae8cd6fefd4bbfa087dcb.pdf 41450a54027f9db5989fd060d364645a PDF Text Text I N T E R N A T I 0 N ~ l-----------------------------------------------------------A~ Mexico: Indians and Campesinos Massacred in Guerrero series of assassinations of Mixtee Indians topped with the massacre of 17 campesinos, has mru·ked this past June as one of the bloodiest months in recent history for Indigenous and rural peoples in Mexico. On June 10, Mixtec members of the Consejo Guerrerense 500 Ailos de Resistencia Jndigena (Guen·eran Council of 500 Years of Indigenous Resistance) Perfecto Gonzalez Rufino and Alejandro Tenorio Perfecto were assassinated, followed by the murder of member Rey Flores Hernandez on June 18, 1995. Then, on Wednesday, June 28, at a site known as Aguas Blancas in the Sierra of Coyuca de Benitez, approximately 70 policemen intercepted a passenger truck traveling to Atoyac, Guerrero, and began firing indiscriminately against the vehicle and its occupants. Of the roughly 60 campesinos traveling in the truck, 18 were confirmed dead. Eight people also disappeared and 19 people are gravely injured. In both cases, the incidents are tied to the increased level of popu- A Jar mobilization in Guerrero, one of Mexico's poorest states, with an Indigenous population of about 300,000 out of 2,650,000. In the first case, the murders are the product of the intolerance of regional cacique and municipal president of Tlacoachistlahuaca, Armando Ramos. A group of Mi.xtec Indians began a peaceful takeover there of the municipal building on May 22 to protest corruption and government indifference towards the needs of Indigenous communities. In the second case, some of the passengers belonged to the Organizaci6n Campesina de Ia Siena Sur (OCSS-Peasant Organization of the Southern Sien·a), and were on their way to a demonstration in Atoyac. There, on May 18th, members of the OCSS had prevented the exit of local authorities from the municipal building dw'ing the 28th annive•·sary of the initiation of the Lucio Cabanas uprising. As a result of the massacres, tensions between state authorities and campesinos in Guerrero have reached a boiling point. Peasants Information from Consejo de have fo•·med a popular commission Pueblos Nahuat cmd La Jomadc• In the study, researche•'S consider the exploitation of 129,459 hectares of land located at the Continuecl from page 26 southern tip of the island, in tbe township of Quell6n, with an communities and the ecological bal- annual deforestation of about ance of the island of Chiloe. In May 150,000 square meters. 28, 1994, the General Council of This project would use up about Caciques of Chiloe announced their 37% of all the forest in Chiloe, with knowledge of a document called: "A an annual deforestation volume Study to Identify the Possibilities of equivalent to 5 times the current Forest Exploitation in the At·ea annual seJTated wood production known as Puerto Carmen- Big in Chiloe and 3 times the consumpIsland of Chiloe," commissioned by tion of firewood. Wood production Los Parques, S.A. and Le Banque in Chiloe would double as a result of this project. Colbert of France. Chiloe Forests 34 for the resignation of state governor Ruben Figueroa Alcocer, who appears to have been informed of the police action prior to the incident. The coalition faces a powerful opposition that the ruling PRJ (Institutional Revolutionary Party) deputies mounted in support of Figueroa. In addition, on July 1st, what may have been members of OCSS ransacked and attempted to burn down the municipal palace in Coyuca de Benitez, site of a number of large popular protests denouncing the incident. Two state police agents and 8 local policemen believed to have been involved in the incident have been detained and are presently awaiting trial. State attorney Antonio Alcocer Salazar has also accused membet'S of the OCSS, including leader Benigno Guzman Mattinez, of "engaging in criminal conduct" in relation to the June 28 massacre. He also accused the OCSS of "tbeft of public property, destruction of commwucation lines, and causing harm to society" dw·ing various OCSS activities in 1994. He did not clarify what "criminal conduct" he was referl'ing to, however. '(>) According to these facts, the project (officially called, "Plan Astillas Puerto Carmen"), which is already being considered by the regional and provincial autholities, would become the first industrial exploitation of Chiloe's forest. This would mean the total transformation of all life forms in the island's ecosystem and a real threat to the sw'Vival of many species in it. The General Council of Caciques of Chiloe consider implementation of this project a violation of Indigenous people's ancestral rights. '(>) Abyo 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/. 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Title A name given to the resource Mexico: Indians and Campesinos Massacred in Guerrero Type The nature or genre of the resource Journal Article Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Consejo de Pueblos Nahuat La Jornada 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 Mexico: Indians and Campesinos Massacred in Guerrero Item Type Journal Article Contributor Consejo de Pueblos Nahuat La Jornada Volume 9 Issue 1 Pages 34 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 A series of assassinations of Mixtec Indians along with the massacre of 17 campesinos has made June one of the bloodiest months in recent history for Indigenous peoples in Mexico. Attachment Title Mexico_Indians_and_Campesinos_Massacred_in_Guerrero.pdf Attachment URL [No URL] assassination Guerrero Mixtec OCSS Peasant Organization of the Southern Sierra https://www.abyayalanews.org/files/original/562bcafe0c06f6b8ff123ce1e3266177.pdf 7fd2c28c21aa3bdf9681dae701221b2f PDF Text Text W 0 MEN always lived." \"'hile Indians in Pastaza returned to the lowlands after 5 weeks of negotiation with their territory adjudicated, titles included only surface rights to land and its products. SubteJTanean righ ts remain solely in the hands of the state to exploit. For twenty years, petroleum development has indelibly changed the social and ecological reality of the northern portion of the Ecuadorian Amazon through the construction of a network of roads and towns and the contamination of water and soil systems_ If petroletun development is not controlled, this is the fate looming on the horizons of Indigenous territory in Pastaza. ARCO, the only oil corporation working in Pastaza, has discovered a sizeable reserve in Indigenous ter.-itory and hydrocarbon extraction is inuninent, if the local communities and international pressure groups a re not mobilized. The struggle for land and Indigenous rights in Pastaza is not simply the concern of a politicized Indigenous elite. Miquia Abigail and Miquia Leona came to tbe Bay Area in representation of their communities and OPIP to speak in their own voices about their peoples' historical struggle in defense of their culture, beliefs, language, and way of life in the Ecuado.-ian rain forest. Standing before the San Francisco audience, Bacha Gualinga spoke on the wisdom of the ages: "I don't know how to read or write. Not even sign my name. Yet, I have here, captw-ed within my head, years and years of history. I am here as a seed, as a root, as a tree. Look at me and learn." Tracing the intimate lin.k between Indigenous peoples and a landscape, she added, "'f Indians disappear, if our way of life is destroyed, what will happen to the world? Then there will not be forest. The jungle \vill not be green." In 1989, OPIP established a Women's Committee directed by and for Indigenous Quichua women to strengthen disappearing traditions and address women's needs. Female potters in the province of Pastaza cunently sell their ar tware to OPIP's Cooperative store, Yanapuma (Black Panther), in t he provincial capital of Puyo. Now, OPIP's Women's Committee 'vishes to explot·e possibilities for expanding the marketing oflndigenous ceramjcs. The US tour aims to provide Amazonian Quichua potters dii-ect access to international alternative trade markets in the United States. The Women's Committee seeks to develop alternative trade networks as empowering opportunities to re-enforce the cultural tradition of the more than 3,000 women potters in the t'egion and extend needed economic support. An example of grassroots organizing initiated and controlled by Indian women, the mru·keting of the Quichua ceramic tradition re-affirms the dignity their cultural identity by honoring indigenous female art and strengthening female voices. Organized during International Women's Month, the Quichua Potte•'s Exchange deepens a commitment fot· dialogue between women across the globe and expands international networks of mutual suppott and cooperation. '0' For more information, contact: Fwui<tci6n Jatari, P 0. Box 65195, Tucs011, AZ, 85728, Tell Fax: (520) 5773642; or the Organizati01t of Indigenous Peoples of Pa.staza (OPIP), Casilla 790, Puyo, Pastaza, Tell Fa.<: (593-3) 885-461. Indigenous People form an Alliance to counter the Vampire Project On February 18-19, 1995, a group of30 Indigenous delegates from the United States, Canada, Panama, Ecuador, Bolivia, and Peru met in Phoenix, A.-izona, to discuss an Indigenous response to the Human Genome Project. During the three days of discussion, the delegates decided to form an International Alliance to counter the Huntan Genome Biodiversity Project. Many Indigenous peoples call this "The Vampire Project" because its goal is to collect blood, t issues, and hair from about 700 Indigenous groups around the wodd. The Human Genome Project is a proposal to collect and study the genetic structw-es of va.-ious ethnic groups. They have targeted populations "on the verge of extinction:• a nd refer to Indigenous groups as "Isolates of Historical Interest." SAIIC and many other Indigenous organizations have taken a stand against this project because it is yet another example of t-esearch which Notth American and European scientists carry out on Indigenous peoples without their consent and without all of the t-elevant information being provided to them. This is a continuation of colonialism ofindigenous peoples which began 500 years ago. The delegates at the Phoenix confet-ence decided to make a plan of action to stop t.he Human Genome Project and its attempt against the biological, spiritual, physical, and psychological lives of Indigenous peoples. They formed a coordinating committee comprised of Indigenous people from North, Central, and South America. They are planning another meeting for next fall in northern California in order to continue tbis campaign. The En'owkin Centre and Okanagan Indians in British Columbia organized this conference which TonatietTa in Phoeni.x hosted. Debra Hany, a Paiute Indian from Nevada, is coordinator of this project. For mot-e informati<>n, contact: Debra, at PO Box 6, N~'Wn, Neuada 89424, Tel: (702) 574-0309, e-mail <Utarry@igc.apc.org; or the Ett'owkin Centre, 257 Brwu;wick St., Penticton, BC V2R 5P9, Canada, Tel: (604) 4937181 Fa.<: (604) 493-5302. ,.,.-- - - - - - - - - ------32 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. 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 Indigenous People form an Alliance to counter the Vampire Project Type The nature or genre of the resource Journal Article 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 Indigenous People form an Alliance to counter the Vampire Project Item Type Journal Article Volume 9 Issue 1 Pages 32 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 Indigenous people decide to try and stop the Human Genome Project. This project is collecting and studying genetic structures without the consent of almost extinct populations of indigenous peoples. Attachment Title Indigenous_People_form_an_Alliance_to_counter_the_Vampire_Project.pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Consent Human Genome Project international The Vampire Project