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Vol. 6, No. 3 (Spring and Summer 1992) "March on Quito: Amazon Indians Demand To be Heard"

Tags: 1992, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, El Salvador, Honduras, Indian Women, March on Quito, Meso America, Mesoamerica, Mexico, Panama, Sacha Yachana Research Center, Spring 1992, Summer 1992

This issue of volume 6 covers a broad set of topics from health concerns, land disputes, and meetings between indigenous groups, just to name a few. It discusses these issues in the context of several Central/South American regions.

Editorial

Tags: Ecuador, Editorial, Indigenous people

Editorial

March on Quito: Amazon Indians Demand to be Heard (Ecuador)

Tags: 1992, Achuar, Amazon Rainforest, Ecuador, March on Quito, Quichua, Shiwiar, Zaporo

Members of the Quichua, Shiwiar, Zaparo, and Achuar Tribes of Ecuador marched in April of 1992 to demand control of the largest remaining Amazon rainforest lands.

Sacha Yachana Research Center (Ecuador)

Tags: CISAY, Ecuador, OPIP, Sacha Yachana, Sacha Yachana Research Center

This article explains what the Sacha Yachana Research Center (CISAY) is, along with their goals, an explanation of their criteria for selecting candidates for their scientific team, and some information regarding the Organization of Indigenous…

Editorial

Tags: December 1990, Ecuador, Editorial, Indigenous people, saiic

Editorial

Vol. 3, No. 3 (Summer 1987)

Tags: Balau, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Earthquake in Indian Community, Ecuador, El Salvador, Evangelical Proselytizing, Mapuche, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, rebirth of Mayan spirituality, religious conversion, SIL, Summer Institute of Linguistics, Women in Peru, Yanomami, Zapotec

This issue of the SAIIC Newsletter covers a broad range of topics surrounding the main theme of evangelical proselytizing (conversion) in South and Central America, along with the effects on Indian communities.

Evangelical Proselytizing

Tags: Amazon basin, Ecuador, Evangelical Proselytizing, Lake Titicaca, southern Mexico, Summer Institute of Linguistics, western Guatemala

Christian missionaries have been attempting to convert Indians in different regions to their religion. One of the biggest proselytizing organizations involved is the Summer Institute of Linguistics, often referred to in this issue as the SIL.

Many Sects Seek Indian Converts In Ecuador

Tags: Catholic church, Ecuador, Religion

There are about 300 different religious sects in Ecuador. These sects provide education and control the the level of Indian community unity and organizing.

Indigenous Peoples of the Amazon Hold International Meeting (Amazonia)

Tags: ACIPY, AIDESEP, Bolivia, Brazil, CIDOB, Colombia, CONFENAIE, Ecuador, La Coordinadora, ONIC, Peru, Surinam, Treaty of Amazon Cooperation, TUNASARAPA, UNI, Venezuela

Sixty delegates from Indian organizations originating in seven Amazonian countries, met in May of 1988 to hold the third meeting of La Coordinadora to discuss massacres and other political problems plaguing their tribes.