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Underreported Struggles #41, August 2010
In this month's Underreported Struggles: Chile Court says it's OK to force feed Mapuche political prisoners; More than 1,000 Indigenous people arrested for mobilizing in Nepal; Women from San Juan Copala announce third peace caravan; Enbridge gets a final notice of trespass from Wet'suweten Hereditary Chiefs. Nicaragua became the 21st Nation State to ratify the [...]
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India rejects controversial mine project on Sacred Mountain
After eight long years of protests and legal battles, India’s Ministry of Environment and Forests has rejected Vedanta Resources' controversial plan to mine for Bauxite on the Dongria Kondh's Sacred Mountain in Orissa, India. Environment minister Jairam Ramesh announced on August 24 that the proposal was being dropped was because the UK-based company and their [...]
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Grassy Narrows Clan Mothers block MNR enforcement team
A group of Clan Mothers and other members of the Grassy Narrows First Nation have returned to the site of their high profile logging blockade to stop the Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) from interfering with road repairs on their traditional territory. The First Nation is attempting to fix a network of back-roads near Ball [...]
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Indian Affairs imposes new Chief and Council on Barriere Lake
Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC) went ahead this week with its draconian drive to impose a new Chief and Council in the Algonquin community of Barriere Lake. According to Barriere Lake Solidarity, the government received somewhere between six and ten nomination mail-in ballots from a community of more than 450 people. In effect, less [...]
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Reclaiming Land and Dignity on Easter Island
For the past two weeks, 500 Indigenous Peoples in Rapa Nui--a place more commonly known as Easter Island--have been occupying more than two dozen buildings over a land dispute that dates back to 1888. In 1888, the remote island, known around the world for its monumental statues, called Moai, was annexed by a naval Officer, [...]
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A New Day for Indigenous Rights in Kenya
As the United States considers its support of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, and Australia moves toward amending its constitution in favour of Indigenous Rights, the people of Kenya took their own step forward this month took, akin to the patient but sturdy march we saw in 2009 with the [...]
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Mapuche on Hunger Strike over Chile’s Militancy
For the past three weeks, more than 20 Mapuche Political Prisoners have been on a hunger strike across southern Chile to demand the immediate release of all Mapuche Political Prisoners, the Abolition of Military Courts and the dissolution of the country's Pinochet-era Anti-Terrorism Law. The hunger strike began on July 12th, 2010, with five Mapuche [...]
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San Juan Copala Under Paramilitary Control Following Police Raid
Two days ago, more than one hundred Oaxaca state troopers raided the autonomous indigenous municipality of San Juan Copala, in Oaxaca, Mexico. The shocking move reveals the extent of the Oaxaca government's complicity in the murders, the illegal blockade and the rampant human rights violations of the Triqui community at the hands of the paramilitary [...]
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Underreported Struggles #40, July 2010
In this month's Underreported Struggles: Botswana's High Court rules against the Kalahari Bushmen; Indigenous Peoples take over Task Force meeting in California; 20,000 Papuans demand their lawful right to self-determination; Barriere Lake Algonquins set up peaceful blockade on their territory The Arara and 10 other Indigenous Peoples detained nearly 100 people in Mato Grosso, Brazil, [...]
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Palawan Biosphere Reserve Shouldn’t Be Open For Business
Nearly two months ago, 600 farmers and Indigenous people came together in Puerto Princesa on Palawan Island to urge the Provincial government not to endorse the proposed mining plans of MacroAsia and Ipilan Nickel Corporation (INC). Thankfully, the government ended up agreeing with the protesters, at least in part, stating that there should be a [...]
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