June, 2008
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Mayans Denounce Violence Against Women, Children
Earlier this month, the Mayan community of San Miguel Ixtahuacán issued a public statement denouncing the recent actions of Guatemala's National Civil Police. Acting on behalf of the Canadian-mining company Montana Exploradora de Guatemala (Goldcorp), on June 13th the police shot tear gas at local children and used force against women peacefully demonstrating their opposition [...]
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Anishinabek outlaw term ‘Aboriginal’
The Anishinabek have launched a campaign to get rid of the term "Aboriginal." According to a recent press release, Chiefs from the 42 member-communities endorsed a resolution during their annual Grand Council Assembly that characterizes the word as “another means of assimilation through the displacement of our First Nation-specific inherent and treaty rights.” “It’s actually [...]
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Something’s Moving
Directed by Randy Vasquez, Something's Moving tells the story of three Residential School Survivors in the United States, and their efforts to heal themselves, to restore what was taken from them, and to allow future generations to live a life that's free from trauma, shame, fear, and self-loathing. "A great general has said that the [...]
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Olympics No Champion for Human Rights
From Beijing to Vancouver, governments have been bending over backwards to prepare for the Olympics. Both are doing everything they can to 'clean up the streets' and pack down anyone that threatens to tarnish the image they wish to portray for the games. So many people have been forced out of their homes, so many [...]
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Systemic Discrimination in the Supreme Court
On Wednesday, the Supreme Court issued a ruling that literally punishes Alaska Natives for the 1989 Exxon Valdez Oil Spill. The court told the company that they now only have to pay a tenth of the $5 billion in punitive damages that were awarded by a jury 14 years ago. "Exxon knew this would happen," [...]
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Colombian army wants base on indigenous sacred ground
Last week, a group of indigenous Kofan expressed concern about a new base Colombia's army is building at a site called "Finca Maravales" in the Guamués valley in Putumayo, reports the Colombian newspaper El Espectador. The group had traveled to Bogota to take part in a press conference marking the creation of a 10,000-hectare bio-reserve [...]
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US Moves to Clean Up Uranium on Navajo Land
After more than forty years, the U.S. government is finally moving to clean up the uranium waste on Navajo lands. On June 13, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a five-year plan to start cleaning the radioactive waste left by more than 40 years of mining uranium on Navajo lands. From 1944 to 1986, [...]
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