18 12 1190 https://www.abyayalanews.org/files/original/b87558858e1d6dbe35f0a4908adf8a78.pdf 1392f6fd86b9f1d42c4b1c8f38986440 PDF Text Text 500 Years of Indian Resistance and the Popular Movement (Guatemala) The "Continental Campaign: 500 Years of Indian Resistance and the Popular Movement" took place in Quetzaltcnango, Guatemala from October 7-12, 1991. More than 200 delegates partidpated of whom about 130 were non-Indian representatives from popular movements and about 70 were Indian delegates from South, Central and North America. Some of the main topics of the agenda were: dcrnocracy, human rights, Indian rights, land and life, nroc:olonialism and self.<fetcnnination, and women and youth. For more infonnotion, contod: Secretoria Opetativa, Apdo Postol·7·8 Sucursol el Trebol, 01903 Guatemala, GUATEMAlA C.A. Phone:28932 TRADITIONAL O'ODHAM OF MEXICO DEMAND RECOGNITION (Mexico) The O'Odham of Sonora, Mexico and the Tohono O'Odham Nation of southern Arizona are all one people, however they have yet to be fully terogllized and respected as one sovereign nation by both the United Statesa.n d Mexico. The Traditional O'Odham Leaders of Mexico are petitioning to the O'Odham Nation of Arizona, to terogllizc the O'Odham of Mexico as part of their nation, and the lands in Mexico as part of the ancestral lands of the Tohono O'Odham Nation. The Traditional O'Odham Leaders of Mexico are prc$CI'Itly eXA!rting a major effort to recover or reclaim ancestral lands for the O'Odham during this six-year term of President Salinas de Gortari in Mexico. They arc petitioning the Federal and State government agencies of Sonora and the Tohono O'Odham Council in Sells, Arizona that any dealings with the O'Odham of Mexico be presented to the Traditional O'Odham of Mexico first for their review and action on it. In this way, the traditions, culture, language and sacred sites can be protected. For the past 100 years, the O'Odham of Mexico have protested the conditions in which they live under the Mexican government, the violation of their human rights and the invasion of their ancestral land rights. The National tndigenist Institute ONO has collaborated more likely than not with the ranchers and drug traffickers who continue to usurp even more lands from the O'Odham of Mexico. The Traditional O'Odham Leaders of Mexico were organized to face the problem of INI appointing hand-picked O'Odham and non-O'Odham to serve in official positions. There are inherent problems with this select few who have maintained an absolute control over the internal govema.n ce and over funds designated to benefit the O'Odham of Mexico's small economic development projects. These people have been dedicated to their own interests and those of the lNl offidals and not to the needs of the Traditional O'Odham. The Traditional O'Odham of Mexico are now developing the "O'Odham in Mexico Program" which focuses on different areas such as community development assessment, land development assessment and legal intervention. They have entered the international arena with two petitions to the United Nation's Working Group for Indigenous Populations in Geneva. For more infonnotion and how you can be supportive ol the O'Odham in Mexico Progrom, you may conlad: George Ignacio or Fronk Mariana in Arizona at (602) 383-2249. 34 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 Traditional O'Odham of Mexico Demand Recognition 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 Summer 1991 Language A language of the resource English English Zotero Title Traditional O'Odham of Mexico Demand Recognition Item Type Journal Article Volume 6 Issue 1,2 Pages 34 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 The O'Odham demand recognition. Attachment Title abyayala_v06n01_02_p034.pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Mexico O'Odham https://www.abyayalanews.org/files/original/e2627cef94a964bad8125067388e20d1.pdf 1392f6fd86b9f1d42c4b1c8f38986440 PDF Text Text 500 Years of Indian Resistance and the Popular Movement (Guatemala) The "Continental Campaign: 500 Years of Indian Resistance and the Popular Movement" took place in Quetzaltcnango, Guatemala from October 7-12, 1991. More than 200 delegates partidpated of whom about 130 were non-Indian representatives from popular movements and about 70 were Indian delegates from South, Central and North America. Some of the main topics of the agenda were: dcrnocracy, human rights, Indian rights, land and life, nroc:olonialism and self.<fetcnnination, and women and youth. For more infonnotion, contod: Secretoria Opetativa, Apdo Postol·7·8 Sucursol el Trebol, 01903 Guatemala, GUATEMAlA C.A. Phone:28932 TRADITIONAL O'ODHAM OF MEXICO DEMAND RECOGNITION (Mexico) The O'Odham of Sonora, Mexico and the Tohono O'Odham Nation of southern Arizona are all one people, however they have yet to be fully terogllized and respected as one sovereign nation by both the United Statesa.n d Mexico. The Traditional O'Odham Leaders of Mexico are petitioning to the O'Odham Nation of Arizona, to terogllizc the O'Odham of Mexico as part of their nation, and the lands in Mexico as part of the ancestral lands of the Tohono O'Odham Nation. The Traditional O'Odham Leaders of Mexico are prc$CI'Itly eXA!rting a major effort to recover or reclaim ancestral lands for the O'Odham during this six-year term of President Salinas de Gortari in Mexico. They arc petitioning the Federal and State government agencies of Sonora and the Tohono O'Odham Council in Sells, Arizona that any dealings with the O'Odham of Mexico be presented to the Traditional O'Odham of Mexico first for their review and action on it. In this way, the traditions, culture, language and sacred sites can be protected. For the past 100 years, the O'Odham of Mexico have protested the conditions in which they live under the Mexican government, the violation of their human rights and the invasion of their ancestral land rights. The National tndigenist Institute ONO has collaborated more likely than not with the ranchers and drug traffickers who continue to usurp even more lands from the O'Odham of Mexico. The Traditional O'Odham Leaders of Mexico were organized to face the problem of INI appointing hand-picked O'Odham and non-O'Odham to serve in official positions. There are inherent problems with this select few who have maintained an absolute control over the internal govema.n ce and over funds designated to benefit the O'Odham of Mexico's small economic development projects. These people have been dedicated to their own interests and those of the lNl offidals and not to the needs of the Traditional O'Odham. The Traditional O'Odham of Mexico are now developing the "O'Odham in Mexico Program" which focuses on different areas such as community development assessment, land development assessment and legal intervention. They have entered the international arena with two petitions to the United Nation's Working Group for Indigenous Populations in Geneva. For more infonnotion and how you can be supportive ol the O'Odham in Mexico Progrom, you may conlad: George Ignacio or Fronk Mariana in Arizona at (602) 383-2249. 34 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 500 Years of Indian Resistance and the Popular Movement 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 Summer 1991 Language A language of the resource English English Zotero Title 500 Years of Indian Resistance and the Popular Movemenet Item Type Journal Article Volume 6 Issue 1,2 Pages 34 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 Notes on the "Continental Campaign." Attachment Title abyayala_v06n01_02_p034.pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Guatemala https://www.abyayalanews.org/files/original/a6a356dd44bde73d41b5b876a07178a3.pdf e541fd14f09382290320376cffc2e302 PDF Text Text MORECERJ EXECUTIONS IN GUATEMALA (Guatemala) Amilcar Mendez Urizar, the leader of the Council of Ethnic Communities Runujel Junam 'We are all Equal" (CERJ), was the victim of an attempted abduction and CERJ member, Camilo Ajqui Jimon was the victim of an extrajudicial execution on April 14th, 1991. Amilcar Mendez was about to get into his car on the Calzada (Avenue) Roosevelt in Zone 11 of Guatemala City, at 7:30 am on 15 April, when he was approached by four men in civilian clothing, wearing dark glasses. Two of the men attempted to seize him, but he managed to escape when people in the vicinity intervened. One of the men reportedly told Amilcar Mendez that he was going to die. Amnesty International is concerned for his safety, as well as for the safety of other CERJ members. CERJ was formed in July 1988 to protect indigenous people's lights. It has been particularly active in protesting at peasants being forced to join in the ostensibly voluntary Civil Defense Patrols (PAC). Article 34 of the Guatemalan Constitution, which recognizes the light to freedom of association, states that no-one may be forced to serve in self-defense groups. The authorities maintain the patrols are voluntary, but there are scores of cases where peasants who have not wished to participate or have tried to withdraw from them, have been labeled "subversives'' by the army and subjected to harassment, death threats and extrajudicial execution. The abuses have been carried out by uniformed soldiers as well as by men in plain clothes, believed to be members of theseculityforcesor acting under t~ orders. COSTA RICA FINALLY RECOGNIZES INDIANS' CITIZENSH I P (Costa Rica) President Rafael Angel Calderon last week formally signed into law a bill facilitating citizenship cards for thousands of undocumented Costa Rican Indians who for years had been denied citizenship. Many Indians were born in remote areas far from Civil Registry centers, so they never obtained the necessary papers to be granted citizenship. Once they have their citizenship cards, they will be eligible for Social Security health care and bank loans, benefits previously denied them. "After 500 years, we are being recognized as Costa Ricans," said Pablo Sibar at a stirling ceremony attended by hundreds of Indians in San Jose's Parque de Ia Paz. According to Enrique Rivera, president of the Telibe Indian Association of Terraba, the multinational fruit company Pindeco is growing papayas on land leased to it by a non-Indian inside the Indian reserve south of the Talarnanca mountains in eastern Costa Rica. Much of the land reserved for Costa Rica's 30,<XX> Indian communities is being worked by non-Indians or has been sold off. CERJ has, since its foundation, been the target of a wide range of human lights violations. Since March 1990, at least 8 members are known to have been killed in circumstances suggesting official involvement. This figure includes the recent killing of Camilo Ajqui Jimon and two further members of CERJ who have been killed since President Jorge Serrano Elias took office in January, 1991. Source: t\mlwty lnteriiQ/ioMI Vol6 Nos 1&2 33 � 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 Costa Rica Finally Recognizes Indians' Citizenship 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 Summer 1991 Language A language of the resource English English Zotero Title Costa Rica Finally Recognizes Indians' Citizenship Item Type Journal Article Volume 6 Issue 1,2 Pages 33 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 Costa Rican Indians finally recognized by their government. Attachment Title abyayala_v06n01_02_p033.pdf abyayala_v06n01_02_p033.pdf Attachment URL [No URL] [No URL] Calderon Rafael Angel Costa Rica https://www.abyayalanews.org/files/original/7fbed328b34c08cd6622a298b7f64712.pdf e087ec9f36593625df25e61b3324d5b7 PDF Text Text DAUGHTERS 0 F A BY A YA L A t~~w~ Dr. Leticia Dianna Viteri Gualinga it is evident that while the chemical con- LLuy Virui is a Quiduw from Ecutulor. She is a r-ep~StiH<Hivc of CONAIE, rl1t Cmifedcration of the lmligcnous Nationalities of Eawdor. l.tuy is t~ doctor· \\'ho since O<rober of 1997 h<IS wor'ktd with cl1e Pcmcmterican Health Organitacfcn OPS wori~ing in rhe Promotion and Protection of Heal<h and heal<hy lif<s<yles division, spedfically in the mental health t>r~ram. She has also woi'Ju:d ou a numbu oJ lr1digtr1ous health fJrOjects and studies, In ~,n of your invesligations in nm'l.l communilics, what has been the pri ncipal cause of illnesses among the Indigenous people (colonialization. tourism . petroleum, etc.)? <tS well llS conducting reset1rch on Indigenous htal<h issu<s. SAilC asked Lelly <o disa•ss some aspurs of !ttdigenous l1calrh for our &o-]us<ice ami Htal<h issue of Abya Yala News. In this issue we're exploring the tamination of the environment has affected the health of these communities. il is imponant to substamiate this reality with serious Studies. rcla~ tion that exis ts between 1hc CXJ>Ioita· lion of natural resources like minerals1 petroleum, cac., and the negative e ffec ts of this type of exploitation on the health of the Indigenous cOonunu· nitics. In your work as a doctor ha"c you enco untered cases of this l'Y pe? There exists a number of facwrs that impact the health of the Indigenous com· munities. This new epidemic lrend which we arc living through is a just response tO the political violence, the ecological and e<:onomic violence. the social discrimination. the poverty, the anned conflict. among other things, and in this manner has given rist tO a new order o£ illnesses like alcoholism. Could you give us specific examples of communities? The P<'troleum devdopment brought One time when 1 visited Lake Agrio. in Sucumbios. 01~e of the 5 Amazonian provinces of Ecuador. we visited the oil wells where Texaco operated. Dt11ring the vish, we became acquainted with many of the J>eople who lived around these wells. l could observe various types o-f symp~ toms of the skin afflictions. rashes: one boy with a t)rpe of congenital m~lforrna· tion which I don't know whether il was related to the chemical contamination of the environment. or course the exploita· tion of any natural resource brings with it a disequilibrium of ecosystems and this directly affects the health of the commu· nitit~ in these regions, On <he other hand violence to the Huaorani communities of Tot\ampari and Quihuareno in 1988. They committed a terrible crime· an oil spill that destroyed the richness of the rivers. the land and the health of the trouble il~ the actual planning and execution !o( soltnionsl. There are some (com· rnuniticsl , like the case or Sarnyacu, Curnmy. which are sufficiently large and have the intention of doing many things. In the same way. the h~digenous organi· z:ations arc only now beginning to con· cern themselves with the health of our people. \Vhat are the mos1 common h eahh problems affecting Indigenous women? \Vhat arc the specific issues t hal 1hey face? The mental health of the women con- S<itutcs the principal health problem and 1lhis seems to be affected by <.:enain <.-aus· es wonh considering. 1t is important to point out that they [the women! have lost the tradilional knowledge concerning family planning. Along with this. they don't have access to the modern forms of birth control and they often don't have the right to choose the number of children they would like to have. [Other s.trcsses include) domestic violence. the excessive physical labor associated with domestic chores and !taking care on their fanns. the transporting of water. among other details that have a serious impact on the health or I he women. Huaorani communit)'· The emire city of Lago Agrio. the capital of the Sucumbios province, has been affected. as well as all of the villages of the Siona-Secoya and Cofan P<'Oples. \Vhal was your moth•e for slUdying m edicine and for serving Indige nous communities? 1 chose to stud)' medicine because \Vhat are the Indigenous organiza. tions doing to resolve this problem? ahvays liked it and the vocation 1 con· The communities are concerned s.tructed in the COtiTSe of the career. l always thought that medicine is a science which is esscmially social , and that about these problem$, but often har e 1hrough thi$ I could somehow makt a Continued on fXigc 34 22 A'cY-;a Yala News �S E L F DETERMINATION This organization is new and has not yet completely defined its course of action, which is something that we have to do soon. I've been working·for some time with the LIWEN Center for Mapuche Studies and Documentation. The objective of this institution is to generate knowledge from our own perspective and to disseminate it to all sectors, especially the Mapuche. For example, we work on topics relating to the Mapuche people, to the situation of other Indigenous nations' in their own countries, and on the issue of Bilingual Intercultural Education. What is the difference between the programs for Mapuche children and those for the youths? With the children you have to work in a playful context, where you keep the youngster entertained while they're learning, and of course you must involve the family in some way This is difficult, because many times the parents don't agree that their child should learn about Mapuche culture because they view this as negative but this is not their fault. We don't know what negative experiences they have had that have made them opposed to it. Working with young people or adolescents is a little more complex. They are going through a difficult stage, building their identity They have many fears, and to come to terms with being an Indigenous person in a racist country is not an easy thing. You have to gain their confidence slowly They must see that you as a woman can be a role model, thatbeing Mapuche is not bad or ugly, not at all. We know that you did some research on the oral history of the families of urban Mapuche youths. What were the most important points that came out of this research? This study came about due to the interest th at a group of us young Mapuche students had in retrieving our history, that history which was denied us for our having been born in a different context than our parents and grandparents. It was an arduous task, because from the beginning our families didn't 34 & TERRITORY understand our interest in understanding things of such little relevance to them. The people in the countryside usually don't value their legends, their family histories. They don't comprehend the richness of their own knowledge. We got them to change their attitude: they started to talk, to spill out a whole marvelous, unknown world for us. We really learned an enormous amount. It was magical to listen to it all, and the most important thing is that we were able to get our relatives, our aunts and uncles, cousins, etc., involved. We'd like to ask why you, as a young Mapuche woman, are involved in this type of work? I work with conviction, because I really feel that it's necessary to struggle for our rights as Mapuche people. The conditions of poverty and oppression in which we live today must change . Mapuche children should grow up in a healthy atmosphere, in peace and harmony with the environment. When I took consciousness of my identity, of my history, of my culture, it was really like a liberation. I strongly feel the need to support my people in every way that I can. It's a life choice. What would you like to see in the future for Mapuche youth? And what would you like to do to make it happen? The future of the youth and children is a worry that we have as a people. In many communities, the young people must migrate to the urban centers to find any work they can. Their dreams of studying are dashed at a very young age and that's not fair. I'd like to do many things, but we need to design strategies at the community level. Individual initiatives should be within a larger context to make the desired impacts and changes. We're working for this. We know that you've been working on a project on Indigenous Women and Gender in Washington, DC. Could you tell us what the focus of your research has been? In September, 1997, I was selected by the Development Fund for Indigenous Peoples to develop a work apprenticeship in the Indigenous Peoples' Union of the Interamerican Development Bank, located in Washington, DC I'm specifically working on editing a report about the topic of gender relations in Indigenous communities and development. It is a reflective work, whose main objective is to understand Indigenous women's thoughts and perceptions about development. Essentially, the idea is to propose certain strategies that can be incorporated into the Bank's policies in relation to Indigenous women. ..., Continued from page 22 contribution to society, not only the Indigenous on e of Ecuador, but in whichever place throughout the world. What have been the challenges that you have had to face as an Indigenous woman doctor? I don't like being labeled as an Indigenous woman doctor; well, I feel like any other woman of any other culture and nation. But in fact I've had to face certain challenges, like knowing that the people of my community viewed me as the savior from the health problems affecting the community The leaders of my provincial community trusted so in my abilities. One demonstration of this was their inviting me to work in the SAMAY Project, financed by the European Union. I'm talking about a pro-life project that would permit us, in a significant manner, to build our society, that would allow us to control our own destiny Being a representative of the Confederation of the Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador, CONAIE , is another challenge. To respond positively to all these challenges, I always try to learn more to better understand the culture of Globalization, to learn how to manuever myself within the dynamics of the modern age, in distinct levels and spheres of human actions. For me, it is important to take into account the advice and the points of view of the great Indigenous leaders, and of the great ideologies, both old and new. ..., 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. 11, no. 1 (Spring 1998) 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 Interview with Dr Leticia Dianna Viteri Gualinga Type The nature or genre of the resource Journal Article Language A language of the resource English English Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Spring 1998 Zotero Title Interview with Dr Leticia Dianna Viteri Gualinga (Not attached) Item Type Journal Article Language English Abstract Note Interview with a Quichua from Ecuador, who works in the health field. Discusses exploitation of natural resources, and the negative social and health implications of continued exploitation. Issue 1 Volume 11 Publication Title Abya Yala News Pages 22, 34 Exploitation Health https://www.abyayalanews.org/files/original/4d0c299cf37909e950db05dd9d9fcac8.pdf aaa63783558b831de889a5de963768e1 PDF Text Text I N B R I E F Nicaragua's Atlantic Coast Update: Logging Stopped! The Oineh communnyS long history Qf rtsJStance reached a pivotal I>Oint in 1974, when the US Congress appro,·ed the Navnjo-Hopi S<:ulemem Aet. The previous am:mgement of dual ownership of lhe lands by the Dlneh and the Hopi complicated the mining companies ability to seek land leases for co.1.l extr~u:· tion. This new law. sponsored in part by the mining indu$try, resulted in the £on:ed relocation of 12.000 traditional Oineh from their land. In 1996 the US government attempted another Oineh·l-lopi settlement act that offered land le:ases to a few ftun· i1ies while authorizing the forcible relcx-ation of those who did not qualify for a lease pemlit, The Oineh art feeh ng the pressure to rtsettle w oper1 1nore land for mining. he 16th of February, Nicaragua's Environment .and N:nur:.\1 Rt.SO\trctS Millisuy withheld permits to SOL· CARSA, the Korean Lumber company, declaring their logging concession null and void Two rears ago. the Violcta Chamorro government grnnted a 153,000 acre concession to SOLCARSA. a subsidiary of the Korean tronsnatlonal Kum K)~mg (~e Abya Y a!a News. Summer 1997, Vol 10. No.3. Pg.34). The rainforest concession violated laws protecting the nght of lnd•genous <:Oml'nunities of the North Atlantic Atonomous Zot•e (Rt\AN) to control their natuml resour:cts. The In addition lO being the primary SOU~C of deStruction for recent dcdaration has. come after the Nicaraguan Supreme Court has ruled that the logging concesston is unconstitutional traditional Oineh burial and sacred sites. the cool st rip~mine h:tS for a second time. The Korean logging g1ant has already paid 1 cr~U':d several etwlronmental problems. Tht mine threatens the million dollars in fines for violating logging regulations. sole sourc;e of water for the communities in the region. The coal from the Slack M~ mine is mixtd with ,.,:rater and ttansportcd For the Miskito and Sumo people. the eviction of SOI..- 273 miles through a slurry line to the Mojave Generation Station CARSA is the first step towards recognizing 'heir constitutional in laughlin. Nevad:t. To function properly. the slurry line must right to title their lands. Armstrong \Viggins, a M~skito lawrer <U pump up to 1.4 billion g$llons of wt.\tcr each year frotn the the Indian Law Resource Ccncr s.1id that '"this was an imj>Ort.arn Oineh aqtlifer. battle, hard fought ... but to keep this from happening again. we In his four·day visit , Mr. Amor heard from lndtg.cnous have to press now for the demarcation of all lndigneous lands in nations m Arizona on other maaers 3S well. including: the Nicaragua.'" Un1versity of Arizol'H\'s plac:eme1\l of tcltsc:opes on tOp of Momu lnformmion from: R csoutce Ctrucr of rite AmcrfcM and GlolHd Graham , a place sacred to the Apa<:he people: urnnium mining Resp<>11se: globrrsp<>nse@igc.apc.org on the high pl:ueatt~ of the Grand Canyon, which is s.'\cred to the Havasupai and many other Indigenous peoples nath•c to Arizona. Nevertheless. Mr. Amor refustd to validate or refute "''l' until he h.•d time to United Nations Investigates Human Rights Abuses :.md allegations he had rccti"ed fromdigest the documentation testim<m)' more than one hundred Against Indigenous Peoples in the United States and Cif~y people in his four day vish. Amor's report from lus U.S. vlsit will likely be: heard by lhc U.N. Commiss1on on Hum:m February 1-4, Mr. Abdelfauah Amor. the UN Special Rights in March 1999. It is possible the UN may rcle•~ the Rapponcur of Religious Intolerance of the Unitt.-d Nntions report to the public by the end of 1998. Comm~ssion on liuman rughlS, l'nCl With traditional Olnch The aides to the stateS congression:t1 delegation in Arizona (N~wajo) elders to investigate charges of humatl rights violations by the Un i u:~d States govcmmcnL A comingem of various non· said they had never heard of Amor nor had any idea why he had government organizations, most of them faith based. were 1nvlt· selected AriZOI\9. tO ilwestigate the subject or re.hgious lntOicrcd by the Dineh to participate in the event. More chan one: htm· anct. dred people sat on the din floor of a hogan liStenit'lg tO u:sti· \tfars.ha ~\lf<mc~.rcr.sl()l, monies about rtligiotts violations. This was the firs~ time that For more irifomuuion please comacr: 1 the United States has ever been £onnally investigated by the UN Consultam to So\'trtign Dine.h Nmior1. Co-Chair, NCO Huma~~ Rights Caucus at 'he VN Commi.ssior~ on Su.stairwble De\'elopmeru for violations the right lO freedom of rclig.ton. T I or Abdelfauah Amor came in response to n fonnal complaim filed by the lntcn>atlonallndian Treaty Council (liTC) on behal£ of the Sovereign Oineh Nation of Big Mountain, Arizona focus· ing on forced relocation and its impacts on religious freedom. The religious rights of the Dineh Nauon are thrc:uencd by the British-owned Peabody Coal Company (PCC). the world~ largest pri\'Otcly-owned coal company. which operates the Black Mesa/Kayenta strip mine in the heart of Black Mesa. Over 4.000 burial and sacred snes have been destroyed as a result of strip mining. There is no protection given to Oinch burial grounds and sacred sites. Members of the: t.:olnmunit)t are ba.rrtd access 10 cenain s.1cred sites to pray. which interferes with the.ir abibty to practice thc1r religion. which is land~bascd and sile Sj>ecific. 4 (718) 349-1841 t•mail: sdmuiorJ@tarlhlhlk.P~tl Roraima, Brazil: Forest Fires Reach Yanomami Territory T he raging fires sweeping the Amazon have r!!ached the Yanomami's dense jungle territory. for the past two months. fires set by subsis(ence fam1ers to cle:tr the1r land ha\'e ravaged the s.wanna highlands of Roraima state. The dcv.. · asuuing Orcs are coupled with one or the worst droughts the region has e.ver faced. Thous..1.nds of Macuxi, \ V3ptxan:t. Taurcpangi, \Vai \ Vai, Pcmon. Maiongong and Patamona pc:oA~Yala News �IN pies arc also <hrca<cned as <he drough< has ruined their crops. The fire:; arc now t:uing their way into the jungle, which is usually far too h\nnid and wet w burn. According to meteorolo· gists. 1:1 Nil)o may be affecting the bizarre weather, which has caused Oooding in 6raz1l's south and drought in the Amazon region to the Nonh. Romima has not seen rail'\ for five months. .and the winds push lhc names quickly lhrough !he foreSl aided by lhe exuemel)• low levels of the rivers and creeks, natural firebreaks. At this writing. the Orcs had already entered seven miles into the Yanont."mi's vast ttrritory along, the 8ra:ii-Vcnczuela border. The rivers in the :li'Ca ha\'C dried up to such an extent that heahh care providers-arc unable to reach Yanomami villages affected by 1nalaria. 1'he fires come at a time when the. garimpenos, poor gold miners who swanned into Yanoma.m1 lands by the tens of 1hous.1nds in <he 1970s and 80s. have finally been rc,novc by the gov~mmem this j3J\\I3_y. Yanomami leader Oavi Kopcnawa t Yanomami has -appealed for help to stop the f'ires from encroaching fun her into the jungle and desnoying any villages. He expressed concern <hal <he fires will open <he way for gold miners and landless farmers who would normally be slopped by <he dense jungle. The Consdho lndlgena de Rornima (CIR) has appealed 10 the imcrn::nional community for dis.'1Ster aid to help fight the severe eondi<ions created by the fires ond drough<. As pan of <heir solidari<y campaign. CIR is trying <<> drill wells, build water c.xmals and provide food for the Jndigenous t>eoples in Roraima. where the f'ircs ha\'e alr~ad)• consumed 25% of the state's forests. Pft<lS€ tonwa CIR at: cir@technec.com.br BRIEF d:.uncotal, a.nd rtj>rtscms the first time that the multiculturalism of the nation has been legally recognized. To comply with the Convention, the government must con· suit '''lth the Indigenous communities before nlSlituting any projccl <ha< could ~ffect <he communi<ies directly. The S<a<c is atso obliged to establish the means through which the commu. nities can panicip:ne freely in decision-making with govem.. ment authoritu~.s. In the Constituent Asstmbl)·. whlch was seated in late December and is charged with rtwriting the Ecuadoran ConStitution. members of the 1~chakutik mo\'emem , cemer.Jeft panics and former Presidem Osvaldo Hunado ( 1981·84). head of <he Peoples Democracy pany and speaker of the assembly. have promised to defend the ILO conventiOI\. In tts debates Ol\ plurinatiOilttlhy. the assembly is considering the issues addressed in Convention 169 including such topics as: juridical pluralit)', which would pcnnil Indigenous communities to have their own laws. legal t-ode.s and s.t~nctions, and provide legal recognition of some decisions made under traditional juStice systems. nlthotlgh many aspects of these decisions would be subordinate lO t:cuadorian law; making the official govcmmcm rcprcscmative in a locality an elected post in Indigenous tcrrito· ries, rather than a political appoimcc or I he provincial govemor; m<'tking Quich\13 n nauonal langunge, on the same level as Sp~nish. while less·"~dely spoken Indigenous <ongues would be recognized as official languages i1\ the areas where they are SJ>okcn: allowing 1ndigcnous communities to organize themselves according to their own traditions. Even if Ecuador joins the eight other Uuil\ Amcrican coun· . tries that have. ratified Convcmion 169. signing this interna- tional agreemem is not a guaramee of compliance Lluco ciles the example of Mexico. who ratified the accord in 1990 but is Ecuador- Indigenous People Push for Ratification now persecuting the ln<ligenous commtmitie-s in Chiapas. Many of ILO Convention 169 Indigenous leaders think that it is necessary lO incOrJ>arate the Convention into the national constitUtion. According to Lluco " Congressional recognition is fundamental , but it is only the f'irst in Ecuador, Indigenous people kicked off the momh of step ... February with demonstrntiOJ\S and marches tO pressure 1he govemmtnt tO ratify the International labor Org;,lnization's The recent discussions In Congress surrourlding: the ILO Convention 169 ~hat rtcognizcs the rights of Indigenous and Convention 169. have sp.·u kcd nationwide debmcs about mul· Tribal People. Their rcccm efforts include the massive march of ticuhuralism and what il mC'ans to be a muhi·ethnic state. "Our more than 1,500 Indian that arn"ed in Quito on the 4th or nonns are pan of a survhral system that hM- nothing to do wilh Fcbruaf)\ On Feb. 5th interim President Fabi~n Alarc6n sent western laws. ·nU\t is why it is imperative for Indigenous com· Congress his report on the issues addressed in the convention. mur~ities to be give'' the J>Ower to re-solve their own internal Congress is now deb~Uil\g the ratification or the international conOicLS. For this reason. it is indispensable that the constitu· tion include judicial pluralhy. Obviously there is a need to ere· accord. ate a l.aw to harmonize gtncral legislation with that of the Since it was ratified by the lntemationa] Labor Org~t.nization Lndigenous communities. where matters of justice are ::tlso in Geneva in 1989. the dose 10 3.5 million Indigenous people decided collectively and where the entire commun1ty panid· in Ec.ttador have been fighting for hs ratification. lndigcnoll$ pates.. Lluco concluded . leader Miguel Lluco. congressional representative of the P<tchakmik Plurinational Movement. has conti0\.100 to raise the Information from: Nolicias Ali(ldas. Pc:n• issue of rmineation or the convention tn Congress. Lluco says that there ,..,.~ "nn unjustified delay on the. part or 1he executive bmnch" in handing over the convcmion to Congress for mtifi· cation. For the 11 Indigenous nations in t:cuador. -a country of J 1 million inhabitants. the ratification of the Convention is fun· l Vol. 11 No.1 5 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Vol. 11, no. 1 (Spring 1998) 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 Roraima, Brazil: Forest Fires Reach Yanomami Territory 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 1998 Language A language of the resource English English Zotero Title Roraima, Brazil: Forest Fires Reach Yanomami Territory Item Type Journal Article Volume 11 Issue 1 Pages 4-5 Publication Title Abya Yala News ISSN 1071-3182 Date Spring 1988 Language English Abstract Note The combination of drought and forest fires have threatened thousands of indigenous people. Attachment Title Roraima_Brazil_Forest_Fires_Reach_Yanomami_Territory (1).pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Conselho Indigena de Roraima Roraima Yanomami https://www.abyayalanews.org/files/original/ae81ea38c6a7d0efabca35de83162929.pdf e541fd14f09382290320376cffc2e302 PDF Text Text MORECERJ EXECUTIONS IN GUATEMALA (Guatemala) Amilcar Mendez Urizar, the leader of the Council of Ethnic Communities Runujel Junam 'We are all Equal" (CERJ), was the victim of an attempted abduction and CERJ member, Camilo Ajqui Jimon was the victim of an extrajudicial execution on April 14th, 1991. Amilcar Mendez was about to get into his car on the Calzada (Avenue) Roosevelt in Zone 11 of Guatemala City, at 7:30 am on 15 April, when he was approached by four men in civilian clothing, wearing dark glasses. Two of the men attempted to seize him, but he managed to escape when people in the vicinity intervened. One of the men reportedly told Amilcar Mendez that he was going to die. Amnesty International is concerned for his safety, as well as for the safety of other CERJ members. CERJ was formed in July 1988 to protect indigenous people's lights. It has been particularly active in protesting at peasants being forced to join in the ostensibly voluntary Civil Defense Patrols (PAC). Article 34 of the Guatemalan Constitution, which recognizes the light to freedom of association, states that no-one may be forced to serve in self-defense groups. The authorities maintain the patrols are voluntary, but there are scores of cases where peasants who have not wished to participate or have tried to withdraw from them, have been labeled "subversives'' by the army and subjected to harassment, death threats and extrajudicial execution. The abuses have been carried out by uniformed soldiers as well as by men in plain clothes, believed to be members of theseculityforcesor acting under t~ orders. COSTA RICA FINALLY RECOGNIZES INDIANS' CITIZENSH I P (Costa Rica) President Rafael Angel Calderon last week formally signed into law a bill facilitating citizenship cards for thousands of undocumented Costa Rican Indians who for years had been denied citizenship. Many Indians were born in remote areas far from Civil Registry centers, so they never obtained the necessary papers to be granted citizenship. Once they have their citizenship cards, they will be eligible for Social Security health care and bank loans, benefits previously denied them. "After 500 years, we are being recognized as Costa Ricans," said Pablo Sibar at a stirling ceremony attended by hundreds of Indians in San Jose's Parque de Ia Paz. According to Enrique Rivera, president of the Telibe Indian Association of Terraba, the multinational fruit company Pindeco is growing papayas on land leased to it by a non-Indian inside the Indian reserve south of the Talarnanca mountains in eastern Costa Rica. Much of the land reserved for Costa Rica's 30,<XX> Indian communities is being worked by non-Indians or has been sold off. CERJ has, since its foundation, been the target of a wide range of human lights violations. Since March 1990, at least 8 members are known to have been killed in circumstances suggesting official involvement. This figure includes the recent killing of Camilo Ajqui Jimon and two further members of CERJ who have been killed since President Jorge Serrano Elias took office in January, 1991. Source: t\mlwty lnteriiQ/ioMI Vol6 Nos 1&2 33 � 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 More Cerj Executions in Guatemala Type The nature or genre of the resource Journal Article Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Amnesty International 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 More Cerj Executions in Guatemala Item Type Journal Article Contributor Amnesty International Volume 6 Issue 1,2 Pages 33 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 More people are being targeted by the military if they do not help out. Attachment Title abyayala_v06n01_02_p033.pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Guatemala paramilitary attack https://www.abyayalanews.org/files/original/7bfe4407af57a382fcb0d8640ba8ab6e.pdf 412598f4866c3d617137d29ffdf712b8 PDF Text Text I N B R I E F Nicaragua's Atlantic Coast Update: Logging Stopped! The Oineh communnyS long history Qf rtsJStance reached a pivotal I>Oint in 1974, when the US Congress appro,·ed the Navnjo-Hopi S<:ulemem Aet. The previous am:mgement of dual ownership of lhe lands by the Dlneh and the Hopi complicated the mining companies ability to seek land leases for co.1.l extr~u:· tion. This new law. sponsored in part by the mining indu$try, resulted in the £on:ed relocation of 12.000 traditional Oineh from their land. In 1996 the US government attempted another Oineh·l-lopi settlement act that offered land le:ases to a few ftun· i1ies while authorizing the forcible relcx-ation of those who did not qualify for a lease pemlit, The Oineh art feeh ng the pressure to rtsettle w oper1 1nore land for mining. he 16th of February, Nicaragua's Environment .and N:nur:.\1 Rt.SO\trctS Millisuy withheld permits to SOL· CARSA, the Korean Lumber company, declaring their logging concession null and void Two rears ago. the Violcta Chamorro government grnnted a 153,000 acre concession to SOLCARSA. a subsidiary of the Korean tronsnatlonal Kum K)~mg (~e Abya Y a!a News. Summer 1997, Vol 10. No.3. Pg.34). The rainforest concession violated laws protecting the nght of lnd•genous <:Oml'nunities of the North Atlantic Atonomous Zot•e (Rt\AN) to control their natuml resour:cts. The In addition lO being the primary SOU~C of deStruction for recent dcdaration has. come after the Nicaraguan Supreme Court has ruled that the logging concesston is unconstitutional traditional Oineh burial and sacred sites. the cool st rip~mine h:tS for a second time. The Korean logging g1ant has already paid 1 cr~U':d several etwlronmental problems. Tht mine threatens the million dollars in fines for violating logging regulations. sole sourc;e of water for the communities in the region. The coal from the Slack M~ mine is mixtd with ,.,:rater and ttansportcd For the Miskito and Sumo people. the eviction of SOI..- 273 miles through a slurry line to the Mojave Generation Station CARSA is the first step towards recognizing 'heir constitutional in laughlin. Nevad:t. To function properly. the slurry line must right to title their lands. Armstrong \Viggins, a M~skito lawrer <U pump up to 1.4 billion g$llons of wt.\tcr each year frotn the the Indian Law Resource Ccncr s.1id that '"this was an imj>Ort.arn Oineh aqtlifer. battle, hard fought ... but to keep this from happening again. we In his four·day visit , Mr. Amor heard from lndtg.cnous have to press now for the demarcation of all lndigneous lands in nations m Arizona on other maaers 3S well. including: the Nicaragua.'" Un1versity of Arizol'H\'s plac:eme1\l of tcltsc:opes on tOp of Momu lnformmion from: R csoutce Ctrucr of rite AmcrfcM and GlolHd Graham , a place sacred to the Apa<:he people: urnnium mining Resp<>11se: globrrsp<>nse@igc.apc.org on the high pl:ueatt~ of the Grand Canyon, which is s.'\cred to the Havasupai and many other Indigenous peoples nath•c to Arizona. Nevertheless. Mr. Amor refustd to validate or refute "''l' until he h.•d time to United Nations Investigates Human Rights Abuses :.md allegations he had rccti"ed fromdigest the documentation testim<m)' more than one hundred Against Indigenous Peoples in the United States and Cif~y people in his four day vish. Amor's report from lus U.S. vlsit will likely be: heard by lhc U.N. Commiss1on on Hum:m February 1-4, Mr. Abdelfauah Amor. the UN Special Rights in March 1999. It is possible the UN may rcle•~ the Rapponcur of Religious Intolerance of the Unitt.-d Nntions report to the public by the end of 1998. Comm~ssion on liuman rughlS, l'nCl With traditional Olnch The aides to the stateS congression:t1 delegation in Arizona (N~wajo) elders to investigate charges of humatl rights violations by the Un i u:~d States govcmmcnL A comingem of various non· said they had never heard of Amor nor had any idea why he had government organizations, most of them faith based. were 1nvlt· selected AriZOI\9. tO ilwestigate the subject or re.hgious lntOicrcd by the Dineh to participate in the event. More chan one: htm· anct. dred people sat on the din floor of a hogan liStenit'lg tO u:sti· \tfars.ha ~\lf<mc~.rcr.sl()l, monies about rtligiotts violations. This was the firs~ time that For more irifomuuion please comacr: 1 the United States has ever been £onnally investigated by the UN Consultam to So\'trtign Dine.h Nmior1. Co-Chair, NCO Huma~~ Rights Caucus at 'he VN Commi.ssior~ on Su.stairwble De\'elopmeru for violations the right lO freedom of rclig.ton. T I or Abdelfauah Amor came in response to n fonnal complaim filed by the lntcn>atlonallndian Treaty Council (liTC) on behal£ of the Sovereign Oineh Nation of Big Mountain, Arizona focus· ing on forced relocation and its impacts on religious freedom. The religious rights of the Dineh Nauon are thrc:uencd by the British-owned Peabody Coal Company (PCC). the world~ largest pri\'Otcly-owned coal company. which operates the Black Mesa/Kayenta strip mine in the heart of Black Mesa. Over 4.000 burial and sacred snes have been destroyed as a result of strip mining. There is no protection given to Oinch burial grounds and sacred sites. Members of the: t.:olnmunit)t are ba.rrtd access 10 cenain s.1cred sites to pray. which interferes with the.ir abibty to practice thc1r religion. which is land~bascd and sile Sj>ecific. 4 (718) 349-1841 t•mail: sdmuiorJ@tarlhlhlk.P~tl Roraima, Brazil: Forest Fires Reach Yanomami Territory T he raging fires sweeping the Amazon have r!!ached the Yanomami's dense jungle territory. for the past two months. fires set by subsis(ence fam1ers to cle:tr the1r land ha\'e ravaged the s.wanna highlands of Roraima state. The dcv.. · asuuing Orcs are coupled with one or the worst droughts the region has e.ver faced. Thous..1.nds of Macuxi, \ V3ptxan:t. Taurcpangi, \Vai \ Vai, Pcmon. Maiongong and Patamona pc:oA~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 United Nations Investigates Human Rights Abuses Against Indigenous Peoples in the United States Type The nature or genre of the resource Journal Article Language A language of the resource English English Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Spring 1998 Zotero Title United Nations Investigates Human Rights Abuses Against Indigenous Peoples in the United States Item Type Journal Article Volume 11 Issue 1 Pages 4 Publication Title Abya Yala News ISSN 1071-3182 Language English Abstract Note Delegates from the United Nations met to discuss the United States violation of the right of freedom of religion reguarding the Navajo and the Soverign Dineh Nation of Big Mountian. Attachment Title Nicaragua's_Atlantic_Coast_Update-_Logging_Stopped.pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Exploitation Religion Soverign Dineh Nation of Big Mountian https://www.abyayalanews.org/files/original/5c7363e024308c2a1860a1147e04b408.pdf c8c23b7a70c77de5aa6d6cfbf5c2e102 PDF Text Text ASSASSINATION OF INDIAN LEADERS IN HONDURAS (Honduras) Vicente Motute and his colleague Francisco Guevara were killed September 30. They were both leaders of the Xicoque people and Vicente Motute was president of the Federation of the Xicoque Tribe (FETRIXI), the president of the Honduran Advisory Council for the Development of Autochthonous Ethnic People (CAHDEA), and the general coordinator of the Commission for the Confederation of Ethnic People of Honduras. The tribe has been developing legal claims to the government and landowners who hove been increasingly encroaching on Indian lands to cut timber. lawsuits were sucoessful in providing legal rulings and precedents for retention of indigenous control over their lands. The news was reoeived by the Committee for the Defense of Human Rights in Honduras (CODEH) and the Committee of Relatives of the Disappeared People of Honduras (COFADEH). On September 30, 1991, of about 5:00 AM in Plan Grande Village, in the Deportment of Yoro, the two leaders of the indigenous peoples of Tolupon (Xicoque) were executed while travelling in o truck. They were both • riddled with bullets when they deoeloroted in order to cross o narrow pass. The perpetrators were stoked out nearby, in the shrubs of the pass." The assassinations ore evidently the result of declarations mode by the two leaders at o press conference lost September 18th, in which they drew attention to death threats by landowners Eugenio Chavez, Nondo Murillo and the mayor of Duloe Nombre de Culmi, Silvio Morin Juarez, against 130 families of the Pech Tribe, located in the Municipality of Duloe Nombre of Culmi, Olancha Province. At this conferenoe, Motute declared that the Xicoque Tribe of the Yoro deportment fooe similar problems, adding that one of FETRIXI's members, Marcelino Polonce, was wounded by Source: AFSC two men dressed in civilian clothing. Please urge the Honduran Government: 1) To defend and guarantee the right to life of the inhobitonb of Honduras, as provided few in the Inter American Convention on Humon Rights, 2) To investigate and clarify these extrajudicial execvtions and to punish the parties found responsible. Send your pleas to: Rafael Callejas, Presidente de Ia Republica Palacio Nocionol, T egucigalpa, Honduras Phone: 011·504·22·82087, Fox: 011-504-37·96-56. 32 First National Encounter of Indigenous People and Campesinos Held in EJ Salvador (EI Salvador) The First National Encounter of Indigenous People and Campesinos was held in Sonsonate on September 6-8, and organized by the National Association of Indigenous Peoples (ANIS), the Anthropological Center of El Salvador (ClADES), and the Ecumenical Ministry for Development and Peace (MEDEPAZ). The main themes were: appropriate technology, indigenous legislation, ecology and culture. Among the participants were international organizations, government representatives and the national press. The goal of the meeting was to recuperate indigenous cultural values such as language, history and overall culture, in order to promote development on education, ecology and appropriate technologies which can apply to indigenous cultures as welt as to the rest of the nation. This was an effort initiated by the indigenous peoples and the campesinos of El Salvador. Among the activities were the inauguration of an indigenous school, workshops on human rights, indigenous rights, and indigenous legislation, and appropriate technologies and natural resources. 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 First National Encounter of Indigenous People and Campesinos Held in El Salvador 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 Summer 1991 Language A language of the resource English English Zotero Title First National Encounter of Indigenous People and Campesinos Held in El Salvador Item Type Journal Article Volume 6 Issue 1,2 Pages 32 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 The first national encounter of indigenous people and campesinos was held. Attachment Title abyayala_v06n01_02_p032.pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Campesino El Salvador https://www.abyayalanews.org/files/original/1309161250b756654d84c998a0ac3589.pdf c8c23b7a70c77de5aa6d6cfbf5c2e102 PDF Text Text ASSASSINATION OF INDIAN LEADERS IN HONDURAS (Honduras) Vicente Motute and his colleague Francisco Guevara were killed September 30. They were both leaders of the Xicoque people and Vicente Motute was president of the Federation of the Xicoque Tribe (FETRIXI), the president of the Honduran Advisory Council for the Development of Autochthonous Ethnic People (CAHDEA), and the general coordinator of the Commission for the Confederation of Ethnic People of Honduras. The tribe has been developing legal claims to the government and landowners who hove been increasingly encroaching on Indian lands to cut timber. lawsuits were sucoessful in providing legal rulings and precedents for retention of indigenous control over their lands. The news was reoeived by the Committee for the Defense of Human Rights in Honduras (CODEH) and the Committee of Relatives of the Disappeared People of Honduras (COFADEH). On September 30, 1991, of about 5:00 AM in Plan Grande Village, in the Deportment of Yoro, the two leaders of the indigenous peoples of Tolupon (Xicoque) were executed while travelling in o truck. They were both • riddled with bullets when they deoeloroted in order to cross o narrow pass. The perpetrators were stoked out nearby, in the shrubs of the pass." The assassinations ore evidently the result of declarations mode by the two leaders at o press conference lost September 18th, in which they drew attention to death threats by landowners Eugenio Chavez, Nondo Murillo and the mayor of Duloe Nombre de Culmi, Silvio Morin Juarez, against 130 families of the Pech Tribe, located in the Municipality of Duloe Nombre of Culmi, Olancha Province. At this conferenoe, Motute declared that the Xicoque Tribe of the Yoro deportment fooe similar problems, adding that one of FETRIXI's members, Marcelino Polonce, was wounded by Source: AFSC two men dressed in civilian clothing. Please urge the Honduran Government: 1) To defend and guarantee the right to life of the inhobitonb of Honduras, as provided few in the Inter American Convention on Humon Rights, 2) To investigate and clarify these extrajudicial execvtions and to punish the parties found responsible. Send your pleas to: Rafael Callejas, Presidente de Ia Republica Palacio Nocionol, T egucigalpa, Honduras Phone: 011·504·22·82087, Fox: 011-504-37·96-56. 32 First National Encounter of Indigenous People and Campesinos Held in EJ Salvador (EI Salvador) The First National Encounter of Indigenous People and Campesinos was held in Sonsonate on September 6-8, and organized by the National Association of Indigenous Peoples (ANIS), the Anthropological Center of El Salvador (ClADES), and the Ecumenical Ministry for Development and Peace (MEDEPAZ). The main themes were: appropriate technology, indigenous legislation, ecology and culture. Among the participants were international organizations, government representatives and the national press. The goal of the meeting was to recuperate indigenous cultural values such as language, history and overall culture, in order to promote development on education, ecology and appropriate technologies which can apply to indigenous cultures as welt as to the rest of the nation. This was an effort initiated by the indigenous peoples and the campesinos of El Salvador. Among the activities were the inauguration of an indigenous school, workshops on human rights, indigenous rights, and indigenous legislation, and appropriate technologies and natural resources. 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 Assassination of Indian Leaders in Honduras 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 Summer 1991 Language A language of the resource English English Zotero Title Assassination of Indian Leaders in Honduras Item Type Journal Article Volume 6 Issue 1,2 Pages 32 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 Indian leaders are attacked for speaking out against government encroachments onto their land. Attachment Title abyayala_v06n01_02_p032.pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Honduras paramilitary attacks https://www.abyayalanews.org/files/original/32490315434cc21a8a2599f69cd047d7.pdf 5eafafc36d93c9f380f621331ae7e5c4 PDF Text Text I N B R I E F Nicaragua's Atlantic Coast Update: Logging Stopped! The Oineh communnyS long history Qf rtsJStance reached a pivotal I>Oint in 1974, when the US Congress appro,·ed the Navnjo-Hopi S<:ulemem Aet. The previous am:mgement of dual ownership of lhe lands by the Dlneh and the Hopi complicated the mining companies ability to seek land leases for co.1.l extr~u:· tion. This new law. sponsored in part by the mining indu$try, resulted in the £on:ed relocation of 12.000 traditional Oineh from their land. In 1996 the US government attempted another Oineh·l-lopi settlement act that offered land le:ases to a few ftun· i1ies while authorizing the forcible relcx-ation of those who did not qualify for a lease pemlit, The Oineh art feeh ng the pressure to rtsettle w oper1 1nore land for mining. he 16th of February, Nicaragua's Environment .and N:nur:.\1 Rt.SO\trctS Millisuy withheld permits to SOL· CARSA, the Korean Lumber company, declaring their logging concession null and void Two rears ago. the Violcta Chamorro government grnnted a 153,000 acre concession to SOLCARSA. a subsidiary of the Korean tronsnatlonal Kum K)~mg (~e Abya Y a!a News. Summer 1997, Vol 10. No.3. Pg.34). The rainforest concession violated laws protecting the nght of lnd•genous <:Oml'nunities of the North Atlantic Atonomous Zot•e (Rt\AN) to control their natuml resour:cts. The In addition lO being the primary SOU~C of deStruction for recent dcdaration has. come after the Nicaraguan Supreme Court has ruled that the logging concesston is unconstitutional traditional Oineh burial and sacred sites. the cool st rip~mine h:tS for a second time. The Korean logging g1ant has already paid 1 cr~U':d several etwlronmental problems. Tht mine threatens the million dollars in fines for violating logging regulations. sole sourc;e of water for the communities in the region. The coal from the Slack M~ mine is mixtd with ,.,:rater and ttansportcd For the Miskito and Sumo people. the eviction of SOI..- 273 miles through a slurry line to the Mojave Generation Station CARSA is the first step towards recognizing 'heir constitutional in laughlin. Nevad:t. To function properly. the slurry line must right to title their lands. Armstrong \Viggins, a M~skito lawrer <U pump up to 1.4 billion g$llons of wt.\tcr each year frotn the the Indian Law Resource Ccncr s.1id that '"this was an imj>Ort.arn Oineh aqtlifer. battle, hard fought ... but to keep this from happening again. we In his four·day visit , Mr. Amor heard from lndtg.cnous have to press now for the demarcation of all lndigneous lands in nations m Arizona on other maaers 3S well. including: the Nicaragua.'" Un1versity of Arizol'H\'s plac:eme1\l of tcltsc:opes on tOp of Momu lnformmion from: R csoutce Ctrucr of rite AmcrfcM and GlolHd Graham , a place sacred to the Apa<:he people: urnnium mining Resp<>11se: globrrsp<>nse@igc.apc.org on the high pl:ueatt~ of the Grand Canyon, which is s.'\cred to the Havasupai and many other Indigenous peoples nath•c to Arizona. Nevertheless. Mr. Amor refustd to validate or refute "''l' until he h.•d time to United Nations Investigates Human Rights Abuses :.md allegations he had rccti"ed fromdigest the documentation testim<m)' more than one hundred Against Indigenous Peoples in the United States and Cif~y people in his four day vish. Amor's report from lus U.S. vlsit will likely be: heard by lhc U.N. Commiss1on on Hum:m February 1-4, Mr. Abdelfauah Amor. the UN Special Rights in March 1999. It is possible the UN may rcle•~ the Rapponcur of Religious Intolerance of the Unitt.-d Nntions report to the public by the end of 1998. Comm~ssion on liuman rughlS, l'nCl With traditional Olnch The aides to the stateS congression:t1 delegation in Arizona (N~wajo) elders to investigate charges of humatl rights violations by the Un i u:~d States govcmmcnL A comingem of various non· said they had never heard of Amor nor had any idea why he had government organizations, most of them faith based. were 1nvlt· selected AriZOI\9. tO ilwestigate the subject or re.hgious lntOicrcd by the Dineh to participate in the event. More chan one: htm· anct. dred people sat on the din floor of a hogan liStenit'lg tO u:sti· \tfars.ha ~\lf<mc~.rcr.sl()l, monies about rtligiotts violations. This was the firs~ time that For more irifomuuion please comacr: 1 the United States has ever been £onnally investigated by the UN Consultam to So\'trtign Dine.h Nmior1. Co-Chair, NCO Huma~~ Rights Caucus at 'he VN Commi.ssior~ on Su.stairwble De\'elopmeru for violations the right lO freedom of rclig.ton. T I or Abdelfauah Amor came in response to n fonnal complaim filed by the lntcn>atlonallndian Treaty Council (liTC) on behal£ of the Sovereign Oineh Nation of Big Mountain, Arizona focus· ing on forced relocation and its impacts on religious freedom. The religious rights of the Dineh Nauon are thrc:uencd by the British-owned Peabody Coal Company (PCC). the world~ largest pri\'Otcly-owned coal company. which operates the Black Mesa/Kayenta strip mine in the heart of Black Mesa. Over 4.000 burial and sacred snes have been destroyed as a result of strip mining. There is no protection given to Oinch burial grounds and sacred sites. Members of the: t.:olnmunit)t are ba.rrtd access 10 cenain s.1cred sites to pray. which interferes with the.ir abibty to practice thc1r religion. which is land~bascd and sile Sj>ecific. 4 (718) 349-1841 t•mail: sdmuiorJ@tarlhlhlk.P~tl Roraima, Brazil: Forest Fires Reach Yanomami Territory T he raging fires sweeping the Amazon have r!!ached the Yanomami's dense jungle territory. for the past two months. fires set by subsis(ence fam1ers to cle:tr the1r land ha\'e ravaged the s.wanna highlands of Roraima state. The dcv.. · asuuing Orcs are coupled with one or the worst droughts the region has e.ver faced. Thous..1.nds of Macuxi, \ V3ptxan:t. Taurcpangi, \Vai \ Vai, Pcmon. Maiongong and Patamona pc:oA~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. 11, no. 1 (Spring 1998) 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 Nicaragua's Atlantic Coast Update: Logging Stopped! 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 1998 Language A language of the resource English English Zotero Title Nicaragua's Atlantic Coast Update: Logging Stopped! Item Type Journal Article Volume 11 Issue 1 Pages 4 Publication Title Abya Yala News ISSN 1071-3182 Date Spring 1998 Language English Abstract Note Logging which has been damaging to Indigenous communities of the North Atlantic Atonomous Zone has ceased, leading to greater control of there constitutional right to their lands. Attachment Title Nicaragua's_Atlantic_Coast_Update-_Logging_Stopped.pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Autonomy Indigenous Rights Logging Nicaragua North Atlantic Autonomous Zone https://www.abyayalanews.org/files/original/3abfd49474c50b74f7a4bf8efea43334.pdf c7a445d42c2415cb8e5817b3a0c8426f PDF Text Text IN pies arc also <hrca<cned as <he drough< has ruined their crops. The fire:; arc now t:uing their way into the jungle, which is usually far too h\nnid and wet w burn. According to meteorolo· gists. 1:1 Nil)o may be affecting the bizarre weather, which has caused Oooding in 6raz1l's south and drought in the Amazon region to the Nonh. Romima has not seen rail'\ for five months. .and the winds push lhc names quickly lhrough !he foreSl aided by lhe exuemel)• low levels of the rivers and creeks, natural firebreaks. At this writing. the Orcs had already entered seven miles into the Yanont."mi's vast ttrritory along, the 8ra:ii-Vcnczuela border. The rivers in the :li'Ca ha\'C dried up to such an extent that heahh care providers-arc unable to reach Yanomami villages affected by 1nalaria. 1'he fires come at a time when the. garimpenos, poor gold miners who swanned into Yanoma.m1 lands by the tens of 1hous.1nds in <he 1970s and 80s. have finally been rc,novc by the gov~mmem this j3J\\I3_y. Yanomami leader Oavi Kopcnawa t Yanomami has -appealed for help to stop the f'ires from encroaching fun her into the jungle and desnoying any villages. He expressed concern <hal <he fires will open <he way for gold miners and landless farmers who would normally be slopped by <he dense jungle. The Consdho lndlgena de Rornima (CIR) has appealed 10 the imcrn::nional community for dis.'1Ster aid to help fight the severe eondi<ions created by the fires ond drough<. As pan of <heir solidari<y campaign. CIR is trying <<> drill wells, build water c.xmals and provide food for the Jndigenous t>eoples in Roraima. where the f'ircs ha\'e alr~ad)• consumed 25% of the state's forests. Pft<lS€ tonwa CIR at: cir@technec.com.br BRIEF d:.uncotal, a.nd rtj>rtscms the first time that the multiculturalism of the nation has been legally recognized. To comply with the Convention, the government must con· suit '''lth the Indigenous communities before nlSlituting any projccl <ha< could ~ffect <he communi<ies directly. The S<a<c is atso obliged to establish the means through which the commu. nities can panicip:ne freely in decision-making with govem.. ment authoritu~.s. In the Constituent Asstmbl)·. whlch was seated in late December and is charged with rtwriting the Ecuadoran ConStitution. members of the 1~chakutik mo\'emem , cemer.Jeft panics and former Presidem Osvaldo Hunado ( 1981·84). head of <he Peoples Democracy pany and speaker of the assembly. have promised to defend the ILO conventiOI\. In tts debates Ol\ plurinatiOilttlhy. the assembly is considering the issues addressed in Convention 169 including such topics as: juridical pluralit)', which would pcnnil Indigenous communities to have their own laws. legal t-ode.s and s.t~nctions, and provide legal recognition of some decisions made under traditional juStice systems. nlthotlgh many aspects of these decisions would be subordinate lO t:cuadorian law; making the official govcmmcm rcprcscmative in a locality an elected post in Indigenous tcrrito· ries, rather than a political appoimcc or I he provincial govemor; m<'tking Quich\13 n nauonal langunge, on the same level as Sp~nish. while less·"~dely spoken Indigenous <ongues would be recognized as official languages i1\ the areas where they are SJ>okcn: allowing 1ndigcnous communities to organize themselves according to their own traditions. Even if Ecuador joins the eight other Uuil\ Amcrican coun· . tries that have. ratified Convcmion 169. signing this interna- tional agreemem is not a guaramee of compliance Lluco ciles the example of Mexico. who ratified the accord in 1990 but is Ecuador- Indigenous People Push for Ratification now persecuting the ln<ligenous commtmitie-s in Chiapas. Many of ILO Convention 169 Indigenous leaders think that it is necessary lO incOrJ>arate the Convention into the national constitUtion. According to Lluco " Congressional recognition is fundamental , but it is only the f'irst in Ecuador, Indigenous people kicked off the momh of step ... February with demonstrntiOJ\S and marches tO pressure 1he govemmtnt tO ratify the International labor Org;,lnization's The recent discussions In Congress surrourlding: the ILO Convention 169 ~hat rtcognizcs the rights of Indigenous and Convention 169. have sp.·u kcd nationwide debmcs about mul· Tribal People. Their rcccm efforts include the massive march of ticuhuralism and what il mC'ans to be a muhi·ethnic state. "Our more than 1,500 Indian that arn"ed in Quito on the 4th or nonns are pan of a survhral system that hM- nothing to do wilh Fcbruaf)\ On Feb. 5th interim President Fabi~n Alarc6n sent western laws. ·nU\t is why it is imperative for Indigenous com· Congress his report on the issues addressed in the convention. mur~ities to be give'' the J>Ower to re-solve their own internal Congress is now deb~Uil\g the ratification or the international conOicLS. For this reason. it is indispensable that the constitu· tion include judicial pluralhy. Obviously there is a need to ere· accord. ate a l.aw to harmonize gtncral legislation with that of the Since it was ratified by the lntemationa] Labor Org~t.nization Lndigenous communities. where matters of justice are ::tlso in Geneva in 1989. the dose 10 3.5 million Indigenous people decided collectively and where the entire commun1ty panid· in Ec.ttador have been fighting for hs ratification. lndigcnoll$ pates.. Lluco concluded . leader Miguel Lluco. congressional representative of the P<tchakmik Plurinational Movement. has conti0\.100 to raise the Information from: Nolicias Ali(ldas. Pc:n• issue of rmineation or the convention tn Congress. Lluco says that there ,..,.~ "nn unjustified delay on the. part or 1he executive bmnch" in handing over the convcmion to Congress for mtifi· cation. For the 11 Indigenous nations in t:cuador. -a country of J 1 million inhabitants. the ratification of the Convention is fun· l Vol. 11 No.1 5 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Vol. 11, no. 1 (Spring 1998) 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 Ecuador - Indigenous People Push for Ratification of ILO Convention 169 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 1998 Language A language of the resource English English Zotero Title Ecuador - Indigenous People Push for Ratification of ILO Convention 169 Item Type Journal Article Volume 11 Issue 1 Pages 5 Publication Title Abya Yala News ISSN 1071-3182 Date Spring 1998 Language English Abstract Note The Indigenous people of Ecuador held demonstrations and marches to push for the ratification of International Labor Organization's Convention 196. This would legally recognize the multiculturalism of the nation for the first time. Attachment Title Ecuador_Indigenous_People_Push_for_Ratification_of_ILO_Convention_169.pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Autonomy Ecuador ILO Convention 169 https://www.abyayalanews.org/files/original/0b9448aa94722fe727b6b6ef5264be7a.pdf 16c5b487467a9c010c2c5754736cb850 PDF Text Text ; THE NGO BE (GUAYMI) CALL FOR A N EGALITARIAN AND PARTICIPATORY DEMOCRACY IN PANAMA (Panama) The Native lands of the Ngobe (Guayml) people are located in the mountain range of Veraguas, Chiriqui and Bocas del Toro as well as on the island of Escudo Veraguas. This critically poor region is being invaded; the Ngobe a.r e being subjected to an unjust and foreign judicial system and are struggling to survive in an inhospitable ahnOsphere with inadequate health care and education. The Ngobe consist of some 110,000 people, the largest Native population in Panama. 1beir history of resistance and contributions remain unrecorded in the official history of Panama. Their demands for justice are not acknowledged by those in power, and they are economically discriminated against by a system which covets the natural resources found on Ngobe land. The Ngobe have struggled for two decades to legally obtain tiUement to their land. Known as the Guaymi region, the approximately 13,000 square kilometers is where they have subsisted for thousands of years and historically developed their culture. They have lost vast areas of fertile lowlands to wealthy landowners. This has resulted in an unjust, discriminatory and prejudicial relationship with local and national govenunents. Even in the high mountain ranges, their lands are not secure. Transnational corporations have opposed the legal entitlement of the Guaymi region because of the mineral, energy and forestry resources found there. At a seminar on Human Rights, organizro by the Guaymi Liberation Front on june 1, 1991, the Guaymi Native people and peasants presented a declaration demanding the legal recognition of the Guaymi region, a denouncement of the inefficiency of the judicial administration and human rights violations. A few days later, the Panamanian Cabinet Council announced Resolution 043-91, authorizing the Executive Body to sell Escudo Veraguas Island. This sacred island is located in the Caribbean, inhabited by Ngobe, is a rich biological ecosystem, similar to the Galapagos Islands. Government officials ignored the presence of indigenous people, and proceeded with negotiations without their consultation. They described the Island as an "uninhabited, swampy marshland;' and Vol6 Nos 1&2 "property of the State;' and as such, "negotiable for sale. " They have yet to recognize its historical, sacred and ecological value. In disregarding Indigenous land rights, the present governrnent has demonstrated an incoherent and deficient policy. This tendency is indicated by a recent debate of the Legislative Assembly regarding Escudo de Veraguas Island: where they advocated the supremacy of commercialization over the rights of Indian people. The Ngobe Staled that the upcoming quincentenary is a "celebration of the Conquest of America and without the legal recognition of the Guaymi Region, the Ngobe are considered intruders on their own lands..." The Ngobe firmly maintain their struggle to disseminate information on the reality of indigenous people. They denounce the institutionalized genocide and discrimination of these five centuries of colonialism. In a letter calling for solidarity from the international community, the Ngobe state '11 is our responsibility as lndians to create a national consciousness, to collaborate in a peaceful and compatible manner, to respect human rights and to form an egalitarian and participatory democ- racy." Pleose 5end letters calling for the legal recognirion ol the Guayrni Region lo the President of Panama and copies ol tne5e along with letters of solidarity. Comorca Guaymi Asesorio Legal Guaymi Uc. Jose Mendoza Acoslo Aportodo 153 Zona 1 Panama, R epublica de Panomo Telephone: 0 11· 507-24-9502 29 � 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 The Ngobi (Guaymi) Call for an Egalitarian and Participatory Democracy in Panama 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 Summer 1991 Language A language of the resource English English Zotero Title The Ngobi Call for an Egalitarian and Participatory Democracy in Panama Item Type Journal Article Volume 6 Issue 1,2 Pages 29 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 The Ngobe want recognition from the government. Attachment Title abyayala_v06n01_02_p029.pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Guaymi Ngobe Panama