44 12 1190 https://www.abyayalanews.org/files/original/680baf3dbe1b6d3de83b00cf7e2965c9 3be9acd50e20a18a5563759745158b6b 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 (4).pdf PDF Text Text ¿ Indígena en ONU P or primera vez en la historia de las Naciones Unidas un indígena forma parte de esta organización. El 7 de marzo de 1994, Mario !barra, Mapuche, fué elegido en Ginebra, Suiza, como Experto Independiente Suplente de la Sub-Comisión sobre la Prevención de la Discriminación y la Protección de las Minorías. Desde su llegada a Ginebra, Ibarra ha trabajado como representante permanente en el Consejo del Tratado Indígena Internacional (IITC , una organización no gubernamental de las Nací es Unidas con posición consultiva en el C nsejo Económico y Social. Elegido por un R íodo de cuatro años, Mario !barra es uno de los 6 expertos nombrados que, aunque elegidos po os gobiernos, actúan de manera independi representantes de sus e s t a / Aucán Huilcamán durante la Conferencia Mundial de Derechos Humanos de las Naciones Unidas en junio del93 a candidatura a diputado de Aucán Huilcamán, presentada por Aukin Wallmapu Ngull~ (Consejo de Todas las Tierras) en diciembre de 1?93, fué rechazada por el Tribunal Calificadgt de Elecciones, alegando que el candidato se encontraba 4 Durante su primera sesión /1947, _la Comisión de Derechos Humanos d las Naciones Unidas, estableció la Subcomis · 'n sobre Prevención de la Discriminación y P tección a las Minorías para adelantar estudio , particularmente a la luz de la Declaración U 1versal de los Derechos Humanos, y para hacer ecomendacíones relacionadas con las violacio es a los derechos de dichas minorías. ario !barra es un activista y especialista en d~chos humanos, prisionero de guerra durante el ,A'olpe militar en Chile, historiador y periodista. Puede escribirle a: Mr.Mario !barra International Indian Treaty Coundl C.P.25 1211 Geneva 20 Switzerland Tel: 41-22-731-2907 en medio de un proceso legal por cargos de asoci ión ilícita y usurpación de tierras. Dicho proceso fué iniciado en 1991, e do bajo la iniciativa del Consejo de Todas la§/ ierras, 144 Mapuches ocuparon, demostrando p6n documentos su propiedad legal, tierras que/ actuahnente se ,;r encuentran en manos de emptesas privadas y. del Estado chileno. / "Debido a que el gobie~ estableció una querella ~esores, 144 Mapuches nos con claros propósitos .1' encontramos cond9Úados por reclamar nuestros legítimos derechgl Esta es una de las tantas formas en que se viola)Y·'1os derechos fundamentales de los Mapuches e:~;;/cuanto a su participación y decisión sobre el fu~~o del país" afirmó Huilcamán después de conocr~r el resultado . ./ LosiMapuches iniciaron una fuerte movilización en .tÓdo el pais en contra de esta desición que coi:Ísideraron una clara muestra de manipulación /gubernamental. Si la condena es ratificada, los acusados apelarán a la Corte Suprema, instancia máxima del sistema judicial chileno. Si allí no son absueltos, llevarán el caso a la Corte Interamericana de Justicia en San José de Costa Rica. Noticias de Abya Yala � 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 (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 Gobierno Chileno Obstruye Participacion Mapuche en Elecciones 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 Gobierno Chileno Obstruye Participacion Mapuche en Elecciones Item Type Newspaper Article Attachment Title Vol. 7, nos. 3&4 (4).pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Issue 3 and 4 Language Spanish Publication Title Noticias de Abya Yala Volume 7 Abstract Note In 1991, 144 Mapuches were taken to court for occupying land that the Chilean government claims they have no right to own. While this case is in progess, Mapuche leader Aucan Huilcaman is denied eligibility to run for congress. Pages 4 https://www.abyayalanews.org/files/original/9475c47035626363a7fb306be7b4bc8c 16cfd91598917f3b2629a17e05558204 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. 5, nos. 2 &3 (40).pdf PDF Text Text Pte. Borja adjudica tierras a los Huaoranis, reservándose el derecho a seguir explotando petroleo y recursos naturales. Gobierno Ecuatoriano Desde hace varios años el Pueblo Huaorani, como así también la Confederación de Nacionalidades Indígenas de la Amazonía Ecuatoriana (CONFENIAE) y la Confederación de Nacionalidades Indígenas del Ecuador (CONAIE), han estado exigiendo la delimitación y legalización de los territorios que históricamente les pertenecen. El 3 de abril pasado, el Presidente de Ecuador, Rodrigo Borja, adjudicó "un inmueble baldío de 612.000 has." a los Huaorani. La ceremonia tuvo lugar en el Salón Presidencial; 18 Huaoranis representando a sendas comunidades viajaron a Quito para recibir los títulos de propiedad. La ceremonia estuvo ímbuída de una fuerte connotación política propagandística por parte del gobierno: "Bajo mi gobierno, Ustedes serán hombres libres y jamás esclavos de nadie ... tampoco serán esclavos de dogmas ni de agitadores interesados en hacer de Ustedes un instrumentio político ... " En el documento de adjudicación que el Instituto de Reforma Agraria y Colonización, IERAC, entregó a los representantes Huaorani, consta que "Los adjudicatarios no podrán impedir o dificultar los trabajos de exploración minera y de hidrocarburos que realice el Gobierno Nacional y/o personas naturales o jurídicas legalmente autorizadas". Con estas condiciones, está claro que las intenciones del Gobierno Ecuatoriano son de continuar con la explotación de petróleo y otros recursos naturales en la Amazonía. Por otro lado, continúa la política colonialista de menosprecio por las culturas indias y la negación del derecho a decidir su propio destino. Todas las controversias que rodearon la entrega de estos títulos con una gran propaganda oficial, dan muestras de que el gobierno está tratando de borrar su imagen negativa en cuanto a la destrucción del medio ambiente y la negación de los derechos indios. Ni CONAIE ni CONFENIAE fueron invitadas a la ceremonia. Ayuma Tenko, representante del Pueblo Huaorani, al recibir los títulos de propiedada expresó: "Esta entrega de territorios que Usted nos hace no es totalemente su voluntad. Es producto de la lucha de años de nuestro pueblo, de las organizaciones nacionales, de la solidaridad nacional e internacional. Además, Señor Presidente le pedimos que ahora mismo se paralize la construcción de carreteras en nuestro territorio, que desalojen a los colonos que han invadido nuestras tierras y a las compañías petroleras que están destruyendo la selva, algún día nos quedaremos sin nada. Si usted no cumple, sabremos defender con nuestras propias lanzas lo que nos pertenece." Para Comunicarse con SAIIC, escribir a: P.O. Box 7550, Berkeley CA 94707, USA Telex: #154205417 (Attn: SAIIC), Teléfono: (415) 834-4263, FAX: (415)834-4264, Correspondencia electrónica: via Peacenet (cdp:SAIIC) � 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. 5, Nos. 2&3 (Fall 1989 & Winter 1990) (Spanish) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Since then there has been no attempt by FUNAI (National Indian Foundation), the police, or the armed forces to stop the gold miners from invading the demarcated Yanomami area. S Davl Kopenawa Yanomami, the Yanomami representative ·we Yanomami und a message to you. \Ve are very worried that our Yanomami area is being again h1vadcd by gold mineN. TJ1is is why we Yanomami arc informing that the gold mi"trs <H't in the ri\'t.:r Cauimani and the high Cacirimani. They an: also around Xiteia, Homoxi. Papili, 011d for the moment there are: 35 illegal runways in the Yanomami area. The number ofgold miners has ani,,ed at 3000 in Brazil and 4000 in Venezuela. leader. writes: :De-~t'l; o!S .il~ q;...~o • .o~~ •"• C:4 r o' a-~ . elC Jt~olo •.nlO.. , c.o.r t'<~o. ,.,...-... .J,~...,.. The invasion of the gold miners has set off a dramatic rise in malaria cases, and resulted in the deaths of at least three Indians, shot with guns supplied by gold miners. "'\Vc Yanomami want help from you to publicize the inva· sion of gold miners. \Ve ask that this dcmouncemeru arrive to the \'arious countries of Europe and the Urlited Stale$ so that they know what is happening in the Yanomami area. \Vt ask that d1e organizations of those countries SUfJport us and S<nd leuers <o <he Pre.sidell! of Brazil asking rhar he free <he funds for the op<m<ion of removing the gold miners so this situation e.ruls." Letter sent by David Kopenawa in tne hopes of stop- ins tne latest invasion of Yanomami land. . s Voi.10No. 2 The invasion of the gold miners has set ofr a dramatic rise in malaria cases, and resulted in the deaths of at least three Indians, shot with guns supplied by gold miners. In April alone 12 Y anomami died from malaria and pneumonia. Tuberculosis and venereal diseases are also increasing throughout the Yanomami area. The gold miners are also supplying guns and ammunition to the Yanomami in exchange for food or sexual relations with Yanomami women. The presence of guns has heightened the level or ( 25 �SELF DETERMINA TION \OOiencc among 1he Yanomam1. lradmg 10 numerous dea1hs and InJUrieS. One Yanomami leader lostlhe use of an ann after bemg sho1. In early May lhree Yanomami were sh01 de.1d during !riba! conflicls. There are reports thm gold minc1·s arc encouraging ~ribal conflicts. FUNAI officials fear lhat al any moment Venezuela will also expel several1hous.1nd more Brazilian gold nuners who crossed 1he border as the resuh of earher eviclions from 1he Yanomam1 area. FUNAI also said 1ha1 planes have been seen flying over 1he l':lrima, Cmrimani, Parafuri, Paapi. X1dea. and other rivers in the area. The mmcrs :md ANO T E RRITORY 1heir machinery ha•·e been seen workmg in 1he Ca1nrn.1n1 Paap1u Aracaca. Curimala, and Mapula rivers. The Yanom::um reserve was officially dcmarca1ed by 1hc llmzilian government in 1992 :t(tcr international protests over the mass invasion of up to 40,000 gold miners at 1hc end of 1he 1980's. nr.een pcrccm of the Yanomami popula1ion died as a resuh. Besides 1he 1crnble efTec1 on the Yanomami people, 1he presence of 1he gold prospec10rs also causes huge em;. ronrnemal damage. contaminating rivers and destroying riverbanks and fores1. We urge you to appeal to President Fernando Henrique Cardoso to free the funds needed (approximately US $6 million) to restart the miner removal operation. Sample letter: Presidente Fernando HenMque Cardoso. Palacio do Planalto. 70 159-970. Brasilia OF Brazil; Fax: 06 1-2267566 Dear President Cardoso. The survival of an ancien! people. the Yanornami. is in your hands. The Yanomami are known throughout the wolid as one of the last large groups of Indigenous peoples who have been recently contacted. Now they are threatened by a new illegal invasion of gold miners and your inexplicable delay in authorizing the funds needed for their expulsion. an operation already jointly planned by differenl departments of your government in cooperation with the government of Venezuela. We would like to remind you that on 29/ 3/96 in London. Juslice M inister Nelson Jobim promised the intemalional press and non-governmental organizations that this operation was imminent. Three months have passed and nothing has been done to stop the entry of new gold miners or remove those who are illegally inside the demarcated Yanomaml area. 26 The good resul1s oblained by 1hc Com1SSA0 Pr6-Y3nomami's (CCPY) heahh programme, will be complclcl)• undermined if 1he invasion is allowed to contmuc. for the Yanomami it is a mmtcr or life and dca1h. For 1he Brazilian government it would be a mauer of honoring 1hctr word. During his reccnl VlSil 10 Europe Justice Minister Nelson job1m promiSed 1ha1 1he federal pohcc and 1he armed forces would be used 10 expel 1hc gold prospec1ors. '!I lrifonnarlon from CCPY (Comissllo Pr6~mommni) Sec bdom We know from reports from the area itself that the consequences for the Yanomami are disastrous: there has been an increase of malaria and venereal diseases and cases of injuries and even deaths caused by firearms supplied to the Indians by gold miners. Many rivers are being polluted and contaminated. A visit by members of the Human Rights Commission of the OAS to the Yanomami area in December. 1995, found that a binational operation to put an end to the chronic problem of invasions on both sides of the fronlier by mostly Brazilian gold miners was needed. The internatiOnal commun.ty expects that you. Mr. President. will fulfill your commrtments and protect a people who are vulnerable. but have the same right to life as anyone else. Therefore we appeal to you to free the necessary funds for the operation to remove the gold miners who have illegally entered into the Yanomami reserve in Brazil immediately and introduce a system of permanent vigilance to prevent them retumlng. Yours sincerely. For more information contact: Claudia Andujar. Comissao Pro-Yanomami. Yanomami Campaign Coordinator. Rua Manoel Nobrega 111 cj .32. 0400 1-900 Sao Paulo SP Brazil: phone (011> 5511 -289-1200: fax(011) 55 11 -284-6997: email: apccpybr@ax.ibase.org .br Al:::l(a 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. 10, no. 2 (Summer 1996) 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 Gold Miners Invade Yanomami Area, Again 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 1996 Language A language of the resource English English Zotero Title Gold Miners Invade Yanomami Area, Again Item Type Journal Article Volume 10 Issue 2 Pages 25-26 Publication Title Abya Yala News ISSN 1071-3182 Date Summer 1996 Language English Abstract Note This article details the Yanomami Valley, which was under government supervision until 1996. Since the supervision was stopped, numerous gold miners have come to valley seeking riches and ultimately destroying the land for the people who live on it. Attachment Title Gold_Miners_Invade_Yanomami_Area_Again.pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Gold Miners Territory Yanomami https://www.abyayalanews.org/files/original/f3275ce2cca8283dac7f929b14e08f4c.pdf 5fb918a5cb99dafb7e0d79edd02cafb0 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 (9).pdf PDF Text Text Brasil IL The Brazilian military controls 25 million acres of land in the Amazon. Presidential decress have alloted and reserved 36 areas for the armed forces. According to Angelo Pansa, · an Italian priest who is a member of the International Tribunal for the Rights of the People and who is also active in CIMI (Indigenous Council of Missionaries) there are 6 areas that trancede Indigenous lands, totally or partially. In the southern part of the state of Para, where 2,600 Indians live, the military holds 16 million acres, an area twice the size of the Kayap6 Indian reserve. The majority of the land reserved for the military is devoted to the establishment of living quarters, the stationing ofbatuilions and border platoons as well as for military training in areas that are remote and sparsely populated. Source: Jornal do Comercio, 2111192 (via alternex) OLD-MI SPRE Dl TO I Indigenous women and young girls in the Amazon have been contracting venereal diseases from gold miners and soldiers. According to CIMI (Indigenous Missionary Council) and Indigenous leaders from Para,Amazonas and Acre, many of them, lured to the cities, end up in brothels and in the trafficking of babies throughout the Amazon. "Prostitution among indigenous girls is alarming. Indigenous women come to the city and don't have job qualifications, so selling their bodies becomes the only alternative", said Antonio Apurina, Coordinator of UNI-Acre (The Union of Indigenous People in Acre). Anthropologist Antonio Maria de Souza confrrms that soldiers have been known to gang rape Indian women in the city of Sao Gabriel da Cachoeira, on the border of Brazil and Colombia, in the state of Amazonas. Source: Folha de Siio Paulo, 2110192 (via alternex) 6 Num 3 9 � 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 (Spring and Summer 1992) 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 Gold-Miners and Soldiers Spreading Veneeral Diseases to Indigenous Women (Brasil) Type The nature or genre of the resource Magazine 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 Spring and Summer 1992 Zotero Title Gold-Miners and Soldiers Spreading Veneeral Diseases to Indigenous Women (Brasil) Item Type Magazine Article Attachment Title vol. 6, No. 3 (9).pdf Abstract Note The second paragraph featured on page nine discusses the problems faced by indigenous women in Brazil regarding their sexual health. There is an alarming rate of prostitution and venereal diseases contracted from miners and soldiers. Issue 3 Language English Pages 9 Publication Title SAIIC Newsletter Volume 6 CIMI Indigenous Health Indigenous women prostitution Venereal disease https://www.abyayalanews.org/files/original/4f3883b4c8fcb038ff3f861f814074c4.pdf e5bacd3a1cf6f47130a0cfa4dd8c83d8 PDF Text Text • by Protop Chatterjee I �E<o-Jusri<E "Tl1e white warriors went across in their long dugouts. T he Indians said they would meet them in peace so wl1en the wl1ites landed Ll•e Indians went to welcome them ... Ge-W i-Li/1 said l1e Ll~rew up l1is hand ... but. the wl1ite man fi•·ed and shot him in d1e arm ... (s)he said when they gatl1ered d1e delld, they found all the lillie ones were killecl by being stabbed and many of the women were t~lso hilled by swbbing ... (l)l•is old lady also told c•boul (/lOw) the whites lnmg a mc111 on Emerson island ... and a lm·ge fire built under (/lim). And another ... was lied 10 a tree and burnt to death" -William lknson. Porno hisrotimt, rtcounrs m(ls.stl(rt;s. "' CleM l..ahe. Califor~~ia. May 18SC "A group of loggers cmcl miners near the town of Pontes e Lacerda ambushed and violently t1ssaulted at least 14 KaLiwulhu Indians in d•e SMare reserve. T he loggers subsec1uenLiy looted Ll•e Indians village, clmnllging a IJealth post and scl•ool ancl stealing money, Loots mul vehicles belonging 10 the lndit~ns. Supporters of d1e /ndillns, w/10 have a11empt ed 10 mobilize fed eral officials 10 comply wit/1 court orders to remove the illegal loggers and miners from tl1e reserve subsequently received delltll LhretiiS tmd inlimic/(l(iOn. The Katitau/1111 were also thre(l(enecl with f urrile!' violence by the invaders. Mediwl reports sLtlle that 14 lndicms were wounded, many by having been Lied up and bet~ten. " - T housands of kilometers. :lnd almoSt a ceotlU')' and a half, separate the two viol~m incidents againSJ the Pomo peoples of California and the Nambikwam peoples of Malo G=. Brozil. Yet the root cause for bo1h incidents 'vas exactly the s.~me: stu1ers in search of gold. The Clear lake incadcm was a direct ou1come of the arrival of Charles Stone and Andrew Kelsey. two nmchcrs who arrived at the l:lke i.n 1847. who captured and bought hundreds of Pomo. forcmg them to work as slaves. Kelsey forced Pomo men into the mountains as virtual slaves 10 help him look for gold. Evemuall)• two Pomo cowboys, Shak and Xasis, took the law into their own hands and cxe<:utcd both seulers bringing the wrath of the United States am'ly upon them in the incidents described above. The: Katitaulhu are one of l2 Nambikwara subgroups. '"'hose lands were first it'waded in the 1970s when the Vol. 11 NO.1 Envitonm~t~Wl Dfjcnsc Fund ,.tportfrom Mmo Grosso, Br~il. November 1996 World Bank-funded BR 364 rood from Cuiaba in Mo.to Grosso to Porto Vclho in Rondozlia wns opened by 8raa:iiS miht{\ry govcmmem. Decimated by epidcm:ics and forcibly relocated w make way for 1849 Cold Rush 'vas the basis of the foundation of the state of California and today the \\lorld Bank makes a prof'il sup~ paning gold mines. the road. the Nambikwarn died in great Pizarro, the Spanlsh conquistador. arri"td in Cajamarca (now pan of Pem) in 1532 to trick Atahualpa, the last Inca king. into an ambush that led to the collapse of his empire. One of the last acts of Atahualpa was an auempt to bu}' off che Spanish b)' offering them a room full of gold and two rooms full of Silver. The Spanish ace<:J>led the offer bu1 after they got 1he gold. they murdered Atohualp.' and proceeded to raze the rest or the c:ity to the ground. numbers making desperate pilgrimages in ;\11 auempl to return to their tmdition· a! lands. Some 6.000 gold miners invaded the Sarare reservation m the 1990s seriously polluting major watercourses m the ma, disrupting loco! fishing ond hunting. spreading malaria a1 viral dis· ld cases. The mcidem descnbed abo,·e is just one of many auacks on the Nambikwara in the last l wo decade-s. Foundation of empire Gold has been the foundation of emptres throughout hi5'01)' ~nd <:ontin· ues w be the root cause of many gen<><:i· dal auacks against Indigenous people around the world. The Romans founded their empire on Spanish gold, the Spanish founded their empire on Inca gold, the 1bda)' the ransom room is the only surviving monumcm to the Inca pr..:-sencc but the reg1on is Still being raped for gold: it is the Sltc ofYanacocha. the biggest gold mil'le in latin America, which is nm by NC\\IlllOill of Colorado and funded by the World Bank. Almost 500 )'Cars after 1hc Inca died defending their lands. 1he pco7 �Eco - J U S T I C E pie of Capmar<'a are dymg b<cause of 1he contamination of loc:al waters. and their l~nds are still being seized. Ycl cconomiS(S. historians and media Yanom:uru ls terrifyingl)' snnil~r. today there arc an estimated 8,000 people left. a 60 percent drop from the esumated 20,000 who lived in 1hc region just 20 years ago. alike continue to celebrntc the metal. In 1994 World Bank economists lavished pr.\ise on Peru for becoming 1he f~s1eS1 growing ccono1ny in the world by invll· ing in 1he new gold mines. In 1998 histo· rians and the media launched into 3 cc!ebr.uory frenzy over the J50th anniversary of thC' fo\.mding of the state of California after 1he famous 1849 Gold Rush. But for Indigenous communities the arrival of gold miners has always meant disease and death, whether it be among the Nomlaki peoples of nonh-westem CatironUn m the 1850s or the Yanomami of the A1nazon in the l990s as the two examples below demons! rate. Deadly diseases '"They (the Namrc Amencan.s} had been hiding in the hills. There was no min for Lhree years and fighting going on every day. No clover, no acorn, juniper ocrries or pepper gross. Nothmg for three years. Finally the Indians got smallpox and the Indian doc~orcouldn"!: cure them. Gonorrhea carne among the Indians. They died by the thousands.- - Andrew f-reeman, Nomlakl historian, recoummg 1he s1ory of his peoples in 1hc !$50s. -The biggest problem for 1he Yanomarni now are the garimpe1ro (gold~ miners) who are ifl our land. and the ill~ ne.sses they bring with them. Among them some have illnesses like U.tber· culosis and venere-al diseases. and coma· minate my people. Now we art afraid 1hey "ill bring measles and also AIDS. this illness \\thich is so dangerous that we do nol want it among us. But the worst illness for tlS is malaria, which comes in wilh the goldmlners. The governmentS National Health Foundation Sa)' th~.tt J300 Vanomami had got malaria up until ~·lay this ytnr: statement by Davi Yanomami. August 1997. nu. Some 60 percent of the esumatcd 150,000 l\3th·e peoples or Calirornia were wiped O\H by famine and disease between the years of l$50 and 1870 while anolh· cr 20 percem were killed br senlers. The ratt of destruction of the Brazilian 8 Mercury Madness Armed militia and deadly d1seases are not the only terror that stalked the Native. peoples of California m 1hc 1850s and the Indigenous communhles or the Amazon in 1he l980s. Mercury, a highly toxic metal. used for centttrirs by small· scale gold miners to extract the tiny necks of shiny metal from the ore, has also taken a rnajor toll. MCYC.\Iry c-an dJSSOivc as much as 60 percem of gold out of ore into a phys•cal soiUlion, known as an amalgam. This amalgam can oc broken down quick!)' and easily by hcaung ofT the mercury, similar to the ''JC\Y s.-tlt can be recovered from sea water. This mercury ~por gets trapped in aunos· pheric m.oisturt and precipitates down mto local water sup· plies where it can poison fiSh and ani· mats higher up i1\ 1he food chain. The California Gold Rush of 1849, perhaps the most celebrated in history. lef1 a deadly legacy or an estimated 7.600 tOns of mer· cury in the Jakes. rivers and sediments or the state while O\'er one thousand tons or mercury art currcn1ly ocing dumped by small miners in the fragile rainforests or lhe Amazon. just one gram o£ mercury poured into eiglny million !hers of water would b< cause for coneern under United States federal human health s1 andards for drinking water and enough to contaminate a smaH lake. Mercury is a persistent toxin wh1ch C\n destroy fcms.es, the huma1 ctntral r~ervous system. rcproduc· 1: tive organs and immune s~em. \:\,1 ell ovtr a century ahcr the miners invaded California, decades arter the mines were shut down, ftShing is still prcr hibiled i l''l Clear Lake. CaHronua, because or the heavy mercury contamination of the lake. Emironmental experts orl the tribal rescr,1mions in north·wcstern Cahfomm nrc realizing that lhC)' may have to seek help cleaning up the waste that contaminate. the Trinny river. s Meanwhile nobody knows 1he full extent or the problems in the Bmz11ian AmatO!\ bUL initial studies have shown that the levels of merc.:ury in Tapojos river Osh in 1995 were 3.8 pans per million (ppm), almOst eight Limes the permined federal ""''1mum of 0.5 ppm. in 1989. fish in the Madeira river tested as high as 2.7 ppm. Good news, bad news Fonunalcly. mercury is no longer used in eanromia and the small.scalc miners were recently evtcted from the (orlit c.m, S.'>oshoM ncdiliorld .W11. "/o ~ oodet tilt ot~~~b ID gtiiO rf>ol go/d. ID p!mp outlhal I>OIIt 10 !If/ ID tbcr gold, • • <time. its • ,,.,. cgoinstiJrJmoMr. .. • Yanomami tcrmory m january 1998 by the Bmzllian army. Theres more good news. the Macuxi peoples of Roraima, Brazil, blockaded roads in 1997 10 successfully demand 1he removal of gold miners rrom their lttrTitOI)'. However, today the l~nds of Nauve peoples in Nonh America are the sub;cct of a new invasion or gold miners and the Indigenous comnmnities of L1tin America arc next on the list as described below. Abya Yala News �_ Cyanide: the new t error Also poisoned by cyanide are the peoples who live on the ~quibo rh·er in In the 1960s~ Ncwmom corporation Guyana, where dead fish and hogs were of Colorado teamed up with the Unhed reponed in August 1995 after a waste Suucs Bureau of Mines to perfect a tech· water dam at the Omai gold mme broke nique to extract 97 percent or gold from and spilt 3.2 billion liters or <}'l\nidcore dug up in the dcstns of Nevada using laced waste into the river in what is a chemical called cyamde. These desen belie\'ed lObe the biggeSt such dis<tster in lands, the s.1crcd and traditional lands of history. Studie-s by the Pan Amencan the \Vestern Shoshone, are now the: Health OrgaoizaliOn have shown th:n ~11 source of half the gold in the United 3quatic life in the four·ki1omettr·long States today. creek that n.ms (rom the mine to the Esscquibo was killed. Suspicious fish. Corporations around the world have cattle and even human de-aths have also followed suit, using this cyanide tcchnol· been reported among the people of ogy together with the powerful explosives c.,_;amatca. Peru, where Newmom is and massive eartlHnovil~g equipment using cyanide to extract gold. that allows them to blast apan entire mountains, to take over the business of Meanwhile a number of other gold mining. Indigenous and traditional oomnmniue-s throughout L.1tin Americ;t nre being tar· A \Caspoonful of twO-J>et'Ccnt soluliOr'l gctcd for new gold mines like the Maroon of cyanide can kill a aduh human. community of Nieuw Koffiekamp in C)'anide blocks the absorption of OX)'gen Suriname where Golden Star of Colorado by cells. causing the ''ctim to effectively "suffocate." Adverse iml>acts of cyanide on fish have been reported at levels of 0.01 ppm, concentrations as low as five pans per billion have been found to irthibit fish reproduction, while levels of (also the JOint opemtors of the Omai gold mine in Guyana) have reponedly threat· ened and har3ssed community members by using live ammunition tO (righten thent aw:.l)' from areas in which the com· pany is e., ploring for gold. 0.03 ppm an: known to kill fish. Human beings can experience decreased respiratory and thyroid functiOI'tS, eitrdiac pa.in. vomiting. headaches and cemraJ nervous system toxicity rron'l oral exposure to low levels of cyanide. In Central America, the Panamanian Natural Resources Directorate reports that 70 percent or the :\pproximately 20.000 square ktlomcters of Panama deemed to have mining potential is on land claimed by Indigenous groups. The Shon tcnn exposures to high ltvels of government h3s already approved exten· cyan.ldt compounds can cause breathing sive copper a.nd gold mJning concessions problems. central nervous system toxicity within the Ng<)})e..8uglt and Kuna tcrrito· ries. and gastro-intestinal corrosion. __,,_0 0 E C J - U S T I C E h is high tome for people around !h< wodd to suppon these Struggles and demand an end to the stat\tS of gold as a barbaric c-ustom. As the leaders of the nrst peoples of the Amenca.s have ltSti* fied below, pure water. tmditiom\1 cultures and life arc more precious than all the gold dug up from under the ground. "\Ve have the right to put up oppOSi· lion because history has made us skepti- cal of certain white men. bcc:.use we have lOSt mitlions of human live.s, millions of hectares of land and millions of tons of gold, silver and copper with no comptn· sation,"- Atencio Lopez. Kuna, Panama. August 1996. ..\Vc want progress without destruc-uon. \Ve \\-"ant w study. to learn new ways of cultivating the land. living from its fi'Uits. We do not wa_ t to live without n trees, hunting, fish and dean water. 1f this happens misery will come to our people. I hope that yo\\ will help me in this fight" - Oavi Ko~>ena wa Yanomami, Bmzil, August 1997 "To dig under the earth to get to thot gold. to puntp out that W :.lter to get to that gold. is a crime. it's a crime againSt humanity, a crime againSt life, the very !i[e upon which all people depend, not only people but we have Other things out there-- we ha\'C the deer. we have the eagle. we ha\'e the rnbbils, we h<\\'C all life om there and the gold mining today is going to destroy that, it is destroying that. the life for the f1tturc generations is going to be gone'' - C..1rrie Dann, \Vtstcm Shoshone traditional elder, spring 1997.1) This dtadly chemical is being used today il'l No1 America on the lands of th peoples like the l'omo in California. the \\'estern Shoshone in Newtda, the Sioux in Sotnh Dakota, the Assiniboine and Gros Ventre in Montana. Also under threat art the Quccha1'l in 1\nzona. the Paiute in Nev;tda. and the Colvilles in Washington state whose lands are being targeted for new gold mines. Yet communmes are fightir'lg back :-tcross the A1nericas. The Assiniboine, the Colvilles. the Gros Ventre, the Sioux and the \Vestern Shoshone htwe gone to court to protest the gold mints while the peo· pies of l.otin America arc also putting up a spirited opposition, from road _blockades in Panama to complaints to imcma· tiona) bodies by the Surinamese Maroons. T outhor1's mining comPQigrttl let f1oje<t be Vndetgrovnd, o h11molf rights group bDud in Bttktky, Colilomio. His lattsl reporl, "Gold, G1tttl and GentKide: unmasking lhe Myth of tlrt '49el'$,"' is qrof~b/e (tQI'It Ptofo<l UnJtrgu>mJ lot USSS.OO. Project Unclcrgrowtd c:an be rictc:hed by phone ac •I 5JO 705 8970./ax m •I 510 705 8993,or e-mail at: projtct_und<rground@moles.org · or visit: hup:l!wwnwu:HtS.org. 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Title A name given to the resource Gold, Greed & Genocide in the Americas California to the Amazon Type The nature or genre of the resource Journal Article Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Chatterjee Pratap 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 Gold, Greed & Genocide in the Americas California to the Amazon Item Type Journal Article Author Pratap Chatterjee Volume 11 Issue 1 Pages 6-9 Publication Title Abya Yala News ISSN 1071-3182 Date Spring 1998 Language English Abstract Note Settlers in search of gold have caused two violent incidents against the Pomo peoples of California and the Nambikwara People of Mato Grosso, Brazil. Mercury, disease, and cyanide have all worked against the indigenous population, and in favor of the gold seeking settlers. Attachment Title Gold_Greed_&_Genocide_in_the_Americas_California_to_the_Amazon.pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Katitaulhu mining Nambikwara Pomo Resources https://www.abyayalanews.org/files/original/dc1ed82ddcbe1ca07bb9332d9aaddfd7.pdf d6a25b1d5d27cf060042a5433b5aa6a0 PDF Text Text 1000 INDIANS MARCH TO PROTEST ARMY'S KILLING OF COMMUNITY LEADERS (Colombia) last November the principal Indian leader of the Arhuaoo lndlans, Luis Napolc6n Torres, his brother, Angel Maria Torres, and another Arhuaoo, Hugues Chaparro were travelling by bus from the local city ol Valleclupar, the Colombian capital of Bogotll. They were going to protest to government authorities about anny and police harassment of their communities. At a stop along the way, ncar the town of Curumani, soldiers forced the three off the bus and took them away. The bus driver reported this to the local police but they appear to have done little o r nothing. Two weeks later the Indians' bodies were discovered in three different places- all had been severely tortured. About a thousand Indians later marched to Valleclupar in protest and to take the bodies bad< to the mountains for traditional funeral rites. Two of the dead were traditionalmmno (shamans) and all were highly respected Indian leaders. On the same day as the three leaders disappeared, another Arhuaoo, Vicente Villafafle, and his brother had their house searched for anns- none were found. They were taken to the army base in Valledupar where they were beaten and tortured. Two days later, November 30th, one of Gran Chaco Indigenous Peoples Call for Land Commission (Bolivia) Indigenous peoples of the Gran Chaco region of the Bolivian Amazon have requested the Bolivian government to establish a commission to deman:ate their territory. In an open letter to President Jaime Paz Zamora, the Mataoo and Tapiet~ peoples, who live on the banks of the Plloornayu River, Informed the President that they conducted a general assembly last November (1990) in Villamontes. At the end of the gathering. they issued a resolution calling on the President to take immediate measures to halt the injustices and abuses they are suffering at the hands of colonists. The resolution denounces the " ... total paralysis of our attempts to acquine property rights and land tiUes, a process that has been dctained by the National Agrarian Reform. We demand to be treated the same way as our Sirion6 brothels and sisters at lbiato. The Sirion6 have been able to press for the approval ol Supreme Decree# 22609 which declares as 'indigenous territory' the lands they inhabit." Indigenous peoples of the Gran Chaco explain Vol6 Nos 1&2 them was taken by army helicopter to the Indian community of Vlndivameina (Santo Domingo) where soldjers searched houses, shot their rilles into the air, and stole food from the school and equipment from the health post. The Colombian army views all peasant and Indian communities as potential guerrilla collaborators. In other areas of Colo mbia, guerrillas themselves have killed Indian leaders who refuse to affiliate with their particular antigovernment group of which there are several. In many areas the Indians suffer at the hands of both the rebel and government forces. A Colombian court has begun an investigation into the killings but this is unlikely to bring any results without a show of support for the Indians and protests at the violations of their rights. Please write to the President of Colombia, protesting the army's killing and torture of lndlan people. Senor Presidente Dr Cesar Goviria, Presidente de lo Republica Coso de Noriiio, Carrero 8 No 7-26 Bogot6, COlOMBIA \,~·-:........ -' . that the agrarian reform paper work has been suspended. They arc accusing the government of stalling the approval of previous documents. The Mataco and Tapiet~ said that in July of 1980, agrarian reform officers instructed them to proceed with the land tiUe paper work and that native authorities visited the Indian commu.nities to explain the objectives. With economic aid from the Swedish Mission in Bolivia, along with the approval ol the agrarian reform officers, they Initiated the paper work along legal path$. They paid the required fees to the local judge Hilda Palavlsino, a SECretary, and a land surveyor. The local judge is now advising cattle ra.nchers and pits them against the Indians. She has been responsible for the legal curtailment of paper worlc that was to benefit the Mataco. In the meantime, the Mataco and Tapiet~ say that the governmental commission must be formed by the Ministry of Peasant Affairs, the Indigenist Institute, CIOOB (Indigenous Confederation of Eastern Bolivia) and representatives of the Mataco and Tapict~. They warn against colonizers encroaching on their lands. They also denounce Judge Hilda Palavlsino for bias towards catUe ranchers because of her friendship and familial ties. "'four petition falls through, and is not resolved favorably and immediately, the Indigenous Peoples of the Gran Chaco will adopt other de facto measures," they warn. 19 � 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 Gran Chaco Indigenous People Call For Land Commission 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 Gran Chaco Indigenous People Call For Land Commission Item Type Journal Article Volume 6 Issue 1,2 Pages 19 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 Amazon peoples in Bolivia want a land commission. Attachment Title abyayala_v06n01_02_p019.pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Bolivia Bolivian Amazon Gran Chaco https://www.abyayalanews.org/files/original/740ba18a445ce68f71f91dfb4eb54962 6e7ba15f180e23263151a97087d97c48 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 (33).pdf PDF Text Text En Consejo Nacional Hamorogo, constituido por organizaciones de base de todas las comunidades indígenas del país, convocó a esta gran marcha de 6 grupos étnicos. Los caminantes empezaron desde 17 reservas indígenas (del total de 21) hacia la ciudad de Buenos Aires de Puntarenas. Algunos tuvieron que caminar por más de 10 horas. En el cantón de Buenos Aires de Puntarenas habitan en 6 reservas indígenas 4 de los 8 grupos étnicos existentes en el país. Participaron en la marcha aproximadamente 1000 nifl.os, mujeres, ancianos, sukias y autoridades tradicionales de los pueblos Guaymí, Bribri, Cabécar, Maleku, Brunkaj y Teribes, luciendo sus vestimentas y celebrando con música y danzas ancestrales. Los integrantes de la marcha hicieron un llamado a la sociedad nacional, al estado y a las instituciones públicas y privadas hacia el respeto de sus derechos históricos de tierra y cultura. Haciendo uso de banderolas y carteles, cada comunidad presentó sus problemas principales de los que extrajimos los siguientes: 1- Solución al problema de la tierra, concediendo Vol. 6, 4 títulos de propiedad comunales y '"'"'''"""''"""' para producirla. históricos de los pueblos indígenas en el marco de un estado y plurinacional. 3la Asamblea el Convenio 169 de la "''t:>"'"'L.<'l'-·"-'" Tmbajo-OIT que reconoce los derechos indígenas. 4- Cese del permiso de explotación de los recursos t:ransnacionales. 5- No a la construcción de la carretera Interuna agresión contra la cultura y la naturaleza. 6- No a la construcción de la central Hidroeléctrica deBoruca,cuyarepresacubrirámásde40comunidades indígenas y campesinas. 7- Oposición a la política impositiva e irrespetuosa de la Comisión Nacional de Asuntos Indígenas, el cual es declarado comunidades :~.:a~~~~~n de todo el � 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 Gran Marcha en Costa Rica en Conmemoracion del Dia del Indigena (Costa Rica) Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Article Language A language of the resource English Zotero Title Gran Marcha en Costa Rica en Conmemoracion del Dia del Indigena (Costa Rica) Item Type Newspaper Article Attachment Title Vol. 6, no. 4 (33).pdf Attachment URL [No URL] https://www.abyayalanews.org/files/original/5c89cd4147ddd87eda6710245adf0558.pdf cfe080068e02dfb1331fedfa6d9c01e4 PDF Text Text GRASSROOTS RAINFOREST CONFERENCE On the weekend of November 15 through 17 SAIIC joined a wide range of environmental and indigenous peoples organizations for a Grassroots Rainforest Conference held near Sausalito, California. The conference was an educational and brainstorming session put together by the Rainforest Action Network of San Francisco in order to forge an international coalition of organizations to mount a campaign to stop the destruction of the world's rainforests. Environmental organizations which sent representatives included Friends of the Earth, Sierra Club, Earth First, Greenpeace, Threshhold Foundation, and World Resources Institute. In addition to SAIIC, indigenous peoples organizations which participated in the conference included the International Indian Treaty Council, Akwasasne Notes, Hopi Traditions, the Indigenous Women's Network, Cultural Survival, and people from Hawaii, Mexico, Kenya, Indonesia, and Malaysia. A major inspiration for the conference was the successful effort early last year by environmental lobbyists in Washington, D.C., to temporarily halt World Bank funding for a major economic development project in the Amazon forest in Brazil. This was the first time that the World Bank acknowledged the ecological implications of a development project in its fundmg process. Two participants in the lobbying effort, Bruce Rich of the Natural Resources Defense Council and Barbara Bramble of the National Wildlife Federation, detailed the 18-month campaign. Interestingly, it was conservative Republican members of Congress who oppose U.S. foreign aid on ideological grounds who were most successful in confronting the Reagan Administration on the funding issue. The danger of continuing to work with such allies, the temporary duration of the funding halt, and the extent of damage to the rainforest already caused by the project under consideration were emphasized by Bruce and Barbara. They concluded that preservation of the rainforests depends on the political mobilization of people in countries where the forests exist and indicated that environmental groups in the United States will be increasing their efforts to coordinate activities with kindred organizations in the tropical regions of Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Discussions at the conference were permeated by recognition of the key role in rainforest preservation which is played by people whose culture is indigenous to the rainforest environment. Protection of the right of indigenous peoples to pursue their traditional ways of life was acknowledged as a primary goal of the coalition formed at the conference. The importance of seeking in the knowledge of indigenous cultures appropriate methods for utilizing rainforest resources without destroying the rainforest environment was emphasized by conference participants. The necessity of developing cooperative relations between environmental activists in industrialized countries and indigenous groups in rainforest areas was a Vol. 2, no. 2. Winter, 1986. Published by SAIIC © 1986. Page 17 �major strategy agreed on at the conference. The Rainforest Action Network is located at 466 Green St., Suite 300, San Francisco, CA 94133, (415) 434-1403. -Pete Hammer FIRST LATIN AMERICAN FESTIVAL OF INDIAN PEOPLES FILMS The Brazilian monthly Porantim (Edificio Venancio III, Sala 310, Caixa Postal11-1159, CEP 70084, Brasilia, DF, Brasil) carried the following report written by Claudia Menezes, director of the Indian Museum in Rio de Janeiro, in its October issue: "Two weeks before the earthquake which partially destroyed Mexico City, the ancient Aztec capital hosted the First Latin American Festival of Indian Peoples Films. Organized by the Inter-American Indian Institute, the Film Society of the National Autonomous University of Mexico, and the National Institute of Anthropology and History, the festival ran from September 5 to 8 and presented nearly 100 films and videos from 15 countries . . . which exposed the tragic living conditions of Indian people throughout the Americas. "In addition to the film showings, several decisions were made, including (a) the creation of a Latin American Committee of Indian Peoples Film, with headquarters in Mexico City-Tenochtitlan, and four regional subcommittees; (b) plans to develop a catalog of Latin American films to serve as a base for an audiovisual archive; (c) promotion of the production and distribution of Indian films, especially projects directed by Indian communities; and (d) scheduling of the Second Latin American Festival of Indian Peoples Films for Rio de Janeiro in 1987 .... "The prizes in the categories of best film from Latin America, best film from outside Latin America, best ethnographic film, and best cinematography were awarded, respectively, to Nuestra voz de tierra, memoria y futuro [Our Voice of the Land, Memory and the Future], by Martha Rodriquez and Jorge Silva (Colombia); The Tree of Life, by Bruce Lane (United States); El pueblo Ona: vida y muerte en tierra del Fuego [The Ona: Lzfe and Death in Tierra del Fuego];, by Ana Montes and Annie Chapman (Argentina); and Los hieleros del Chimborazo [The Icemen of Chimborazo], by Gustavo Guayasamin (Ecuador)." Logo from the 1985 Indigenous Women's Network Gathering held in August, 1985. For information, contact Julie McCloud, Puyallup Tribe, P.O. Box 8279, Tacoma, W A 98408. "Working within the framework of the visions of our Elders" Vol. 2, no. 2. Winter, 1986. Published by SAIIC © 1986. 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Title A name given to the resource Grassroots Rainforest Conference 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 Winter 1986 Zotero Title Grassroots Rainforest Conference Item Type Journal Article Attachment Title Vol. 2, no. 2 (17-18).pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Language English Issue 2 Publication Title SAIIC Newsletter Volume 2 Date Winter 1986 Pages 17-18 Abstract Note Grassroots Rainforest Conference held near Sausalito, California, was an educational and brainstorming session put together by the Rainforest Action Network of San Francisco in order to forge an international coalition of organizations to mount a campaign to stop the destruction of the world's rainforests. Brazil Grassroots Malaysia. saiic https://www.abyayalanews.org/files/original/88c577a223ab07350d2ceb05c7dc95e1.pdf 8d81bbc709ea048625cb0f3b08161afa PDF Text Text Guajajara Murdered in Brazil Manuel Mendes, a Guajajara Indian, was killed following a land invasion in the state of Maranhao, Brazil. Mendes' assassin, Jaime Jardim, was an invader of the Krikati Indian territory, located in the Brazilian state of Maranhao. According to his daughter; Manuel Mendes had been receiving death threats for some time. Tension had been building in that area since a group of invaders prevented a team of technicians from demarcating the Krikati territory. The minister of Justice issued a directive ordering the Krikati territory to be demarcated in July of 1992. However, because of pressure from local politicians, land invaders and the family of ex-president Jose Samey, the demarcation has been interrupted. Meanwhile, Krikati land continues to be illegally occupied. Invaders have settled on about twenty farms and in a Krikati village. In December of last year, when technicians were once again sent to demarcate the area, invaders burned the entrance bridges and blocked access to the area. Information supplied by CIMI-Conselho Indigenista Missionario (Indian Missionary Council) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Vol. 9, no. 1 (Spring 1995) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Guajajara Murdered in Brazil Type The nature or genre of the resource Journal Article Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Conselho Indigenista Missionario (CIMI) Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Spring, 1995 Language A language of the resource English English Zotero Title Guajajara Murdered in Brazil Item Type Journal Article Author Conselho Indigenista Missionario (CIMI) Volume 9 Issue 1 Pages 4 Publication Title Abya Yala News: Journal of the South and Meso American Indian Rights Center (SAIIC) ISSN 1071-3182 Date Spring, 1995 Language English Abstract Note Manuel Mendes, a Guajajara Indian, was killed among growing tensions between invaders into Krikati Indian territory and the Indian population living there. Attachment Title Guajajara_Murdered_in_Brazil.pdf Attachment URL [No URL] demarcation Guajajara invaders Krikati https://www.abyayalanews.org/files/original/642bd93ab251e0fe619e2c6bc011cb8b.pdf 7bc640b28b1c2c3ef1b4fd009e90c2f9 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. 5, Nos. 3 _ 4 (6).pdf PDF Text Text (Misiones, Argentina) According to AmerindiaBoletin de las Comunidades Indigenas, seven Guarani families, including 17 children, were forced out of their homes, which were subsequently burned. This atrocity took place in the Port of Iguazu, in the northeastern province of Argentina, bordering on Brazil and Paraguay. Officials from the government's Land and Colonization Department joined police forces in uprooting the families and burning down their homes. The Guarani families were then forced into a truck and abandoned in a barren, rocky area bordering a garbage dump, where they were forced to spend one of the coldest nights of the year. The violent eviction of the Guarani families, none of whom held official title to their ancestral lands, came as a result of a contract between the Misiones provincial government and the Iguazu Company. The contract was for the sale of 500 hectares to the Iguazu Company (at a cost of $400 million). The company is constructing a tourist complex on the land, which is adjacent to the world-famous Iguazu Falls. Piera, and the Popular Ecumenical Action Branch in Misiones were among them. Representatives from many Indian organizations expressed support for their Guarani brothers and sisters. The leader of the Guarani community, Jose Espindola, expressed " ... great sorrow for the seventeen children who were exposed to the extremely low nighttime temperatures as a result of the eviction, as well as for the incredible lack of sensitivity demonstrated by the white men with respect to our culture and lifestyle." People from various organizations expressed their outrage over the evictions and their solidarity with the Guarani families. The Bishop pf Misiones, Joaquin I I (Brazil) The Macuxi and the Wauja of Roraima are threatened with extinction because the policies of FUNAI (the Brazilian Bureau of Indian Affairs) which encourage encroachment on the lands, lives, and properties of Indigenous peoples. Like the Wauja, leaders of the 15,000 surviving savannah Macuxi have for years formally complained about actions of illegal poachers on their lands. They have witnessed FUNAI effectively defending only those who usurp Macuxi and Wauja lands, lives, and property, and that FUNAI policies have precipitated another era of lawlessness in this region of Roraima. Acts of violence have been committed on behalf of poachers and landowners who are sanctioned by complicitous FUNAI/Brazilian laws. These acts include assault, battery, and hundreds of murders. They have been committed against trade union leaders, competing peasants and/ or poachers, as well as Indian people. Two Macuxi Indians from the Jiboia maloca (communal house) of Santa Cruz, in the state of Roraima were killed on June 25, 1990. The two men, 19 year-old Mario Davis and 35 year-old Damiao Mendes, were allegedly murdered by employees of an influential landowner while they were out herding pigs. Their bodies were found on the banks of the Mau River, three 6 kilometers from their house. The Conselho Indigena de Roraima (Indian Council of Roraima - CIR) informed the public of the murders. Earlier in April1990, the CIR petitioned the federal police and state prosecutor to intervene in racist crimes against lives and properties of Indigenous peoples. They requested an impartial investigation of associated lawlessness involving Roraima's police and poachers and landlords. At present, they also demand: (1) that they undertake full and impartial investigation of the recent murders of Mendes and Davis; (2) that they bring the perpetrators to justice; (3) that they publicize all related decisions, findings, and actions in adjudication of these cases in Roraima. Atamai, the principal chief of the Wauja Nation seeks support from international groups and individuals concerning the violation of their sovereignty and human rights, including religious rights through usurpation of their traditional lands, destruction of their homes and property, and thinly veiled threats upon their lives by foreign and domestic poachers acting in collusion with the Brazilian government. This very old land dispute between FUNAI and the Wauja concerns sacred and fertile agricultural land located in the southwestern 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. 5, Nos. 3 & 4 (December 1990) 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 Guarani Community Uprooted: Their Homes Burnt to the Ground to make Way for Tourist Resort! (Amazon) 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 December 1990 Zotero Title Guarani Community Uprooted: Their Homes Burnt to the Ground to make Way for Tourist Resort! (Amazon) Item Type Newspaper Article Attachment Title Vol. 5, Nos. 3 _ 4 (6).pdf Vol. 5, Nos. 3 _ 4 (6).pdf Issue 3 and 4 Language English Pages 6 Publication Title SAIIC Newsletter Volume 5 Abstract Note Seven Guarani families were forced out of their homes by police and officials from the Land and Colonization Department and dropped off in an area near a garbage dump after their homes were burned down. The reason for it? To make way for a new tourist complex, built by the Iguazu Company. Argentina Bad Tourism Evicting Guarani Guarani families Iguazu Company Iguazu Falls Land and Colonization Department Tourism Uprooting https://www.abyayalanews.org/files/original/7d70ff5021573af84af05f6689fd249e.pdf 29e05b29852eaa9822585ee5bc768789 PDF Text Text THE FOLLOWING COUNTRY-BY-COUNTRY REPORTS INCORPORATE MUCH RECENT INFORMATION FROM WCIP CONFERENCE AND OTHER SOURCES. THE GUATEMALA The following interview was taped by Nilo Cayuqueo at the WCIP Conference. It represents one of the many indigenous women's voices treard to speak out regarding the continuing repression and genocide in Guatemala: "We are here representing 11 Mayas," (Movimiento de ayuda y accion solidaria) to give testimony and to ask support of the Council as an organization that works in defense of indigenous rights. We are here to ask for concrete action against the Guatemalan government. This government is killing us every day in diverse forms. Also they are using the Indian people in many ways to maintain military control in Guatemala. We estimate there are approximately 200,000 refugees outside the country. At the same time, it is established that there are more than a million people who have been displaced and remain in the country. These people are in very difficult situations, many living outside and suffering daily from hunger and cold. The reaction of Indian women to all this is very strong because women are used by the government in various ways, due to our being women and Indian. This suffering that women go through is a kind of torture and, for a mother, it is even more difficult. A woman might take passive or aggressive action, but it is very difficult to act, because of the type of psychological warfare that exists. One suffers, because of the killing of our children, of our husbands, and our people. At the same time, it is a woman's responsibility to educate, raise, protect, and feed her children, particularly if her husband has been killed. So a woman's attitude must be strong in finding a way to defend and sustain herself and her family in this critical situation. NICARAGUA Representatives of the Miskito organization, MISATAN, founded in July, 1984, were in attendance at the WCIP conference. The representatives invited the conference participants to visit Nicaragua, Honduras, and Costa Rica in order to gain a clear picture of Miskito reality and to support "the reunification of our families that have been dispersed for the past three years." Representaives of the Miskito opposition organization, MISURASATA, were also present, but did not participate officially in the conference. The representatives affir- Vol. 1, no. 2. Fall, 1984. Published bi-monthly. ®SAIIC. Page 3 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Vol. 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 Guatemala 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 Guatemala Item Type Journal Article Attachment Title Vol. 1, no. 2 (3).pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Abstract Note The following interview was taped by Nilo Cayuqueo at the WCIP Conference. It represents one of the many indigenous women's voices treard to speak out regarding the continuing repression and genocide in Guatemala. Issue 2 Pages 3 Publication Title SAIIC Newsletter Volume 1 Language English English Guatemala Nicaragua Nilo Cayuqueo WCIP https://www.abyayalanews.org/files/original/60d51d31a671e5e117a4e60a6a0ffe71.pdf f59e274d423966e7db0a950c6c46b2a1 PDF Text Text blame ourselves and our own Maroons leaders. We would like to collaborate with everyone and make this world a better place, but first we have to help ourselves by getting rid of the rifts in our communities." To begin this process, the Maroons have formed a new federation to create a stronger representation and voice for the people. Nigerian concludes, "We have a legacy here in Jamaica that we can afford to extend to all the peoples of the Caribbean, and this legacy lies within the realm of the Maroons. It is in the history of the people and their will and determination to fight against evil and overwhelming powers. Our history, if told correctly, can be of benefit in many ways. It would surprise many." - Randi Kristensen SAIIC has also received a letter from Roy Nigerian Harris with the following comments: "I am the vice-president of the newly form Maroons Federation of Jamaica. We would like to Federate with you as we share the same problems. We could open a communication connection and rise everyone to the occasion. I myself have been much concerned about the Indians of the Americas. Let us join hands for the Federation of Man. For more information regarding the situation of the Maroons, the new Federation, or the Maroons Cultural Centre, contact Roy Nigerian Harris, 12 Harbor Street, Port Antonio, Portland, Jamaica, W.I., or Randi Kristensen, 1727 Delaware Street, Berkeley, CA 94703. GUATEMALA The government's assault on guerrilla groups in rural areas of Guatemala has involved the destruction of many Indian villages and the deaths of many Indian people. Others have fled across the border to Mexico to protect their lives. Nilo Cayuqueo recently asked Domingo Lopez of the Indian Movement of Guatemala, who is among the refugess in Mexico, about the situation in the refugee camps: "It is a very difficult situation, but we have to recognize that the very fact that we are now in Mexico is a gesture of support by the Mexican government. Otherwise, we know that there would be no other place for us to be. Actually, even though there are many limitations, we know that the refugees are struggling to survive in all aspects of life. We are trying to Guatemala News and Information Bureau, 1982. survive, and we have the hope that we might some day return to our country, but that will only be when we know there are genuine changes." Jeronimo Camposeco of the Corn Maya project in Florida comments on what can be done to assist Guatemalan refugees in the United States: "One important step is working to build a sense of brotherhood and sisterhood on the . part of Indians in the United States toward Guatemalan refugees now living here." Another Guatemalan Indian voice is that of Pedro Ixcoy: "We continue our traditional religious practice, even though we are persecuted and killed for it. It is seen by the government as very subversive. There can be a unity of understanding among Indians of all the Americas from our knowledge of the religious basis of life." The newly-elected civilian government in Guatemala brings hope for change. SAIIC strongly supports a move toward peace and social justice. Vol. 2, no. 2. Winter, 1986. Published by SAHC. © 1986. Page 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. 2, No. 2 (Winter 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/. Title A name given to the resource Guatemala 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 Winter 1986 Zotero Title Guatemala Item Type Journal Article Attachment Title Vol. 2, no. 2 (7).pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Language English Issue 2 Publication Title SAIIC Newsletter Volume 2 Date Winter 1986 Pages 7 Abstract Note The government's assault on guerrilla groups in rural areas of Guatemala has involved the destruction of many Indian villages and the deaths of many Indian people. Corn Maya project Domingo Lopez Guatemala Jeronimo Camposeco Pedro Ixcoy