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Mapuche at Summit of the Americas: "We Oppose the Free Trade Agreement"

Tags: Chile, Intellectual Property Rights, Mapuche, NAFTA

After the announcement of Chile's entry into the North American Free Trade Agreement, indigenous groups speak out against the potential economic and territorial consequences of the agreement for indigenous communities.

Mapuche Groups Define Common Goals (Chile)

Tags: AD-Mapu, Centros Culturales Mapuches, Chile, Mapuche, Nehuen Mapu, Summer 1986

In June of 1986, three major Mapuche organizations, including Centros Culturales Mapuches, AD-Mapu, and Nehuen Mapu, gathered and compiled a list of goals.

Mapuches Occupy A Farm In Puren (Chile)

Tags: 1987, Chile, Loncoyan Grande, Mapuche, Pichihueico, Puren

Two Mapuche communities occupied approximately 940 acres in Puren. This land was ancestral and the groups, the Loncoyan Grande and the Pichihueico, felt that they were entitled to the land. These groups were non-violently removed by the police at the…

Mapuches Present Views to Pope (Chile)

Tags: Chile, Mapuche, Pope John Paul II

This article features a letter written by the Mapuche Indians to Pope John Paul II presenting their views.

Muere Gran Lider Mapuche (Chile)

Tags: Chile, Mapuche, Mapuche Indians, Spring 1992, Summer 1992

News From SAIIC...

Tags: Bryan Joe, Cabascango José María, Cobrisson Gilles, Dixon Amalia, Huilcaman Aucán, Maibeth Carlos, Mapuche, Nilo Cayuqueo

Members of SAIIC and visitors meet at the Abya Yala Fund board meeting.

Sofia Painiqueo

Tags: Mapuche, Radio Program, Sofia Painiqueo, Traditional Singer

Sofia Painiqueo, a traditional Mapuche singers says "We, the Mapuche people, are a nation, a nation within the Chilean nation. Speaking
historically about our Mapuche nation..."

State Frontiers and Indian Nations: Commentary on Implications for the Mapuche and Indigenous Peoples

Tags: Argentina, Chile, Consent, Mapuche

Indigenous peoples consider the colonial and state borders as artificial barriers to their indigenous nations. The best way to maintain unity to fight state oppression is reinforce the right of consent by indigenous peoples.

Urgent Action: Chilean Government Must Overturn The Conviction

Tags: Chile, Mapuche, saiic

SAIIC organizes a campiagn to demand the Chilean government to end its persecution of the Mapuche people.

Vol. 2, No. 4 (Summer 1986)

Tags: Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Huilliche Indians, Human Rights activists missing, Mapuche, Peru, Rapa Nui, Refugees, rondonia, Summer 1986, Violence

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.

World Conference on Human Rights: Few Real Actions to Redress Injuries

Tags: Aucan Huilcaman, Autonommy, CONIC, International Year of Indigenous Peoples, Mapuche, United Nations World Conference on Human Rights

Results of the United Nations World Conference on Human Rights in Vienna, June 1993 disappoint indigenous populations with failure to address indigenous rights of self-government and self-determination.

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