Tag: Easter Island
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Easter Island statues: international law is shifting against British Museum
Standing tall at the entrance of the British Museum is the statue known as Hoa Hakananai’a. To the Rapa Nui, the indigenous people of Easter Island, it means stolen or hidden friend. He is one of the iconic Moai head carvings that made the south Pacific island famous. The Rapa Nui see the Moia not…
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Ancestral Lands Returned to the Rapa Nui After 129 Years of Chilean Control
History was made last month when the ancestral lands of Easter Island were returned to the native people of this remote South Pacific island. Up until the end of the 19th century, the inhabitants of Rapa Nui (also known as Easter Island) used to live all over the island, where one can find the mighty…
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Rapa Nui leaders seek protection from Chile armed forces
[signoff none] [youtube url=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcMzu8FB5uQ” autohide=”1″ rel=”0″ showsearch=”0″ showinfo=”0″] In this video, Santi Hitorangi discusses the urgent need for Precautionary Measures. [/signoff] WASHINGTON, D.C. — Renewed tension between the Rapa Nui people and the Chilean government has prompted the Indian Law Resource Center to file a request for protection orders on behalf of the Rapa Nui…
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Call for immediate release of Rapa Nui leaders
Contact: Ginny Underwood gunderwood@indianlaw.org +1-405-229-7210 WASHINGTON, D.C. — Chilean police have arrested and jailed three prominent Rapa Nui leaders following protests Aug. 26, 2015, against an illegal search of the Rapa Nui Parliament offices. Eliza Riroroko was arrested on Easter Island and faces a 120 day hold in Chilean custody. Eliza’s father, Matias Riroroko, was…
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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 100 indigenous people staged a protest in front of Taiwan’s Presidential Office to demand an apology, a treaty and the return of ancestral lands. Elders at…