On Aug. 4, a group of more than 500 organized indigenous Colombians from the municipalities of Jambalo, Caloto, Toribio and Caldono in Cauca department began occupying the Zulema estate in Caloto in what they call a process of "recovery and liberation of mother earth." On Aug. 6, the mayor and municipal procurator of Caloto arrived [...]
By WES KELLER Freelance Reporter A duo ostensibly representing the "Six Nations Women Title Holders" has served notice on Canadian Hydro Developers Inc. asserting that it owns the Melancthon I wind plant, and intends to seize it. In a notice also posted on the Internet and signed by Kahentinetha /s/ and Katenies /s/, the women [...]
Kantipur Report, KATHMANDU, Aug 10 - While World Indigenous Day was being marked around the globe Wednesday, the indigenous people of Nepal have agreed on a democratic republic for bringing about reform in the country. Thousands of indigenous people from around the country gathered in Kathmandu, took out a cultural possession along city thoroughfares and [...]
Indigenous Protesters Set to Starve to Death for Land By Marcela Valente, IPS News August 10, 2006 BUENOS AIRES (IPS) - A group of indigenous people in the Argentine province of Chaco have been on a hunger strike for 21 days, in the provincial capitol building. They are in a windowless hearing room furnished only [...]
From the Native Movement and REDOIL Network (Resisting Environmental Destruction on Indigenous Lands) For Immediate Release August 8, 2006 Indigenous leaders say that BP oil field shutdown is a wake up call to the Industry, US, and World: Energy Crisis, Global Warming, Environmental Devastation, and Indigenous Peoples Rights on the cutting board BP recently shut [...]
Posted: August 07, 2006. By: Lisa Garrigues / Today correspondent CUSCO, Peru - In a historic effort to unite the Andean peoples, representatives from indigenous organizations in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina and Guatemala met in Cusco July 15 - 17 in the first Congress of the Andean Coordinator of Indigenous Organizations. The meeting [...]
MNN. August 7, 2006. Milton Born with a Tooth showed up at my house at 9:00 pm. last Friday. He had a very important colonial tale to tell. Milton Born With a Tooth is a Blackfoot Indigenous man from Piegan in Alberta. He went to jail for four and a half years for trying to [...]