32 12 1190 https://www.abyayalanews.org/files/original/4e8bc0f226a9480f3dae0394a6289188 9747a267905b67c5a1babaf84bcecb92 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 Volume 9 No. 1 & 2 (35).pdf PDF Text Text DERECHOS i ,1 HUMANOS • 1 111 1 1 El 31 de marzo/ 1995/ el gobierno de Guatemala y la URNG (Unidad Revolucionaria Nacional Guatemalteca) firmaron un acuerdo para proteger los derechos legales del pueblo maya. Como reportamos en el último número de Noticias de Abya Yala (véase Vol. 8 No. 4, "Conversaciones de Paz en Guatemala: ¿Son Jos Derechos Mayas Negociables?" por Estuardo Zepeta), las negociaciones de paz han excluido a los mayas quienes conforman la mayor parte de la población de Guatemala. Sin embargo/ las organizaciones maya consideraron al pacto como un paso inicial. El 12 de septiembre/ 1995, la URNG y el gobierno guatemalteco cumplieron otra sesión de negociaciones en las cuales avanzaron en especificar medidas para promover el desarrollo rural con responsabilidad social/ reformar el sistema legal de tenencia de tierras, y promover el uso eficiente de la tierra. El texto que sigue es la última declaración hecha en de la gran asamblea del 2 de mayo, 1995. Declaración de COPMAGUA sobre las negociaciones de paz Tercera Magna Asamblea de SAJB'ICHIL, Coordinación de Organizaciones del Pueblo Maya de Guatemala, al ealizar el análisis valorativo del contenido del Acuerdo "Identidad y Derecho de los Pueblos Indígenas", firmado el 31 de marzo de 1,995 en México D.F., por el Gobierno de la República de Guatemala y la Unidad Revolucionaria Nacional Guatemalteca URNG. Concluye: l. Que por primera vez en estos quinientos años, en el documento Identidad y Derecho de los Pueblos Indígenas, define y caracteriza a la nación Guatemalteca como Pluricultural y Multilingüe, que abre las posibilidades de una participación real del Pueblo Maya en los diferentes espacios de la vida nacional. 2. Que al reconocimiento y la aceptación de la discriminación como delito y la erradicación del racismo que sufren los Pueblos Indígenas y de manera particular el Pueblo Maya, exige cambios profundos en la estructura del Estado Guatemalteco. 3. Que el Poder comunal es elemento fundamental para el desarrollo y fortalecimiento de la autonomía del Pueblo Maya, para esto es necesario la instauración de las autoridades representativas y legítimas de las diferentes comunidades que lo conforman, hace necesario la reestructuración de la autonornia municipal. 4. Que al acordar Reformas Constitucionales e institucionales, se exige la participación plena y decisiva de representante del Pueblo Maya a través de sus organizaciones representativas. 5. Que la creación de la Defensora de la Mujer Maya marca el inicio de una etapa para una nueva sociedad equilibrada y justa. lJ Vol. 9 No. 1 6. Que por primera vez el Pueblo Maya por medio de las tres comisiones paritarias, participará conjuntamente con el gobierno en la formulación de alternativas, para buscar solución a la problemática a abordar. Por lo anterior acuerda a. SAJB'ICHIL asume este acuerdo como un instrumento de lucha e insta a todas las organizaciones mayas y a la sociedad civil en general, a adoptar el Acuerdo de Identidad y Derechos de los Pueblos Indígenas, para seguir conquistando los espacios de participación en todos los niveles de la vida: local, regional, nacional e internacional. b. Exigir al Estado Guatemalteco el cumplimiento del Acuerdo e insta a la Sociedad Civil hacerlo suyo. c. Solicita a la Organización de las Naciones Unidas ONU, la implementación y la verificación inmediata de dicho acuerdo. d. Instalar formalmente la Asamblea Permanente de la Coordinación de Organizaciones del Pueblo Maya de Guatemala SAJB'ICHIL. e. Que las organizaciones miembros y no miembros, fortalezcan la unidad y el consenso que prevalece en SAJB'ICHIL. f. El Pueblo Maya ha sido objeto y objetivo de exterminio sistemático. Su resistencia permite en este momento histórico su reivindicación espiritual y material se conjuga en lo místico, la mística misma del Pueblo Maya que se plasma en el acuerdo. Por tanto el acuerdo es sagrado por reflejar lo necesario por ser realmente nosotros. 'O B'oko, Iximulew, No' j, 2 de mayo de 1995 35 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Title A name given to the resource Dialogo URNG-Gobierno: Indigenas firman acuerdo en III Asamblea Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Article Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource November, 1995 Language A language of the resource English Zotero Title Dialogo URNG-Gobierno: Indigenas firman acuerdo en III Asamblea Item Type Newspaper Article Attachment Title Volume 9 No. 1 & 2 (35).pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Issue 1 and 2 Language Spanish Publication Title Noticias de Abya Yala Volume 9 Abstract Note Guatemala's government and the leftist guerrilla group National Guatemalan Revolutionary Union (Unidad Revolucionaria Nacional Guatemalteca, URNG) signed an accord to protect the rights of the Maya Indian people. However, Mayans were excluded from these negotiations. Pages 35 https://www.abyayalanews.org/files/original/e594059def03e363a9bf3bad1085c190.pdf c239b25d558ef81e231fd6a05b5d3c24 PDF Text Text DINEH STRUGGLE ' AGAINST PEABODY COAL CONTINUES illegally for 9 yeatS, the Office of Surface Mining (OSM) and U.S. Department of the Interior have purposely neglected to e.oforce the law and require Peabody to Slop mining with invalid permits. In addition, there have been recent repotts of livestock confiscation in the region. Your immediate action is needed now. The destruction and suffering mUSl be stopped! Help bringjuSlice to the sacred lands of Big Mountain by sending letters and faxes expressing the need to uphold legal mandates to: __ _, ....-----------., US. Otpctren• oflllledor 111111 ud cser..a. NS. wake of fiagile ecosystem destruction, desecration of sacred es, and the depletion of valuable water resources, a major paign to hold Peabody Coal Company acoounlahle for its actions is being launched by tbe Dineb peoples of the Four Comers area in the North American Southwest. Blacl< Mesa/Kayenta mine is the largest Slrip mine and only coal slurry line in the U.S. It bas been carved into the most sacred azea of the Hopi and Dineb people, destroying all homes, grave sites and sacred azeas in its path. ·Even though Peabody bas been conducting its mining activities E W~DC.­ Fu:QOl)._ -~ Dlo<ll Ropl2045 w, 3rd 134 w-..,AZI6N7 Fulpbooe (60:1) m.:mr7 Eet':\DOHI:\~ l ~DIGE~Ol 'S MOVE:\IE~T TIIHE:\TE~ E D n the evening of October 31, COJCA's beadq\Wlers were broken into and robbed of over $6.000 worth of off1CC equipment . The wee. prior to the i nciden~ COICA was k prompted to take extraordinazy steps to improve its security when it learned that CONFENAIE's office had suffered a similaz break-in. Earlier in the montb, a dead dog was found neaz COICA's office with messages on it saying, "Mateun indioy haga patria"(bea patrio~ kill an Indian) and "Muera Lucho Maeas el reformiSla" (Death to O Lueho Macas,the reformist). The first of these messages has also been painted on numerous walls azound Quito. Luis Macas is the president of CONAIE, Ecuador's National Indigenous Federation. Wblle this bate crime is particularly ominous and disturbing. there is no evidence that it is connected to the burglary. As this type ofevent is unusual in Ecuador, membetSoftbe Indigenous community believe it could signal the emergence of a right wing effort to undermine the movement. Valerio Grefa, General Coordinator of COICA, bas written the Coalition in Support of Amazonian Peoples and tho Environment asking for its moral, political and financial assistance. Please mall or fax leners to President Sixto Duffin with copies for the Picbincha police chief. Besides expressing your concern and hope tbattbe government wlll take steps to protect COICA from threats and violence, your letters should state that we are closely monitoring the situation and will report any future incidents to the US human rightS communityandNGO'sworkinginsolidaritywithlndigenouspooples. , _.. Sblo Duna CaSI PI tdJ ~a c:lal Gtnia-1043 QuHo. £<uado< Fu: (593) z.sti0.569 Mort lnf'onnalion <'2ll be obtaiotd through Denllis Udal~ AC'tiQg COOfdJ_ator n lor tbt Am>ZOft Coalllloo at (617) 723-2578. 34 Abya Yala News � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Title A name given to the resource Dineh Struggle Against Peabody Coal Continues 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 Fall and Winter 1993 Language A language of the resource English English Zotero Title Dineh Struggle Against Peabody Coal Continues Item Type Journal Article Volume 7 Issue 3,4 Pages 34 Publication Title Abya Yala News: Journal of the South and Meso American Indian Rights Center (SAIIC) ISSN 1071-3182 Date Fall and Winter 1993 Language English Abstract Note The Peabody coal mine destroyed homes and sacred sites of the Hopi and Dineh peoples of southwest North America and continue to do so without penalties for invalid permits. Attachment Title Dineh_Struggle_Against_Peabody_Coal_Continues.pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Coal Mining Dineh Hopi Indigenous Land Rights Peabody Coal https://www.abyayalanews.org/files/original/709ec5a74f2a60d7ab0b216250261c85 e79457cc229b3e72733485d6fb403147 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Vol. 7, nos. 3&4 (23-25).pdf PDF Text Text & Disminuye el Control y 1 111 1 Texaco Por 20 años Texaco extrajo petróleo de la Selva Amazónica, una de las más valiosas reservas ecológicas del planeta y lugar donde habitan más de 300.000 Indígenas de diferentes pueblos. Después de extraer más de 1Jn billón de barriles de crudo, Texaco se retiró de Ecuador en 1992, con un saldo de cerca de 2.500 acres de selva tropical deforestada, el abandono de cientos de desperdicios tóxicos, el derrame de 17 millones de galones de petróleo y de 20 millones de galones de químicos tóxicos en los ríos de la Amazonía. Unido a los daños ecológicos, las operaciones de Texaco han afectado a las comunidades del Amazonas. Vol. 7 No. 3 & 4 1 os 111 1 1 Por Marcela Doylet a situación de los territorios indígenas ...-- después de décadas de explotación petrolera es alarmante. Su impacto social y ambiental ha llegado hasta los pueblos Quichua, Cofán, Siona, Secoya, Huaorani y recientemente a los Shuar, Achuar y Shiviar. Las nuevas políticas que buscan la ampliación de las concesiones petroleras a empresas privadas y la privatización de Petro Ecuador incrementarán la presencia de empresas privadas en la Amazonía al mismo tiempo que se reducirá la capacidad de control por parte del estado. mentan los Preju Enfermedades de la piel, problemas digestivos y respiratorios, malnutrición, dolores de cabeza e incluso cáncer, han sido registrados por estudios ambientales llevados a cabo por CONAIE y Acción Ecológica, organizacwn ambientalista con sede en Quito, y también por el Instituto para Derechos Económicos y Sociales (IESR). Un tercer estudio, está siendo realizado por La compañía canadiense HBT Agra, sin embargo no ha sido validado por las organizaciones indígenas y ambientalistas involucradas, pues sus resultados serán evaluados por el gobierno ecuatoriano y la empresa Texaco sin incluír a representantes indígenas y sin tener en cuenta los efectos producidos sobre ellos. En contra de los daños causados por Texaco la opinión pública internacional, organizaciones y medios de comunicación, han iniciado un boycott a los productos y sedes de Texaco. Además de dos juicios contra la empresa que se encuentran en proceso, campañas en fato· Niels Ole Sorensen 23 �Holanda, Dinamarca e Inglaterra y la publicación de numerosos artículos sobre este tema en el New York Times y las revistas Reuter y N ew Yorker permite asumir que el conflicto ha llamado por fin la atención internacional y que si la presión ejercida logra afectar la posición de la empresa, esta campaña se convertirá en un importante precedente. Maxus Mientras la intensidad de la campaña contra Texaco aumenta, la compañía petrolera estadounidense Maxus continúa avanzando en su exploración del Bloque 16, que incluye parte del Parque Nacional Yasuní y de la Reserva Huaorani. Aún antes de comenzar la extracción de petróleo planeada para enero de 1994 Maxus había causado, en septiembre, un derrame de 900 barriles, cuando un grupo de empleados perforó el oleoducto de la Compañía Occidental. El derrame, aunque se logró contener en gran medida, alcanzó a desembocar en las aguas del río Napo. Con la construcción de la carretera que lleva al bloque 16 en el parque Yasuní, Maxus es 24 responsable por la colonización del área del río Tiputiní, y con la compra de madera para sus campamentos y torres de extracción, esta promoviendo la deforestación del área sur de La Reserva Cuyabeno. Maxus, además, es responsable por varios derrames de químicos. Sin embargo, la empresa adelanta una campaña en la que se presenta a sí misma como protectora del medio ambiente. Ha establecido para esto, una estación de investigación ambiental y ha auspiciado una investigación arqueológica cuyo propósito, según la empresa, es preservar las culturas que miles de años atrás ocuparon esta zona. Arco Esta petrolera, localizada en el bloque 1O en la Provincia de Pastaza, ha sido reiterativa en su posición de crear confrontaciones entre las comunidades indígenas de la zonairrespetando los acuerdos establecidos. Duranteunareunión con la Organización de Pueblos Indígenas de Pastaza (OPIP) llevada a cabo en Berkeley, California, en Octubre de 1992, la Empresa ARCO acordó: 1) Respetar la integridad política y cultural de los Indígenas de Pastaza, 2) No causar divisiones en la comunidad a través de negociaciones individuales, 3) Evitar el desarrollo de un clima de tensión en la zona que pueda llevar a su militarización, 4) mantener a todos los que asistieron a esta reunión informados sobre presentes y futuras exploraciones. Al parecer ARCO ha olvidado estos acuerdos y ha iniciado una campaña para debilitar políticamente a OPIP. A través de manipulación y chantaje, ARCO ha creado una organizacwn paralela e independiente, la DICIP, y se niega a adelantar cualquier tipo de negociación sin su participación. Sobra decir que DICIP apoya incondicionalmente todas las actividades de ARCO. Petroecuador La reforma a la ley de Hidrocarburos, promovida por el Banco Mundial, propone la privatización de Petroecuador y la expansión de la frontera petrolera a través del aumento de las concesiones para la explotación. Esto evidentemente fortalecerá la presencia de empresas privadas y debilitará la capacidad de control del Estado. El Banco Mundial facilitará el préstamo necesario para la reforma a la ley de hidrocarburos. Esto ha llevado a la organización de una campaña internacional que busca minimizar el impacto de esta ley sobre el oriente ecuatoriano. La campaña "Amazonía por la vida" está actualmente presionando al Banco Mundial para que considere este préstamo "Categoría A", a través de lo cual se exigirán reportes de impacto ambiental antes de iniciar las exploraciones y el establecimiento de procesos de participación pública que incluya a las comunidades afectadas y a las organizaciones de apoyo. Noticias de Abya Yala �Cofanes Confrontan a Petroecuador El 28 de Octubre, 40 Indígenas Cofanes interrumpieron los trabajos de exploración en unPaujil dentro de la Reserva Cuyabeno y territorio Cofán. La toma del pozo petrolero, operado por Petraecuador, obligó a dirigentes de la empresa a dialogar con la comunidad Cofán. Los Cofán demandaban mayor poder de desición sobre las acciones de Petroecuador en sus territorios y el financiamiento de paneles solares. Los dirigentes accedieron únicamente a la compra de los paneles valorados en $10.000. Los Cofanes unanimemente se negaron a ser sobornados y expresaron que a menos que alguien con suficiente autoridad accediera a sus demandas se verían obligados a paralizar nuevamente los trabajos de exploración. Este conflicto fué resuelto, cuando Petroecuador anunció que no había encontrado petróleo en la zona. Aunque la empresa estatal se retiró definitivamente del área de la reserva Cuyabeno hay evidencias de que Petroecuador planea perforar a pocas millas de esta El Bloque 2:2 El8 de noviembre de 1993, el Presidente de la República de Ecuador, Sixto Durán Ballén y el Presidente de Petroecuador confirmaron que el Bloque 22, dentro del Parque Nacional Yasuní, no será incluído en las concesiones ofrecidas para 1994. Esto es en parte resultado de la presión ejercida por las organizaciones ambientalistas tanto a nivel internacional como nacional. Vol. 7 No. 3 &4 POR El12 de enero Texaco abiertamente rechazó las conclusiones de la auditoría ambiental efectuada por la firma consultora canadiense HBT-Agra, comisionada por la misma empresa petrolera. Al mismo tiempo, Texaco esta negociando su participación en la propuesta de privatización de Petro Ecuador, después de lo cual Petro Comercial, la empresa comercial de Petro Ecuador, llegará a ser parte de Texaco. · Finalmente una nueva ronda de licitaciones para abrir la explotación petrolera a empresas privadas se inició en Ecuador el 24 de enero. Esto, a pesar de que el impacto de estas actividades ha sido devastador para los Pueblos Indígenas de la Amazonía y para la selva. Los actuales planes de desarrollo del Ecuador no se someten a lo establecido por el Convenio 169 de la sobre derechos indígenas, ni a la Agenda 21 establecida en el Encuentro Mundial de Medio Ambiente y Desarrollo en i 992. Las campañas internacionales exig.en: •!• Que el reporte de la recientemente concluída auditoría ambiental efectuada por HBT-Agra sea inmediatamente publicado, y que una nueva auditoría sea llevada a cabo con la participación de comunidades locales, organizaciones indígenas y grupos ecológicos. •!• Que Texaco se haga responsable por todos los daños causados en la Amazon ía Ecuatoriana, y que no se les permita apoderarse de Petro Comercial o alguna otra empresa de Petro Ecuador. •:• Que toda ampliación de las actividades petroleras en Ecuador, incluyendo la nueva ronda de licitaciones sea congelada y que cualquier proceso de desarrollo en la Amazon ía Ecuatoriana se inicie con la plena participación de comunidades locales, organizaciones indígenas y grupos ecológicos. En el Ecuador la explotación petrolera se ha llevado a cabo sin garantías ambientales o sociales. Desiciones han sido tomadas arbitrariamente sin consultar a las comunidades afectadas. Se han entregado permanentemente áreas pertenecientes a Parques Nacionales, Zonas de Reserva y Territorios Indígenas (incluyendo aquellos legalmente reconocidos). Frente a esta perspectiva es necesario, como exigen numerosas organizaciones ambientalistas y sociales, nacionales e internacionales, la clasificación del préstamo PUBLIC ENTERPRISE REFORM, ID # 6ECUPA103 del Banco Mundial, en categoráA, que implique la realización de un detenido estudio del impacto social, ambiental y cultural previo a la intensificación de las actividades de petroleras en la region y la apertura de un proceso de consulta pública a las poblaciones, organizaciones y demás sectores afectados. 25 � 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 Disminye el Control y Aumentan los Prejuicios: Privitacion de la Explotacion Petrolera en Ecuador Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Article Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Fall/Winter 1993 Language A language of the resource English Zotero Title Disminye el Control y Aumentan los Prejuicios: Privitacion de la Explotacion Petrolera en Ecuador Item Type Newspaper Article Attachment Title Vol. 7, nos. 3&4 (23-25).pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Issue 3 and 4 Language Spanish Publication Title Noticias de Abya Yala Volume 7 Abstract Note Petroleum extraction by oil companies has caused extensive damage to the Ecuadorian Amazon and as a result local indigenous populations have suffered the most. Oil rights have changed control often in Ecuador, but policy makers have yet to address the environmental and social impacts caused by the oil extraction. Pages 23-25 https://www.abyayalanews.org/files/original/407667301e10c530359bc8b82c0f28c3.pdf 6e23475db5caef9cb61396c958014f1a Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Vol. 4, No. 1 (15).pdf PDF Text Text responsible for the 74 Indian people assassinated in Las Hojas agricultural cooperative on February 22, 1983. ANIS maintains that "there is no justice for Indian people in El Salvagor while these unpardonable crimes go unpunished." ANIS continues protesting such brutality, nationally and internationally, even after a State of Emergency law (prohibiting protest) went into effect recently. Regarding the frequent accusations levelled at ANIS members as a pretext for their arrest detainment and murder, an ANIS board member responded, '1\.ccusing us of belonging to the guerrilla or being subversive is part of a psychology that is used to arrest people. The struggle of ANIS is to know our rights and defend them. With the help of Human Rights organizations, international journalists, supporters, ambassadors and friends within the military we are able to get people freed." "Both the Reagan and the Salvadorean government want to .'finish off' ANIS and sister organizations like us because, organized, the Indian is able to defend himself and others against a lot of injustice and suffering.'' Community members and leaders of the Maya, Nahuat and Lenca people are protesting continued violations of human rights and are demanding justice and People who wish to support ANIS may contact SAIIC about future actions which will be taken. DOCUMENTARY Currently, a 1/2-hour bi-lingual video documentary about the life of the Lenca, Maya and Nahuat people of El Salvador is in progress. It aims to disseminate more adequate information about the existence of the Indian people of El Salvador and help people reach a more complete understanding of regional conditions in order to eliminate the constant menace to these seriously threatened people. The program will portray aspects of the history, development and achievements of ANIS, maintaining their identity and culture in the midst of war. It will include brief story-telling through animation and testimonies of living elders (112 years-old!) who lived through the uprising and massacre of 1932. Members of SAIIC and Mas Media, a San Francisco-based women's media collective, are working together with the ANIS media project to bring this program to completion. Volunteer work and contributions are needed. Contact can be made by writing to A Luisa c/o Mas Media, 2940 16th Street, San Francisco, CA 94103 or by calling 415-626-1875. prosecution of the military personnel responsible for the massacre of Las Rojas Cooperative. photo: A. Luisa/Mas Media Page 15 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Vol. 4 No. 1 (Summer 1988) 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 Documentary (El Salvador) Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Article Language A language of the resource English Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Summer 1988 Zotero Title Documentary (El Salvador) Item Type Newspaper Article Attachment Title Vol. 4, No. 1 (15).pdf Issue 1 Language English Publication Title SAIIC Newsletter Volume 4 Pages 15 https://www.abyayalanews.org/files/original/1e78cb45bc1e46eed1351511567a5cfd 6689130693897c60bbffa0c15416b44a 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. 10, no. 1 (6-7).pdf PDF Text Text MUJERES IND GENAS S E ORGANIZAN os encuentros cruciales para mujeres • indígenas en eXICO La conferencia de la Asamblea Nacional Indígena Plural por la Autonomía CANIPAJ y el Foro Nacional Indígena, recién ocurridos en México, constituyen dos ejemplos donde se observa la creciente participación de la mujer indígena dentro del contexto de una identidad indígena global. Por Maya Santamaria l alto nivel de participación de las mujeres indígenas en el Ejercito Zapatista de Liberación Nacional (EZLN) ha inspirado y animado a otras mujeres indígenas a formar parte dela lucha civil en México. Reconociendo su importancia como base de sus culturas y dadoras de vida, papeles fundamental es que la sociedad valora poco, las mujeres indígenas de muchas regiones diferentes de México decidieron levantar sus voces después de 503 años de silencio para rescatar su dignidad y defender los derechos de los pueblos indígenas. La necesidad de analizar y comprender la situación particular de las mujeres indígenas les ha motivado crear un espacio para sí mismas en donde puedan discutir sus problemas, necesidades, y proposiciones. En los últimos días del año pasado y los primeros del nuevo, dos encuentros de mujeres indígenas tuvieron lugar en los Altos de Chiapas: el taller sobre "Situación, derechos y cultura de mujeres indígenas" parte de los diálogos entre el EZLN y el gobierno, y la Conferencia Nacional ANIPA de Mujeres. E La mujer y los diálogos de la paz Con el deseo de dialogar con el gobierno acerca de sus demandas como mujeres indígenas, 19 invitadas y 12 Maya Santamaria escribe e investiga en la región de Chiapas desde el inicio del levantamiento zapatista. También provee asistencia técnica a la Cooperativa Tzotzil de Mujeres en San Cristóbal de las Casas. Actualmente está trabajando en una exhibición sobre mujeres zapatistas en el estado de Minnesota, EEUU. 6 asesoras de comunidades indígenas y organizaciones de mujeres de todo México participaron en la mesa de trabajo # 1 de los Diálogos de la Paz, "Derechos Indígenas y la Cultura," entre el EZLN y el gobierno en San Andrés Sakam Ch'en, Chiapas. Las mujeres que participaron como representantes de sus comunidades y organizaciones en los diálogos, entre ellas mujeres Tzotzil, Tzeltal, Tojolabal, Chinanteca, Chol, Mixteca, y Nañhu, prepararon su lista de demandas, a pesar de la barrera cultural y lingüístca. Durante las dos etapas de su trabajo, desde el18 de octubre al 30 de noviembre, escribieron un documento elaborado que señalaba la triple discriminación que ellas sufren como indígenas, como mujeres, y como pobres al tratarse de la salud, la educación, la nutrición, el alojamiento, y la recreación. La delegación de mujeres del EZLN exigió, entre otras cosas, que la Convención 169 de la Organización Internacional del Trabajado (OIT), y otros acuerdos firmados por México, fueran legalmente reconocidos, y que se tradujeran a todos los lenguajes para ser distribuídos a las comunidades. La Convención 169 de la OIT es una de las herramientas principales que los pueblos indígenas tenemos para defender los derechos a la autodeterminación, y la base de la demanda por la autonomía de los pueblos indígenas. Las mujeres exigen que, basado en estos acuerdos, se hagan las reformas necesarias a la Constitución Federal para que incluya el libre ejercicio de la autonomía por los pueblos indígenas. "Nosotras las mujeres manifestamos que la autonomía de los pueblos indígenas es el camino hacia la iniciación de una nueva relación entre nosotras, dentro del estado Mexicano, con otros Mexicanos, y entre hombres y mujeres ... Dentro del marco de la autonomía, nosotras las mujeres indígenas exigimos nuestra participación completa, y que ninguna condición interna o externa lo impida." El Documento también exige una renegociación del Tratado de Libre Comercio (TLC) y la reforma del Artículo 27 con su espíritu original revolucionario que declaraba a los territorios de los pueblos indígenas "inembargables, no-negociables e indispensables." Este fue alterado contra el deseo de la mayoría de los mexicanos con el propósito de aprobar el TLC. Entre sus demandas también estaba el derecho de la mujer a ser propietaria de tierras y heredera, la redistribución de tierras basada en el criterio de la sustentabilidad, el acceso a la tecnología alternativa, más y mejores servicios educativos, culturales, de la salud, de la producción, del trabajo y del bienestar social, tanto como poner fin al Estado dominado por el PRI (Partido Revolucionario Institucional), y la transición hacia una democracia verdadera. Sus demandas ancestrales fueron compiladas en un documento colectivo representando a mujeres indígenas en México, Resultó ser una experiencia inestimable. Entre otras cosas, fue una oportunidad para crear nuevas relaciones y organizaciones entre líderes indígenas a través del liderazgo del EZLN. La comisión gubernamental (COCOPA), en cambio, no ratificó el documento de las mujeres y no presentó ni la menor intención de negociar por un cambio fundamental. Declaró que no consideraría la discusión de conceptos como "autonomía", "religión," "autodeterminación," o "nueva constitución." Noticias de Abya Yala �MUJERES IND GENAS S E ORGANIZAN Conferencia Nacional ANIPA de Mujeres El primer encuentro de la Asamblea Plural Nacional de Indígenas por la Autonomía (ANIPA) tuvo lugar en San Cristóbal de las Casas entre el 7 y el8 de diciembre, 1995. Doscientos sesenta y seis representantes de 65 organizaciones indígenas y de mujeres representando 30 naciones indígenas y 13 estados de la república mexicana se reunieron en Chiapas para "hablar nuestro idioma, hablar de nuestros derechos, usos y costumbres, y para discutir la propuesta de la autonomía para nuestras comunidades, con una visión del género." La Conferencia Nacional de la Mujer es la culminación de una serie de talleres de mujeres y conferencias regionales fortalecidas por el levantamiento zapatista que proveyeron espacios para la reflexión y la discusión acerca de los temas que las mujeres indígenas enfrentan. Ademas, muchas mujeres sienten la urgencia de seguir organizándose y denuncian la presencia militar en sus comunidades-no sólo en Chiapas sino a través de regiones indígenas en México-y lo que ésta significa para sus familias y sus comunidades. Invitadas por la Comisión Organizadora de la ANIPA y las organizaciones de mujeres en Chiapas como K'inal Ansetik, ]'pas Joloviletik, y la comisión de mujeres de CONPAZ, las participantes del encuentro discutieron la iniciativa legal que está en trámite para la creación de Regiones Autónomas Pluriétnicas (RAP). Muchas de las mujeres involucradas en la iniciativa por la autonomía han expresado el hecho de que la propuesta no incluye la autonomía de la mujer dentro de sus sociedades, ni tampoco su deseo de tener derechos específicos como mujeres, y que no se les ha considerado durante la creación de la propuesta. En los dos días de discusión, las mujeres tomaron tiempo para hablar acerca de la situación política y social de sus aldeas, comunidades y hogares. Analizaron sus vidas como hijas, madres, y esposas. Le dieron un nuevo nombre a su lucha, el de "autonomía," y Vol. 10 No. 1 Mujeres de San Andrés Sacamch'en de los Pobres antes de los diálogos adoptaron el concepto, que ahora podían llevar a sus comunidades y compartir con otras mujeres. En un esfuerzo por deshacer los factores sociales que las oprimen como mujeres indígenas, las participantes discutieron sus derechos, los cuales tradujeron al español como "costumbres." Expresaron su deseo de deshacerse de todas las "malas costumbres" y de promover las "buenas costumbres" en su sociedad. "Existen costumbres que pueden ser no-productivas o contrarias a. la dignidad o la libertad de la mujer," dijo Julia Gómez, mixteca y representativa del Centro Editorial de Literatura Indígena en Oaxaca. Juliana considera importante reconocer que "a veces, nosotras las mujeres, somos las que transmitimos malas costumbres con la educación que les damos a nuestros hijos," y que "el cambio debe empezar con la educación de la mujer." Las enmiendas propuestas por las mujeres para la iniciativa de formar regiones autónomas fueron escritas en un documento y presentadas a consejo general de las regiones autónomas pluriétnicas durante la cuarta reunión de ANIPA, la cual tuvo lugar en el mismo sitio por los tres días inmediatamente después de la conferencia de mujeres de ANIPA. Muchas de las delegadas se quedaron para la asamblea general, con- stituyendo la mayor asistencia por parte de mujeres de todos las reuniones de ANIPA. Durante le reunión de ANIPA, ellas declararon que la "autonomía es un conjunto de actitudes y formas de resistencia por la preservación de nuestras costumbres, lenguajes y tradiciones, y para rechazar los recursos que nos da el gobierno, porque muchas veces nos dividen." En la conferencia las mujeres también revisaron un documento escrito por los asesores e invitados del EZLN en San Andrés, el cual fue aprobado por la ANIPA. La iniciativa para la autonomía y la propuesta de las mujeres serán presentadas en el Foro Indígena Nacional convocado por el EZLN. Las propuestas y demandas hechas por las mujeres quienes trabajaron y participaron en esos encuentros últimamente serán enviados al Congreso y al Senado para legislación sobre Derechos de la Mujer. Es importante reconocer que, como opción a la guerra y para la construcción de la paz, estos espacios donde las mujeres han debatido sus problemas en cuanto a su cultura y sus derechos, señalan un cambio importante en el proceso político en México; específicamente, que el proceso de democratización no puede ocurrir sin su verdadera liberación como mujeres.~ 7 � 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. 10, No. 1 (Junio 1996) (Spanish) 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 Dos encuentros cruciales para mujeres indigenas en Mexico Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Article Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource June 1996 Language A language of the resource English Zotero Title Dos encuentros cruciales para mujeres indigenas en Mexico Item Type Newspaper Article Attachment Title Vol. 10, no. 1 (6-7).pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Issue 1 Language Spanish Publication Title Abya Yala News Noticias de Abya Yala Volume 10 Abstract Note Indigenous women in Mexico are becoming increasingly involved in indigenous development and political participation. Pages 6-7 Author Maya Santamaria https://www.abyayalanews.org/files/original/917449888192bfd0efa85fff59d23ce5.pdf 3ca96a718a9727f27715f96679c1fc20 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Vol. 6, No. 3 (19).pdf PDF Text Text In one blow the drought and freeze of 1978 destroyed thefurureofNiooJasMullisaca, who as the eldest child would have been responsible for his parents' land. Like many other children ofcarnpesinos, he was forced to leave for La Paz in search of work. "It was not a happy day, but it was the only choice because there was nothing to eat For a carnpesino, leaving the land that our ancestors have farmed for generations is always a very sad thing." NicoJas Mullisaca, and later his five brothers, started out as casual laborers in the city of La Paz. He became a mason and has worked in this profession ever since, except for two years when he went looking for gold fora company in Tipuani where he nearly died of tuberculosis. For one year now he has worked as a mason for a construction company with about 30employees. Itis hard work, with a timecard to punch and pay docked for arriving even a little late. He travels an hour from the worksite in the center of the city to his home with his wife and eight children in the barrio of Pasankeri. Pasankeri is located high above La Paz and is one of the final rungs in the ladder of suburbs which climb up out of the city. It is the last barrio before arriving at Ciudad Sarelite at the very peak in El Alto. Their pig stays in the lower part of their yard. Above, there is a little patio that his wife Ceferina uses to wash clothes and prepare the Vol 6 Num 3 food,andwherethekidsandthedogplay.The adobe house has two rooms, and alongside the bed stands a sewing machine that the tWo parents use. Spanish and Aymara are spoken in the Mullisaca family household, Spanish because it is more practical in the city, and Aymara so the children don't lose their culture. "I dream of opening a tailorshop in Pasankeri. For a year and a half I've attended a sewing course at night here in my barrio and soon I'll be done," says don Nicolas. His wife has attended a course in weaving and is hoping to get a loom. But with ten stomachs to fill, they live hand to mouth and it's practically impossible to pull together the necessary capital to start their own business or save the 150 bolivianos that a loom costs. "I will probably be a mason for many years to come, and knowing this, I take on as much responsibility as the others in working to form a union to ask for better wages." At one time he was a campesino leader in his village. Many migrant families suffer from the harsh conditions of the city, and from not even knowing their neighbors and have to face frequent periods of unemployment "We worry about the children and fear that they willfallin with delinquents or drugs," explains Ceferina Mullisaca. "In the countryside, life is far more peaceful and safe." "Sometimes mestizos and white people ride by in mini-vans and humiliate us for being Aymara. They harass us as we carry our loads and accuse us of being dirty." In the city, access to medical attention and education is easier. Yet without money, life in the city is impossible, while in most cases, people in the countryside can live from what the land yields. "Work in the city is boring and makes us feel like slaves. For a campesino, work is also hard but at least you feel free, and the work is interesting," said Nicolas Mullisaca. His parents still live in the countryside and he and his family return during planting and harvesting to San Andres Machaca, a village located in the province ofingari, three hours to the west of La Paz, near the Peruvian border. For NicoJas and Ceferina, going to the country is like returning home, while their children treat these visits as outings. "I am not ashamed of my roots as an Aymara and a campesino. I am proud of our culture. When my children grow up, I hope to go back and live in my village." "But to make this happen, we will need economic help for digging wells and better tools to work the land We're never going to get these with governments run by the rich who could care less about the problems and needs of poor campesinos," said Nicolas. He adds that "so long as neoliberal policies hold sway, migration from the country to the city is sure to continue." 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Title A name given to the resource Drought: Aymara Campesinos Forced to Migrate to the Cities (Bolivia) Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Article Language A language of the resource English Zotero Title Drought: Aymara Campesinos Forced to Migrate to the Cities (Bolivia) Item Type Newspaper Article Attachment Title Vol. 6, No. 3 (19).pdf https://www.abyayalanews.org/files/original/cd3dc8d41868475e3d65abbd4d602f6f.pdf d829c305042291b5902abce3eecab6c8 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Vol. 8, no. 3 (35-37).pdf PDF Text Text W 0 MEN Drug Trafficking and Strip Searches Place Wayu Women in Peril The following statement regarding "La Requisa lntima"-The Strip Search. was made by Dalla Duran of the Indigenous Movement for National Identity CMOIIN). and appeared in IWGIA he Way(l people have lived on Guajira Peninsula between Colombia and Venezuela since before the Spanish arrived on this conti· nent. This coastal and semi·desert territo· ry of vast planes is the home of our matrilineally organized society. Way(l women are the axis of this society: inheritance and the last name follow the mothers line. Women:S presence and participation arc funda mental in the development and T continuity of each clan . Nonetheless. in the last few years, the menace of drug trafficking has begun to shake the foundation of our community and the position of women Within it. In contrast to many other regions of South America, drugs arc neither grown. nor processed in Guajirn. However. our location , which for years kept us isolated from European innucnces and the missions. has today become our biggest problem . Over the last twenty years, the Guajira has been converted into a giant landingsuip and a port of transit for ships. Drugs arc launched from here to the drug consuming countries of the world . Drug trafficking has had more than a transitOT)' presence. Huge quantities of money have allractcd cheap labor to the region: men • women and children act as guards for the landing strips and illicit ports which appear and disappear as if by magic on the savannas and coasts. Dntgs are stored in the workers' houses, involving entire families in this activity. VOl. s No.3 The quanlllles of money paid to the "mules" work should be stopped. we canworkers transforms our communities' not accept the treatment that our women traditional values. Our society's mea· receive daily on crossing the border check sured balance with the environment, points. The searches that arc carried out based on taking only what is necessary are inhuman and undignified. The from our habitat, is evaporating. At the national guard. police and customs offisame time. violence has grown. as has cials assume that every woman dressed in the nun1ber of anns-which are required traditional clothing or having our featu res in the functioning of the drug trade. is a ..mule." During these searches, even Thus, the model of life based on respect women~ genitals are examined in small for women and on strong commu· nity solidarity is at risk. For five "For five centuries. women have centuries, women have exercised a exercised a fundamental role in fundamental role in the defense of our traditions along the long road the defense of our traditions ... • of European colonization. and the place of women emerged strengthened by this process. Despite the cubicles in front of the other traveling Spanish conquistadors' plundering o f companions and without any kind of san· our society, it never uprooted the status itary control. Only the poor and humble of women in WayU society. \VayU women who travel by truck or bus Throughout the world, drug traffick- are searched in this way. Those who trav. ers use '"mules.. to transport small quanti· el in private cars are not affected. ties of drugs from one spot to another. h is no exageration to call these strip Here, drugs need only be carried the few searches a violation of our fundamental kilometers from Colombia to the frontier rights. The searches violate our dignity as cities of Venezuela. In this activity, Way(l human beings, it is not only an ass.'luh on women are in demand for their stamina, our morality, but only exposes the popuaudacity and capacity to overcome fear. lation to venereal diseases and conNonetheless, the government's actions tributes to the deteriorating physical. to arrest violence generated by the drug emotional and mental health of the Way(l trade have put Indigenous people at the women. We hope that this statement center of a connict which. in many cases, causes renection on this issue. as our jeopardizes women the most. Even people are living under inhuman condithough we understand that the authori- tions under the indifferent glances of the ties reaction is logical, and that the authorities. ~ 35 �ORGANIZATION AND COMMUNICATION Indigenous People's Alliance <IPA> Update countries to panake in the next encounter. Those pre-.sem emri. Indigenous Peoples Alliance (IPA) members auended the Tohono O'odham Human Rights Conference in Sells. Arizona, on july 29-30 in the lohono O'odham Nation, extending alliances across the Mexico/U.S/Canada borders. Following the conference in Sells, the IPA convened in Phoenix for a strategy and planning meeting on Aug. I. Representatives from sioned the promotion and encouragentcnt of elders around the Tonanrzin, Indigenous Environmental Network, En'owkin ciples for the CONIC constitutional convention were distributed for cotnment and discussion on recruitment strategy undenak· en. Members were updated on the situation in Chiapas by was the 1heme of this congress sponsored by the CH1-G (Council of May Education of Guatemala), Aug. 8-11, 1994, in Que1zahenango attended by approximately 350 Ma)'a teachers. In discussing 1he needs of the Maya, their reality and cosmovision, spirituality and philosophy, 1he teachers recommended Marcos Perez Gomez from ORIACH (Organizacion Regional de los Altos de Chiapas). the initiation of Maya curriculum in both rural and urban areas. including: Mayan mathematics. astronomy, medicine, linguis· Center, and Peace and Dignity Project auended. The draft prin- For' mon: information. Contact: Tonatiern. POll24009, Phoenix Az 85074 Tel: 602- 254-5230 Fa." 602-252-6094 First Encounter of Maya Elders and Spiritual Guides in Guatemala Maya elders and spiritual guides met on March 13-22. 1994, at the different cardinal points in Tecpa'n, Guatemala. This gathering wns a chance for an exchange of information on Maya astrology with an ernphasis on predicting cycles which can aid elders in their healing rituals. The Maya Calendar was a major point of discussion. Some people believe that the prophecies o f the calendar will have a great impact over the next 20 years. A council of elders and spiritual guides fonned at this encounter with the intention of unifying Indigenous communia ties. The panicipants also decided to invite elders from other world to practice, exchange, and impan their traditional teachings and healing practices. First Congress of Maya Education "The time has come that we re-initiate the cirdc of light. .... tics, ans. philosophy. productivity and culture. They also called for the opening of more schools for training bilingual MayaSpanish teachers, and the institutionalization of21languages by the Academy of Maya languages. Workshops to Train Indigenous Journalists Planned in Norway SAI IC·Norway representative Sebastian Lara and Sami journalist Unni Wenche Gronvold are establishing an Indigenous journalists Project in Oslo, Norway. The p roject will o rganize training workshops for Indigenous journalists from throughout the conrinent. These workshops will strengthen the lntemalional Association of Indigenous Press (AlPIN) which is currently broadcasting from Mexico City. SAIIC-Norway is seek- ing economic assistance from governments who are sponsoring to 1he U.N. Decade for Indigenous Peoples, as well as from the Spanish News Agency EFE. The Foreign Relations Office of the Norwegian government is now swdying SAllC·NorwayS pro· posal. This project will enable more Indigenous journalists to repon on their own struggles. F4r m4rt infonnatlon and to send a$$fSrancc: SAIIC-Norge. Torgatta 34.0183 Oslo. Norw.>y Free Workshops For the Women of La Quebrada de Humahuaca, Argentina The women of Quebrada de Humahuaca Province. in the Republic of jujuy, Argentina. have been organizing . Recently, this work included designing n ew practical components for the States educational system, including the prac1ice of preserving fruits and vegetables, weaving, hcahh education, ceramics. music and dance, and especially the recuperation of their native language Kechua. This project results from free workshops orgaInd igeno us w o men's committee meets betow the wip h&t& 36 nized independently by women in various localities. Also the educational amhorities. OIGEMAS. and the Ministry of Culture M:Jya Yala News �ORGANIZATION and Education all included the women~ proposals into the state system. The workshops' primary objectives have been to achieve incen- tives for panicipation through collective organiz.. 'l.tion. incentives for production based on a subsistence oconomy, incorporation of modem techniques, re-valuation and advancement of the culture, recovery of the native tongue. Kcchua. and improving the standard of li'""&· For mort: infotmalion~ J~ de Ia lglesia/2238-Cu)"'ya·Son Salvador de jujuy Rcp~blica Argcntin.V Tel: 29605 Ecuadorian Indigenous Women's Forum The forum was held between july and Sept. . in preparation for the Fourth Women$ Conference. Women from the Quichua. Slmar, Achuar. Siona, Cofan, Secoya, lioao. Awa, Chachi, Tsachi and Huancavilcas prepared the document "Women of Yesterday, Women of Today, Always 'Women, \Ve weave the Fmure of Our People.. which analyzes their situation within the communmes and within Ecuadorian society in general. They demand recognition of the different Indigenous nation· alities within a Plurinational state, demarca· tion of Indigenous territories, and the granti· ng of communal ownership over them. At the same time, they requested govern· ment attention to improving agricultural and anis..·m production and commercialization. better infrastruc-ture. education and health services. They also demanded respect for Indigenous peoples human rights and the par· ticipation or women in the processes that affect them. For more informa!lon, or ro obtain tilt meeting~ final dccumcm: Agel'lcia latino:uncrica.na de 1nfonnaci6n (ALAI). Casilla 17-12-$77. Quito. Ec\lador. Av. 12 de oetubre 622 y Paula. Edificio 6ossano. Of. 503. Tel: (593) 2 505 074 Fax: (593) 2 505 073 First Regional Encounter of Mapuche Women in Chile The Mapuche Zomo Ni Unel Xawl"' (First Regional Encounter of Mapuchc Women) was Vol. 8 No.3 AND COMMUN I CATION organized by the Coordinating Commiuee of Mapuche Women\; Institutions of the IX Region on Sept. 5. Participants worked to analyze a number of fundamental cultural concepts in order to understand and implemem them from an Indigenous perspec· tive. Concepts like Mapuche identity; health and its relation to the sacred: education. and its relation to wisdom~ the exercise of memory and precision~ were central themes of the discussion. Finally they addressed the situation of Indigenous women who cominue to live in the communities as well as those who have migrated. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Vol. 8, No. 3 (Fall 1994) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Drug Trafficking and Strip Searches Place Wayu Women in Peril Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Article Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Fall 1994 Language A language of the resource English Zotero Title Drug Trafficking and Strip Searches Place Wayu Women in Peril Item Type Newspaper Article Attachment Title Vol. 8, no. 3 (35-37).pdf Issue 3 Language English Publication Title Abya Yala News Volume 8 Abstract Note Wayu women are being placed in danger by the mandatory strip searches in the Guajira Peninsula, which were instituted to combat the drug trade. Also dsicusses upcoming events. Pages 35-37 https://www.abyayalanews.org/files/original/94a1c3fce583d6611b5f3f6a90609058.pdf 6a88222ab71fc33322ce4755505a1dcc 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. 3, No. 3 (12).pdf PDF Text Text ECUADOR Earthquake Disrupts Many Indian Communities On the night of March 5, an earthquake measuring between 6.8 and 7.2 on the Richter scale struck southeastern Ecuador. The epicenter of the earthquake was in the Amazonian province of Napo. The tremors caused mudslides and avalanches which dammed rivers with debris. When rising waters burst through the dams, floods devastated downstream areas. Entire communities disappeared as mudslides swept away houses, livestock, agricultural land, and people. Reports indicate that between 2,000 and 3,500 Indian people are missing and presumed dead from the earthquake and its aftermath. In the mountains the worst damage occurred in the densely populated Indian regions of Imbabura and Pichincha. Although crops and roads remain intact, between 10,000 and 12,000 homes were destroyed, leaving at least 25,000 people homeless. People are now living in improvised shelters made of sticks, plastic sheeting, and cut grass. Immediately after the earthquake, CONAIE, the Confederation of Indian Nations of Ecuador, which includes organizations from both the Amazonian and mountain regions, went into action. Indian leaders from all over Ecuador gathered in Quito to work through CONAIE to assess damage in isolated areas, handle public relations, and formulate proposals for relief and reconstruction. In Amazonia CONAIE is concentrating relief efforts to help Indians rebuild canoes, most of which were lost during the initial flooding, so people will be ready to navigate the rivers when the waters have subsided. In the mountain regions, CONAIE is working with local cooperative work teams called mingas to rebuild destroyed houses. According to Cristobal Naikiai, general secretary of CONFENIAE, the organization of Amazonian Indians which forms part of CONAIE, "virtually none of the aid sent by the United States government is reaching Indian people. The North American and Ecuadoran governments are targeting their efforts at rebuilding roads for oil corporations and African palm plantations, while ignoring the needs of the people in the region. The attitude of the North American army reserve units which are doing relief work is to discredit the Indian confederation, thus causing more confusion and conflict." At the request of CONFENIAE, SAIIC is soliciting funds for earthquake relief which will go directly to Indian communities through CONFENIAE. If you are interested in helping, please contact SAIIC at (415) 452-1235 or by mail. Checks for financial contributions should be made payable to Capp Street Foundation and sent to SAIIC at P.O. Box 7550, Berkeley, CA 94707. Oxfam America and Catholic Relief Services are also raising money in the United States to be sent directly to CONFENIAE in Ecuador. Page 12 Vol. 3, No.3. Summer, 1987 � 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. 3, No. 3 (Summer 1987) Zotero Language English Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Earthquake Disrupts Many Indian Communities (Ecuador) Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Article Language A language of the resource English Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Summer 1987 Zotero Title Earthquake Disrupts Many Indian Communities (Ecuador) Item Type Newspaper Article Attachment Title Vol. 3, No. 3 (12).pdf Issue 3 Language English Pages 12 Publication Title SAIIC Newsletter Volume 3 https://www.abyayalanews.org/files/original/0d60d297c070115648b384a007fc98cf e5ef4226fa361e0f9f902ad4d081ff82 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Vol. 6, no. 4 (10-11).pdf PDF Text Text • • 1 Tanto en una aldea indígena tradicional en la selva de Tijuca como en una de las carpas sofocantes donde tuvo lugar el Foro Mundial en la playa Flamengo, los ambientalistas que participan en. la Eco'92 en Río' de Janeiro se han topado con cientos de indígenas de todo el mundo; estos se encontraban participando en dos conferencias indígenas muy importantes. No obstante, pese a la amplia presencia indígena en Rio, su participación en la Cumbre de la Tierra- reunión en la que los gobernantes del mundo firmaron acuerdos sobre asuntos fundamentales relativos al medio ambiente- a penas consistió en una declaración simbólica de cinco minutosdeMarcoTerenadelaNaciónTerenadeBrasil. La primera conferencia indígena fue la Conferencia Mundial de Indígenas sobre Territorio, Medio ambiente y Desarrollo organizada por el Comité Inter Tribal constituido por las siguientes organizaciones: 500 años deResistencia(Brasil),COICA(Amazonía)yelCentro Mocoví (Argentina). Allí se reunieron alrededor de mil indígenas de los cinco continentes en una serie de casas largas construidas por siete tribus amazónicas en un pueblo denominado "Kari..Qca". Chamanes bendijeron la tierra y el pueblo se convirtió en el escenario de una reunión de unasemanaalacualllegaron múltiples buses de indios Xavantes y Kuyapos de Brasil, además de delegaciones mucho más pequeñas de Tierra· Sami, Filipina. Aust:rnlia y Africa. ¡': JO Otro evento donde se destacó la participación de una gran cantidad de indígenas, especialmente originarios de Brasil, fue el Parlamento de la Tierra, cuyo objetivo fue permitirle a los indígenas tener más voz en la reunión de la U.N.C.E.D .. El Parlamento de la Tierra culminó con una reunión en la que los parlamentarios de EE.UU expresaron su apoyo a las demandas fudígenas. Aun si en la conferencia oficial los indígenas cumplieron ante todo un papel simbólico, algunos dirigentes indígenas en una posterior evaluación destacaron ciertos aspecto positivos del encuentro. Atencio López, Kuna de Panamá, representante de la Asociación Kuna Unida por Nabguana ( la· Madre Tierra),dice: "nunca antes se le había prestado tanta atención a los indígenas y a su entorno natural en una conferencia mundial como la de la U.N.C.E.D.(...) Nuestra tarea principal era impedir que se alteraran las partes delos documentos principales de la Conferencia que afectan a los indígenas, obtenidas después de años de negociaciones durante los Comités de Preparación realizados anteriormente en Rio. Lo poco que quedó especificado en la Agenda 21, la Declaracion sobre las Selvas y otros temas es el fruto de enormes esfuerzos por parte de nuestros delegados. No obstante, lamentablemente,laindiferenciadepaísescomoEE.UU, Canadá, Inglaterra y Francia. entre otros, ante los de Abya Yala �1 Delegados en. la conferencia de Rio. Foto Glen. Switkes problemas de los indígenas han puesto en peligro nuestros esfuerzos diplomáticos. Por ejemplo, según la Agenda 21, sólo 3 millones dedolaresdelos600milmillonesreservadosanualmente para la protección del medio ambiente se destinaron a los pueblos indígenas. Esto demuestra que para los gobiernos del mundo, nuestra gente no constituye una prioridad. De la misma manera, en la Deélaración de la Selva, la participación y defensa activa de nuestros territorios por parte de los indígenas se deja a juicio de cada uno de los gobiernos. Lo mismo ocmre con los recursos biológicos y el material genético que sólo consideran el derecho soberano de los países e ignoran la existencia de nuestros pueblos, quienes por años han conservado y preservado las selvas y el material genético que en ellas se encuentra. Finalmente, la participación de los representantes indígenas fue un éxito puesto que en estos momentós no tenemos intermediarios; somos más bien nosotros mismosquienesluchamos por medio de nuestras propias voces en los foros internacionales, cuyos esfuenos por mantenemos callados se vuelven vanos. También queremos agradecer el trabajo realizado por Evaristo NugkuagdeCOICA,comocoordinadordeladelegación indígena de la U.N.C.E.D. Nosotros, los pueblos indígenas caminamos hacia el futuro, siguiendo las huellas de nuestros ancestros." Vol. 4 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Vol. 6, No. 4 (Noviembre 1992) (Spanish) 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 Eco '92: Indigenas Exigen Ser Escuchados en la Cumbre de la Tierra (Brasil) Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Article Language A language of the resource English Zotero Title Eco '92: Indigenas Exigen Ser Escuchados en la Cumbre de la Tierra (Brasil) Item Type Newspaper Article Attachment Title Vol. 6, no. 4 (10-11).pdf Attachment URL [No URL] https://www.abyayalanews.org/files/original/f97138682f5d0dc583a6a1cedfbe1d26 a7617f4cb526634869ea3c87a3c7b4a4 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Vol. 6, no. 4 (4-5).pdf PDF Text Text I Indian delegates meet withAl Gore. Photo SAIIC From a traditional Indian village constructed in the Tijuca national forest to a sweltering tent in the Global Forum on Flamengo Beach, environmentalists participating in Rio de Janeiro's Eco '92 encountered hundreds oflndigenous peoples from around the world who participated in two major Indian conferences. However despite the substantial Indigenous presence in Rio, the participation of Indian people in the Earth Summitwhere world leaders were gathered to sign treaties on fundamental environmental issues- was limited to a symbolic five minute statement by Marcos Terena, of the Terena Nation of Brazil. The first indigenous conference was the Wodd Conference of Indigenous Peoples on Territory, EnvironmentandDevelopment, organized by the InterTribal Committee-500 Years of Resistance (Brazil), COICA 4 (Amazonia), and Centro Mocovi (Argentina). About 1000 indigenous people from five continents gathered in a series of long houses built by seven Amazonian tribes in a village dubbed "Kari-Oca". Shamans blessed the land, and the village became the scene of a weeklong meeting, which brought busloads of Xavante and Kayapo Indians from Brazil together with much smaller delegations from Samiland, the Philippines, Australia, and Africa. Also featuring the participation of many indigenous peoples, primarily from Brazil, was the Earth Parliament, whose goal was to allow Indians a greater voice at the UN .C.E.D. meeting. The Earth Parliament culminated with a rally at which Congressmen and Senators from the United States expressed their support for the goals of Indigenous peoples. SAIIC Newsletter �I Indians in the First Conference of the People of the Forest, Rio Blanco, Brazil. Photo Kit Miller Despite the apparent use of Indian people at times as "window dressing" at the ecological conference, some Indian leaders, reflecting on the meeting, saw a brighter side in the events. Atencio Lopez, Kuna from Panama represented the Kuna Association United for Nabguana (Mother Earth). According to Lopez, "Never before at a world conference had so much attention been placed on Indigenous peoples and their natural surroundings as at the U.N.C.E.D. conference... Our principal task was to avoid the altering ofparts of the principal documents of the Conference dealing with Indigenous peoples after years of negotiations in the Prep Corns, which were held prior to Rio. The little bit that had remained affirmed in Agenda 21, the Declaration on Forests and others, had required a great effort on the part of our delegates. But, sadly, indifference toward the problems of Indian peoples by countries like the United States, Canada, England and France, among others, put our efforts at diplomacy in jeopardy. "For example, in Agenda21, only 3 million dollars of the 600 billion to be set aside annually (for environ- Vol 6 Num 4 mental protection) under Agenda 21 was earmarked for Indigenous peoples. This shows that for the world governments, our people are not a priority. As for the Forest Declaration, the active participation and defense by Indigenous peoples of our territories is left up to the judgment of governments. The same goes for biological resources and genetic material, which only takes into account the sovereign rights of the countries, ignoring the existence of our peoples, which for years have conserved and preserved the forests and the genetic material that is found there. "In the end, the participation of Indigenous representatives was a success, because at these moments we have no intermediaries, rather we ourselves struggle with our own voices in international forums which, despite wanting to keep us quiet, cannot We also want to praise the work realized by Evaristo Nugkuag of COICA, as coordinator of the Indigenous delegation of UN.C.E.D .. "We, the Indigenous peoples, are walking toward the future in the footsteps of our ancestors." 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. 6, No. 4 (Fall 1992) (English) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Eco '92: Indigenous peoples Fight for Space at the Earth Summit (Brazil) Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Article Language A language of the resource English Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Fall 1992 Zotero Title Eco '92: Indigenous peoples Fight for Space at the Earth Summit (Brazil) Item Type Newspaper Article Attachment Title Vol. 6, no. 4 (4-5).pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Abstract Note At Rio de Janeiro's Eco '92 conference, hundreds of Indigenous peoples showed up and participated. However, their presence at the Earth Summit was limited to a five minute speech by Marcos Terena, of the Terena Nation of Brazil. Issue 4 Language English Pages 4-5 Publication Title SAIIC Newsletter Volume 6 Earth Summit Eco '92 Rio Rio de Janeiro https://www.abyayalanews.org/files/original/dcc748c97c2516de09c7736a7f4f5fe4.pdf 514fa813fb4fadc01642b44374b3cd08 PDF Text Text Ecologists, Indigenous Groups Oppose World Ban icies An international coalition of indigenous peoples support groups and environmental organizations met in Washington, D.C., from September 28 to 30 to oppose World Bank lending policies. The meeting, called "The Citizens' Conference on Tropical Forests, Indigenous People, and the World Bank," was timed to coincide with the annual meetings of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. The World Bank is the largest financier of development projects in the world. The alternative conference set the stage for an international campaign to pressure the World Bank to institute stronger measures to protect both the natural environment and the right of indigenous people to retain their land and way of life. "The Fatal Five" development projects were identified as targets of the campaign. They include Polonoroeste, a road-building and colonization project in the Brazilian Amazon; the Narmada Valley Dam project in India, which will require the relocation of two million people; transmigration in Indonesia, the largest resettlement plan in the world; a beef export project in Botswana, southern Africa; and the Three Gorges Dam project in China. The need for environmental organizations in the industrialized nations to work more closely with Indians, peasants, and others in the Third World who live in areas affected by World Bank projects was a recurring theme at the conference. Ailton Krenak of the Union of Indian Nations (UNI) in Brazil and ecologist Jose Lutzenberger demonstrated the type of actions which will be taken to oppose World Bank projects with the announcement of the formation of the Amazonian Alliance of the People of the Rainforest. The group will unite Indians, rubber trappers, river dwellers, and landless people to confront'' challenges to their survival in the Amazon. SAIIC coordinator Nilo Cayuqueo was featured with Ailton and two representatives from Survival International on a panel which denounced the effects of World Bank projects on indigenous people. Other participants in the conference included activists from Puerto Rico, Mexico, Colombia, Peru, Brazil, Indonesia, India, Kenya, England, and the United States, including Hawaii. The conference was co-sponsored by the Anthropology Resource Center, Cultural Survival, the Environmental Defense Fund, the Environmental Policy Institute, the National Audubon Society, the Natural Resources Defense Council, the Rainforest Action Network, and Survival International. (For a report on an earlier meeting of the organizations, see SAIIC Newsletter, Winter, 1986. p. 17.) The World Bank will provide about $15 billion in new loans for development projects in the coming year. The Bank receives its funds from industrialized nations in North America, Europe, and Asia. The United States contributes about 20 percent of the capital of the Bank. Page 2 Vol. 3, no. 1. Fall, 1986. � 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 Ecologists, Indigenous Groups Oppose World Bank Policies Type The nature or genre of the resource Journal Article Language A language of the resource English Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Fall 1986 Zotero Title Ecologists, Indigenous Groups Oppose World Bank Policies Item Type Journal Article Attachment Title Vol. 3, no. 1 (2).pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Publication Title SAIIC Newsletter Issue 1 Volume 3 Language English Pages 2 environment environmental fall 1986 World Bank https://www.abyayalanews.org/files/original/8b7898534b0c743795478a3f0b6ad84b.pdf 6bade7537f4e8db798108830f4140a25 PDF Text Text ECUADOR [From a September, 1984, letter to SAIIC from Nurinkias Tsetsenk Enrique, Federacion Centros Shuar, Tarqui 809 y Av. 10 de Agosto, Segundo Piso, Oficina 209, Casilla Postal 4122, Quito, Ecuador] "The Federation of Shuar organizations was recognized by the national government of Ecuador in 1964. There are currently 250 Centers that have communal lands. Currently we have 40,000 Shuar members living in Eucador. (There are Shuar in Peru also.) Since our founding, we have established programs exclusively for the benefit of and run by Shuar including: education and culture, health, arbitration and tenancy of the land, communal work, and communication. All of these programs are recognized by the government, but we must constantly petition the government for support and financial assistance. Now we are working to create a new program that has never existed before in Ecuador. It is the Shuar legal commission with the goal of defending the true rights of the Shuar and other Indigenous people. For example we will work for land rights and for the defense of life and liberty of Indigenous people. We solicit support in our efforts. Kakachkurkia Penkesha Emkachminiatji. (Nothing is gained without struggle.)" PERU Reports reaching us at SAIIC indicate increasing violence and escalating abuse of human rights in Peru. Indian people are suffering greatly as a result of ongoing armed conflict. @ Statement issued by the WCIP during the conference held in Panama, September, 1984: "The 4th General Assembly of the World Council of Indigenous People condemns the massacre and genocide perpetrated against the indigenous population of Peru by the Central Government and its forces of repression and by the politcal-military forces. The 4th Assembly calls for the withdrawal of the military forces from the region of Ayacucho and for a socio-political solution in order to return to peace and respect for the integrity of the indigenous people. This 4th Assembly demands the participation of the true representatives of the indigenous people of Peru in the decisions of government." ® Statement in the newspaper Diario la Republica, Lima, September 9, 1984, by the Consejo Indio de Sud America (CISA): 11 451 years of Andean Holocast. The Latin Americans, orphans without cultural identity and perpetuators of historic shame, plan to celebrate 500 years since the infamous date on which the Europeans invaded our continent. Time moves on for centuries. The Viceroys have changed their names. The urban centers have changed their locations. But in our devastated Andean land, colonial occupation con- Vol. 1, no. 2. Fall, 1984. Published bi-monthly. ®SAIIC. Page 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. 1, No. 2 (Fall 1984) 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 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 Fall 1984 Language A language of the resource English Zotero Title Ecuador Item Type Journal Article Attachment Title Vol. 1, no. 2 (5).pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Language English Publication Title SAIIC Newsletter Issue 2 Volume 1 Pages 5 Abstract Note The federation of Shuar organizations had been recognized by the national government of Ecuador. Ecuador Federacion Centros Shuar Nurinkias Tsetsenk Enrique Quito