Underreported Struggles
Underreported Struggles is a monthly report of censored and under-reported indigenous news.
Underreported Struggles #57, December 2011
In this month's Underreported Struggles: O'odham Sacred site threatened by gold mine; appeal for Meitei women launched after brutal assault by Manipur police; The Movement for the Survival of...
Underreported Struggles #55, October 2011
In this month's Underreported Struggles: Q'eqchi community destroyed by police, security forces in Guatemala; Tanzania government grants land title deed to the Hadzabe; Burma's president suspends work on the...
Underreported Struggles #54, September 2011
In this month's Underreported Struggles: Ontario First Nation issues eviction notice to Canadian mining company; Displaced Triqui women forced to suspend peaceful sit-in; Kalahari Bushmen gain access to water...
Underreported Struggles #53, August 2011
In this month's Underreported Struggles: The world's largest wine corporation pushes to destroy sacred forest; South Africa's President announces new bill to recognize Indigenous Peoples; Shipibo communities walk away...
Underreported Struggles #52, July 2011
In the month's Underreported Struggles: Colombia's most powerful indigenous organization announces a new "Minga of resistance"; The Algonquins of Barriere Lake celebrate mining company's retreat from their territory; Security...
Underreported Struggles #51, June 2011
In this month's Underreported Struggles: 1000 Indigenous people in Colombia warned that they would be killed if they tried to leave their communities; Aymaras in Peru lift their 45-day...
Underreported Struggles #50, May 2011
In this month's Underreported Struggles: The Triqui people issue an urgent call for solidarity and action; Canadian company admits its wrongdoings to the Subanon people; Quechua community blocks geneticists...
Underreported Struggles #49, April 2011
In this month's Underreported Struggles: Chinese forces arrest 300 Tibetan monks in an ongoing military siege against a monastery; The Mirarr People demand the protection of a massive uranium...
Underreported Struggles #48, March 2011
In this month's Underreported Struggles: Barriere Lake Algonquins discover a Canadian mining company working on their land; Indigenous leaders blast the Bangladesh government for not recognizing the Jumma as...
Underreported Struggles #47, February 2011
In this month's Underreported Struggles: Ngobe Leaders reach an accord with Panama, securing their land from mining and exploration; 4,000 indigenous people block entries to the oil-producing department of...
Underreported Struggles #46, January 2011
In this month's Underreported Struggles: Botswana Court of Appeal reaffirms San water rights; Iban communities set up three blockades in Sarawak; Oil drilling suspended near Lakota Sacred Site. About...
Underreported Struggles #45, December 2010
In this month's Underreported Struggles: Ecuadorian soldiers evict Kichwa community; UN approves two Resolutions from Bolivia; South Dakota OK's oil drilling near Mato Paha; Australian NGO starts emergency campaign...
Underreported Struggles #44, November 2010
In this month's Underreported Struggles:Mapuche prisoners resume their hunger strike; Police in Argentina attack Toba protesters, killing two; Congress of World Hmong People warns of a possible genocide in...
Underreported Struggles #43, October 2010
In this month's Underreported Struggles: 3,000 indigenous people stage a "silent protest" over a proposed Nuclear power project in India; Tibetan villagers confront Chinese workers for endangering sacred Mountain;...
Underreported Struggles #42, September 2010
In this month's Underreported Struggles: 20 thousand peasants mobilize for agrarian reform in Indonesia; Indigenous Peoples from Brazil, Peru and Bolivia declare a "state of emergency"; Uranium mines in...
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...
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...
Underreported Struggles #39, June 2010
In this month's Underreported Struggles: Papua New Guinea strips indigenous people of land rights; Mohawk Council rejects proposed mining project on their territory; Paramilitary group blocks a second aid...
Underreported Struggles #38, May 2010
In this month's Underreported Struggles: Eagle Rock Defenders camp 'crushed' by Police; Indigenous People call on FARC, army to leave their territory; Mexico Supreme Court Issues Landmark ruling on...
Underreported Struggles #37, April 2010
In this month's Underreported Struggles: Paramilitaries attack peaceful caravan in Oaxaca; Kayan People win 12-year battle against oil palm; Indigenous People issue warning of bloodshed in Brazil; Indian Police...
Underreported Struggles #36, March 2010
In this month's Underreported Struggles: Alaska Natives win battle against world's largest zinc mine; Mayan communities order halt to mining projects on their land; Indigenous Peoples of Guyana demand...
Underreported Struggles #35, February 2010
In this month's Underreported Struggles: Indigenous People in Ecuador Call for a "Permanent Mobilzation"; 5,000 Dongria Kondh protest against Vedanta Resources; Bangladesh army opens fire on Indigenous Jumma; Okanagan...
Underreported Struggles #34, January 2010
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....
2009: Indigenous struggles, tragedies and triumphs
During the 2009 calendar year, we have been witness to some of the most courageous, provocative and gut-wrenching struggles in recent memory: some of them triumphs so great that...
Underreported Struggles #32, November 2009
In this month's Underreported Struggles: Chile’s Supreme Court Upholds Indigenous Water Rights; Tzotzil overtake UN office in Chiapas, Mexico; Police in Panama destroy Naso village, Mindoro Hunger strike temporarily...
Underreported Struggles #31, October 2009
In this month's Underreported Struggles: Mexican Superior Court Orders Immediate Halt to Gold mine; Amazon mega-dams stoke new wave of Indian protests; Officer arrested over alleged killing of Awa...
Underreported Struggles #30, September 2009
In this month's Underreported Struggles: Canadian mining company bows out of Chiapas; Malaysian police tear down Penan blockades; Ecuador’s Indigenous movement Mobilizes for the Water; Landowners threaten to shut...
Underreported Struggles #29, August 2009
In this month's underreported struggles: Mapuche communities mobilize to reclaim land; Tens of Thousands Join Protests for Democracy in the Forests; Tobique First Nation blockade enters third month; 20,000...
Underreported Struggles #28, July 2009
In this month's Underreported Struggles: the Penan mount blockades against rainforest destruction; Brazil judge orders illegal settlers off Awa lands; Ampilatwatja elders threaten to abandon community; Tanzania Government bans...
Underreported Struggles #27, June 2009
In this Month’s Underreported Struggles:Nak’azdli First Nation goes to court, evicts company; Maya Protesters burn equipment at gold mine; Peru govenrment revokes laws after two months of protest; Australian...
Underreported Struggles #26, May 2009
In this Month’s Underreported Struggles: 7,000 delegates gather in Peru for the IV Continental Indigenous Summit of Abya Yala; Hundreds of Tibetan villagers face off against armed police ;...
Underreported Struggles #25, April 2009
In this month's Underreported Struggles: Peruvian Indigenous Peoples Mobilize Across the Amazon; Barrick and Argentine Officials Assault Women at Roadblock; Attawapiskat First Nation prepares to evacuate 700 children; Mayans...
Underreported Struggles #24, March 2009
In this month's Underreported Struggles: Alarming levels of arsenic found near Goldcorp mine; 25,000 Indigenous people March in Oaxaca; Brazil court affirms Raposa Serra do Sol, orders withdrawal of...
Underreported Struggles #23, February 2009
In this month's Underreported Struggles: Indigenous leaders in Colombia issue FARC an "ultimatum"; Mindanao indigenous groups hold blockade for second week; 43 Lepchas arrested after dam site agitation; Yanomami...
Underreported Struggles #22, January 2009
In the month’s Underreported Struggles: Researchers discover Pharmaceutical dumping ground in India; 300,000 indigenous Kenyans threatened by new dam; Cusco Government Slams the Door on Biopirates; Embera warns company...
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...
Underreported Struggles #20, November 2008
In the month's Underreported Struggles: Talisman decides to ignore warning from the Achuar to "get out now"; A spontaneous tribal uprising forms in West Bengal; Vedanta Resources gets chased...
Underreported Struggles #19, October 2008
In this month's Underreported Struggles: 400,000 Guatemalans Reject Development Model, Philippines Indigenous People Unite for the Land, Riot Police Target Algonquin Blockade, Chagos Islanders Denied the Right of Return,...
Underreported Struggles #18, September 2008
In this month's Underreported Struggles: a First Nation "Days of action" campaign begins in Canada; the UN Admits its Climate Change Program Threatens Indigenous Peoples; Sarawak's government announces policy...
Underreported Struggles #17, August 2008
In this month's Underreported Struggles: Indigenous peoples in Mindanao call for autonomy, 65 Communities Declare Victory in Peru, Chavez Government steps in to Support the Yukpa, the Comanche fights...
Underreported Struggles #16, July 2008
Indigenous peoples and farmers faced multiple attacks in Guatemala last month; while in Brazil, the government began preparing to station military forces on indigenous lands circling the border. In...
Underreported Struggles #15, June 2008
A Canadian court paves the way to reclassify 16 lakes as mine waste dumps; The US Supreme court issues at least three rulings against indigenous rights; Police in Australia...
Underreported Struggles #14, May 2008
A land reclamation in Colombia, an historic gathering Brazil, and two massive lawsuits filed by Indigenous Nations in Canada highlight this month's roundup of Underreported Struggles. The Permanent People’s...
Underreported Struggles #13, April 2008
The short-lived trend of corporate social responsibility came to a grinding halt in April, reminding us yet again that they have no intention of changing voluntarily, atleast, not as...
Underreported Struggles #12, March 2008
In February we saw 'civil society' start to demand corporations abandon oppressive and destructive practices. Well, that trend continued through March; unfortunately, it seems to have been more chest...
Underreported Struggles #11, February 2008
It was pretty much 'business as usual' for the month of February. Corporations continued acting as innocent third parties while Governments continued to demand indigenous People allow the theft...
Underreported Struggles #10, January 2008
Things are getting worse for the world's indigenous people. It's no longer a matter of a few companies doing whatever they want to gut a region at the direct...
Underreported Struggles #9, December 2007
In keeping with the patterns relayed in previous months, December was a time filled with both wanted and unwelcomed events. On the positive side, government officials in India acknowledged...
Underreported Struggles #8, November 2007
Under the cloak of justice and benevolence, ethnic violence heavily increased around the world last month, providing the backdrop for several emerging conflicts and the advancement of dozens more...
Underreported Struggles #7, October 2007
October has in many respects been a month of empowerment for indigenous people and all who struggle for a better life; that is, despite the several tragic and heart-wrenching...
Underreported Struggles #6, September 2007
The struggles and events in September were no exception to those relayed in previous months, but after a long and enduring summer of action throughout the world, the political...
Underreported Struggles #5, August 2007
With Indigenous Peoples Day swiftly passing by, Indigenous People throughout the world continue to be subjected to a seemingly endless barrage of offenses by militias, governments, and corporations alike....
Underreported Struggles #4, July 2007
July seems to have been a heavy-handed month. Several governments brutally attacked protesters. Some corporations, perhaps for the first time finding a purpose for courts---began efforts to criminalize and...
Underreported Struggles #3, June 2007
With ongoing protests and blockades in Canada, Women and Children in Australia running to escape the invasion of Police and Military, and the Summit of the Peoples of the...
Underreported Struggles #2, May 2007
May 27 - Taino Nation: Amerindian groups call on Barama to cease Akawini logging -A release from the two groups said yesterday that Barama began logging in Akawini in...
Underreported Struggles #1, March 2007
Under-reported Struggles and our need to be aware of them: In my day to day research I come across many situations that get almost zero overage by alternative and...
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