1 12 1 https://www.abyayalanews.org/files/original/ab3e33344b175c90112703644eb6b14a.pdf 094898a65466e3818482734b0fbe86ca PDF Text Text James Muneta, who has been a frequent contributor of articles and illustrations to the SAIIC newsletter, as in our radio program, returned home of coordinator of programs for the Dine Center at Tsaile, Navajo Nation, Arizona. His perspective on international issues has broadened the understanding of all of us. He to continue as an active member of SAIIC with a southwestern perspective. He writes, "I miss my good friends in the Bay Area, but I must help my people. My clan is the red sand people and the earth here in Tsaile is red, which makes me feel very happy and peaceful. There are many sagebrush bushes and cedar trees here which are also sacred medicine herbs to the Dine." Photo: S. Lobo DAYS TO REMEMBER July l.t_ 1492 The Italian adventurer Christopher Columbus set sail from Puerto de Palos in Spain with three ships. He reached the American continent on October 12 of the same year. This voyage was the first of many negative events that affected Indian people during the following nearly five hundred years. August ~ 1532 The Inca leader Atahualpa was executed by order of Francisco Pizarro. In addition to the desecration of sacred temple and plundering, the death of Indian leaders were among the outrages the Indian people suffered during the Spanish conquest. August 26 ~ 'lJ...L 1780 Tupac Amaru, the Quechua leader in what is now Peru, and Tupac Katar i, leader in what is now Bolivia, initiated the liberation struggle against Spaniards occupying their land. Vol. 2, no. l. Fall, 1985. Published quarterly. ®SAIIC Page 16 �of Victor Paz Estenssoro, under pressure from the Indian law and as a result, a Indian land was returned to them. Paz Estenssoro is back in power, the Second Conference of the World in Kiruna, Sweden, Council of At the United Nations in a conference Americas. , Switzerland, the Non-Governmental discrimination (NGO' s) of the southwestern Mexico. unclear, but SAIIC expresses its support of efforts in the As we prepare communities is and assistance. BRIEFS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS Americanists professor of American Indian Studies and Anthropology at UCLA, attended the Americanists in Bogota, Colombia, July 1-7. She organized a symposium on and Its Consequences, and presented a paper on the effects of relocation for in the joint use area of Arizona. Her comments on the congress overall: "I didn't see that spirit I was looking for. Indigenous issues were sort of under the rug. Indians were only talked about as if were in the past, but the present was ignored." Why can't an international congress of Americanists do better than that? Video, and Photog£!!P.!:!Y A group of people working in film, video, and photography has meeting monthly in the San Francisco Bay Area. Indigenous concerns are a major focus of the group. If you are interested in attending, contact Leanna Wolfe, (415) 834-5740. Vol. 2, no. l, Fall, 1985. Published quarterly. ®SAIIC Page 17 � 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. 2, No. 1 (Fall 1985) 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 Days to Remember 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 Fall 1985 Language A language of the resource Zotero Title Days to Remember Item Type Journal Article Attachment Title Vol. 1, no. 2 (16-17).pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Abstract Note Days to remember in history. Events of major significance. Issue 1 Pages 16-17 Publication Title SAIIC Newsletter Volume 2 Language English Kiruna southwestern Mexico Sweden Victor Paz Estenssoro