1 12 1 https://www.abyayalanews.org/files/original/39300a95629b49eb8cfdf1c592287e53.pdf 20218641ff05d77754ce6b8e0d6461fc PDF Text Text S A I I C News from SAIIC••• incc: our last journal in November of 1995, SAIIC passed through a difficult period, which has slowed the publication of Abya Yala News. We apologize to our readers for S this inconvenience. In spite of many difficulties. our work with Indigenous peoples has com inued on st ronger than ever. \ 1.,.fe, had numerous visitors. :ampaigns, worked on many different < and stayed long hours to do it all. \Ne are ver)' pleased to a•mounce that Amalia Dixon is now Director of SAliC. Amalia's experiences as a Miskita woman in the autonomous Caribbean Coast of Nicaragua have prepl\red her well for the rigors of the SA \IC directorship. It is a pleasure tO work with her. SAIIC is pleased to announce that Mariana Chuquin, a Quichua woman from Ecuador has joined us as member of the board of directors. Mariana is from the communily of Mariano Acosta in the province of lmbabura. Mariana attended the Universidad del Norte in Ecuador as a single mother. She moved to the US in 1984, and now works in Social Services for the community of San Francisco's Tenderloin district, providing health, food, free shelter, clothing. counseling, and information resources. She has remained active m the Indigenous Movement through it all. Welcome, ·Mariana. Laura Soriano Morales. a Mixtec~ Zapotec woman from Oaxaca, Mexico. has joined SAIIC to coordinate and pl·oduce $A11C's radio program. Laura is pan of the Binational Oaxacan Indigenous Front, and has a long hisVol. 10 No.1 tory of working in the Indigenous to area activists. It was a pleasure hav- ing Gilton hero working with us. taped a program on Biodiversity and SA IIC also received the visit of a Biopiracy for the purposes of inform- Sami delegation (the Sami people are ing Indigenous peoples of this new indigenOl.IS to what is today Norway. form of colonialism. The radio pro- Finland, Sweden, and parts or northgram also consists or a segment of ern Russia). During their visit. we news entitled "Indigenous Voices." exchanged common experiences of Radio programs arc taped and distrib- fighting for tcrritoriol rights. issues of uted to over seventy different representation. and the struggle to Indigenous radio stations and organi- preserve and manage the earths naturzations in Latin America. al resources. We thank them for comSAIIC welcomes David Rothschild ing to see us. as lhc new Adminisuation and Project Lastly, we were lucky enough to Coordinator. David graduated from receive the visit of Francisco the University of California, Santa Campbell. who is Vice-l'resiclem of Cruz. with a Major in L·uin American URACCAN, the University of the Studies. David has worked with vari- Autonomous Region of the Caribbean ous Indigenous organizations in Coast of Nicaragua. Francisco talked Ecuador including CONA IE. He is to SAIIC about this brand new initiapresent!)' working on a book focusing tive to provide Indigenous education Oll Biodiversity and Indigenous and training to the Sumu. Miskito. Intellectual Property Rights, to be Rama , and Garffuna peoples in published in English and Spanish. Nicaragua. Several people have left SAIIC In late October. we received the visit ofjose jacir de Souza. long-time since our last journal: Leticia Valdez. Macuxi actlvist in Brazil. jacir extend- Andre w Banle u . Marc Becker, and ed his speaking tour from the East Cheryl Musch.We take this opportuCoast to the West, and had great suc- nity to thank them for their warm ded· cess here in the Ba}' Area. We had the ication to SAIIC and wish them the privilege or conducting an imervicw best in all their future endeavors. with him with the help of Leda Martins and Glenn Switkes. Between November and january, movemcm. Up to this point. we have GUton Mendes. an intern from Brazil, worked with Si\IIC in developing closer solidarity ties with Indigenous organizations in the Brazilian Amazon. Gilton compiled key information on the changes in the Brazilia11 Indian land legal structures a11d also networked with and presented his work ABVA VALA NEWS 39 � 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. 10, no. 1 (Spring 1996) 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 News from SAIIC... 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 1996 Language A language of the resource English, Spanish English Zotero Title 'News from SAIIC... Item Type Journal Article Volume 10 Issue 1 Pages 39 Publication Title Abya Yala News ISSN 1071-3182 Date Spring 1996 Language English Abstract Note SAIIC discusses the events that they have taken part in and introduces many outstanding people from the indigenous community. Attachment Title abyayala_v10_n1_p39.pdf Attachment URL [No URL] De Souza Jacir Jose Dixon Amalia Mariana Chuquin Rothschild David