December, 2008
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Underreported Struggles #21, December 2008
In the month's Underreported Struggles: 20,000 Lepchas Vow to Die for Their Community; Nicaragua Recognizes Indigenous Land Rights; Dam workers attack the Enawene Nawe; and 18 other stories about the ongoing, world-side struggle for land, rights, and life. December 29 - Indonesia Police Destroy Indigenous Village - Indonesian police forces have violently evicted 400 indigenous [...]
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Indonesia Police Destroy Indigenous Village
On December 18 Indonesian police forces violently evicted 400 indigenous people from their land in the province of Riau on the eastern coast of Sumatra. According to Amnesty International, approximately 700 local security forces entered the village of Suluk Bongka, firing bullets and tear gas. "As the villagers fled into the forest, two helicopters then [...]
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Forest Mountain Voices
This is a series of short films produced by Forest Mountain Voices (FMV), an indigenous community media project based in Ratanakiri, Cambodia. Staffed entirely by youth from the Tampeun, Jarai, and Kreung indigenous peoples, FMV is a grassroots project that aims to challenge the dominant model of information sharing in Cambodia -- one where indigenous [...]
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We shall give up our lives but not our land
In Jharkhand, a state in the eastern region of India, indigenous people have pledged their lives to protect their rights over natural resources and to defend against the burden of development-induced displacement. Following the footsteps of the Lepcha in the neighboring state of West Bengal, who last week vowed to give their lives to defend [...]
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Power Shift 2007 – Evon Peter shares some wisdom
During the Energy Action Coalition's 2007 youth summit on climate change, called Power Shift, Evon Peter, former Chief of the Neetsaii Gwich’in in northeastern Alaska and executive director of Native Movement shared a particularly powerful message that seems appropriate to highlight on this day so sacred for those of the Christian faith. The message is [...]
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Lepchas Vow to Die for Their Community
More than 20,000 Lepchas have vowed to die for their community and to ensure that their culture survives for coming generations. A peaceful and nomadic people in the Sikkim region of West Bengal, the Lepchas gathered this past weekend in Kalimpong to celebrate the 227th birthday of their King Gyabu Achok. The event was organized [...]
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The Winnemem Way of Life: Water
For countless generations the Winnemem Wintu have lived along the McCloud River watershed, in what is now northern California. Originally one of nine "Wintu" bands, the Winnemem view themselves as caretakers and protectors of water and all life - a task they accomplish through prayer, ceremony, songs, and dances. Before colonization the Winnemem numbered over [...]
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