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• Reclaiming Land and Dignity on Easter Island

  

  August 14, 2010  463 views 5 comments Share

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  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, [...]

  Filed Under ALERT • Chile • Easter Island • protests • Rapa Nui • secession

• Sickening call to indoctrinate Jarawa children

  

  July 5, 2010  485 views 3 comments Share

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  An Indian Member of Parliament (MP) has called for the forced removal of all children from the Indigenous Jarawa People on Andaman Island, off the coast of India, so that they can be indoctrinated into living and behaving like Indian citizens. "Indigenous people around the world have reacted furiously to the move, which echoes the [...]

  Filed Under ALERT • India • Indigenous Peoples • Jarawa • petition • youth

• Barriere Lake Algonquins have the right to govern themselves

  

  June 20, 2010  378 views 4 comments Share

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  The Canadian government is getting ready to dispose of the Barriere Lake Algonquin's traditional governance system, using a rarely invoked piece of the Indian Act known as Section 74. As if jumping back to 1876, the Canadian government has invoked Section 74 of the Indian Act, a draconian measure that grants the minister of Indian [...]

  Filed Under ALERT • Algonquins • Barriere Lake • Canada • forestry • Indigenous Peoples

• Papua New Guinea: Indigenous People stripped of land rights

  

  June 2, 2010  908 views 11 comments Share

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  Indigenous Landowners have been stripped of their Constitutionally-protected land rights by the government of Papua New Guinea (PNG). Without any warning or consultation, on 27 May 2010, the government of PNG introduced emergency legislation that dissolves the Constitutional rights of all landowners in PNG, including the right of Indigenous People to own land, challenge resource [...]

  Filed Under ALERT • Indigenous Peoples • mining • Papua • petition

• Thousands of Tibetans mobilize to defend Sacred Mountains

  

  May 18, 2010  406 views 2 comments Share

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  A massive police crackdown may be imminent in the Tibetan Autonomous Region (TAR), where thousands of Tibetan villagers have mobilized to defend their sacred mountains from exploitation. According to reports from Radio Free Asia (RFA), the villagers are attempting to halt three separate gold mines in Tsongshen, Choeten, and Deshoe in Markham county, TAR. As [...]

  Filed Under ALERT • China • gold • Indigenous Peoples • mining • petition • Sacred Sites • Tibet

• Urgent: Join tribes at Sacred Eagle Rock in Michigan to prevent Acid Mine

  

  May 1, 2010  628 views 33 comments Share

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  Indigenous People and non-native supporters have set up a protest camp at the base of Sacred Eagle Rock in northern Michigan. The multi-tribe encampment, it is feared, "could be raided by mine guards and police at any moment". If you are in the area or willing to travel, you are encouraged to visit the site [...]

  Filed Under ALERT • America • Indigenous Peoples • mining • Sacred Sites • video

• Indigenous People issue warning of bloodshed over Amazon dam approval

  

  April 22, 2010  479 views 3 comments Share

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  Indigenous leaders have issued a warning that "bloodshed" is imminent now that Brazil has granted rights to build the controversial Belo Monte hydroelectric dam in the Amazon. The Auction was rushed through on Tueday, April 22, following a set of court injunctions that blocked and then unblocked the auction process. About 500 Indigenous people, environmentalists [...]

  Filed Under ALERT • Brazil • Energy • environment • Indigenous Peoples • Kayapo • petition • protests • rivers • water