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Most of this text is a statement from the Summer Institute of Linguistics that was then presented by the Union of Indian Nations to the United Nations Working Group on Indigenous Peoples in Geneva, Switzerland.

Floriberto Diaz Gomez of the Assembly of Mixe Authorities in Mexico describes the work of the SIL in his community. He explains that the initial work of the SIL was linguistic. However, as time went on, Diaz Gomez points out that the work of the SIL…

Indigenous groups met to discuss autonomy, its implications, and how it could be achieved, with a focus on events in Chiapas.

Indigenous groups in Mexico held a recent conference to discuss important indigenous issues including autonomy and self-determination.

Indigenous communities in Mexico have called for a true democracy in Mexico and a multinational state.

In Kuna, Panama, the Second Meeting of Indian Spirituality will meet to reaffirm the experiences and legitimacy of indigenous spirituality.

The second meeting of CONIC, a pan-Indigenous organization, laid a declaration that detailed the goals of the organization.

The purpose of the fifth meeting of the Continental Commission of Indigenous Nations (CONIC) was to prepare a list of the group's aims for the Second Continental Encounter

Issues of land rights and culture development of indigenous communities was discussed on September 23-26, 1993 at the first meeting of the congress of indigenous representatives from Guerrero.

A proposal was drafted at the Second International Forum on Biodiversity that includes recommendations for elements of a work program which ensures Indigenous rights.

Indigenous people in Ecuador made their political power heard when they effectively protested the passing of an agrarian reform law that threatened indigenous land and forced the president to the negotiation table.

The purpose of the fifth meeting of the Continental Commission of Indigenous Nations (CONIC) was to prepare a list of the group's aims for the Second Continental Encounter.