2 12 35 http://saiic.nativeweb.org/ayn/files/original/fa0ad12d9506f0d934b6ff6382520a63.pdf 274421baf1ee64a2220d75bd81a1839c PDF Text Text Page 14 � 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. 4, Nos. 2&3 (Fall 1988 & Winter 1989) Zotero Volume 4 Language English 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 Message from the Children of Cauca (Andean Region: Colombia) Type The nature or genre of the resource Journal Article Language A language of the resource English Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Fall 1988 & Winter 1989 Zotero Title Message from the Children of Cauca (Andean Region: Colombia) Item Type Journal Article Attachment Title Vol. 4, nos. 2 &3 (14).pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Issue 2 & 3 Language English Volume 4 Pages 14 http://saiic.nativeweb.org/ayn/files/original/629cf35090f3b32814c9f47af3b6f772.pdf 5eac8a981c26b96511386473787c872d PDF Text Text - ANDEAN REGION COLOMB I "We are very dose to the anniversary of the 500 years of conquest, destruction, and of our people. We the Indians haven't had any truce in the hard struggle for survival as ethnic groups for our life, land, autonomy, and the right to be recognized by the national society." -editorial in "Unidad Alvaro Ulcue," newspaper of the CRIC. Late last year, the Regional Indian C0uncil of Cauca (CRIC) held its Eighth Congress in the area of Tierradentro with the participation of more than 4,000 Indian delegates fiom the department of Cauca. CRIC has long been one of the strongest Indian organizations of the Americas, and the resolutions of its Congress show that the delegates viewed problems affecting Indian people as symptomatic of deep-rooted problems in Colombian society. According to CRIC, "the Indian movement does not dwell on its own issues, but it is also concerned with the rest of the Colombian people who have been suffering massacres, arbitrary detentions, and assassinations by the armed groups-whether miltary or paramilitary. "Faced with these circumstances, the Indian communities see the need to create mechanisms for unity, to organize and confront the dirty war with which we live in this country. Equally important are the proposals presented for the peace plan through a national dialogue with the participation of the government, guerrilla, civic movements, political sectors, Indian and peasant organizations, and the private sector, to look for a way out without more bloodshed." Among the resolutions of the CRIC Congress were: • Commission for National Affairs: "It is not wise to enter into a general way, for this would bring more bloodshed to all sectors, and the social and economic consequences for the country would be disastrous. Although the popular sectors do not want war, they must be prepared to confront it, for the massacres are unjustifiable. An integrated program of agrarian reform must also be implanted. �Page 14 �Native violence. . The wave of violence and abuses against Native communities has increased in a country where life often hangs by a thin thread. The motives for assassinations are varied: to rob Indian land, to intimidate organizers, to intimidate Indians seen as collaborating with the guerrillas, and those seen as being informants for the army; or simply because they are Indians. The following is a list of some of the Native people who were murdered in 1988: Four Tukanos from the area of San Jose del Guaviare; Five Emberas in Satinga; Fourteen Native people in Casanare; Twelve Indians in Araracuara; Peliberto Moniel, Alfredo Muente Ortiz, Luis Francisco Perez Solano, and Ignacio Pef\.ate Perez from San Andres de Sotavento; Ramon Tote from Resguardo de Coconuco; Graciliano Matos, Cubeo; Emeterio Mesa Garabato, Alejandro Chirimi, Facundo Gambato from the Comunidad Reo Satinga, Costa Pacifica; Plinio Ordonez Orozco, Comunidad Indfgena del Resguardo de Jambalo; Hernando Camayo, plus five more Indian people from Parcialidad de las Delicias, Buenos Aires. POR EL DERECHO A LA VIDA! � 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. 4, Nos. 2&3 (Fall 1988 & Winter 1989) Zotero Volume 4 Language English 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 More Violence Against Native Communities (Andean Region: Colombia) Type The nature or genre of the resource Journal Article Language A language of the resource English Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Fall 1988 & Winter 1989 Zotero Title More Violence Against Native Communities (Andean Region: Colombia) Item Type Journal Article Attachment Title Vol. 4, nos. 2 &3 (13-15).pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Issue 2 & 3 Language English Volume 4 Pages 13-15 http://saiic.nativeweb.org/ayn/files/original/e32682ea87dbfde8d077b670e58dc817.pdf 68007e21478045d7af98115f6d485668 PDF Text Text uar Federation radio classroom remote communities during the rainy season. © 1989 Aguirre/Switkes/AMAZONIA The Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE) and the Ecuadorian government have signed an agreement for a National Board of Indian Education, which will develop and implement intercultural bilingual education at a national level. The project was announced by Ecuador's Minister of Education and Culture, Arq. Alfredo Viera at the opening of CONAIE's Second National Congress in November. Under the agreement, CONAIE hopes to use as models those bilingual education programs that have already been developed by regional Indian organizations in Ecuador, with the goal of creating an educational system for Indigenous people that departs from that of the dominant white-mestizo society, and which strengthens the language and cultural identity of Native people. Luis Montaluisa of CONAIE was named the first national director of the Board. At the Congress, CONAIE delegates stressed the need to maintain independence from the Ecuadorian government, but to press for solutions in the areas of: • Legal recognition of CONAIE; • Defense and definitive legal recognition of the "natural settlements" of Indian nations in Ecuador, and a true application of the agrarian reform program for Indian people of the highlands; • Recognition of the right of self-determination of Indian peoples; • Expulsion from Indian areas of "pernicious and harmful" foreign religious sects, including the Summer Linguistic Institute (ILV), World Vision, and the Mormons, as well as political groups like Tradition, Family, and Property; • Discussion of constitutional reforms and a new project of laws concerning Indigenous Nationalities; • "Pushing ahead nationally and internationally the campaign against the celebration of the 500 Years of the invasion of the Ainerican continent." CONAIE elected a new Board of Directors, including Cristobal Tapuy, President a:nd Luis Alberto Macas, Vice President. � 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. 4, Nos. 2&3 (Fall 1988 & Winter 1989) Zotero Volume 4 Language English 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 Bilingual Education - CONAIE Makes Important Gains (Ecuadaor) Type The nature or genre of the resource Journal Article Language A language of the resource English Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Fall 1988 & Winter 1989 Zotero Title Bilingual Education - CONAIE Makes Important Gains (Ecuadaor) Item Type Journal Article Attachment Title Vol. 4, nos. 2 &3 (16).pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Issue 2 & 3 Language English Volume 4 Pages 16 http://saiic.nativeweb.org/ayn/files/original/35955497ccf936d9db0c7ab68d233fa4.pdf b7594844080c2ccc2b339d22af53d3ad PDF Text Text Page 17 MAPUCHE COMMUNITIES "" UNDER MILITARY ATTACK Last November 16th, 400 Carabineros from the Triguen base and the Fifth Military Region attacked six Mapuche communities in the Ercilla area. This was the second attack by the military, the first having occurred on October 31st. The military forces issued a communique, justifying the attack by saying that some of the Mapuche illegally possessed firearms, and that some of the accused "planned to attack health centers and churches in the area." Directors of the Mapuche organization AdMapu held a press conference in Temuco, denouncing this and other violations suffered by the community at the hands of the military government. According to Ad-Mapu, the soldie~s interrupted a meeting of the Mapuche comm:uruties, striking some of those present, and shooting teargas into the group. As a consequence of the attack, three persons were seriously wounded: Juana Montoya, 90 years old; Maria Clementina Torres; and a baby only a few months old. 14 people were also detained, but most were released a short time after, leaving only Luis Patricio Manque! and Francisco Huayquillal in custody. Two others, Alvaro Curinao and Jose Rubilar Jofre are unaccounted for, and it is feared that they now count among the "disappeared." The Mapuches have been forced to struggle _ for survival and defend their ancestral rights since the military coup of 1973. Their strong resistance has prevented the government from enforcing various decrees which would divide their lands, traditionally held collectively, into individual parcels. In the last plebiscite, organized by the military government to determine whether General Pinochet should continue in power until1998, the people of Chile voted a resounding "NO", and the Mapuches participated in a march from the south of Chile to Santiago (435 miles) in the "Caravan of Happiness," organized by the opposition. NORTHERN AYMARA AND RAPA NUl MEET THE MAPUCHE From the 4th to the 6th of August, the First Encounter to draft a constitutional proposal on Indigenous peoples in C.hile was held in Te~~co. The meeting was organiZed by the Comnusswn on Human Rights of the 9th Region, and included the participation of representatives of the Mapuche, northern Aymara, and the Council. ~f Chiefs of Rapa Nui (Easter Island). Also partiCIpating were non-Indigenous organizations and the Bishop of Temuco. . The representatives discussed four maJOr problems facing the region: 1. water shortages in the land of the northern Aymara, due to the new Water Code passed by mining companies in 1981; . 2. lack of recognition of Easter Island. ternl?ries, which the Chilean government dauned m 1933 arguing that these lands "didn't have o~ers:' Currently, the Rapa Nui Chiefs' ~ounc~ are claiming their territory through the ISlands judicial system; 3. the serious problem of the ~apuche, ~7 to the division of nearly all of therr communities, through Decree 2568 of 1979; 4. the lack of respect for the land rights of the Huilliche Mapuche people, which ~ere recognized by the Chilean government m the last century. � 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. 4, Nos. 2&3 (Fall 1988 & Winter 1989) Zotero Volume 4 Language English 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 Mapuche Communities Under Military Attack (Chile) Type The nature or genre of the resource Journal Article Language A language of the resource English Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Fall 1988 & Winter 1989 Zotero Title Mapuche Communities Under Military Attack (Chile) Item Type Journal Article Attachment Title Vol. 4, nos. 2 &3 (17).pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Issue 2 & 3 Language English Volume 4 Pages 17 http://saiic.nativeweb.org/ayn/files/original/12cd1b35a64d413a7f864249cc4a4327.pdf b7594844080c2ccc2b339d22af53d3ad PDF Text Text Page 17 MAPUCHE COMMUNITIES "" UNDER MILITARY ATTACK Last November 16th, 400 Carabineros from the Triguen base and the Fifth Military Region attacked six Mapuche communities in the Ercilla area. This was the second attack by the military, the first having occurred on October 31st. The military forces issued a communique, justifying the attack by saying that some of the Mapuche illegally possessed firearms, and that some of the accused "planned to attack health centers and churches in the area." Directors of the Mapuche organization AdMapu held a press conference in Temuco, denouncing this and other violations suffered by the community at the hands of the military government. According to Ad-Mapu, the soldie~s interrupted a meeting of the Mapuche comm:uruties, striking some of those present, and shooting teargas into the group. As a consequence of the attack, three persons were seriously wounded: Juana Montoya, 90 years old; Maria Clementina Torres; and a baby only a few months old. 14 people were also detained, but most were released a short time after, leaving only Luis Patricio Manque! and Francisco Huayquillal in custody. Two others, Alvaro Curinao and Jose Rubilar Jofre are unaccounted for, and it is feared that they now count among the "disappeared." The Mapuches have been forced to struggle _ for survival and defend their ancestral rights since the military coup of 1973. Their strong resistance has prevented the government from enforcing various decrees which would divide their lands, traditionally held collectively, into individual parcels. In the last plebiscite, organized by the military government to determine whether General Pinochet should continue in power until1998, the people of Chile voted a resounding "NO", and the Mapuches participated in a march from the south of Chile to Santiago (435 miles) in the "Caravan of Happiness," organized by the opposition. NORTHERN AYMARA AND RAPA NUl MEET THE MAPUCHE From the 4th to the 6th of August, the First Encounter to draft a constitutional proposal on Indigenous peoples in C.hile was held in Te~~co. The meeting was organiZed by the Comnusswn on Human Rights of the 9th Region, and included the participation of representatives of the Mapuche, northern Aymara, and the Council. ~f Chiefs of Rapa Nui (Easter Island). Also partiCIpating were non-Indigenous organizations and the Bishop of Temuco. . The representatives discussed four maJOr problems facing the region: 1. water shortages in the land of the northern Aymara, due to the new Water Code passed by mining companies in 1981; . 2. lack of recognition of Easter Island. ternl?ries, which the Chilean government dauned m 1933 arguing that these lands "didn't have o~ers:' Currently, the Rapa Nui Chiefs' ~ounc~ are claiming their territory through the ISlands judicial system; 3. the serious problem of the ~apuche, ~7 to the division of nearly all of therr communities, through Decree 2568 of 1979; 4. the lack of respect for the land rights of the Huilliche Mapuche people, which ~ere recognized by the Chilean government m the last century. � 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. 4, Nos. 2&3 (Fall 1988 & Winter 1989) Zotero Volume 4 Language English 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 Northern Aymara and Rapa Nui Meet the Mapuche (Chile) Type The nature or genre of the resource Journal Article Language A language of the resource English Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Fall 1988 & Winter 1989 Zotero Title Northern Aymara and Rapa Nui Meet the Mapuche (Chile) Item Type Journal Article Attachment Title Vol. 4, nos. 2 &3 (17).pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Issue 2 & 3 Language Spanish Volume 4 http://saiic.nativeweb.org/ayn/files/original/e6977d8c888f6570560315533f26b3d2.pdf d0d52d720666c3706416c52c94e8d684 PDF Text Text CLORINDA GUALMES: ONE WOMAN AGAINST THE MILITARY ~ Following the military coup of 1976, Indian people in Argentina were subjected to widespread oppression, with large landowners conspiring with the military to displace Indians from their ancestral territories. In Nequen province, many families were evicted by the military so that they could extend their estancias (landholdings) and headquarters. One such estancia, called Pulmari, already consisted of 125,000 acres, yet the military wanted to further extend their lands, so they evicted onethird of the Mapuches from the community of Lonco Luan. Clorinda Gualmes, like her ancestors, lives with her family in El Faldeo del Cerro Otto, close to the army base and ten kilometers from Bariloche. The military tried to chase her off her land on several occasions, but she and her family always returned. Now, the Argentine army is trying to sue Clorinda and take away her land by judicial means, accusing the Gualmes family of illegally occupying the land. Elogio Frites, a Kalla Indian lawyer working in legal defense, says that "514 hectares (1,270 acres) belong to the Gualmes family forever, and laws 23302 and 14932 protect their rights." "On1y with my Courage and my Will" Elizabeth Draper recorded the following statement by Clorinda Gualmes: "My family has lived on my land for 100 years. I have a photo of my grandfather and his animals there taken in 1907. My father was the first wood and coal seller, my mother the first to make local cheese. But now, I have been evicted three times. First, by the National Parks and then by the army. They say they need the land for maneuvers. The last time was in 1983, on the 29th of July, at a quarter to 11 in the morning. It was snowing, when 40 soldiers came in and tore everything down. They left me without anything. Even my furniture was taken by the rain. For over a qconth that winter, I had nowhere to go with my animals. I lived in a tent. I have pictures of it covered with snow. I hid my cows in the hills. The soldiers had wanted to take them to the market. Now, I am on the same land. I came back by myself without anyone's help. Only with my courage and my will. I know that it is mine. Since then, soldiers have come two or three times to tell me they are going to practice on the shooting range. In all the years since I was born there, they have never shot around my house as they have in the last four or five years. The bullets would hit my house, or pass beside the corral. Now, they are bothering me so that I will get tired and I will leave. They haven't achieved this, yet. I have filed three or four complaints against them, so they have stopped bothering me in this way. I have a big file of the notes I have written to the Ministry of Defense, Ministry of Interior, and other officials. But I never know when I leave my home what I will find when I get back. The Centro Mapuche came to find me when I was in the tent and I have been working with them ever since, as Treasurer of the organization." � 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. 4, Nos. 2&3 (Fall 1988 & Winter 1989) Zotero Volume 4 Language English 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 Clorinda Gualmes: One Woman Against the Military (Argentina) Type The nature or genre of the resource Journal Article Language A language of the resource English Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Fall 1988 & Winter 1989 Zotero Title Clorinda Gualmes: One Woman Against the Military (Argentina) Item Type Journal Article Attachment Title Vol. 4, nos. 2 &3 (18).pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Issue 2 & 3 Language English Volume 4 Pages 18 http://saiic.nativeweb.org/ayn/files/original/4f74f2b7bdd0894d9e3e3f66543c7379.pdf 34d519370a4b9542d5dbeaac98ca2fc9 PDF Text Text Page 19 KAYAPO ORGANIZE OPPOSITION AT HYDROELECTRIC DAM SITE The Kayap6 of the Xingu River region, . incensed over the prosecution of two of their leaders by the Brazilian government, and wishing to take direct action to oppose a series of dams planned for the Xingu, convened a meeting February 21-26 to mobilize opposition to the hydroelectric projects. Kayap6 organizers brought together nearly 1,000 Indian people from the Xingu region at the site of Kararao dam, and they plan to establish a permanent settlement at the dam site in order to more closely monitor the surveying and construction activities. �Page 20 One of the Kayap6 indicted by the government Bepkororoti (Paiakan), who was charged with for treason under the "foreigner's law" for criticizing the government's hydroelectric plans, recently visited seven countries, including the U.S., to enlist international support. The Kayap6 have come out in opposition to a $500 million loan to the Brazilian electric power industry under consideration by the World Bank, which would facilitate the construction of th~ Xingu Dams. In October, Bepkororoti's co-defendent, Kuben-i, was refused admission to the courtroom in Belem for appearing in traditional Kayap6 dress and warpaint. The judge then ordered the two to undergo psychiatric testing to determine their "fitness" to stand trial. The charges were finally dropped in early February Among the Native groups summoned to the meeting were the Arara, Parakana, Xipaia, Kuruaia, Arawete, and Asurini, all of whom would be impacted if the dams were built. The date chosen for the meeting conformed with the Kayap6 calendar, and the festival of new com was concluded in Altamira , the site of the meeting. Bepkororoti (Paiakan): "No one of us is strong enough to win alone." Bepkororoti issued a call.for international support for the Kayap6's initiative in defense of the rainforest: "The forest is one big thing-it has people, animals, and plants. There is no point saving the animals if the forest is burned down; there is no point saving the forest if the people and animals who live in it are killed or driven away. The groups trying to save the races of animals cannot win if the people trying to save the forest lose; the people trying to save the Indians cannot win if either of the others lose. The Indians cannot win without the support of these groups, but the groups cannot win without the support of the Indians who know the forest and the animals and can tell what is happening to them. No one of us is strong enough to win alone-together, we can be strong enough to win." SOURCE: Ecumenical Center for Documentation and Information (CEDI), Av. Higien6polis 983, CEP 01238 Sao Paulo SP, Brasil. For more information on the meetin& and how you may assist the Kayap6 in their effort, please contact SAIIC. � 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. 4, Nos. 2&3 (Fall 1988 & Winter 1989) Zotero Volume 4 Language English 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 Kayapo Organize Opposition at Hydroelectric Dam Site (Brazil) Type The nature or genre of the resource Journal Article Language A language of the resource English Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Fall 1988 & Winter 1989 Zotero Title Kayapo Organize Opposition at Hydroelectric Dam Site (Brazil) Item Type Journal Article Attachment Title Vol. 4, nos. 2 &3 (19-20).pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Issue 2 & 3 Language English Volume 4 Pages 19-20 http://saiic.nativeweb.org/ayn/files/original/23e3046714f499be91f53e5fb4694632.pdf 77b9976d562fd327f7d2a633a0e14df6 PDF Text Text Page 21 ~~""-~~~~~ "YANOMAMI LAND"-THE FARCE OF DEMARCATION President Jose Sarney has taken an unusual action to open up for development lands which only two months earlier had been reserved for the use of the Yanomami Indians. Interministerial Decree 250, on November 18th, annulled a measure that had guaranteed the Yanomami "permanent possession" of a National Park and two National Forests carved out of their lands. Instead, the Yanomami will have "preferential," but not exclusive use of these ancestral territories. The Yanomami are the largest Native group in the world still not in permanent contact with the national society. As the demarcation of their land, executed by the Brazilian military as part of their 'Calha Norte' program, now stands, the Yanomami could lose as much as 70% of their land. The government has recognized lands in the vicinity ofYanomami villages as 19 '1ndian Colonies," but these offer little protection to the semi-nomadic Yanomami in the wake of an invasion by 40,000 gold panners and the presence of a large contingent of Brazilian soldiers in the border area. Many observers feel that the President's actions are designed to pave the way for largerscale mineral exploitation in the area, which contains rich reserves of gold, uranium, cassiterite, and strategic minerals. Already, rivers in the Yanomami area have been polluted by the gold miners, who use large quantities of mercury to purify the gold. The Yanomami have no antibodies to protect them against diseases brought in by the miners and soldiers, and health workers from the Catholic Church and the Commission for the Creation of a Yanomami Park (CCPY) have been expelled from the Yanomami area by the government. � 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. 4, Nos. 2&3 (Fall 1988 & Winter 1989) Zotero Volume 4 Language English 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 "Yanomami Land"-The Farce of Demarcation (Brazil) Type The nature or genre of the resource Journal Article Language A language of the resource English Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Fall 1988 & Winter 1989 Zotero Title "Yanomami Land"-The Farce of Demarcation (Brazil) Item Type Journal Article Attachment Title Vol. 4, nos. 2 &3 (21).pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Issue 2 & 3 Language English Volume 4 Pages 21 http://saiic.nativeweb.org/ayn/files/original/237b210874c455a24915aa837f99912c.pdf 305ef139201956f5708d08103e15fe56 PDF Text Text YANOMAMI LEADER WINS U.N. AWARD Ivanildo Wawnaweytheri Yanomami, 34, speaks about the situation in his territory: "In the beginning, when there were no whites, there were no planes, there were only Yanomarni on the Earth. They say that the Yanornarni have a god, and the white man has his god. And there carne a time when the god of the white man made the Naba. Our god, Ornarna, lived with the Yanornarni, instructed them. When the time changed, the Naba appeared, planes began to fly, and boats carne on the river. It was at that time that the Naba began to appear, that he carne into contact with the Yanornarni. Until that time, no one suffered from diseases, the Yanornarni lived welL always had plentiful food, the children did not suffer as they do today. The Yanornarni began to become sad and Ornarna went away. Now [my people] think that there will come a time when there will be no more Yanornarni. And they are very worried. At Surucucu, where whites never before entered, any kind of ailment, even a weak flu, kills the Yanornarni. They are very weak and I have already seen· much sadness. WHAT YOU CAN DO: Send telegrams to Pres. Sarney insisting that Intenninisterial Decree (Portaria) 250 be annulled, that the gold prospectors (garimpeiros) be expelled and the Yanornarni be guaranteed their constitutional right to use of their lands. (Pres. Jose Samey, Presidencia da Republica, Gabinete Civil, Palacio do Planalto, CEP 70150 Brasilia, DF, BRASIL-Telex 613ll7 PRDF) SOURCE: "Urihi," Commission for the Creation of the Yanomami Park (CCPY), Rua Manoel da Nobrega ill 3a. cj. 32, CEP 04001 Sao Paulo SP, Brasil. Davi Yanornarni joins the late Chico Mendes as winner of the United Nations Environmental Program's Global 500 Award. He says, "With this prize I am stronger. In my tribe the Yanornarni, we are backward, we are primitive; there everybody runs around naked. I was not born to live in the city. I was raised in the forest, and I never left my horne where my parents were born and raised ' I knew that the gold prospectors would come to my land, I knew all this. I knew the FUNAI would allow the gold prospectors to invade. The Indians asked the FUNAI to remove the gold prospectors and nothing happened. I am not against the gold prospectors. I am against gold prospecting, because it makes holes and ruins. the rivers and the river channels. The Yanornaffil do not do that, cut the ground, cut the trees, bum the forest. We are not enemies of nature. The whites also suffer- the poor. Aren't they suffering? For. they have no land to plant things on, no land to live on. Most of my relatives do not know I have won this prize. We are so spread out- it is hard to communicate. They will only know when I arrive. But I have other relatives who are very worried about me. The medicine men who work to protect me are very worried. Because I am an only son who defends the Yanornarni people. So the medicine men are doing their work so that what happened to Chico Mendes will not hapi:'en to me. There are also warriors who are on my s1de, taking care of me. And that is what I had to say. � 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. 4, Nos. 2&3 (Fall 1988 & Winter 1989) Zotero Volume 4 Language English 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 "In the Beginning There Were No Whites" (Brazil) Type The nature or genre of the resource Journal Article Language A language of the resource English Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Fall 1988 & Winter 1989 Zotero Title "In the Beginning There Were No Whites" (Brazil) Item Type Journal Article Attachment Title Vol. 4, nos. 2 &3 (22).pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Issue 2 & 3 Language Spanish Volume 4 http://saiic.nativeweb.org/ayn/files/original/c40051c7847bd57be2bacb015f3d9b3b.pdf 305ef139201956f5708d08103e15fe56 PDF Text Text YANOMAMI LEADER WINS U.N. AWARD Ivanildo Wawnaweytheri Yanomami, 34, speaks about the situation in his territory: "In the beginning, when there were no whites, there were no planes, there were only Yanomarni on the Earth. They say that the Yanornarni have a god, and the white man has his god. And there carne a time when the god of the white man made the Naba. Our god, Ornarna, lived with the Yanornarni, instructed them. When the time changed, the Naba appeared, planes began to fly, and boats carne on the river. It was at that time that the Naba began to appear, that he carne into contact with the Yanornarni. Until that time, no one suffered from diseases, the Yanornarni lived welL always had plentiful food, the children did not suffer as they do today. The Yanornarni began to become sad and Ornarna went away. Now [my people] think that there will come a time when there will be no more Yanornarni. And they are very worried. At Surucucu, where whites never before entered, any kind of ailment, even a weak flu, kills the Yanornarni. They are very weak and I have already seen· much sadness. WHAT YOU CAN DO: Send telegrams to Pres. Sarney insisting that Intenninisterial Decree (Portaria) 250 be annulled, that the gold prospectors (garimpeiros) be expelled and the Yanornarni be guaranteed their constitutional right to use of their lands. (Pres. Jose Samey, Presidencia da Republica, Gabinete Civil, Palacio do Planalto, CEP 70150 Brasilia, DF, BRASIL-Telex 613ll7 PRDF) SOURCE: "Urihi," Commission for the Creation of the Yanomami Park (CCPY), Rua Manoel da Nobrega ill 3a. cj. 32, CEP 04001 Sao Paulo SP, Brasil. Davi Yanornarni joins the late Chico Mendes as winner of the United Nations Environmental Program's Global 500 Award. He says, "With this prize I am stronger. In my tribe the Yanornarni, we are backward, we are primitive; there everybody runs around naked. I was not born to live in the city. I was raised in the forest, and I never left my horne where my parents were born and raised ' I knew that the gold prospectors would come to my land, I knew all this. I knew the FUNAI would allow the gold prospectors to invade. The Indians asked the FUNAI to remove the gold prospectors and nothing happened. I am not against the gold prospectors. I am against gold prospecting, because it makes holes and ruins. the rivers and the river channels. The Yanornaffil do not do that, cut the ground, cut the trees, bum the forest. We are not enemies of nature. The whites also suffer- the poor. Aren't they suffering? For. they have no land to plant things on, no land to live on. Most of my relatives do not know I have won this prize. We are so spread out- it is hard to communicate. They will only know when I arrive. But I have other relatives who are very worried about me. The medicine men who work to protect me are very worried. Because I am an only son who defends the Yanornarni people. So the medicine men are doing their work so that what happened to Chico Mendes will not hapi:'en to me. There are also warriors who are on my s1de, taking care of me. And that is what I had to say. � 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. 4, Nos. 2&3 (Fall 1988 & Winter 1989) Zotero Volume 4 Language English 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 Yanomami Leader Wins U.N. Award (Brazil) Type The nature or genre of the resource Journal Article Language A language of the resource English Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Fall 1988 & Winter 1989 Zotero Title Yanomami Leader Wins U.N. Award (Brazil) Item Type Journal Article Attachment Title Vol. 4, nos. 2 &3 (22).pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Issue 2 & 3 Language Spanish Volume 4 http://saiic.nativeweb.org/ayn/files/original/8a505d0ce6d104afefc8303e2ae7d9c1.pdf b89bc7fbd01f7694b6649bae95cf0731 PDF Text Text Page 23 ACRE PROTECTION PLA 1'" INADEQUATE :--.., 1111 In 1985, the Interamerican Development Bank, yielding to protests that their plan to pave the BR364 road from Porto Velho, Rondonia to Rio Branco, Acre would adversely impact Indigenous people, rubber tappers, and other people of Acre, created a "Plan for the Protection of the Environment and Indigenous Communities (PMACI)," to be designed and implemented before the road project was approved. The latest version of PMACI, however, shows that the "national security" considerations of the Brazilian military have been placed above the concerns of the populations struggling for survival in Acre. In particular, the plan calls for the creation of '1ndigenous Colonies," which UNIAcre, the regional council of the Brazilian Indian movement, has flatly rejected, saying that it will continue to press for the complete, legal demarcation of Indian lands. The Brazilian military has ruled out recognition of large extensions of Indian lands in the border regions as a threat to "national security." (See Yanomami article above.) WHAT YOU CAN DO: Send letters or telegrams to Enrique V. Iglesias, President, The Interamerican Development Bank, 808 17th St. NW, Washington, DC 20006, protesting the failure to incorporate the concerns of Native people into the PMACI. £NfYUANTO 1550 8M WASII!Nt]TON. . . /i~z~(~~­ 'Acre will get money only after you demarcate Indian lands." 'Who would think-Gringos with a heavy consc1ence. • II MACUXIINDIAN KILLED IN JAIL Velario Damasio Macuxi, 17, was found dead in his cell at the civil police station in the town of Normandia, Roraim~ on October 23rd. Other youths held in the police station allege that they had been severely beaten by members of the police. . The Macuxi, of the savannah reg1on of the northern Amazon, have suffered encroachment on their ancestral lands by cattle ranchers. Recently, the Macuxi have become more assertive of their land rights, and in 1988, SAIIC sponsored the visit of Gilberto Macux~ one of the tribe's spokesmen, to the U.S. (See Summer 1988 newsletter.) Amnesty International, which has launc~ed a year-long campaign to denounce human n?ht_s violations in Brazil, says that a number of meldents have been reported where Macuxi Indians engaged in non-violent activities aimed at protecting their land were detained and abused by the police and army. FOR MORE INFORMATION: Amnesty International, 322 Eighth Ave., New York, NY 10001. � 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. 4, Nos. 2&3 (Fall 1988 & Winter 1989) Zotero Volume 4 Language English 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 Acre Protection Plan Still Inadequate (Brazil) Type The nature or genre of the resource Journal Article Language A language of the resource English Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Fall 1988 & Winter 1989 Zotero Title Acre Protection Plan Still Inadequate (Brazil) Item Type Journal Article Attachment Title Vol. 4, nos. 2 &3 (23).pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Issue 2 & 3 Language Spanish Volume 4 http://saiic.nativeweb.org/ayn/files/original/5e07c91a2e1bb1051b7199532a45ee89.pdf b89bc7fbd01f7694b6649bae95cf0731 PDF Text Text Page 23 ACRE PROTECTION PLA 1'" INADEQUATE :--.., 1111 In 1985, the Interamerican Development Bank, yielding to protests that their plan to pave the BR364 road from Porto Velho, Rondonia to Rio Branco, Acre would adversely impact Indigenous people, rubber tappers, and other people of Acre, created a "Plan for the Protection of the Environment and Indigenous Communities (PMACI)," to be designed and implemented before the road project was approved. The latest version of PMACI, however, shows that the "national security" considerations of the Brazilian military have been placed above the concerns of the populations struggling for survival in Acre. In particular, the plan calls for the creation of '1ndigenous Colonies," which UNIAcre, the regional council of the Brazilian Indian movement, has flatly rejected, saying that it will continue to press for the complete, legal demarcation of Indian lands. The Brazilian military has ruled out recognition of large extensions of Indian lands in the border regions as a threat to "national security." (See Yanomami article above.) WHAT YOU CAN DO: Send letters or telegrams to Enrique V. Iglesias, President, The Interamerican Development Bank, 808 17th St. NW, Washington, DC 20006, protesting the failure to incorporate the concerns of Native people into the PMACI. £NfYUANTO 1550 8M WASII!Nt]TON. . . /i~z~(~~­ 'Acre will get money only after you demarcate Indian lands." 'Who would think-Gringos with a heavy consc1ence. • II MACUXIINDIAN KILLED IN JAIL Velario Damasio Macuxi, 17, was found dead in his cell at the civil police station in the town of Normandia, Roraim~ on October 23rd. Other youths held in the police station allege that they had been severely beaten by members of the police. . The Macuxi, of the savannah reg1on of the northern Amazon, have suffered encroachment on their ancestral lands by cattle ranchers. Recently, the Macuxi have become more assertive of their land rights, and in 1988, SAIIC sponsored the visit of Gilberto Macux~ one of the tribe's spokesmen, to the U.S. (See Summer 1988 newsletter.) Amnesty International, which has launc~ed a year-long campaign to denounce human n?ht_s violations in Brazil, says that a number of meldents have been reported where Macuxi Indians engaged in non-violent activities aimed at protecting their land were detained and abused by the police and army. FOR MORE INFORMATION: Amnesty International, 322 Eighth Ave., New York, NY 10001. � 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. 4, Nos. 2&3 (Fall 1988 & Winter 1989) Zotero Volume 4 Language English 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 Macuxi Indian Killed in Jail (Brazil) Type The nature or genre of the resource Journal Article Language A language of the resource English Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Fall 1988 & Winter 1989 Zotero Title Macuxi Indian Killed in Jail (Brazil) Item Type Journal Article Attachment Title Vol. 4, nos. 2 &3 (23).pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Issue 2 & 3 Language Spanish Volume 4