1 12 16 http://saiic.nativeweb.org/ayn/files/original/1e86ae63a0f96c6561383a1ed4f667b8.pdf 65deaf792fd5781b6b97383b949baa2f PDF Text Text South American Indian Information Center Intertribal House 523 E, 14th St. Oakland, CA 94606 � 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. 2, No. 1 (Fall 1985) 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 Back Page 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 Fall 1985 Language A language of the resource Zotero Title Back Page Item Type Journal Article Attachment Title Vol. 1, no. 2 (20).pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Issue 1 Pages 20 Publication Title SAIIC Newsletter Volume 2 Language English http://saiic.nativeweb.org/ayn/files/original/04511c8d067ca5ab2518c9e71d54e936.pdf 4c48fb6265b19348e723829077ae512e PDF Text Text NEWSLETTER for one year, and to remain on our receive the SAIIC of $5.00. Use the below. send a list, WORKING COMMISSION REPORTS send a donation of $3.00. TAPES OF RADIO SHOW One hour tapes are now available of the SAIIC radio program, on Indian Time: The South American Indian Update." Each program includes news, interviews, traditional music, and more. • 00 each. Number Cost Newsletter subscription, $5.00 per year Working Commission ~orts, $3.00 each Tapes of radio program, $8.00 each Donations Total enclosed Name -------------------------------Address -------------------------------City, State, Zip-------------------------------Please make out all checks, which are tax deductible, to: American Friends Service Committee/SAIIC, and mail to: South American Indian Information Center, P.O. Box 7550, Berkeley, CA 94707, U.S.A. Vol. 2, no. l. Fall, 1985. Published quarterly. ®SAIIC Page 19 � 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. 2, No. 1 (Fall 1985) 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 Subscription Information 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 Fall 1985 Language A language of the resource Zotero Title Subscription Information Item Type Journal Article Attachment Title Vol. 1, no. 2 (19).pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Abstract Note Newsletter with options to send donations. Issue 1 Pages 19 Publication Title SAIIC Newsletter Volume 2 Language English Information Subscribers http://saiic.nativeweb.org/ayn/files/original/baa8339e6163ff9f31f929642031ccb0.pdf 3d33f2d22476981d617922b8c3ea50aa PDF Text Text of Victor Paz Estenssoro, under pressure from the Indian law and as a result, a Indian land was returned to them. Paz Estenssoro is back in power, the Second Conference of the World in Kiruna, Sweden, Council of At the United Nations in a conference Americas. , Switzerland, the Non-Governmental discrimination (NGO' s) of the southwestern Mexico. unclear, but SAIIC expresses its support of efforts in the As we prepare communities is and assistance. BRIEFS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS Americanists professor of American Indian Studies and Anthropology at UCLA, attended the Americanists in Bogota, Colombia, July 1-7. She organized a symposium on and Its Consequences, and presented a paper on the effects of relocation for in the joint use area of Arizona. Her comments on the congress overall: "I didn't see that spirit I was looking for. Indigenous issues were sort of under the rug. Indians were only talked about as if were in the past, but the present was ignored." Why can't an international congress of Americanists do better than that? Video, and Photog£!!P.!:!Y A group of people working in film, video, and photography has meeting monthly in the San Francisco Bay Area. Indigenous concerns are a major focus of the group. If you are interested in attending, contact Leanna Wolfe, (415) 834-5740. Vol. 2, no. l, Fall, 1985. Published quarterly. ®SAIIC Page 17 �Delegation to Nicaragua Indian Health workers (non-medical included) are wanted for a trip to Nicaragua sponsored by Committee for Health Rights in Central America planned for the end of November. Partial scholarships are available. Contact Diane Williams at ( 415) 268-1627 for more information. 9th Inter-American Indian Congress The 9th Inter-American Indian Congress is planned for Santa Fe, New Mexico, from October 28 to November 1, 1985. The Congress is sponsored by the Inter-American Indian Institute with headquarters in Mexico City, and some 500 participants from throughout the hemisphere are expected to attend. Committees and working sessions will meet to consider a wide range of issues including Develop and Indian People, Cultural Policies and the Indian Community, Human Rights and the Indian World, and Indian Movements and Organizations in the Americas. for more information, write David Warren, United States Organizing Committee, 9th Inter-American Indian Congress, P.O. Box 519, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87504-0519. East ~ Green Alliance There is a working group of the East Bay Green Alliance that focuses on Native American issues. For more information, contact linda Joslin, (415) 654-6141. SAIIC welcomes the energy and ideas of volunteers. We are also in need of the following equipment: a computer, typewriter, tape recorder, and camera. Donations are tax deductible. If you can help in these ways, please call (415) 521-2779 or 527-5687. Thank you. Special thanks for production assistance to: The Vanguard Foundation, The American Friends Service Committee, Intertribal Friendship House, Bobsy Draper, Miguel Cavallin, Russ Irwin, Bill Coburn and the SAIIC Committee: Pete Hammer, Peggy lowry, Anna lugo, Maria Massolo, James Muneta, and Jo Tucker. Nilo Cayuqueo, SAIIC Coordinator Susan lobo, Publications Editor Vol. 2, no. 1. Fall, 1985. Published quarterly. ®SAIIC Page 18 � 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. 2, No. 1 (Fall 1985) 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 Briefs and Announcements 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 Fall 1985 Language A language of the resource Zotero Title Breifs and Announcements Item Type Journal Article Attachment Title Vol. 1, no. 2 (17-18).pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Abstract Note A group of people working in film, video, and photography has meeting monthly in the San Francisco Bay Area. Indigenous concerns are a major focus of the group. Issue 1 Pages 17-18 Publication Title SAIIC Newsletter Language English Volume 2 Bogota Colombia Jennie Joe Nicaragua http://saiic.nativeweb.org/ayn/files/original/ab3e33344b175c90112703644eb6b14a.pdf 094898a65466e3818482734b0fbe86ca PDF Text Text James Muneta, who has been a frequent contributor of articles and illustrations to the SAIIC newsletter, as in our radio program, returned home of coordinator of programs for the Dine Center at Tsaile, Navajo Nation, Arizona. His perspective on international issues has broadened the understanding of all of us. He to continue as an active member of SAIIC with a southwestern perspective. He writes, "I miss my good friends in the Bay Area, but I must help my people. My clan is the red sand people and the earth here in Tsaile is red, which makes me feel very happy and peaceful. There are many sagebrush bushes and cedar trees here which are also sacred medicine herbs to the Dine." Photo: S. Lobo DAYS TO REMEMBER July l.t_ 1492 The Italian adventurer Christopher Columbus set sail from Puerto de Palos in Spain with three ships. He reached the American continent on October 12 of the same year. This voyage was the first of many negative events that affected Indian people during the following nearly five hundred years. August ~ 1532 The Inca leader Atahualpa was executed by order of Francisco Pizarro. In addition to the desecration of sacred temple and plundering, the death of Indian leaders were among the outrages the Indian people suffered during the Spanish conquest. August 26 ~ 'lJ...L 1780 Tupac Amaru, the Quechua leader in what is now Peru, and Tupac Katar i, leader in what is now Bolivia, initiated the liberation struggle against Spaniards occupying their land. Vol. 2, no. l. Fall, 1985. Published quarterly. ®SAIIC Page 16 �of Victor Paz Estenssoro, under pressure from the Indian law and as a result, a Indian land was returned to them. Paz Estenssoro is back in power, the Second Conference of the World in Kiruna, Sweden, Council of At the United Nations in a conference Americas. , Switzerland, the Non-Governmental discrimination (NGO' s) of the southwestern Mexico. unclear, but SAIIC expresses its support of efforts in the As we prepare communities is and assistance. BRIEFS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS Americanists professor of American Indian Studies and Anthropology at UCLA, attended the Americanists in Bogota, Colombia, July 1-7. She organized a symposium on and Its Consequences, and presented a paper on the effects of relocation for in the joint use area of Arizona. Her comments on the congress overall: "I didn't see that spirit I was looking for. Indigenous issues were sort of under the rug. Indians were only talked about as if were in the past, but the present was ignored." Why can't an international congress of Americanists do better than that? Video, and Photog£!!P.!:!Y A group of people working in film, video, and photography has meeting monthly in the San Francisco Bay Area. Indigenous concerns are a major focus of the group. If you are interested in attending, contact Leanna Wolfe, (415) 834-5740. Vol. 2, no. l, Fall, 1985. Published quarterly. ®SAIIC Page 17 � 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. 2, No. 1 (Fall 1985) 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 Days to Remember 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 Fall 1985 Language A language of the resource Zotero Title Days to Remember Item Type Journal Article Attachment Title Vol. 1, no. 2 (16-17).pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Abstract Note Days to remember in history. Events of major significance. Issue 1 Pages 16-17 Publication Title SAIIC Newsletter Volume 2 Language English Kiruna southwestern Mexico Sweden Victor Paz Estenssoro http://saiic.nativeweb.org/ayn/files/original/ebef72c3683fa270ca2a9c62e2d58101.pdf 39553d72b0af7f02c88ab3f00124286c PDF Text Text James Muneta, who has been a frequent contributor of articles and illustrations to the SAIIC newsletter, as in our radio program, returned home of coordinator of programs for the Dine Center at Tsaile, Navajo Nation, Arizona. His perspective on international issues has broadened the understanding of all of us. He to continue as an active member of SAIIC with a southwestern perspective. He writes, "I miss my good friends in the Bay Area, but I must help my people. My clan is the red sand people and the earth here in Tsaile is red, which makes me feel very happy and peaceful. There are many sagebrush bushes and cedar trees here which are also sacred medicine herbs to the Dine." Photo: S. Lobo DAYS TO REMEMBER July l.t_ 1492 The Italian adventurer Christopher Columbus set sail from Puerto de Palos in Spain with three ships. He reached the American continent on October 12 of the same year. This voyage was the first of many negative events that affected Indian people during the following nearly five hundred years. August ~ 1532 The Inca leader Atahualpa was executed by order of Francisco Pizarro. In addition to the desecration of sacred temple and plundering, the death of Indian leaders were among the outrages the Indian people suffered during the Spanish conquest. August 26 ~ 'lJ...L 1780 Tupac Amaru, the Quechua leader in what is now Peru, and Tupac Katar i, leader in what is now Bolivia, initiated the liberation struggle against Spaniards occupying their land. Vol. 2, no. l. Fall, 1985. Published quarterly. ®SAIIC Page 16 � 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. 2, No. 1 (Fall 1985) 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 James Muneta Returns to the Navajo Nation Type The nature or genre of the resource Magazine Article Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Fall 1985 Language A language of the resource Zotero Title James Muneta Returns to the Navajo Nation Item Type Magazine Article Attachment Title Vol. 1, no. 2 (16).pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Abstract Note James Muneta, a frequent contributor of articles and illustrations to the SAIIC newsletter, as well as a participant in SAIIC radio programs, returned to fulfill the position of coordinator of programs for the disabled Indigenous. Issue 1 Pages 16 Publication Title SAIIC Newsletter Volume 2 Language English James Muneta Navajo http://saiic.nativeweb.org/ayn/files/original/4dafef3c92154e5ba63d4f2f2a2eadba.pdf 418e4d5c073d7973b621a25e85827286 PDF Text Text Dan Bomberry, who was Cayuga Indian, became a national leader among American Indian activists seeking economic and political soveriegnty and founded the country's first entirely Indianoperated foundation. He died of cancer on Friday, August 16, in San Francisco at the age of 40. The Tribal Soveriegnty Program, now called the Seventh Generation Fund, is named after the Iroquois principle by which all decisions must be made on behalf of the seventh generation of unborn to insure that the future is not irreparably harmed by present action. The Seventh Generation Fund is unique among foundations for concentrating on several critical areas: preservation of Indian ownership of land and resources; development of indigenous economic self-sufficiency projects which are free of the corporate world; programs to revitalize traditional forms of Indian governments; and support of native women's organizations and the strengthening of Indian families, Much emphasis in the Seventh Generation Fund is also to traditional Indian spiritual activities which are seen as of the fabric of traditional Indian economic and life. also founded a national newspaper, Native edited by Victoria Bomberry, which articulates the need for models of economic and the maintenance of Indian land Dan was also a national leader of to struggles of faced with government or corporate of the world, in Guatemala and Nicaragua, Dan a rare gift of warmth and vision for the future for Indian people and all communities. And he was a supporter and friend of SAIIC. We will miss him. --5. Lobo SAIIC welcomes our newest member, Rayen Cayuqueo Lowry, born August 17, and congratulates her parents, Peggy and Nilo. Vol. 2, no, l, Fall, 1985. Published quarterly, ®SAIIC Page 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. 2, No. 1 (Fall 1985) 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 Birth of Rayen Cayuqueo Lowry 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 Fall 1985 Language A language of the resource Zotero Title Birth of Rayen Cayuqueo Lowry Item Type Journal Article Attachment Title Vol. 1, no. 2 (15).pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Issue 1 Volume 2 Abstract Note SAIIC welcomes its newest member. Pages 15 Publication Title SAIIC Newsletter Language English Cayuga Indian Dan Bomberry Seventh Generation Fund http://saiic.nativeweb.org/ayn/files/original/9bbbab8e96cd9f1342eefa933493e4b2.pdf 11f7a23b4d1ecb92eb8fd745b601930e PDF Text Text PHILLIP DEERE AND DAN BOMBERRY saddened his neck have eyes this and leaders Deere and the tha Dan found a clothes. Around of the Indian of the Indian that can see Deere and Mario Jaruna ) at the Russell Tribunal. Photo: Int'l Indian Treaty Council The young boy will into the sun. With the clear of warm air and we will hear the winds "From the south reeds and bamboos. The connecthe forest tion that we have our brothers from the south is also connected with the countries the whole universe. We felt that warm air, we felt that wind from the south, all over the world we have felt that warm air, this time, it is now time that we hear the winds through the forest of Brazil. It is time that we hear the winds the reeds and bamboos, that is music, that has a sound that has a rhythm that has been handed down for thousands and thousands of years. We are that are made and placed here for a purpose. Through many , through many years of and sufferings, we refuse to die. Thank you." (Phillip Deere, Closing Address at the Fourth Russell Tribunal, Rotterdam, 1980.) Vol. 2, no. 1. Fall, 1985, Published quarterly. ®SAIIC Page 14 �Dan Bomberry, who was Cayuga Indian, became a national leader among American Indian activists seeking economic and political soveriegnty and founded the country's first entirely Indianoperated foundation. He died of cancer on Friday, August 16, in San Francisco at the age of 40. The Tribal Soveriegnty Program, now called the Seventh Generation Fund, is named after the Iroquois principle by which all decisions must be made on behalf of the seventh generation of unborn to insure that the future is not irreparably harmed by present action. The Seventh Generation Fund is unique among foundations for concentrating on several critical areas: preservation of Indian ownership of land and resources; development of indigenous economic self-sufficiency projects which are free of the corporate world; programs to revitalize traditional forms of Indian governments; and support of native women's organizations and the strengthening of Indian families, Much emphasis in the Seventh Generation Fund is also to traditional Indian spiritual activities which are seen as of the fabric of traditional Indian economic and life. also founded a national newspaper, Native edited by Victoria Bomberry, which articulates the need for models of economic and the maintenance of Indian land Dan was also a national leader of to struggles of faced with government or corporate of the world, in Guatemala and Nicaragua, Dan a rare gift of warmth and vision for the future for Indian people and all communities. And he was a supporter and friend of SAIIC. We will miss him. --5. Lobo SAIIC welcomes our newest member, Rayen Cayuqueo Lowry, born August 17, and congratulates her parents, Peggy and Nilo. Vol. 2, no, l, Fall, 1985. Published quarterly, ®SAIIC Page 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. 2, No. 1 (Fall 1985) 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 Deaths of Phillip Deere and Dan Bomberry 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 Fall 1985 Language A language of the resource Zotero Title Deaths of Phillip Deere and Dan Bomberry Item Type Journal Article Attachment Title Vol. 1, no. 2 (14-15).pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Issue 1 Volume 2 Abstract Note We were saddened this month by the death of two visionaries and leaders in the Indian community. Pages 14-15 Publication Title SAIIC Newsletter Language English Brazil Dan Bomberry Phillip Deere http://saiic.nativeweb.org/ayn/files/original/b0b262fe676ea25934d0544237b88a2f.pdf acea47999fb58f02bd801b40e9fcada6 PDF Text Text and on Indian • Of course, the people at the are still very vulnerable to outside pressures (from the Minister of Interior or even the President)." Also, "Recently the Brazilian authorities have exposed an illegal scheme to occupy and the resources of the Rio Mequens Indian reserve in Rondonia. Officials charge that a consortium of wealthy landholders from the south of Brazil drew up a plan to divide the land of the Makurap and Sakurap people, and to expand a logging operation that is already responsible for the exploitation of millions of dollars in rare tropical hardwoods from the reserve. The loggers have cut a network of roads through the area, including one through the middle of an Indian village and another through a cemetery. "Federal police also ordered the closing of a sawmill belonging to Lavrama, Brazil's second largest exporter of lumber. The police confiscated $40,000 worth of mahogany and other hardwoods and plan further legal action against Lavrama which has illegally operated the sawmill within the boundaries of the Indian area since 1981. These woods command extravagant prices from consumers in the United States, Europe, and the Middle East. "The Indians of the Mequens reserve were first contacted by rubber traders during the 1940's, and today they gather and sell rubber in order to obtain products such as cooking oil, salt, and rifles and ammunition for hunting. The logging companies have destroyed thousands of rubber trees on the reserve. "The police action coordinated by FUNAI is one of the strongest measures yet taken to enforce the demarcation of Indian lands in Brazil." SAIIC hosts "The South American Indian Update" the first Friday of each month at 8:00 P.M. on KPFA (FM94.1) in northern California. The program includes interviews with South American Indians regarding current issues, an update of recent events in South America from an Indian perspective, and traditional and modern South American Indian music. Listen in. If you are beyond our range, you can order a cassette of the latest program from SAIIC by sending $8.00 to: American Friends Service Committee/ SAIIC, P.O. Box 7550, Berkeley, CA 94707. Vol. 2, no. l. Fall, 1985. Published quarterly. ®SAIIC Page 13 � 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. 2, No. 1 (Fall 1985) 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 "The South American Indian Update" Radio Show 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 Fall 1985 Language A language of the resource Zotero Title "The South American Indian Update" Radio Show Item Type Journal Article Attachment Title Vol. 1, no. 2 (13).pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Abstract Note SAIIC hosts "The South American Indian Update" the first Friday of each month at 8:00 P.M. on KPFA (FM94.1) in northern California. Issue 1 Pages 13 Publication Title SAIIC Newsletter Volume 2 Language English California saiic The South American Indian Update http://saiic.nativeweb.org/ayn/files/original/e9a3e2005d12c85b87f2d953b9a1f207.pdf 108f6ae597d6c7afe0b6def7073b370f PDF Text Text CHILE The on-going conflict between the inhuman dictatorship of General Pinochet and grassroots organizations continues to effect the Mapuche. On September 3, in Temuco, 300 miles south of Santiago, paramilitary commandos fired at the office of the Mapuche organization AD-MAPU. There were no casualties. As a result of international pressure the Mapuche leader Jose Santos Millao was released after several months of internal exile. Also the Painemal brothers who had been accused of having explosives were set free. BRAZIL Sixty leaders of 32 Indian nations met under the auspices of the Union of Indigenous Nations (Uniao das Nacoes Indigenas--UNI) in Goiania, capital of the central state of Goias, from June 9-13. According to Poratim (subscription $15; send a bank order to CIMI/PORATIM, Edificio Venancio III, Sala 310, Caixa Postal 11-1159, CEP 70084, Brasilia, DF, Brasil), the main issues discussed were: (1) The Indian policies of the civilian federal government which took office earlier this year after 21 years of military rule. The feeling of Indian leaders was summarized by Paulo Nonda of the Xavante community of Sangradouro in Mato Grosso, who said, "Nothing is going to change. (President) Sarney is very weak. He's afraid of the big landowners and the military." The meeting specifically rejected a plan to shift responsibility for the administration of economic policy toward Indian communities from federal to state governments. (2) The form of Indian participation in elections to the assembly which will constitution for BraziL The meeting reiterated that Indian nations should elect their own representatives to the assembly rather than participate in a process dominated by non-Indian political parties. (3) Agrarian reform and demarcation of Indian land. "Agrarian reform must be accomplished, but not at the expense of the land of Indian communities." It was agr~ed that Indians should work with landless non-Indians to develop a plan which provides land to the latter, expels non-Indian settlers from Indian land, and fixes legal, permanent boundaries for Indian communities. Independently of govern ment progress on these issues, Indian communities must proceed with self-demarcation, not only to promote recognition by outsiders of Indian rights but also to develop consciousness of self-determination within Indian communities. ( 4) The structure of UNI. Sixteen Indian nations have joined UNI, raising membership to 60 of the 180 Indian nations in Brazil. Five regional councils were created to facilitate internal activity. The non-authoritarian nature of UNI's relationship with Vol. 2, no. 1. Fall, 1985. Published quarterly. ®SAIIC Page 11 �UNI sup- nations was the ~ "Indians of Brazil Latin America of lfle must the combat 3,000 Indians three states blockaded a in southwestern Parana, the next state south of Sao Paulo, for days in early June and settler families from Indian land, the most recent incidents in a the reserve to by and Guarani communities land. The blockade ended with an agreement that the communities will receive financial for land taken by a a hydroelectric electric line on the reserve and that there courts of a by a firm. reserve dates from the 19th century, when Indian communities were land as • In 1903, .a reduced area of about 18,000 hectares was by the after invasions by non-Indian and lumber interests. In 1949, 9 of the 18,000 hectares were by the federal of a scheme to encourage non-Indian settlement in the area. In 1961, the government sold the land to a firm whom the Indians have blockade was lifted, and Guarani Indians continue have to initiate new blockades if a favorable the case is not announced soon. SAIIC has received news from Brazil from Rosaines Bay Area residents who are currently research work for a film they to make on Amazonia. Glenn of the film "The Four Corners: A National Sacrifice They write, "FUNAI (the government agency in charge of Indian affairs) is especially interesting, since the 'colonels' are now gone. There are a number of activists working there who are truly interested in redefining FUNAI's inaction Vol. 2, no. 1. Fall, 1985. Published quarterly. ®SAIIC Page 12 �and on Indian • Of course, the people at the are still very vulnerable to outside pressures (from the Minister of Interior or even the President)." Also, "Recently the Brazilian authorities have exposed an illegal scheme to occupy and the resources of the Rio Mequens Indian reserve in Rondonia. Officials charge that a consortium of wealthy landholders from the south of Brazil drew up a plan to divide the land of the Makurap and Sakurap people, and to expand a logging operation that is already responsible for the exploitation of millions of dollars in rare tropical hardwoods from the reserve. The loggers have cut a network of roads through the area, including one through the middle of an Indian village and another through a cemetery. "Federal police also ordered the closing of a sawmill belonging to Lavrama, Brazil's second largest exporter of lumber. The police confiscated $40,000 worth of mahogany and other hardwoods and plan further legal action against Lavrama which has illegally operated the sawmill within the boundaries of the Indian area since 1981. These woods command extravagant prices from consumers in the United States, Europe, and the Middle East. "The Indians of the Mequens reserve were first contacted by rubber traders during the 1940's, and today they gather and sell rubber in order to obtain products such as cooking oil, salt, and rifles and ammunition for hunting. The logging companies have destroyed thousands of rubber trees on the reserve. "The police action coordinated by FUNAI is one of the strongest measures yet taken to enforce the demarcation of Indian lands in Brazil." SAIIC hosts "The South American Indian Update" the first Friday of each month at 8:00 P.M. on KPFA (FM94.1) in northern California. The program includes interviews with South American Indians regarding current issues, an update of recent events in South America from an Indian perspective, and traditional and modern South American Indian music. Listen in. If you are beyond our range, you can order a cassette of the latest program from SAIIC by sending $8.00 to: American Friends Service Committee/ SAIIC, P.O. Box 7550, Berkeley, CA 94707. Vol. 2, no. l. Fall, 1985. Published quarterly. ®SAIIC Page 13 � 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. 2, No. 1 (Fall 1985) 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 Brazil 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 Fall 1985 Language A language of the resource Zotero Title Brazil Item Type Journal Article Attachment Title Vol. 1, no. 2 (11-13).pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Abstract Note Sixty leaders of 32 Indian nations met under the auspices of the Union of Indigenous Nations in Goiania, capital of the central state of Goias. Issue 1 Pages 11-13 Publication Title SAIIC Newsletter Volume 2 Language English Brazil Goiania Mato Grosso Poratim http://saiic.nativeweb.org/ayn/files/original/8e1fb656f2122095030d940f24c146c0.pdf 7850bac1d749ae0494a2123f5f3be2e4 PDF Text Text CHILE The on-going conflict between the inhuman dictatorship of General Pinochet and grassroots organizations continues to effect the Mapuche. On September 3, in Temuco, 300 miles south of Santiago, paramilitary commandos fired at the office of the Mapuche organization AD-MAPU. There were no casualties. As a result of international pressure the Mapuche leader Jose Santos Millao was released after several months of internal exile. Also the Painemal brothers who had been accused of having explosives were set free. BRAZIL Sixty leaders of 32 Indian nations met under the auspices of the Union of Indigenous Nations (Uniao das Nacoes Indigenas--UNI) in Goiania, capital of the central state of Goias, from June 9-13. According to Poratim (subscription $15; send a bank order to CIMI/PORATIM, Edificio Venancio III, Sala 310, Caixa Postal 11-1159, CEP 70084, Brasilia, DF, Brasil), the main issues discussed were: (1) The Indian policies of the civilian federal government which took office earlier this year after 21 years of military rule. The feeling of Indian leaders was summarized by Paulo Nonda of the Xavante community of Sangradouro in Mato Grosso, who said, "Nothing is going to change. (President) Sarney is very weak. He's afraid of the big landowners and the military." The meeting specifically rejected a plan to shift responsibility for the administration of economic policy toward Indian communities from federal to state governments. (2) The form of Indian participation in elections to the assembly which will constitution for BraziL The meeting reiterated that Indian nations should elect their own representatives to the assembly rather than participate in a process dominated by non-Indian political parties. (3) Agrarian reform and demarcation of Indian land. "Agrarian reform must be accomplished, but not at the expense of the land of Indian communities." It was agr~ed that Indians should work with landless non-Indians to develop a plan which provides land to the latter, expels non-Indian settlers from Indian land, and fixes legal, permanent boundaries for Indian communities. Independently of govern ment progress on these issues, Indian communities must proceed with self-demarcation, not only to promote recognition by outsiders of Indian rights but also to develop consciousness of self-determination within Indian communities. ( 4) The structure of UNI. Sixteen Indian nations have joined UNI, raising membership to 60 of the 180 Indian nations in Brazil. Five regional councils were created to facilitate internal activity. The non-authoritarian nature of UNI's relationship with Vol. 2, no. 1. Fall, 1985. Published quarterly. ®SAIIC Page 11 � 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. 2, No. 1 (Fall 1985) 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 Chile 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 Fall 1985 Language A language of the resource Zotero Title Chile Item Type Journal Article Attachment Title Vol. 1, no. 2 (11).pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Issue 1 Pages 11 Publication Title SAIIC Newsletter Volume 2 Abstract Note The on-going conflict between the inhuman dictatorship of General Pinochet and grassroots organizations continues to effect the Mapuche. On September 3, in Temuco, 300 miles south of Santiago, paramilitary commandos fired at the office of the Mapuche organization AD-MAPU. Language English Chile Mapuche Pinochet http://saiic.nativeweb.org/ayn/files/original/8180f3e410848681c834a59e5a2bd54c.pdf e95fb975937970310054693980cd8f34 PDF Text Text "(In Guatemala) • • • a lethal counterinsurgency • . . has claimed the lives of tens of thousands of Maya Indians. The majority of victims • . • have been unarmed, non-partisan villagers, some of whom have met their deaths in the most bestial and barbarous ~lays imaginable." (George lovell, "From Conquest to Counterinsurgency," Cultural Survival Quarterly, Vol. 9, No. 2, 1985, p. 48. To subscribe, send $20 to Cultural Survival Quarterly, ll Divinity Ave., Cambridge, MA 02138.) PERU Micaela Bastidas Women's Organization (Comunidad Femenina Micaela Bastidas, Tarata 211, Lima 100, Peru) sends the following information: "We are an organization of Indian women who seek alternative solutions to the problems that face Peruvian society, knowing that it is women and men who are responsible for socio-economic, political and religious transformation. "Indian philosophy explains the universe as an ongoing transformation of two opposite but necessary and complementary elements represented by men and women. Micaela Bastidas, wife of Tupac Amaru, was the outstanding Indian heroine in this part of the continent. She was her husband's principal political advisor in their struggle for the liberty of our people. We see the role of Micaela as a symbol and model in our work. Our efforts are focused currently on four projects: legal and workers rights for women, workshop in art and culture, publications, and a nutrition and food resource project." BOLIVIA Boletin Chitakolla (subscription $10; Casilla 20214, Correa Central, La Paz, Bolivia) reports that the Summer Institute of Linguistics officially concluded 30 years of missionary work in Bolivia on September 4, 1985. Increased Indian disputes with SIL had led to their leaving many areas, often in spite of support by state governments. Vol. 2, no. l. Fall, 1985. Published quarterly. ®SAIIC Page 10 � 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. 2, No. 1 (Fall 1985) 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 Peru, Bolivia, and a Quote from "From Conquest to Counterinsurgency" 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 Fall 1985 Language A language of the resource Zotero Title Peru, Bolivia, and a Quote from "From Conquest to Counterinsurgency" Item Type Journal Article Attachment Title Vol. 1, no. 2 (10).pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Abstract Note Peru, Bolivia, and a Quote from "From Conquest to Counterinsurgency" Issue 1 Pages 10 Publication Title SAIIC Newsletter Volume 2 Language English Boletin Chitakolla Bolivia Peru http://saiic.nativeweb.org/ayn/files/original/63e5d492507668aed27459126ebe5de3.pdf d0d1b8e9b5af63bba530ca3edf6d9394 PDF Text Text trialized, non-Indian societies which surround them. But they a means of selfdetermination which Indian communities can reach accommodations with the outside world on Indian terms. In the case of the Kuna, community autonomy also provides a model of participatory democracy which non-Indian communities would do well to heed. '· "' " Hammer MEXICO Alvaro Vasquez, representative of the Assembly of Zapotec and Chinantec Peoples of the Oaxaca Sierra (Asamblea del Pueblo Zapoteca y Chinanteca de las Sierras de Oaxaca), was in the San francisco Bay Area to organize an exposition of Zapotec-Chinantec lithographs and to show videos about his people. For information regarding the Zapotec-Chinantec newspaper write: Topil, c/o Miguel Cabrera, 351-1 C.P., Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico. 0 ..Cl 0 ....J u1 ., 0 +J 0 COLOMBIA ..c: c.. Alvaro Vasquez speaking On June 29th the Colombian army bombed the municipality on SAIIC's radio show. of Caldono, destroying 16 houses and many crops. In other land-based operations the army searched homes, stealing cattle, chickens and household items. Similar violations took place in the Indian community of Pueblo Nuevo on July l. Prior to that, the village of Tacueyo had been bornbarded twice, and the villages of Corinto and Jambalo once each. The army changed its tactics against alleged rural guerrilla forces from bombarding the mountains to directly bombarding the areas occupied by Indian villages, which have suffered constant hostilities due to the militarization of the Cauca region. The worsening situation of Indian communities is also demonstrated by the death of Maximiliano Quiguanas, the president of a local cooperative, who was killed while working. (From Unidad Indigene, Colombia) ECUADOR Ecuador, along with Bolivia and Peru, is one of the countries in South America with the highest Indian population. It is estimated that 50% of Ecuador's 7 million inhabitants are Indian. The thirteen Indian nations in Ecuador are in three distinct regions: the Andean region (Quichua), the Pacific coast region, and the Amazon jungle region. The Vol. 2, no. 1. Fall, 1985. Published quarterly. ®SAIIC Page 8 �4122 Quito, materials caused extensive contamination Indian communities are affected these as their fish, a major food supply are killed. Also new illnesses between the coastal and mountain where the an illness that causes blindness. companies are backed the Ecuadorean such as the Summer Institute of Linbanned a decree written by Roldos. Roldos explosion which some believe was the CIA due to his his death, Roldos' successor did not the SIL was still a contract between SIL and the Ecuadorean conservative Leon Febres Cordero won election. the 's the was sworn in, he established the National Office of Nacional de Poblaciones , DNPI) with the stated and for Indian In response, the Indian Nacional de Coordinacion de las wrote a document on June 5, 1985 intent of also accuse the Indian to create appointing "Indian puppets," and of to effectively deal with any of the problems thus far before the agency by Indian The document continues that while the makes false our natural resources lumber, minerals, " The and Ampam document was signed by Manual Imbaquingo (CONACNIE), Bolivar Karakras (Shuar Federation). the rivers water becomes have been on Chachi Indians Often these government with The SIL Vol. 2, no. l. Fall, 1985. Published quarterly. ®SAIIC Page 9 � 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. 2, No. 1 (Fall 1985) 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 Ecuador 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 Fall 1985 Language A language of the resource Zotero Title Ecuador Item Type Journal Article Attachment Title Vol. 1, no. 2 (8-9).pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Abstract Note Ecuador, along with Bolivia and Peru, is one of the countries in South America with the highest Indian population. Issue 1 Pages 8-9 Publication Title SAIIC Newsletter Volume 2 Language English Chachi Ecuador Jaime Roldos. Quichua