March, 2008

• Garifuna: The Last Rebels of the Caribbean

  

  March 30, 2008  1,538 views 1 comment Share

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  Upside Down World has published a notable article by Ramor Ryan entitled "The Last Rebels of the Caribbean: Garifuna Fighting for Their Lives in Honduras," in which he examines the history, life, culture and ongoing resistance of the Garifuna people in Honduras. Here's the first quarter... Garifuna Fighting for Their Lives in Honduras They hang [...]

  Filed Under Garifuna • Honduras • Indigenous Peoples • land • struggles • tourism

• The Nukak Want to Live in Peace

  

  March 29, 2008  1,427 views 0 Comments Share

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  The Nukak, one of the Amazon’s last nomadic Peoples, have once again been caught between the Colombian army and the left-wing FARC guerrillas. According to a March 12 statement by Survival International, they were bombed "by the Colombian army in its attempt to fight the guerrillas who have violently taken control of much of the [...]

  Filed Under business • Colombia • colonialism • Indigenous Peoples • jurisdiction • Nukak • struggles

• Oil on Ice

  

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  Oil on Ice is a one-hour documentary that examines the issues surrounding the exploitation of oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR). The US Government maintains the region is a barren wasteland, as if to say "how can we not take the oil? There's nothing there but snow!" However, the claim is no more [...]

  Filed Under alaska • America • Athabascan • business • Energy • Gwichin • Indigenous Peoples • oil • reports • Sacred Sites • struggles • video

• Rise and Shine: Chippewa Demand Accountability

  

  March 27, 2008  1,109 views 0 Comments Share

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  A group of Chippewa from Lac du Flambeau locked themselves inside the Tribal Council office yesterday morning to demand a federal investigation into the current Tribal government. It wasn't long before the police showed up -- from nine different agencies. Fortunately they understood the action was peaceful and remained in the background during the lock-in, [...]

  Filed Under accountability • band councils • Chippewa • Indigenous Peoples • struggles

• Submit Comments Today on the Yukon Flats Land Exchange

  

  March 25, 2008  2,785 views 0 Comments Share

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  The Indigenous Environmental Network (IEN) just sent out a reminder that today, March 25th, is the final chance to submit comments regarding the Yukon Flats Land Exchange proposal by the Alaskan Native Regional Corporation Doyon and the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS). If it's approved they will be able to "acquire" lands around Gwich’in villages, [...]

  Filed Under alaska • business • Energy • Gwichin • Indigenous Peoples • oil • struggles

• Project of Autonomy and Self-Determination for Kumiai and Cucapa

  

  March 24, 2008  1,772 views 3 comments Share

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  Last month, the Cucapa and Kumiai Indigenous Communities of Baja California, Mexico, announced a multilateral project dedicated to making themselves autonomous, self-sufficient, traditionally-governed Peoples. As explained in a project overview (see below), years of colonial policies on part of the Mexican government have produced "the almost complete loss of our autonomy, of our natural resources, [...]

  Filed Under campaigns • Cucapa • Indigenous Peoples • jurisdiction • Kumiai • Mexico • Sacred Sites • sovereignty • struggles • Traditions • Zapatista

• Justicia Now!

  

  March 22, 2008  1,820 views 0 Comments Share

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  Here you will find Justicia Now! a 30-minute documentary produced by Mofilms to help raise awareness about "ChevronTexaco’s toxic legacy in the Northern Ecuadorian region of the Amazon rainforest - and a courageous group of people called Los Afectados (The Affected Ones) who are seeking justice for the ensuing cancer, sickness and death in the [...]

  Filed Under business • Ecuador • Energy • Indigenous Peoples • justice • oil • toxins • video