http://intercontinentalcry.org For the People, the Land and the Truth Sun, 07 Feb 2010 01:02:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 en hourly 1 http://intercontinentalcry.org/nuclear-attack-on-the-yakama-culture/ http://intercontinentalcry.org/nuclear-attack-on-the-yakama-culture/#comments Sun, 07 Feb 2010 01:02:03 +0000 Ahni http://intercontinentalcry.org/?p=6794 “It’s astonishing what man can do to try and kill his fellow man; but, yet, do very little to truly protect and preserve the unique people throughout this world.” Yakama Nation cultural leader Russell Jim talks about the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in south-central Washington and the social, cultural, economic, and political issues that surround it. [...]]]> http://intercontinentalcry.org/nuclear-attack-on-the-yakama-culture/feed/ 2 http://intercontinentalcry.org/guatemalan-mining-re-sister-crisanta-perez-arrested-by-police/ http://intercontinentalcry.org/guatemalan-mining-re-sister-crisanta-perez-arrested-by-police/#comments Thu, 04 Feb 2010 21:57:12 +0000 Ahni http://intercontinentalcry.org/?p=6782 Crisanta Perez, a Maya Mam villager from the community of Agel, in San Miguel Ixtahuacan, Guatemala, was arrested by police for an outstanding arrest warrant that was laid against her in 2008, reports the maritimes-guatemala Breaking the Silence Network (BTS). Crisanta had been in hiding for the past several months, due to several threats [...]]]> http://intercontinentalcry.org/guatemalan-mining-re-sister-crisanta-perez-arrested-by-police/feed/ 0 http://intercontinentalcry.org/indigenous-people-diabetes-and-the-burden-of-pollution/ http://intercontinentalcry.org/indigenous-people-diabetes-and-the-burden-of-pollution/#comments Tue, 02 Feb 2010 19:01:54 +0000 Ahni http://intercontinentalcry.org/?p=6767 Note: this is a revised version of my article, “Bitter Sweet or Toxic?” featured in this month’s issue of the Dominion, February 2010. Bitter Sweet or Toxic? Indigenous people, diabetes and the burden of pollution WINNIPEG—Diabetes is now widely regarded as the 21st century epidemic. With some 284 million people currently diagnosed with the disease, it’s certainly [...]]]> http://intercontinentalcry.org/indigenous-people-diabetes-and-the-burden-of-pollution/feed/ 5 http://intercontinentalcry.org/underreported-struggles-34-january-2010/ http://intercontinentalcry.org/underreported-struggles-34-january-2010/#comments Mon, 01 Feb 2010 17:10:53 +0000 Ahni http://intercontinentalcry.org/?p=6761 In this month’s Underreported Struggles: Philippine community blocks entry of large mining firm; First Nation begins blockade in northern Ontario; Malaysian authorities destroy homes in Iban village; US Dept. rules against native rights; Indigenous People in Algeria March for Autonomy Jan 28th – Burma: Gold mining leads the way to Irrawaddy destruction – Several large companies [...]]]> http://intercontinentalcry.org/underreported-struggles-34-january-2010/feed/ 0 http://intercontinentalcry.org/wade-davis-why-ancient-wisdom-matters-in-the-modern-world/ http://intercontinentalcry.org/wade-davis-why-ancient-wisdom-matters-in-the-modern-world/#comments Sat, 30 Jan 2010 18:54:29 +0000 Ahni http://intercontinentalcry.org/?p=6748 In this talk, delivered at the Cowell Theatre in San Francisco, California, on January 13, 2010, the respected author and Canadian anthropologist Wade Davis takes us on a journey through the ethnosphere—and reminds us of our own cultural imperative as human beings. The Long Now Foundation’s latest monthly Seminar, Davis speaks for approx. 1 [...]]]> http://intercontinentalcry.org/wade-davis-why-ancient-wisdom-matters-in-the-modern-world/feed/ 1 http://intercontinentalcry.org/burma-gold-mining-leads-the-way-to-irrawaddy-destruction/ http://intercontinentalcry.org/burma-gold-mining-leads-the-way-to-irrawaddy-destruction/#comments Thu, 28 Jan 2010 20:35:22 +0000 Ahni http://intercontinentalcry.org/?p=6731 Several large companies are working “day and night” to mine for gold in areas that will soon be flooded by the infamous Irrawaddy Myitsone dam project in Burma’s Kachin State. According to the Kachin News Group (KNG) there are seven companies working in the Irrawaddy “sacrifice zone”, an area the size of Singapore, including [...]]]> http://intercontinentalcry.org/burma-gold-mining-leads-the-way-to-irrawaddy-destruction/feed/ 0 http://intercontinentalcry.org/indonesia-halt-mining-that-threatens-indigenous-peoples/ http://intercontinentalcry.org/indonesia-halt-mining-that-threatens-indigenous-peoples/#comments Mon, 25 Jan 2010 19:04:46 +0000 Ahni http://intercontinentalcry.org/?p=6727 The Manggarai, Leragere and Kedang Indigenous peoples are calling on the government of Indonesia to halt all mining in East Nusa Province and conduct a genuine consultation process with communities affected by any ongoing and proposed mining projects. One of these projects, a gold mine in Lembata, threatens to displace and severely undermine the livelihoods of [...]]]> http://intercontinentalcry.org/indonesia-halt-mining-that-threatens-indigenous-peoples/feed/ 0 http://intercontinentalcry.org/wisdomkeepers-by-harvey-arden/ http://intercontinentalcry.org/wisdomkeepers-by-harvey-arden/#comments Sat, 23 Jan 2010 17:01:06 +0000 Ahni http://intercontinentalcry.org/?p=6723 Harvey Arden speaks and reads at the Institute of Noetic Sciences in Petaluma, Ca Harvey Arden is a former Senior Writer for National Geographic and Author of numerous books, including “Noble Red Man: Lakota Wisdomkeeper Mathew King”, “Travels in a Stone Canoe: The Return to the Wisdomkeepers”, and “Have You Thought of Leonard Peltier Lately?” [...]]]> http://intercontinentalcry.org/wisdomkeepers-by-harvey-arden/feed/ 16 http://intercontinentalcry.org/dept-rules-against-native-rights-says-eagle-rock-isnt-sacred/ http://intercontinentalcry.org/dept-rules-against-native-rights-says-eagle-rock-isnt-sacred/#comments Thu, 21 Jan 2010 16:04:43 +0000 Ahni http://intercontinentalcry.org/?p=6718 The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, has shamelessly and underhandedly given its final approval for Kennecott’s proposed Eagle Mine project, a nickel and copper sulfide mine on the Yellow Dog Plains. In issuing the approval, the MDEQ overstepped the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community’s treaty rights, and dismissed a 2009 ruling by Administrative Law Judge Richard Patterson, [...]]]> http://intercontinentalcry.org/dept-rules-against-native-rights-says-eagle-rock-isnt-sacred/feed/ 3 http://intercontinentalcry.org/philippine-community-blocks-entry-of-large-mining-firm/ http://intercontinentalcry.org/philippine-community-blocks-entry-of-large-mining-firm/#comments Wed, 20 Jan 2010 02:50:09 +0000 Ahni http://intercontinentalcry.org/?p=6708 The community of Anislagan on the island of Mindanao has successfully blocked the Philex mining company from entering their lands. According to a press release from the Legal Rights and Natural Resources Center-Kasama sa Kalikasan (LRC-CdO), nearly the entire community gathered to greet Philex, the largest mining firm in the Philippines, with a makeshift checkpoint [...]]]> http://intercontinentalcry.org/philippine-community-blocks-entry-of-large-mining-firm/feed/ 1