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Vol. 6, No. 3 (Spring and Summer 1992) "March on Quito: Amazon Indians Demand To be Heard"

Tags: 1992, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, El Salvador, Honduras, Indian Women, March on Quito, Meso America, Mesoamerica, Mexico, Panama, Sacha Yachana Research Center, Spring 1992, Summer 1992

This issue of volume 6 covers a broad set of topics from health concerns, land disputes, and meetings between indigenous groups, just to name a few. It discusses these issues in the context of several Central/South American regions.

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.

SIL Divides Indian Communities In Mexico

Tags: Floriento Diaz Gomez, Mexico, Mixe, SIL, Summer Institute of Linguistics

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…

Ninth Congress of the Inter-American Indian Institute

Tags: Inter-American Indian Institute, Mexico, Patzcuaro

The Inter-American Indian Institute was founded in Patzcuaro, Mexico, in 1940 and now functions under the auspices of the Organization of American States.

Vol. 2, No. 1 (Fall 1985)

Tags: Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Dan Bomberry, Ecuador, Fall 19785, Mexico, Peru, Phillip Deere, UNITED NATIONS WORKING GROUP ON INDIGENOUS POPULATIONS

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Mexico and Colombia

Tags: Alvaro Vasquez, Colombia, Mexico, Pueblo Nuevo

Alvaro Vasquez, representative of the Assembly of Zapotec and Chinantec Peoples of the Oaxaca Sierra was in the San Francisco Bay Area to organize an exposition of Zapotec-Chinantec lithographs and to show videos about his people.

Guatemalan Refugees in Mexico

Tags: Guatemala, Mexico, Refugees

The Mexican government has announced its intentions to relocate over 30,000 Guatemalan refugees (those still living in recognized settlements in Chiapas) to the state of Campeche and Quintana Roo on the Yucatan peninsula by the end of July.

Mexico: Sierra Madre Appeal

Tags: CASMAC, Mexico, Sierra-Madre mountain range, Tarahumara, Tepehuan

Indigenous activists seek international support as they confront abuses of indigenous peoples in Mexico's Sierra Madre mountain range.

Two Watershed Encounter For Indigenous Women in Mexico

Tags: Global Indian Identity, Indigenous women, Mexico

The National ANIPA Women's Conference and National Indigenous Forum held in Mexico constitute two examples of how Indigenous women's participation is increasingly crucial for a global indian identity.

Profile of an Indigenous Woman Organizer

Tags: Hernandez Valderas Maria de Jesus, Indigenous women, Mexico

Maria de Jesus Hernandez Valderas, a Nahualt woman in Mexico, provides a glimpse of the activist world of Indigenous women looks like. She discusses the difficulties that have been historically placed on her. Maria embodies the enduring spirit of…

Indigenous Women of Mexico 10 Years Later

Tags: Indigenous women, Mexico, Oaxaca, Women, Zapotec

The women of Mexico still fight colonial oppression.

A Poisoned Culture: the Case of the Indigenous Huichol Farm Workers

Tags: Farming, Huichol, Mexico, Toxins

Exposure to pesticides is dangerous and potentially deadly to Indigenous migrant workers. The Huichole people, being forced to leave their communities during dry seasons to find employment, suffer from farming practices and toxins.

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