October, 2008

• Milking the Rhino: Conservation in Post-Colonial Africa

  

  October 25, 2008  2,404 views 0 Comments Share

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  Milking the Rhino, is a new documentary film that attempts to get away from the cliches of nature documentaries to reveal the complex reality of human-wildlife coexistence in "post-colonial" Africa. The film focuses on the Himba tribe in Namibia and the Maasai in Kenya – two of oldest cattle cultures in the world – who [...]

  Filed Under Africa • conservation • Indigenous Peoples • Kenya • Maasai • video

• Philippines: Indigenous People Unite for the Land

  

  October 24, 2008  3,948 views 1 comment Share

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  There have been at least two major gatherings this month in the Philippines, where indigenous communities have vowed to protect their rights and defend their lands against resource exploitation. The first gathering was between Tribal Elders from ten communities in Barangay Gambang, Northern Philippines. The Elders gathered on October 10th, to speak out against an [...]

  Filed Under business • Indigenous Peoples • Lumad • Philippines • unity

• Indigenous Communities Warn Oil Company to Leave

  

  October 23, 2008  2,017 views 0 Comments Share

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  More than two dozen indigenous communities from Nuevo Alegría, in the Morona district of northern Peru, have issued a stern ultimatum to the Canadian oil exploration company Talisman Energy -- warning them that they have until November 15th to withdraw from their territories or the communities will have no choice but to force them out. [...]

  Filed Under business • Energy • Indigenous Peoples • oil • Peru

• The Military Represssion of Xoxocotla, Mexico

  

  October 21, 2008  1,712 views 0 Comments Share

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  Earlier this month, police and military forces in Mexico were used against families in the indigenous town of Xoxocotla. Currently, there are reports of at least 70 people missing, of whom only 20 have been officially 'arrested.' See the video below for footage taken during the attack. "Long known for their effective community organizing and [...]

  Filed Under blockades • Indigenous Peoples • Mexico • video • violence

• For the Transformation of Colombia

  

  October 20, 2008  1,139 views 0 Comments Share

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  The Association of Indigenous Councils of Northern Cauca (ACIN) have issued an important message surrounding the purpose of the National Indigenous and Popular mobilization in Colombia, or "Minga." It is not simply to advance matters concerning indigenous people, but to "convene the transformation of Colombia." The message comes a couple days after the indigenous movement, [...]

  Filed Under Colombia • Indigenous Peoples • Minga • protests

• Rooting our Lives in a Sustainable Paradigm

  

  October 18, 2008  1,599 views 0 Comments Share

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  Evon Peter, the Executive Director of Native Movement and former Chief of the Neetsaii Gwich’in from northeastern Alaska, spoke at the third annual Symposium For Food and Seed Sovereignty on September 26-27, 2008 in Tesuque, New Mexico. A well-recognized advocate of Indigenous Peoples rights, youth, and a balanced world, Evon spoke for about twenty minutes [...]

  Filed Under alaska • Indigenous Peoples • lectures • sustainable • Traditions • video

• Amazon tribe lays waste to hydro dam site

  

  October 17, 2008  45,525 views 17 comments Share

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  In an attempt to protect the Juruena river in western Brazil, an estimated 120 members of the Enawene Nawe tribe occupied the construction site of a hydroelectric dam on October 13, and then burned it to the ground. "They came armed with axes and pieces of wood, banished the employees and later set fire to [...]

  Filed Under Brazil • business • Enawene Nawe • Energy • hydro dams • Indigenous Peoples • water