1 12 2 https://www.abyayalanews.org/files/original/80247e538911c91296674d0bba21344d.pdf 1553b6857e29a8986e8c629d3ae69a4a PDF Text Text ORGANIZATION - - --=- Coalition in Support of Indigenous Peoples and Their Environment Founded lndigenous organizations. Panicipants di.scussecl1he struggle for autonomy and self.detcnnination. how to create mech· anisms to assure respect for Indigenous he Coalition in Support of Amazonian Peoples and Their rights. and how to strengthen access to decision·making on Em·lronment opened an ofric:e in government T Washington DC in Nov. 1994 to Indigenous rights. The intent of the con· impro,·e communication and coordina· ference was to develop clear definitions of autonomy and self·detemlination. tion among US-based NGOs working with Amazonian peoples. The Coalition was born from an alliance between Indigenous peoples of the Amazon and groups and individuals concerned with the fu ture of the Amazon and its peo· pies. Coalition Members suppon Indigenous territorial rights and sustain~ nblc development ahemath·es. and share the belief that people are an integral pan or the ecosystem. The Coalition will hold an annu.~l Fomm !or NGOs to meet, receive guidance !rom Indigenous leaders of the Amazon. discuss current issues, and develop politic~l action su·atcgies. Topics at next years !omm (May I O-l2 1995 in Washington. DC) will include: Free trade and De\'elopmem, Intellectual Property Rights. the Timber Industry. At present the Coalition has three working groups: U.S. Policy and Hl.lntan Rights. Defense of Territories. and Financial Resources. It is helping to coordinate a number of cmnpaigns such as the Ecuador oil campaign. In an e!fon to promote communications among interested organizations. the Coalition: distributes a monthly Am~ort Update with news from Co..1lition members. F()r mor~ inj()rm,uion, p/(6$(. ccncac1: CoalitiOIJ Coordinmo,. Melina Sel\'Cl:Ston. 1$1/ I< St. N\V Suit< 10+1, 1\~ irtgton . DC 2()()()$. Te/;(202) 637-97 I8.jax;(202)63i· 9719. emaiJ: am«Z:om:ool@fgc.apc.oJi. Self-determination Seminar in Mexico T he Second Seminar on Sclf-determi· nation in Mexico held on Jan. 20·21 was organized b)1 the Colegio de Mexico under the direction of Rudol!o Stavenhagen and hosted by Oax.1can Vol. a No.4 American Indian Satellite Network Makes History or the first time. Native.owned and F public radio stations across the country have access to regular program· ming for and about Natjvc Americans. thanks to the new t\IROS (American Indian Radio on Satellite) network. Since Oct. 31. tl1is history-making ser· ,;ce has offered a daily one-hour feed or dramas. documentaries. litcrmure, self. help programs and heritage pieces, all related to Native Americans. The AIROS network, initially funded b)• the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, is developing and establishing what will eventually be a 2+ hour distribmion system of radio pro~ grnmming by, for and about Native Americans. The AIROS feed includes a storyudling series, interviews with various Native American personalities. historical specials and a multi-pan series on breaking the C)'cle of child abuse. as well as a ' 'ariety of other specials and series. Nalivt America Calli11g will premiere at the end of February as a daily. hour-long. live call-in talk show focus· AND COMMUNICAT I ON most of whom operate on inadequate funds; says Susan Braine, AI~OS Manager. "We're working closely with the tribal stations to detem1ine program~ ming needs and to address those needs through tl1e radio programs that AIROS is able to acquire. Our goal is to encour· age and facilitate their own production of these programs. This is their network. It will be as successful and relcvnm as they. the stations, collectively make it: Braine said. AIROS also has plans to acquire ponable uplinks in order to broadcast conferences. po'"'vows. and oLhcr cui· tur:d events from reservations. This would allow tribes to share limited resources while learning from each other. For more information on the t\IROS schedule. contaCt your local public or Native.owned rndio station. Stations interested in becoming affiliated with AIROS should contact Susan Braine at 402-472·0484. Internet for Native Peoples Conference ndigenous activists !rom throughout California gathered at U.C. llerkelcy on Nov. l9 to learn new techniques and I discuss the opportunities for network· ing and alliance building on the in!or· tnation highway. Marc Uecker led a workshop using the Mosaic program to explore the Internet. This prompted both ideas and concerns about using the lmernet as a tool for funhering the causes of Indigenous peoples world wide. 01scussion that followed pointed to the ing on currem issues a.nd topics affecting demand for a larger and more in·depth conference in the future. Man)' who Native Americans. attended questtoned the use of this tech· nology !or people living on resen'l!tions and other third-world conditions who radio is the sole telecommunicmiot\S might not ll.we access to telephone lines service. AIROS directors see the net- or even electricity. work as a first-step towM<I an ambitious Ifyou have acc:t:SS lo a computer and modem. goal: building and linking stations on you mighc be inten-..ste(l in the following liscs the 250 Indian reservations in the rdatcd to Indigenous issues: Indigenous United States. greatest challenge is Knowlt:dg(. NaJive Netin obtaining Native comcm programs. Jisturv@('OP'ndl.tdu, Chiclt;, ~·fujcr 1.. ·liSt· particularly from the Native stations, proc@lmrinet.gsc.ucsb.cd!f, Rata Net. t\IROSlinks most of the 25tribal sla· tions located in Native communities in 10 states, many on reservations where ·our 35 � 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. 4 (Winter 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 Internet for Native Peoples Conference 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 Winter 1994 Language A language of the resource English English Zotero Title Internet for Native Peoples Conference Item Type Journal Article Volume 8 Issue 4 Pages 35 Publication Title SAIIC Newsletter ISSN 1071-3182 Date Winter 1994 Language English Abstract Note Marc Becker, SAIIC staff member, led a workshop for indigenous activists at U.C. Berkeley; discussion centered around using new internet techniques for networking and alliance-building. Attachment Title Internet_for_native_peoples_conference.pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Internet South and Meso American Indian Rights Center Training https://www.abyayalanews.org/files/original/59baa80fcc7d6e399a004f501cdcfc87.pdf ca8f27200736bd77010e95cd1d643233 PDF Text Text O R GAN I ZA TI ON A ND CO MMU N I CA TI ON New Medium Reinforces Movement Computer Networking and Indigenous Organizations hen Peru and Ecuador began military skir- requi.l-e expensive intemational calls which limit their mishes on their shared national borde•; SAIIC usefulness. Computer networks t"ept-esent a new technoreceived via email a statement from CONAIE logical breaktlu-ough which completely changes the fotm denouncing the fighting and calling for international in which we communicate. Today, with a computer and a assistance for the Indigenous communities in the con- modem (which a•-e becoming cheaper and easier to use) it is possible to maintain virtually inm1ediate contact Oietive area. This in only one of an increasing nwnber of cases in with people ru-ound the world. Nonnally, it is possible to which Indigenous activists are beginning to utilize com- connect to the Internet 'vith a local call and maintain puter networks. Computer networks can be used to edu- contact 'vith people around the world without spending cate people about Indigenous realities and to build money on long distance toU charges. Indigenous activists ru-e now taking these means of stronger organizations. The Internet, a system of interlinked computer networks which stretches ru-ound the communication into ow· own hands. SAIIC has always world, is becoming a powetful organizing tool for been committed to the goal of communicating to the public an Indigenous perspeetive on issues which affect us. Indigenous organizations and communities. At this point it is relatively rru-e for Indigenous orga- We have accomplished this through vruious means of ni?.ations in the South to utili?A> computer networks to communication such as Abya Yakt News and urgent -omantic atti- aetion aletts disttibuted tlu-ough mailings and by fax advance their goals. Some people have a 1 tude towruu Indians and Western technology, and argue and phone. SAIIC is now making the tt·ansition to using that people ru-e less Indian if they use computers. But as email and Internet t-esources to achieve these same an Aymara 11-om Bolivia has argued, we will not be less goals. We can use this technology to educate others about Indian because we ru-e using a compute.: It is a tool, and ow· reality and to mobilize international public opinion it can be used in a positive way to achieve justice and lib- against hwnan rights abuses and on other issues which we face. We should also look for ways to use computer eration for our people. The telephone, and then the invention of the fax networks to mo1-e effeetively communicate among ourmachine revolutionized communications tlu-oughout the selves in order to shru-e info•·mation and to develop orgaworld. For Indigenous activists, faxes impt-oved commu- nizing strategies. nications between organizations ru>d with support Computer networking 1-esow-ces can be divided into gt-oups in Notth America and Europe. Faxes, however, three main categories. First, private messages called W In the last issue of Abya Yala News (Vol. 8, No. 4), two short stories about SAIIC's efforts to use computet networ1cs and the Internet to advance its Ofganizing WOI1< included incomplete Of misleading info<mation. On the News from SAIIC page (p. 39), there was a typO in the name of SAIIC's fleaceNet conference. The actual name is "saiic.indio. ·Also, SAIICs Home Page on the Wo!ld-Wtde Web is at httpdJwww.igc.apc.Ofg/saiic/saiic.html. You can find an electronic copy of SAIIC's txochure by pointing a gopher client to gopher.igc.apc.org and selecting "OrganiUitions on the IGC Netwo<1<s Gophel" and lhen "SAIIC." The brochUfe is also available in the ftp.igc.apc.cxs FTP site in the "publorgs_on_igc" d irecte<y and by sending an email oote to "saiic-info@igc.apc.cxs: Also, a ste<y on the Internet for Native Peoples Conference (p. 35) did oot include complete information for subscribing to these lists related to Indigenous issues (please oote that the -1in saiic-1 and native-! is the letter "I" and oot the number one): saiic-1 (send a message "subscribe saiic-1" to majordomo@igc.apc.Ofg; this list mirrors the saiic.indio conference) Indigenous Knowledge (send a message "sub indl<now <Your Name>· to listserv@u.washington. du) e NativeNet(send a message "sub native-I <Your Name>· to listsetv@tarTMnl .tamu.edu) In addition to these lists, Internet use<S mlrf wish to check out the foii<:Miing electronic archives, NativeWeb (httpd/u!<anaix.cc.u!<ans.edu/-mardnativeweb.html) Fourth World Documentation Project (http1Jwww.halqon.comlfWDP/fwdp.html) Native Ameriam Net Server at UW-Mitwaukee (gopher to alpha1.csd.uwm.edu and select "I.NIM"Ihen "Information" and finally ·Native American Net Selvet") Native Arrleric4n FTP site at Ccmell University(ftp to ftp.cit.comell.edu and change to the publspecial!Nativel'fofs directe<y) If yoo have any questions about any of these items, please contact Marc at the SAIIC office. Vol. 9No.1 35 �ORGAN I ZA T IO N AN D COMMU NI CATION email (or e-mail, which is shott for electronic mail) are sent through computer networks . This con"espondence is similar to the regular mail, faxes, and phone calls which organil.ations such as SAIIC have t•·aditionally used to communicate with board members, s upporters, and other organizations. The advantage of email is that it allows the sending of mail messages and computer files vi.ttually instantaneously and often cheaper than other means of communication. A second broad category of infotmation on the Internet is that which is disttibuted via listserv lists, PeaceNet confer"ences, Usenet News Groups, etc. They operate like newsletters to which people subscribe and then t"eceive r"egUlar mailings. These subscli ption lists ru"e useful for distributing news t-eports, wogent action alerts, announcements and other infotmation which may be of a dated natw·e. It is fot· these pw-poses that SAIIC established the saiic.indio confet"ence on PeaceNet last fall. A final broad category ofinf01mation available on the Internet is that found in electronic archives, including ITP, Gophet; and World-Wide Web sites. Organizations can use these archives to post an electronic copy of a brochUl'e describing the group's work, manifestos and Native American Radio Talk Show Debuts A me1ican Indian Radio on Satellite r-1(AIROS), which started pt-og~-am­ ming for and about Native Ameri cans last fall to Native-owned and public radio statiorlS, began a daily Native talk show on June 5. George Tige1; Muscogee (Creek), hosts Native America Calling, a live call-in program that explor'eS the full range of Native American life and culture, with topics such as hibal politics, rut, music, humor, storytelling, gruning and religious freedom. The onehour daily progrrun can be heru-d on tlibal.and public radio stations in the United States each Monday through F'liday at 1 p.m. Eastem time. Native Ameri ca Calling is produced at public radio station KUNM on the campus of the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque. It is a co-production of the Native American Public Br-oadcasting Conso1 tium and the Alaska Public Radio Network. Listeners o:zn stay abreast of new pro· gro.ms developments and new Sl<llions 36 declarations, past issues of newsletters, and other information which may have on-going value for the organization, its suppo1 ters, and the public at large. For example, SAIIC has placed a copy of its brochw-e on PeaceNet where people desiring more information on the organization can access it via FTP, Gophe1; or the World-Wide Web. Often weak infrashu cture and the lack of basic services such as phone lines, pruticulru·ly in remote areas, makes developing computer networks very difficult. In Africa activists at-e beginning to hook up to low-earth orbiting satellites in order to connect to computer network resources. For example, the NGO Volunteers in Technical Assistance (VITA) has assisted organizations in remote ru"eas ofTan7.ania wher-e there is no electl'icity or phone service to communicate '~a email and the Internet. F'l-om most anywhere in the world, a person \vith the appropriate equipment can send and l"eceive messages t\'~ce daily via a low orbit satellite. These lowearth orbiting sateUites have not been used extensively in Mexico, Central and South Ametica. Using this technology, Indigenous people can create their own computer networks in order to strengthen their otoganizations and defend their way of life. 'flJ coming on line by calling the Ncztiue America Calling Holline at (907) 566· 2244. dedicated to the presentation of treaties on the •·ights of the Indigenous peoples. Sixth Annual Indigenous Environmental Network Conference For more information~ contact: Indigenous EnvironmenU1l Network) ne hund•'ed and nations organizaOIndigenousAmericasandforty six tions from the gathered in Chickaloon, Alaska (J une 19-22) for the Sixth Annual Indigenous Environmental Net\vork confet"ence. The International Indian Tl"eaty Council (llTC) O l"ganized this confer~ ence. The goal of this conference was to unify Indigenous peoples in their wot-k to protect the Earth Mother and its natural l'eSources and strengthen Indigenous organizations. DUling four days of the confer-ence, participants gathered in seventeen workships dedicated to themes such as territories, protection of natural resources, militarization, the Hwnan Genome Diversity Pr-oject, and NAFTA. The final tluw days were Tel: (218) 751-4967, Fa:x: (218) 751- 0561. Second Coalition Conference on International Health uilding on the enthusiastic t'eSponse to the first conference held last November, the Canadian Society for International Health and the Canadian University CorlSOttium for Health and Development will hold the second CClli fi-om November 1215, 1995, at the Radisson Hotel in Ottawa. The conference theme is "Health Reform Around the World: Towar-ds Equity and Sustainability." Sessions will include paper P•"esenta- B tions, symposia, workshops, poster sessions, and round table discussions. ConmCL tile CC/H CoordinaU>r at Tel: (613) 730-2654, Fax:(613) 230·8-Wl, or e-mail: csm@(ox.nstr•can.. A'<Yfa 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. 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 New Medium Reinforces Movement: Computer Networking and Indigenous Organizations 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 Spring, 1995 Language A language of the resource English English Zotero Title New Medium Reinforces Movement: Computer Networking and Indigenous Organizations Item Type Journal Article Volume 9 Issue 1 Pages 35 - 36 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 Indigenous peoples around the world begin to use computers and internet technologies to communicate. This will strengthen indigenous networks and organizations. Attachment Title New_Medium_Reinforces_Movement_Computer_Networking_and_Indigenous_Organizations.pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Communication computer Indigenous technology Internet Organization