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  • November 20, 2009

    Stop Killing and Starvation of Samburu People in Kenya

    For the past 8 months, the Kenyan government has carried out a brutal campaign of violence against indigenous Samburu People in north-central Kenya, using their own police and military forces as well as government-funded mercenaries from Somalia.
    The most infamous attack took place in April, when military forces sprayed a caustic chemical onto group of [...]

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  • November 17, 2009

    WANTED: Ray Hunt, in person, in the Amazon

    The Yine, Machiguenga and Harakmbut communities, issued a statement this month demanding to speak ‘directly’ to Ray Hunt, CEO of the Texas-based company Hunt Oil. James Pliny reports.
    Can you imagine oil tycoon and Bush associate Ray Hunt in the Amazon? That’s what three tribes have requested. Hunt’s company, Hunt Oil, is exploring on the [...]

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  • November 15, 2009

    Indian and Northern Affairs Canada is no steward of the land

    The Auditor General of Canada, Ms. Sheila Fraser, has singled out Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC) for its abysmal role as a steward of Indigenous lands.
    According to Ms. Fraser, who released her 2009 audit to the House of Commons last week, INAC, and to a lesser extent, Environment Canada, has routinely failed to [...]

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November 12, 2009

Paraguayan village sprayed with toxic chemicals

Following an overturned eviction last week, an Ava Guarani community in Paraguay’s Itakyry district was

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November 9, 2009

Mexican High Court Rules Against Canadian Gold Mine

Four weeks ago, one of Mexico’s highest courts, the ninth Tribunal of the first circuit,

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November 5, 2009

Indigenous Guarani occupy FUNAI headquarters

While Guarani communities in Brazil continue to reclaim their lands and face even more evictions—one

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Underreported Struggles

In this month’s Underreported Struggles: Mexican Superior Court Orders Immediate Halt to Gold mine; Amazon mega-dams stoke new wave of Indian...

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