1 12 40 http://saiic.nativeweb.org/ayn/files/original/108101827fb1324244e822d14e2facd9.pdf 75a7fe705b50cf121e7531c803ec1c6c PDF Text Text AMAZON Amazon Indigenous Coordinating Body Elects New Officers The Coordinating Body for the Indigenous Peoples" Organl?.atlons of the Amazon Basin (COICA) held Its annual meeting 1n November. 1992 In Manaus. and elected Valei10 Grefa ofCONFENIAEtn Ecuador as Its new General Coordinator. The delegates also approved a new. more hor!.zontal structure. abollshtng the posltlonofPresldent.Inits place. they created a Board of DireCtors to preside over the General ASsembly. a Coordinating Committee compriSed of the leaders of each of the ntne national afllllates or their delegates. and an Executive Committee compriSed of four thematic coordinators. Antonio Jacanamljoy (ONlC. Colombia) w1ll be the coordinator for Territorial Defense. Jose Luis GonzAles (CONlVE. Venezuela) w1ll be the coordinator for Environment and Natural Resources. Evartsto Nugkuag (AIDESEP. Peru) w1ll be the coordinator for Economy and Development. Orlando Melguetro da SUva (COIAB. Brazil) w1ll be the coordinator for Human. Political and Social Rights. COICA also expanded Its membership to Include the national Amazonian federations from Venezuela (CONlVE). Surinam (O!S). Guyana (OIG). and French Guyana (FOAG). COlAB was selected the representative from Brazil. COICA"s headquarters w111 move from Lima to QuJto. A working meeting between COJCA"s Coordinators and U.S. environmental and h uman rights oxgaruzatlons w1ll be held tn Washington DC on May 11-12. COICA has also moved Its offices from uma. Peru to Quito. Ecuador and can be now contacted at: Colle Alemonio No. 832 y Av. Mariano de Jesus Casillo Postal 17-21-753 1 Quito, Ecuador Telephone and Fox: 553-297 Vol7 Num 1 & 2 Si6 Kaxinawd and Paulo Cipass~ Xauante from Brazil visit New York Amazon Initiative: A working conference to protect Indigenous rights The Amazon Initiative conferencew111 beheld on May 11 and 12. 1993tnWashlngton. DCwtth the purpose offormtng a permanent coalltlon of NGOs wtth Interests In the Ama7..on Basin. The conference w1ll brtng together northern NGOs and Indigenous representatives from the Amazon to develop concrete strategies for protecting the nghts of Indigenous peoples and safeguarding their environment. The conference w1ll also focus on the logtstlcs of creattng a permanent coalition based In Washington. DC. Co-<:oerdinators and participants Include: Cultural Survival. Environmental Defense Fund. Friends of the Earth. Global Exchange. OxfamAmertca. Rainforest Action Network. Rainforest Foundation International. Sierra Club . SAIIC. World Resources Institute and World Wildlife Fund. For more Information contact SAn C. 15 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Vol. 7, nos. 1 &amp; 2, (Winter/Spring 1993) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Amazon Initiative: A working conference to protect Indigenous rights Type The nature or genre of the resource Journal Article Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Spring/Winter 1993 Language A language of the resource English English Zotero Title Amazon Initiative: A working conference to protect Indigenous rights Item Type Journal Article Volume 7 Issue 1,2 Pages 15 Publication Title Abya Yala News: Journal of the South and Meso American Indian Rights Center (SAIIC) ISSN 1071-3182 Date Spring/Winter 1993 Language English Abstract Note A conference scheduled for May 11-12, 1993 in Washington, D.C. will unite a coalition of NGOs interested in the Amazon Basin, with the goal in mind to protect the Amazonian Indigenous peoples and their environment. Attachment Title Amazon Initiative-A working conference to protect Indigneous rights.pdf Attachment URL [No URL] http://saiic.nativeweb.org/ayn/files/original/95df3b2d0607aacbd4b87da332b3d008.pdf 11f120b77635546275e0b2033178b0be PDF Text Text GUATEMALA s URGENT ACTION Mayan Leaders Receive Death Threats Council of Mayan Organizations calls for a Halt to the Violence OnMAY7.1993SAIICrecelvedafax from the CouncU of Mayan Organf7-atlons (COM-C). a coalition of 13 Mayan organf7-aUons. regarding death threats sent to leaders oftheCooperact6nlndigenaparaeiDesarrollo Integral (COINDI) In SoloJA. SinCe AprU 28th 1993. many leaders have been the target of anonymous and unrelenting death threats. Among them VIctor Sal6, Carlo Zunatx and catmtum Ctcajan have been singled out and targeted. Their llves are under direct threat and quJckacuoniSneeded to abate the tmmecllate danger. COM-C and COINDI officials are appeallng to the International community and human rtghts organtzatlons to take a stand against death threats and the cllmate of lnse· curtty that prevaUs In Guatemala. COM-CIS looking to bu!ld alltances to halt the violence, terror and the tdeologtcal polariZation that retgns througllout the counhy. COINDI officials are requesting that concerned CJttzens and human rtgllts activISts and organiZations make the followtng demands of the Guatemalan government: • thatrespectforbastchurnanrtgliiS. physical Integrity and Itfe be upheld. • that the Guatemalan government Investigate the origin of the threats against the members of COINDI and report the find. 32 tngs to the Guatemalan people. • that the Guatemalan government act to assure baste human rtgllts to all cttl· ?.ens by fighting against ur~ust tmpuntty and senseless violence. Please send letters to: lngeniero Jorge Serrano Elias President de Ia Republica Palacio Nacional Guatemala, Guatemala Telex: 305·5331 CAPRES GU Fax: (502) (2) 537472 or (502) (2) 519702 Phone: (502) (2) 21212 or (502) (2) 22266 Grol. Jose Garcia Samayoa Ministro de Defensa Palacio Nacional Guatemala, Guatemala Telex: 305·5361 COMGUA GU Fax: (502) (2) 5367 472 Phone: (502) (2) 21212, ext.743 Please send copies of letters to SAIIC and: COM-G 2a Colle 3·40 Zona 3 Chimaltenango, Guatemala C.A. Phone & Fax: (502) (9) 39·2709 Abya Yala News � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Vol. 7, nos. 1 &amp; 2, (Winter/Spring 1993) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Urgent Action: Mayan Leaders Receive Death Threats, Council of Mayan Organizations Calls for a Halt to the Violence Type The nature or genre of the resource Journal Article Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Spring/Winter 1993 Language A language of the resource English English Zotero Title Urgent Action: Mayan Leaders Receive Death Threats, Council of Mayan Organizations Calls for a Halt to the Violence Item Type Journal Article Volume 7 Issue 1,2 Pages 32 Publication Title Abya Yala News: Journal of the South and Meso American Indian Rights Center (SAIIC) ISSN 1071-3182 Date Spring/Winter 1993 Language English Abstract Note Many leaders on the Council of Mayan Organizations have received death threats. The Council is requesting concerned citizens and groups to encourage the Guatemalan government to investigate the threats and to put a stop to them. Attachment Title Urgent Action-Mayan Leaders Receive Death Threats.pdf Attachment URL [No URL] COINDI COM-G Maya http://saiic.nativeweb.org/ayn/files/original/eed2889216fb087423e2fc6030059d80.pdf 36a1c09b6d3d8ae17c93dc03012ae476 PDF Text Text NEVADA United States Invasion of Shoshone Land "By taking away our livestock and our lands you are taking away our Jives." -Clifford Dann For more informo6on ond updates, please contact: Western Shoshone Defense Project General Delivery Crescent Valley, Nevada 89821 Tel: {702) 386·9834 Fax: (702) 386·9335 36 Forllvedays, November 19-24,1992. the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLMJ Invaded Western Shoshone territory In Ne· vada. stating Its Intention to round up ·unau• thortzed horses· found graztng on ·public lands-. Two hundred and forty-siX horses were rounded up. of which 40 were tended by Mary and Carrie Dann and 229 were wUd. On the first day of the round up Shoshone elder Cllfford Dann. father of the two sisters. was Injured while trying to block the confiscation of the horses. 1n desperation. he dowsed himself with gasoline declaring. "by taking away our livestock and our lands you are taking away our lives.- He was s ubsequenUycharged with assault on federal officers. Through this action the BLM not only stole the horses from land which belongs to the Western Shoshone. as recognt7.ed by the Treaty of Ruby Valley, but the government also VIolated Its own Federal WUd Horse and Burro Act which regulates removal of wUd horses. Durtng hJS trial. Cllfford's only wit· ness was an expert In ethnological Jurisprudence who testlfled that existing law precluded the U.S. Court's Jurisdiction In Westem Shoshone territory. This was the defense strategy. because Cllfford preferred to be conVIcted rather than ·get off' on a technicality. On March 3. 1993 Cllfford Dann was conVIcted and Imprisoned. The Western Shoshone Defense Proj ect Is organiZing a demonstration to coincide with Cllfford's sentencing hearing In Reno on May 17, 1993. Thecrttlcalj uriSdlc· tiona! Issues w111 serve as the basts for an appeal. Since 1773, theTreatyofRubyValley confirms the Shoshone Indians' "juriSdiction.· whUe arguably surrendering legal -titleto the land over which that Jurtsdlctlon still extsts.ln 1863 the Western Shoshone Nation signed a treaty of Peace and Friendship with the United States that granted rtghts of passage to U.S. ctt.lzens without glvtng up the land. Since Its ratlfleatlon In 1869, this docu· ment delineates the boundaries of Western Shoshone territory. However. the presiding judge In the Dann case has decided not to acknowledge that "title" and "Jurisdiction· are dliTerent legal concepts. Even though so far the U.S. govemmenthasfalled to produce any eVIdence of documents gtvtng the U.S. title to the land. The Jurtsdlctlonal and "title- tssues are convoluted with a claim of U.S. purchase ofland from the Shoshone In 1872. This claim was made by a Bureau oflndlan AffairS (BIA) puppet ·representing the Interests" of the Shoshone and who also benefited financially from the agreement. Even If the Shoshone wanted to give up their land. the only date It could be said they gave up title to thetr land was In 1979, when the Indian Claims Com· misSion granted the award to the BIA htred attorney "representing" the Shoshone. Even according to this agreement. the Shoshone should be paid approximately $40 bUllon and not the $21 mUllon. the 1872 prtce ofthe land. which Is what the U.S. wants to pay. However. the land has not been sold and Is not now for sale. When the Shoshone found that they had been deceived. they refused to accept the money. Abya Yala News � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Title A name given to the resource Nevada: United States Invasion of Shoshone Land Type The nature or genre of the resource Journal Article Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Spring/Winter 1993 Language A language of the resource English English Zotero Title Nevada: United States Invasion of Shoshone Land Item Type Journal Article Volume 7 Issue 1,2 Pages 36 Publication Title Abya Yala News: Journal of the South and Meso American Indian Rights Center (SAIIC) ISSN 1701-3182 Date Spring/Winter 1993 Language English Abstract Note The U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) invaded Western Shoshone territory and began to round up horses, declaring that the Western Shoshone territory was public land. The land, however, belongs to the Shoshone according to a 1773 treaty. Attachment Title United States Invasion of Shoshone Land.pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Nevada Shoshone U.S. Bureau of Land Management http://saiic.nativeweb.org/ayn/files/original/769d4f6b5e9b1c0481ada5c9e7df7b95.pdf 2444161ae7b36e293c9625328d16f8dc PDF Text Text GUATEMALA The Land is Our Life Statement by a Returnee My name 1S Pedro Coq Chen. I was In the Mayatecimcamp In the state ofCampeehe. I Uved there for nine years. Wellved In Chlapas near the Echeverria border for a year and a half before that. From there we went to Campeche In 1984. Now we are conung back from Campeehe. Wehopethatourretumgoesweu. We have dectded to get to know our land again, because the land 1S our Ufe, the llfe of all campeslnos. Acampeslno cannot live Without land. That 1S why we refugees and our leaders have been making plans since 1985 to return to plots of land which we left behind. Now we want to go back there and get to know our country again. We separated ourselves from our country, but not because we wanted to. The government has said we went to Mexico because we are arrogant or beca use we do not want to work. ThiS 1S not true. We suffered. We suffered exploltaUon, VIolence. massacres. Those who were suffering left. We "The left to seek refuge. Many of those who could government has not leave dJed -men. women. chlldren and old said we went to people. They were far away In other departments such as Coban and Alta Verapaz. Mexico because People do not know what the army we are arrogant has been doing. ChUdren were murdered. We or because we suffered a lot. 1n Mexico we met up wtth brothers and siSters who had also suffered; do not want to who had been treated badly by the army. We work. This is had to leave to escape the massacres. 1n Mexico we reall7-ed that we are the not true. We same people even If we are from dJfferent suffered.n ethnic groups. I hope that which happened to 30 us does not happen again. For usn started In 1980. That 1S when we started leaVIng. Those who were able to leave are going backnow.WhenwccametoMex!cowcbrought young chlldren. When I came I brought two chUdren. one girl and one boy. Now they are big. I hope It does not happen to us again. We suffered a lot. There was much sorrow. Despite the fact that the government 1S allowtng us to return, I have very strong feelings. It 1S not our fault that we work 1n the country side. We live In the Reina area so they thought we were Involved In certain problems. certain organl?.a.Uons. But we were working peacefully In our cooperaUves. I would go to the capital, Guatemala City. to settle accounts wtth the Colonel. the coordinator oflNACOP (NaUona!Agrtcultural InStitute for CooperaUves). I would go see hJm once a month. But I always had dJIDculty to get back to my land. The problems began In 1981. 8y 1982 It had become very bad and we had to leave. The government pursued us night and day 1n thejungle. They pressured us a lot. They let us suffer hunger and faugue. Those of us who were able to leave were only able to save our bodJes. Our bodJes and our chlldren were the only things we saved. The belongings we had were lost. We lost them because we were no longer able to carrythemdayandnlght. Wesull'eredaloton the days when It rained. ThiS 1S what I experienced and there Js nothing else I can say. Source: Peace Brigades International Abya Yala Hews � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Vol. 7, nos. 1 &amp; 2, (Winter/Spring 1993) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Guatemala: The Land is Our Life: Statement by a Returnee Type The nature or genre of the resource Journal Article Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Spring/Winter 1993 Language A language of the resource English English Zotero Title Guatemala: The Land is Our Life: Statement by a Returnee Item Type Journal Article Volume 7 Issue 1,2 Pages 30 Publication Title Abya Yala News: Journal of the South and Meso American Indian Rights Center (SAIIC) ISSN 1071-3182 Date Spring/Winter 1993 Language English Abstract Note Pedro Coq Chen is a Guatemalan refugee in Mexico who is returning back to his homeland. Attachment Title The Land is Our Life.pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Guatemala Guatemalan refugees http://saiic.nativeweb.org/ayn/files/original/57ef4725d15f1cd092a532aad34d0f94.pdf 43760f89dffb9f1e9650a0b057137370 PDF Text Text MESO AMERICA 117 Year Old Nahuat Dies in El Salvador Anastacio Esquino, Center, surrounded by his family in a piciU!c taken last year. He died in April at age 117 in his home village of San Ram6n, Department of Son.sonau:. AnaslaCio Esquino was a Nahuat who survived lhe 1935 massacre in which lhe Salvadornn army killed 30,000 lndjans following a rebellion againstlhe large land owners. At 117 he was one of lhe oldest men in lhe world. His wife died in 1991 atlhe age ofl09. His son Adrjan Esquino, left foreground, is head of lhe National Indigenous Association of El Salvador (ANIS). Condolences and messages of solidarity can be sent to: AN IS Antigua Aduana Ferria 5·1 Sonsonate, El Salvador Second Encounter of Indigenous Press ThesecondEncounterofthelnternatJonal Committee of the Indigenous Press took place 1n Mexico City from Aprtl 25-27. The purpose of the meeting was to continue the process of decolon.lzatlon ofthe media and to launch the First Continental OJDce of the Indigenous Press. The International Committee IS made up of the following publications: Nabguana. the Kuna Un.ldos por Nabguana newsletter (Panatna);Abya YalaNews, theSAIICjoumal (USA): Etnlas (Mexico): Communlcattons Autoc/Uones (Canada). and as an observer Unldad Indigena. the ONlC newspaper (Colombia). The International Indian PressAgency (AlPIN) also partlctpated tn the encounter. Vol 7 Num 1 & 2 AlPIN IS thetl.rst continental attempt to present an accurate Image of Indigenous people and to professionally report on Indigenous ISsues from an Indigenous perspective. AlPIN IS now Inviting open participation of Indigenous people who have been practicing journalism In various media: radlo, video, newspaper. electronic man. For further Information please contact: AlPIN Calle Madero 67·611 Colonia Centra Mexico Mexico, OF 06000 Mexico Tel: 576-50-99 Fax: 761-85-73 33 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Vol. 7, nos. 1 &amp; 2, (Winter/Spring 1993) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Meso America: Second Encounter of Indigenous Press Type The nature or genre of the resource Journal Article Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Spring/Winter 1993 Language A language of the resource English English Zotero Title Meso America: Second Encounter of Indigenous Press Item Type Journal Article Volume 7 Issue 1,2 Pages 33 Publication Title Abya Yala News: Journal of the South and Meso American Indian Rights Center (SAIIC) ISSN 1071-3182 Date Spring/Winter 1993 Language English Abstract Note The purpose of the Second Encounter of the International Committee of the Indigenous Press was to continue the process of decolonization of the media and to launch the First Continental Office of the Indigenous Press. Attachment Title Second Encounter of Indigenous Press.pdf Attachment URL [No URL] AIPIN Indigenous Press http://saiic.nativeweb.org/ayn/files/original/dec9dd6deb0c8acec392c4955798fe4f.pdf 7eba458e0e636ab94421b36cdf35e3fb PDF Text Text COLOMBIA Plan Pacifico Threatens to Untouched Rainforest Embera, Waunana and Awa Peoples Defend El Choco Along Colombia's Pacific coast Ues one of the most biologically diverse tropical rainforest regtons left on Earth. Known as El Choco. th.IS verdant terratn has, untll recently. managed to escape thenefartousclaws of development with 83% of the forest stlll Intact. But now the Embera. Waunana and Awa peoples who have llved In harmony with the envtronment for mJllennta are facing a massive government development program for El Choco known as the Plan Pacifico. Mangrove forests Une the coast while tropical rainforests pervade l.nland. Above the treeline, the diStinct alpine shrub land known as the Paramo adds to the array of complex ecosystems. A massive river network connects the rainforests to the Pacific ocean. El Choco contains more inSect species and two and a half Ume more b ird species than all of North America. One hectare contains more tree s pecies than the whole of the BritiSh Isles .. In the last ten years this haven of biodiversity and Ufe. has been "diScovered·. El Choco IS now regarded by multinational corporations and governments as a •gold mln.e" for Its abundance of tropical hardwoods. potentlal for oU, gold. and other mlnerals, and hydroelectric dam potentlal. Plan Pacifico would Include a network of roads. hydroelectric facUlties, new ports and a land-bridge linkingPacific and Caribbean coastwith hopes of competing with the Panama Canal. A naval port has already been completed and h as militariZed the zone and diSplaced traditional llshing communltles In Malaga Bay. Approximately 110.000 Indigenous people Uve In El Choco from eleven different tribal groups. The domln.ant nations are the Embera. Waunana and Awa. They have been driven from their traditional lands and Uve In Vol7 Hum 1 & 2 ISolated groups throughout the region. As a result ofa long struggle, the Indigenous people have won legal title to 64 ·resguardos· which cover approximately five percent of El Choco. In an attempt to salvage their "home· and wayofllfe the Indigenous people. through the Ebera-Wauana Regional OrganiZation (OREWA), have united on vartous occasions with Afro-Colombtans, who make up the majority 1n the region. to block illegal activities such as logging by multinationals. In 1992 they successfully blockaded construe· tlon of the Pan American Highway and forced the government to negouate with OREWAand pay for an OREWA designed environmental Impact assessment of the road. The Canadian International Devel· opment Agency (CIDA) which has assiSted people In the Choco region since 1975 has now withdrawn funding for the Cultural Survival Canada (CUSOl-OREWA partnership program. a vtable and successful series of projects that h ave significantly empowered the people In of the Choco. 27 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Vol. 7, nos. 1 &amp; 2, (Winter/Spring 1993) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Colombia: Plan Pacífico Threatens to Destroy Untouched Rainforest: Embera, Waunana and Awa Peoples Defend El Choco Type The nature or genre of the resource Journal Article Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Spring/Winter 1993 Language A language of the resource English English Zotero Title Colombia: Plan Pacífico Threatens to Destroy Untouched Rainforest: Embera, Waunana and Awa Peoples Defend El Choco Item Type Journal Article Volume 7 Issue 1,2 Pages 27 Publication Title Abya Yala News: Journal of the South and Meso American Indian Rights Center (SAIIC) ISSN 1071-3182 Date Spring/Winter 1993 Language English Abstract Note The Colombian state is planning to build roads, hydroelectric facilites, ports, and a land bridge to compete with the Panama Canal in the largely untouched rainforest of El Choco. The plan would displace 110,000 indigenous people and the Embera, Waunana, and Awa nations are attempting to these efforts and save El Choco. Attachment Title Plan Pacífico Threatens to Destroy Untouched Rainforest.pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Awa El Choco Embera Waunana http://saiic.nativeweb.org/ayn/files/original/e8fac1131d230b79ae878c1f1f726864.pdf 607d0a53eb35b630bfef466ff18b2f9f PDF Text Text HAWA I' I Natives Hawaiians Mark Centenary of US Takeover OnJanuaxy 17.199312.000NaUveHawauansandsupporters marched from the Aloha Tower to 'lolanl Palace In Honolulu to commemorate the 100-year anniversary of the overthrow or Queen L!U'uokalanJ. It was the largest publlc polllleal demonstration seen on the ISlands 1n recent hiStory. and It marks a quaUtaUve shift In the conscious ness of the NaUve ISlanders. Queen UU'uokalanJ. the last queen of the Kanaka Maoll nauon. was overthrown by the United States Martnes onJanu~ 17. 1893. She had attempted to protect the sovereignty of Hawai i by changing the consUtuUon and cabinet. But that didn't sll well with a group of mosUy wealthyAmeriCan merchants and sugar planters wh o belonged to the Annexation Club. These haoles. or whites - men with names like CasUe. as In CasUe and Cooke. and Dole. as 1n Dole Pineapple -wanted to be part ofthe United States to avoid high Import tartll's. So with the help of 162 u.s. Marines, the haoles overthrew the queen. tried her for treason and stripped her oCher royal lands (see Queen's statement. box thiS page). Queen's Protest I. L!U'uokalanl. Queen by the grace of Cod and under the constitution of the Hawallan kingdom. do hereby solemnly protest against any and all acts done against myself and the consUtuUonal government or the Hawaiian ktngdom by certain persons claJmlng to have established a ProviSional Government of and for thiS kingdom. That I yield to the superior force of the United States of America. whose MiniSter Plenipotentt:uy. HIS Excellency John L. Stevens. has caused United States troops to be landed at Honolulu. and declared that he would support the said ProviSional government. Now. to avoid any colliSion of armed forces. and perhaps the lossofllfe. I do. under thts protest and Impelled by saJd forces. yield my authority untU such time as the Government of the United States shall. upon the facts being presented to u. undo the acuon of Its representative. and reinState me In the authority which I claim as the consUtutlonal sovereJgn ofthe Hawaiian Islands. Done at Honolulu thiS seventeenth day of January. 1893. Fonner U.S. President Grover Cleveland wrote In 1893. upon hearing ofHawal'l's annexation to the United States: "Hawat'IIS ours. As !look back upon the Orst steps In thiS miSerable business and as 1contemplate the means used to complete the outrage. I am ashamed of the whole atraJ.r. • Natlve HawaiianS make up only about 20 percent oC the populationoltheiSlandstodsy. Thetrlandtscoveredwtthgo!Ccourscs and sugar plantations. overrun by tourtsts and bombarded by the u.s. mll!tary. Recently the movement for Hawaiian sovereJgnty has been growing and most naUve HawaiianS now support some kind of sovereJgnty. One organl7.ation. the Pro-Hawaiian Sovereignty WorkFor more informolion contact: Ing Croup. IS putting the U.S. government on t:r1al. Pro-Howoiion Sovereignly Wotlcing Group They wrtte: "Our prtm:uy charge againSt the United States 3333 Ko' ohinoni Drive, Honolulu, HI 9 6817 government IS tts Illegal Invasion of our country In 1893, and the 1898 Phone: (808) 595-6691 Illegal annexation and continued occupation and plunder of our Fox: (808) 595-Q303 homeland. These acts flowed from a long-standtng U.S. policy· Since 1789 - or exploiting the Kanaka Maoll nation and Its resources to serve Source: SF Weeldy. Third Force u.s. Interests." Vol 7 Hum 1 & 2 37 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Vol. 7, nos. 1 &amp; 2, (Winter/Spring 1993) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Hawai'i: Natives Hawaiians Mark Centenary of US Takeover Type The nature or genre of the resource Journal Article Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Spring/Winter 1993 Language A language of the resource English English Zotero Title Hawai'i: Natives Hawaiians Mark Centenary of US Takeover Item Type Journal Article Volume 7 Issue 1,2 Pages 37 Publication Title Abya Yala News: Journal of the South and Meso American Indian Rights Center (SAIIC) ISSN 1071-3182 Date Spring/Winter 1993 Language English Abstract Note Frustrated Native Hawaiians march in 1993 to commemorate the 100-year anniversary of the US overthrow of the Hawaiian queen. Native Hawaiians are becoming more in favor of Hawaiian sovereignty. Attachment Title Natives Hawaiians Mark Centenary of US Takeover.pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Hawaii Native Hawaiians http://saiic.nativeweb.org/ayn/files/original/8fb581acb0504fd6b2e48448f4951037.pdf 8f0af7b1faf60afe63289cafb55f9a1b PDF Text Text MEXICO Mixtecs and Zapotecs Organizing in Oaxaca and California Interview with Arturo Pimentel: In September of I 992 A rturo Pimentel became General Coordinator ofthe Btnalfonal Mlxtec andZapotec Front. which IS based in Cal ifornia and M exfro. This organization IS made up ofagriCultural workers ofM lxtec and Zapotec ortgin who work in the Untied States. The Front IS made up of the Civic and PopularMixtecCommittee, ComtM'Ilacolulense ofLos Angeles. the BenU.O Jumez Civic AssodaUon. the Regional Organization of Oaxaca. YqJsachl El BqJo Assoc1at1on. Yaj sachl El Alto AssodaUon. 71acochauaya AsSOdaltoo. San Miguel Cuevas Oppressed Peoples. andOPAN. Arturo Pimentel represented the Civic and Popular M lxtec Front of California at the Frrsl International Meeting on Migration and Human RlghiS that took place in Hueyapan. oaxaca in July 1992. "I think that we have to reject the rhetoric of Mexico's lndlgenlst J)ollcy which prescribes for us, In a paternalistic manner, everything that we as Indigenous peoples have to do.• 34 SAllC: Please tell u s about the First International Meeting on Migration and HumanRlghts. AP: Themeetlngwasorganl7.ed by two malO organl7.ations: the Civic and Popular Mlxtec Front. which IS part of the Binational Mlxtec and Zapotec Front and the Technological University of La Mlxteca. The objective was to appraise human rights and migration ISSues related to the Mtxtec people. SAllC: How was thiS meeting received by the participants? AP: There was a lot of Interest. There were Indlgenous organl7.ations. academics, governmental organl2atlons and Indlgenous peoples. SAllC: What have been the results? AP: The Meeting estabUshed a communication sYStem so that we would be considered part of a larger organ12at1on which IS the Indigenous peoples of Sou th and Meso America. Another result was to ch annel our Mlxtec andZapotecdemands: these demands have been deslgned to press the Mexican government to respond to our needs: drlnk1ng water. water for Irrigation. electricity, schools and roads. We also ask that the government respect our poUtical wtlJ, whiCh has been subject to official governmental interference. So. we agreed on a set of demands brought by the d.Ul'erent Zapotec and Mtxtec communities. But we also agreed to press for them, so that au these demands be met. We also agreed to organiZe an Inter-ethnic conference. Inviting alllndlgenous organl2ations of our Oaxaca State. SAllC: I understand that officials of the local government tried to take over this Zapotec/M!xtec meeting. Is thiS true? AP: Yes. Our Indlgenous organiZation and the University's Chancellor. who answers to the Interests of the state. agreed on a poU cy ofnon-lntervenu on. Therewerenolnvttauons madetoanypubUc official because we wanted a meeting free of state control. We wanted to have an Independent meeting. But without previous a nnouncement. the governor of Oaxaca Mr. Eladlo Ramirez L6pez showed up at the opening ceremony. This moment was tmportant for the official party. Oaxaca was a bout to elect poUtical authorities. We did not want our conference to be u sed poUtlcally. The poUUcal situation at the time made Eladlo's presence at the conference even less appropriate. The majority of the organl7.ations rejected the p resence of the governor. There was an exch ange of words with the Ch ancellor, but we InSisted on our autonomy. All organl2ations remained fum. rejecting manipulations. and we were able to defend our position of autonomy. SAllC:Are other Indigenous organl2ations In Oaxaca . besides those representing ZapotecandMixtec llv!nglnCaUfomla. thinkIng about autonomy? Abya Yala News �MEXICO "Traditionally historians thought that Zapotecand Mlxtecs could not get along. But here we are working . together." For more infonnation contact: The Binational Mixtec and Zapatec Front 104 Koshland Way Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA Tel: (408) 459·8827 AP: When we talk about autonomy were are talking about a movement that has to be bullt and that has to move beyond political parties or the control of state. Autonomy IS a fundamental ISSue. As an Indlgenous movement we have our own demands whJchariSefromourclrcumstancesand needs. I think that we have to reject the rhetoric of Mexico's IndlgenlSt policy which prescribes for us. In a patemallstic manner. everything that we as lndlgenous peoples have to do. We believe that autonomy should exist and that It must be respected bY the state. SAIJC: Your statement about autonomy IS clear. Do the grassroots understand thiS position. Do you think that lndlgenous communities are ready to work on autonomy? AP: Unfortunately there are different levels of understanding. The state's control has been so pervasive through programs such as COPIAMAR. PRONASOL, and even the lndfgen!St Institute. The government's polldes have made people so dependent and manipulated that there are sectors that are not clear about themselves. or about the ISSue of autonomy. However. there are other sectors In Oaxaca - the Tr1que. Zapotec and Mtxtec o,;ganlzations - that are thlnklng about autonomy. There lS a clear viSion and we are movtng toward lt. We are trytng to define our vlSlon of autonomy. bu t also we are reacting to the state. So, we are In that struggle. Autonomy wtJl also consider ldeologlcaland political ISSues. We know that government progJams have addressed some needs. but those are patches. We need to address the ISSue from the base. We think that If we retrieve our own cultu ral roots and fight to retrieve our culture. thiS lS autonomy too. Vol7 Num 1 & 2 We want Mexico to recogn.tze our autonomy. but lt lS not only a political autonomy. It IS also a struggle that searches for political alternatives. such as promoting Jn. dlgenouscultures. Autonomy wt1l not be total If It remains only political. Autonomy IS also recogn.ttion. real recognition. of our existence as Indigenous peoples. As you know Oaxaca has two main Indigenous peoples. There are also sixteen Indigenous languages and Ofty-slx dlalectlcs. '!Tadltionally historians thought that Zapotec and Mlxtecs could not get along. But here we are working together. That IS Important. We can do it. We have to continue buUdtng our strength. SAIIC: How are women participating In the o,;garuzation? AP: Their participation IS Important. They have always been Important. We have to recogn.tze. as a movement, that changes have not been made. We still notice their oppression. We are conscious of the need to brealc away from past behaviors that dlscr!mlnated against women. Oppression and subordination ISserious. We really have to work on thiS. They definitely participate. but not with the force that they should have In the movement. SAIIC: Would you Uke to add something to thiS Interview? AP: I would Uke to can. not only the lndlgenous peoples ofOaxaca, but also others who are mtgrant workers In the U.S. I would Uke to propose to these Indigenous brothers and siSters the creation of a larger entity, an Independent lndlgenous oiganlzation. Becausewe are Inconstant cornrnuntcatton with our own communities. we can be part of their solutions. not only In a mater!al way but also politically and economically. ThiS lS a call to oiganl?.eand tocontlnueworklngthrough the Btnattonal Mtxtec and Zapotec Front. 35 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Title A name given to the resource México: Mixtecs and Zapotecs Organizing in Oaxacaand California: Interview with Arturo Pimentel Type The nature or genre of the resource Journal Article Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Spring/Winter 1993 Language A language of the resource English English Zotero Title México: Mixtecs and Zapotecs Organizing in Oaxacaand California: Interview with Arturo Pimentel Item Type Journal Article Volume 7 Issue 1,2 Pages 34-35 Publication Title Abya Yala News: Journal of the South and Meso American Indian Rights Center (SAIIC) ISSN 1071-3182 Date Spring/Winter 1993 Language English Abstract Note SAIIC interviews Arturo Pimentel, the General Coordinator of the Binational Mixtec and Zapotec Front, which is based in California and Mexico. The meeting established Zapotec and Mixtec demands for basic infrastructure from the Mexican government as well as autonomy goals. Attachment Title Mixtecs and Zapotecs Organizing in Oaxaca and California.pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Binational Mixtec and Zapotec Front Mixtec Pimental Arturo Zapotec http://saiic.nativeweb.org/ayn/files/original/8a3b1ac67234cfb8bf4d0009721f9cbb.pdf ca0f043c64a2a65dcdec15664261693c PDF Text Text CENTRAL AMERICA Learn a Mayan Language in Guatemala lximche Language Center The lldmche Language Center (CLO IS a p~ectofCojb'lylnRlq'utn Catlnamlt. which tn Caqch!quel means "we walk with our people". We are an association of Maya CaqchJquel Indian professionals. workers. farmers and craftspeople who are taking up the chaDenge of conserving and promoting our culture and our Identity. We have created the language school as part of an Integrated program of sustain· able development. At CU. we offer proven language Instruction techniques. as well as the opportunity to share our Mayan splrttual traditions and our way of Uvtng. The school IS located In the town of Chtmaltenango. tnthecentral-westemreg!on oftheh!ghlands. UnUkethelargercttieswhere tourists congregate. Chlmaltenango presents the opportunity to witness the true life of an Indian town. The program offers the student a cho!ceof!nstructlontntheSpantshlanguage. ortnoneoftwoMayanlanguages: Caqch!quel and Quiche. It features tndlv!dual. one-on· one classes with teachers who are carefully trained and dedicated to sharing the cultural values of our community. WhUe studylng at CU. students are encouraged to stay with a Maya-CaqchJquel family to practice their language sldlls. A portion of the proceeds of the Linguistic Centerl.ldmchetsdedlcatedtothedevelopmentof an educational and cultural center for Caqch!quel Maya children. For more lnfonnatlon please contact: GrupoMaya Quj Semej Junan P.O. Box 40892 San Francisco, CA 94140 Centro Linguistico lximche 4a. Avenida 4·53 Zona 3 Tel: (415)824·2534 Tel: (502) (9)39·2331 Chimaltenongo Guatemala Kunas Protest Land Invasions OnApr!IIS. I993colon!7.ersdestroyed a house within Kuna territory which had just been constructed by members of the !bed! Kuna community tn collaboration with the Association of Kunas United for Nabguana. Thehouse.tntheKunadiStrtctofMadungandl (Alto Bayano). was to be used by Kuna villagers who were planning to begtn work on demarcating thiS part of Kuna territory. Because the law whJch establishes the Kuna DIStrict ofMadungandlts languiSh· tng tn the National Assembly and the government claims It does not have the money to demarcate the land, the community members decided to do the job themselves. There has been poachtng of endan· gered animals, tnd!scrtmtnate loggtng and the Vol 1 Num 1 & 2 pollution of the rtvers tn the Alto Bayano region. The Kunas feel that demarcation of the land ts the first step toward gatntng re· spect for the boundrtes of their terrttory. The followtng ts an excerpt from a statement made by the Association ofKunas United for Nabguana responding to the destruction of the house: 'We condemn thts hostile act by the coloniZers who want to sabotage any actiVity whJch mJght brtngabout a real solution to the problems the Kuna people face tnAito Bayano due to Ulegal Invasions of our territories by people who care little about conserving na· ture and who are trytng to provoke our people so they can later accuse us of betng the Instigators." For more informo· lion conloct: Asociaci6n Nabguona, Apdo. Postol 536, Panol1)6 1, Panom6 31 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Vol. 7, nos. 1 &amp; 2, (Winter/Spring 1993) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Central America: Kunas Protest Land Invasions Type The nature or genre of the resource Journal Article Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Spring/Winter 1993 Language A language of the resource English English Zotero Title Central America: Kunas Protest Land Invasions Item Type Journal Article Volume 7 Issue 1,2 Pages 31 Publication Title Abya Yala News: Journal of the South and Meso American Indian Rights Center (SAIIC) ISSN 1071-3182 Date Spring/Winter 1993 Language English Abstract Note The Kuna have demarcated their territory. Colonizers recently destroyed a house within Kuna territory. Attachment Title Kunas Protest Land Invasions.pdf Attachment URL [No URL] AKUN Ibedi Kuna Indigenous reserves land rights http://saiic.nativeweb.org/ayn/files/original/d1d0a7a2b4f52065389dbf5cdf910220.pdf b653cbe1f06f0c1a0f7fc6d123a98c6c PDF Text Text CENTRAL AMERICA Learn a Mayan Language in Guatemala lximche Language Center The lldmche Language Center (CLO IS a p~ectofCojb'lylnRlq'utn Catlnamlt. which tn Caqch!quel means "we walk with our people". We are an association of Maya CaqchJquel Indian professionals. workers. farmers and craftspeople who are taking up the chaDenge of conserving and promoting our culture and our Identity. We have created the language school as part of an Integrated program of sustain· able development. At CU. we offer proven language Instruction techniques. as well as the opportunity to share our Mayan splrttual traditions and our way of Uvtng. The school IS located In the town of Chtmaltenango. tnthecentral-westemreg!on oftheh!ghlands. UnUkethelargercttieswhere tourists congregate. Chlmaltenango presents the opportunity to witness the true life of an Indian town. The program offers the student a cho!ceof!nstructlontntheSpantshlanguage. ortnoneoftwoMayanlanguages: Caqch!quel and Quiche. It features tndlv!dual. one-on· one classes with teachers who are carefully trained and dedicated to sharing the cultural values of our community. WhUe studylng at CU. students are encouraged to stay with a Maya-CaqchJquel family to practice their language sldlls. A portion of the proceeds of the Linguistic Centerl.ldmchetsdedlcatedtothedevelopmentof an educational and cultural center for Caqch!quel Maya children. For more lnfonnatlon please contact: GrupoMaya Quj Semej Junan P.O. Box 40892 San Francisco, CA 94140 Centro Linguistico lximche 4a. Avenida 4·53 Zona 3 Tel: (415)824·2534 Tel: (502) (9)39·2331 Chimaltenongo Guatemala Kunas Protest Land Invasions OnApr!IIS. I993colon!7.ersdestroyed a house within Kuna territory which had just been constructed by members of the !bed! Kuna community tn collaboration with the Association of Kunas United for Nabguana. Thehouse.tntheKunadiStrtctofMadungandl (Alto Bayano). was to be used by Kuna villagers who were planning to begtn work on demarcating thiS part of Kuna territory. Because the law whJch establishes the Kuna DIStrict ofMadungandlts languiSh· tng tn the National Assembly and the government claims It does not have the money to demarcate the land, the community members decided to do the job themselves. There has been poachtng of endan· gered animals, tnd!scrtmtnate loggtng and the Vol 1 Num 1 & 2 pollution of the rtvers tn the Alto Bayano region. The Kunas feel that demarcation of the land ts the first step toward gatntng re· spect for the boundrtes of their terrttory. The followtng ts an excerpt from a statement made by the Association ofKunas United for Nabguana responding to the destruction of the house: 'We condemn thts hostile act by the coloniZers who want to sabotage any actiVity whJch mJght brtngabout a real solution to the problems the Kuna people face tnAito Bayano due to Ulegal Invasions of our territories by people who care little about conserving na· ture and who are trytng to provoke our people so they can later accuse us of betng the Instigators." For more informo· lion conloct: Asociaci6n Nabguona, Apdo. Postol 536, Panol1)6 1, Panom6 31 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Vol. 7, nos. 1 &amp; 2, (Winter/Spring 1993) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Central America: Learn a Mayan Language in Guatemala: Iximché Language Center Type The nature or genre of the resource Journal Article Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Spring/Winter 1993 Language A language of the resource English English Zotero Title Central America: Learn a Mayan Language in Guatemala: Iximché Language Center Item Type Journal Article Volume 7 Issue 1,2 Pages 31 Publication Title Abya Yala News: Journal of the South and Meso American Indian Rights Center (SAIIC) ISSN 1071-3182 Date Spring/Winter 1993 Language English Abstract Note The Iximché Language Center is a project that created a language school in Chimaltenango. The program offers instruction in either Spanish, Caqchiquel, or Quiche. Attachment Title Learn a Mayan Language in Guatemala.pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Caqchiquel Guatemala Mayan Quiche http://saiic.nativeweb.org/ayn/files/original/8712b92236a1d23d62f983eb15d02cf5.pdf 128d5c0f6bd77a1fef1a682bf9be510e PDF Text Text GUATEMALA lxiiWoman Returns Home The Januruy 20th return was the first organiZed and negotiated by the Permanent CommiSSion (CCPP) wh ich represents the refugees. The CCPP finally reached an agreement with the Guatemalan government on October 8. 1992 which determined the terms of the return. Including credits for the purchaseofland. exemptionfrommllltruyservlce for three years and the establlshment of a Vei1flcationCounctl. OnMarch29thePermanent CommiSSion ISsued an Operattve Plan for five more returns between May and August of this year of a total of 1,619 famllles or 8.147 lndMduals who wJll go to the Ixcan. Varillas and Nent6n. The prtmruy obstacle to the refugees· safe and dtgnJfied resettlement IS the htgh level of mllltanzation In the countryside. The army maintains bases In the resettlement areas and has carrted out several attacks against the neighboring Communities oCPopulations 1n ResiStance (CPR). The CPR are nomad communities In remote jungle areas who have chosen not to seek refuge In Mexico despite a decade of repression. The army considers the CPR to be supporters of the Guen111as and wants to prevent any contact between the CPR and the returnees. who It considers subversive. Since the first return, the army has destroyed CPR vtJJages and forced the communities across the border Into Mexico. The people are then prevented from returning by mines planted along the border. In general the army has been mining the whole regton to Inhibit free movement of the CPR and of the returnees. Source: Peace Brigades lnternllliono.l. Processo Jnterno.tionol. Noticios de Guatetno.la, East Bay Sonctuary Coveno.nt Vol 7 Num 1 8c 2 We are coming from Mexico. We are from the Ixcfln. from Salc6n. When I left the Ixcan there were some problems with the army. They burned my house. my whole house. my clothes. I was left naked. After much sacz1flce I now have a Uttle bit ofclothing. My husband died and I became a widow. My son stayed behind with the soldiers. After my husband died I was able with much sacz1flce to raise my youngest son. All my an.tma1s s tayed behind. My h ouse was burned. I CIY from such pain. I wJll dte of sorrow with such suffering. I am not content. I am Cl)'tng. But now there IS a uttle bit of hope. Things are a little better. I thank Mexico for gtvtng us refuge. But now I am going back to my village. where my land Is, where I have my land. I amgolngbacktollvelnmyv!llage. with my people, afterUvlnglnthecampslnMexico. The Mexicans charged us rent. But nowiamgolngbacktomyland.lnGuatemala I have my land. my v!llage. my country. I am going to my country. We will all have to Oght to rebuUd ourv!llage. We have always had to flght and It wJll be no different now. We left because we wanted to, and we are going back because we want to. the whole v!llage. the whole community. The people are golngbacknow because we didn't want to stay In Mexico. The whole communltytsgolngbecause we want to and we are organl7.ed. Right now my heart ts happy because I am returning to my v!llage. Source: PBJ "R ight OOW my heart is happy because I am returning to my village" differtnliiCw" 29 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Vol. 7, nos. 1 &amp; 2, (Winter/Spring 1993) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Guatemala: Ixíl Woman Returns Home Type The nature or genre of the resource Journal Article Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Spring/Winter 1993 Language A language of the resource English English Zotero Title Guatemala: Ixíl Woman Returns Home Item Type Journal Article Volume 7 Issue 1,2 Pages 29 Publication Title Abya Yala News: Journal of the South and Meso American Indian Rights Center (SAIIC) ISSN 1071-3182 Date Spring/Winter 1993 Language English Abstract Note An Ixíl woman, who lost everything when her family fled to Mexico from the military in Guatemala, returns home to her village in Guatemala ready to rebuild. Attachment Title Ixíl Woman Returns Home.pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Guatemala Guatemalan refugees Ixíl http://saiic.nativeweb.org/ayn/files/original/fb3c51aeadcbb191c204f2746e506aa3.pdf 090c78a74ee0c855cfa05a8f5c53a098 PDF Text Text GUATEMALA Guatemalan Refugees Return On January 20. after more than ten years of suffertng In exile. h aving lost their land and their loved ones, 507 Guatemalan families returned to their natlve land from Mexico. AmJdst laughter and tears. 21.480 refugees. young and old, crossed the border1n 67 buses to start anew and recapture what was lost at the beglnnlng of the last decade. Afteranelgllt-hourtrlpfromComltrul, Chlapas. Mexico. the refugees arrived at Huehuetenangoat3p.m .. carryingthelrmost precious belongings on their backs. They were receiVed by governmental and non-governmental agenctes at a recepUon center prepared by the Spec1al Commlsslon on Refugee AffairS [CEAR). The toll of liVIng In exile could be seen In the children, who are the same heJght as other Guatemalan children of the same age, but are much thinner. The refugees stayed In Huehuetenango untU Saturday, Jan. 23. and from there conUnued theirjourney toward the capital. In the capital, the ex-refugees staged a rally In the city's central park and then went 28 on to Coban In Alta Verapaz. They stayed for a few days 1n Coban before boarding covered trucks that took them to Poligono 14, the ctte In the Ixcan regJon designated for their resettlement. About 400 of them left Coban In the first caravan of trucks and, after travellng two days With an ovem.Jgllt stop In the town of Chlsec, theyarrtved lnCantabal,just a couple of hours away from Poligono 14. They stayed ovemightlnCantabaland. thefollowmgmornlng. the truckscarrted them to With In walking distance of their n ew home. Walklngthelastlegofthej ourney. the refugees carried. In addition to their children. cooking utensils and tools they would need to seed and prepare the new land for resettlement. For those who couldn't make the journey by truck, such as the til, the elderly, small children and pregnant women, the governments of France and England provided small planes to transport them. Thousands ofmostly Indigenous refu· gees fled In the early 1980s to escape the army's scorched earth tacUcs and massacres. Abya Yala News �GUATEMALA lxiiWoman Returns Home The Januruy 20th return was the first organiZed and negotiated by the Permanent CommiSSion (CCPP) wh ich represents the refugees. The CCPP finally reached an agreement with the Guatemalan government on October 8. 1992 which determined the terms of the return. Including credits for the purchaseofland. exemptionfrommllltruyservlce for three years and the establlshment of a Vei1flcationCounctl. OnMarch29thePermanent CommiSSion ISsued an Operattve Plan for five more returns between May and August of this year of a total of 1,619 famllles or 8.147 lndMduals who wJll go to the Ixcan. Varillas and Nent6n. The prtmruy obstacle to the refugees· safe and dtgnJfied resettlement IS the htgh level of mllltanzation In the countryside. The army maintains bases In the resettlement areas and has carrted out several attacks against the neighboring Communities oCPopulations 1n ResiStance (CPR). The CPR are nomad communities In remote jungle areas who have chosen not to seek refuge In Mexico despite a decade of repression. The army considers the CPR to be supporters of the Guen111as and wants to prevent any contact between the CPR and the returnees. who It considers subversive. Since the first return, the army has destroyed CPR vtJJages and forced the communities across the border Into Mexico. The people are then prevented from returning by mines planted along the border. In general the army has been mining the whole regton to Inhibit free movement of the CPR and of the returnees. Source: Peace Brigades lnternllliono.l. Processo Jnterno.tionol. Noticios de Guatetno.la, East Bay Sonctuary Coveno.nt Vol 7 Num 1 8c 2 We are coming from Mexico. We are from the Ixcfln. from Salc6n. When I left the Ixcan there were some problems with the army. They burned my house. my whole house. my clothes. I was left naked. After much sacz1flce I now have a Uttle bit ofclothing. My husband died and I became a widow. My son stayed behind with the soldiers. After my husband died I was able with much sacz1flce to raise my youngest son. All my an.tma1s s tayed behind. My h ouse was burned. I CIY from such pain. I wJll dte of sorrow with such suffering. I am not content. I am Cl)'tng. But now there IS a uttle bit of hope. Things are a little better. I thank Mexico for gtvtng us refuge. But now I am going back to my village. where my land Is, where I have my land. I amgolngbacktollvelnmyv!llage. with my people, afterUvlnglnthecampslnMexico. The Mexicans charged us rent. But nowiamgolngbacktomyland.lnGuatemala I have my land. my v!llage. my country. I am going to my country. We will all have to Oght to rebuUd ourv!llage. We have always had to flght and It wJll be no different now. We left because we wanted to, and we are going back because we want to. the whole v!llage. the whole community. The people are golngbacknow because we didn't want to stay In Mexico. The whole communltytsgolngbecause we want to and we are organl7.ed. Right now my heart ts happy because I am returning to my v!llage. Source: PBJ "R ight OOW my heart is happy because I am returning to my village" differtnliiCw" 29 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Vol. 7, nos. 1 &amp; 2, (Winter/Spring 1993) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Guatemala: Guatemalan Refugees Return Type The nature or genre of the resource Journal Article Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Spring/Winter 1993 Language A language of the resource English English Zotero Title Guatemala: Guatemalan Refugees Return Item Type Journal Article Volume 7 Issue 1,2 Pages 28-29 Publication Title Abya Yala News: Journal of the South and Meso American Indian Rights Center (SAIIC) ISSN 1071-3182 Date Spring/Winter 1993 Language English Abstract Note Guatemalan refugees return to Guatemala from Mexico. Most fled to escape the military's scorched earth tactics in the 1980s. Attachment Title Gautemalan Refugees Return.pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Guatemala Guatemalan refugees