1 12 2 https://www.abyayalanews.org/files/original/cc9950192d2e2a0c81d50f82ee974290.pdf eabfbc22b1fd715a834db1284af2abfc 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. 3, No. 3 (7).pdf PDF Text Text CHILE apuches Present Views to Pope 'We, the Mapuches, want to make our own present and future history. We do not want to fight or to be fought. We want understanding, and along with it peace, justice, liberty and adequate lands for development in our own style, culture, and capacity." These words are part of a letter presented to Pope John Paul II at Pampa Ganaderos during his recent visit to Chile. The letter also says that, "Five hundred and fifty years ago, our people lived on this land which nourished us both physically and spiritually. We were defeated militarily and placed on small reservations where the land is poor. Because of this we have had to change certain aspects of our culture and our social and economic systems. Forms and styles have changed with time, but our situation as a segregated ethnic minority has been constant and becomes more intense. "Pefii [Brother] John Paul, we are not even considered a people. The laws and the constitution of the Republic of Chile do not recognize our existence." The letter explains that although the Mapuche are a people, "legally we do not exist in this society." 'We, the Mapuches, want you to know that we are a very religious people, that we have deep faith. Our god Ngenechen Kimnei knows this. We trust that you understand and support us, but we need you to listen to our cry and pray to your god, Jesus Christ, to intervene before those who do not want to listen to our problems." The Mapuche want "respect . for our traditions. We want to continue celebrating our religious ceremonies, our Nguillatunes, and speaking our language, Mapuduglin. Through it, we transmit to our children our values, habits, and customs. To not speak . our language would be like not breathing, not living." In Pampa Ganaderos, where the Pope made a public appearance and mingled with people of the .Temuco area, a large rehue (Mapuche altar) was built. The Mapu~hes who carved it and the machi (spiritual leader) who blessed it hope that it will later be put in a central location in Temuco to remind everyone of the Pope's encounter with Mapuche people. In another letter to Pope John Paul II, the Mapuche organization Nehuen Mapu asks support in their struggle for restoration of Mapuche land, recognition of the land titles granted by Spain centuries ago, programs of bilingual education and technical assistance, loans for agricultural development, and political autonomy. Mapuches Occupy In A farm of 380 hectares was occupied by two Mapuche communities comprising 160 people in Puren on April 5, 1987. The Mapuches said that the act is "part of a movement which intends to recover the land that legitimately belongs to us because it belonged to our ancestors. Our current conditions force us to find a way to survive." The farm was occupied by members of the Loncoyan Grande and Pichihueico communities, who say they are heirs.of Cacique Jose Manuel Catrileo Inal1 who had legal authority over the land. Members of the Mapuche organization AD-Mapu, who helped organize the takeover, said, 'We offer our support and $Olidarity as we feel this is a just struggle to recover land legitimately theirs and necessary for their survival.ff AD-Mapu also noted that the presence of elders, children, and animals of the communities demonstrates how desperate their situation is and how inadequately the national economy serves their needs. Vol. 3, No.3. Summer, 1987 uren Page7 � 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. 3, No. 3 (Summer 1987) Zotero Language English 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 Mapuches Present Views to Pope (Chile) Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Article Language A language of the resource English Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Summer 1987 Zotero Title Mapuches Present Views to Pope (Chile) Item Type Newspaper Article Attachment Title Vol. 3, No. 3 (7).pdf Issue 3 Language English Pages 7 Publication Title SAIIC Newsletter Volume 3 Abstract Note This article features a letter written by the Mapuche Indians to Pope John Paul II presenting their views. Chile Mapuche Pope John Paul II https://www.abyayalanews.org/files/original/130e893a8d4aa6dffaeb2923e012cde5.pdf 7d59a16679cdfb5a54c2a0873daf9083 PDF Text Text COLOMBIA C I '1' Issues 1 G The Cauca Regional Indian Council (CRIC) has published the following statement on the military strife in southwestern Colombia in the latest issue ofUnidad Indlgena (Apartado Aereo 32395, Bogota, Colombia). We reject the declaration of the M-19 guerrilla movement which was announced by radio September 6, 1986. The declaration, which was made after the group had militarily taken the community of Inza, stated that Indian people are in total agreement with the war that M-19 has declared against the government. Indian organizations know that the interests of Indian people and our struggle are not compatible with the war now carried on by armed groups. We reject the war in Indian communities and territories that these guerrilla groups want to impose on us by force in clear violation of the rights of autonomy of Indian communities. The M-19 movement falsely maintains that it represents Indian interests based on the fact that some Indians are active in this group. However, those Indians act as individuals and not as members of Indian communities. Finally, we object to M-19's use of the names of Indian leaders to suit interests not compatible with those of Indian communities. Popayan, September 8, 1986 Paez Leader Tells Pope I ian Of History The following comments were made by Paez Indian Guillermo Tenorio to Pope John Paul II before a gathering of about 150,000 people in Popayan during the Pope's visit to Colombia the first week of July. Soon we will mark the SOOth anniversary of the arrival of European conquerors in our land. Much has happened since then to shape the destiny of our people. We have experienced a complete upheaval of our culture. We complete 500 years of history made in the silence of pain, contempt, Guillermo Tenorio's speech to the Pope was interrupted by a Colombian marginalization, of tortures which remain above cartoon in CRIC'sChurch official, inspiring the newspaper. unknown because they are tortures of Indian people. Our history has been a struggle of life or death for our cultures. Many brothers and sisters have succumbed to the unceasing aggression of the conquerors, but many others have persevered in our struggle. The wild mountains of the magnificent Andes, the plains, and the thick Amazon jungles are deaf witnesses to all our sufferings and hopes. Our music, the sound and the image of Indian people, bears witness to the sadness caused by the pillage of our land, the undermining of our community organizations, and the undervalueing of our Vol. 3, no. 1. Fall, 1986. Page 5 �languages, our medicine, and O\lr systems of community education. But in recent years, along with a general awakening of human consciousness, we as people and as Indians have awakened. In this awakening we look with honor and love to the heritage of our past, and in this spirit we have begun to organize ourselves to be stronger. With steady efforts and much work we are recovering our land, to live there with our own forms of government, to proudly speak our own languages, to seek an educational system which facilitates our cultural and social development. The road we have taken is difficult because the landowners have not hesitated to kill Indians, including women and children, to imprison us, and to militarize our territories. And it is important to acknowledge that a sector of the Church has also worked against us. Because we have struggled for our liberation they have slandered us by calling us subversives and suspended health and educational services. Despite this we maintain our faith in Christ and take refuge in the words you spoke in Mexico, when you said that the Church must be rooted . in the people and committed to an identity in the culture of our communities. There also has been a sector of the Church which has seen in the struggles of Indian people the sufferings of Christ for true liberation and for the right to life that motivates our struggle. Such representatives of Christ on earth who have been with us in our struggle are also persecuted and killed, as in the case of the deaths of Father Pedro Leon Rodriguez and Alvaro Ulcue Chocue, the only Paez Indian priest. With this greeting to Your Holiness, we remember in our history the shedding of Indian blood, blood of native Americans, blood which nourishes the new world which we seek. . We are convinced that such martyrdom will bear abundant fruit. (See Page 8 for the comments of a Bolivian Indian leader on liberation theology.) Amazon Com unities To Stage I PICS The f~llowing story appeared in a recent edition of Unidad Indigena, the publication of the National Organization of Indians of Colombia (ONIC). Centuries ago the Witoto and Muinane people held sports tournaments where they played games called "tops," "ball," "spear," and "athletics." The games were mostly forgotten until about ten years ago when sports lovers began holding tournaments of European games. That reminded people of the traditional Indian games, and some priests organized a tournament called the Regional Indian Olympics of the Amazon. The first competition was held in 197 4 at Chorrera, Amazonas, and since then the games have been expanded to include many Indian groups. Poster at left announces a palin tournament sponsored by the Mapuche organization AD-Mapu in Chile last summer. Palin is an Indian game similar to hockey which is played with bent sticks and a wool ball covered with leather. Page 6 Vol. 3, no. 1. Fall, 1986. � 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. 3, No. 1 (Fall 1986) Zotero Language English Issue 1 Volume 3 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 Paez Leader Tells Pope Indian View of History Type The nature or genre of the resource Journal Article Language A language of the resource English Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Fall 1986 Zotero Title Paez Leader Tells Pope Indian View of History Item Type Journal Article Attachment Title Vol. 3, no. 1 (5-6).pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Publication Title SAIIC Newsletter Issue 1 Volume 3 Language English Pages 5-6 Abstract Note The leader of the Paez people, Guillermo Tenorio, recounted to the Pope at the time, John Paul II, how the Indians view history. fall 1986 Guillermo Tenorio history Paez Pope John Paul II