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Transcription of speech given on June 29, 1991 by Ampan Karakra, a member of the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador.

An Nahuat man, Anastacio Esquino, died at the age of 117 years in April 1993 in his home village. Anastacio Esquino survived the 1935 massacre at the hands of the Salvadoran army.

Indigenous leaders in Colombia have been under attack and subject to disappearances, torture, arbitrary detention, and even murder due to their struggle for rights granted to them in the Constitution.

The Calchaqui Indians are threatened because their land is being taken by corporations and the Argentinian government.

Indigenous leaders assemble to try to restore the power of Indigenous authorities.

Indigenous people, doctors, traditional and Western researchers came together in Ottawa, Canada to discuss policy and public health for indigenous communities. The symposium is one in a series of meetings including the Pan-American Health…

Part of the Mapuche, the Pehuenche's way of life would be terminated if the delayed project to build dams for electric power goes through and the river ends up being dammed.

The Coordinating Commission of Indigenous Women of Bolivia will hold the First National Encounter of Indigenous Women of Bolivia on June 21-23, 1993 in Tiwanaku.

The trans-Amazon pipeline carrying Occidental and Petroperu crude oil burst spilling between 10,000 and 30,000 barrels of oil a day into the Marañon river, the main water source for many indigenous communities in the area. The Peruvian government has…

A member of the Kuna people describes their tribes achievements and the 500 years of resistance.

The Aymaras of San Andrés de Machaca in Bolivia, frustrated with politcal parties' manipulation of their leaders, dissolved the campesino union and replaced it with a traditonal Ayllu Federation.

If indigenous peoples and others harmed by irresponsibly discarded hazardous waste from Texaco can prove the decisions regarding that discarding were made in their New York headquarters, the case will be heard by the US federal court in New York. The…