1 12 34 http://saiic.nativeweb.org/ayn/files/original/f450d07bb8e1de42e69366d60f787f5b 10ea23d1b5661f889e69b88fec00cade 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. 6, no. 4 (40).pdf PDF Text Text Please pass on to us any information you come across on indigenous peoples's strugles for self-determination. are always in photos, publications, and articles pertaining to these issues. All of our projects and are financed are in need of financial contributions, volunteer workers. Please contact SAIIC to find out how you can best generosity is greatly appreciated. All help. contributions are tax deductible to the extent allowed by law. I E T-shirts with colorful SAIIC logo,available in: red, black & turquoise. "500 Years of Indian Resistance" printed above the logo. Please specify size (S,M,l,Xl). $12.00 + $1.75 shipping & handling, (bulk discounts). A resource and action guide with a comprehensive listing of international rainforest and Amazonian Indian organizatiions. The guide is suplemented an overview designed to give added force to grassroots groups in the Amazon fighting in defense of the rainforest and basic human rights of the indigenous people there. Co-authored by SAIIC with the Amazonia Film Project, International Rivers Network published Rainforest Network. $8.50 plus $1.50 shipping !$4.50 airmail). Also available in Spanish. I. tive people 1 s perspectives on the Columbus Quincentennial. minutes. In Spanish and English/ color. A coproduction of SAIIC, CONAIE, ONIC Turning Tide Productions. Video price $39.95 + $1 shipping & handling. A resource other interested people with a directory of international organizations working on quincentennial activities, testimonials from Indian people in South & Meso America, educational resources and other tools for action. $10.00 + $1 for shipping & handling. American Indian Information Center CA 94604 Six indigenous leaders from Central South America discuss the 500-years campaign, which began as an Indian response to the Quincentenary celebration and has developed as an ongoing dialogue indigenous activists. Produced by SAIIC. $19.00 + $1 shipping and handli A book by & about Indian women.lnterviews, testimonies, statements Indigenous women leaders From Mexico to Tierra del Fuego. For more information contact V<lllft.l<lllllbil• llrganizolion US Posing~ PAID Oakland, CA Permil No. 79 � 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. 6, No. 4 (Fall 1992) (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 Back Cover Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Article Language A language of the resource English Zotero Title Back Cover Item Type Newspaper Article Attachment Title Vol. 6, no. 4 (40).pdf Attachment URL [No URL] http://saiic.nativeweb.org/ayn/files/original/6b887b3df1db62652e1fe2a4ed2087ff ebb5386e5b2a6406d4128044a65f7012 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. 6, no. 4 (39).pdf PDF Text Text The Peace and dignity Journeys, which began on May 2, 1992, in Alaska and South America. have become an interlacing of native runners from different nations throughout Canada. the United States, South and Central America and Mexico. The march has been going through small towns and urban capitals, and on August 29 the northern leg reached El Paso, Texas and Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. The people from different towns have welcomed the runners with public events, sacred ceremonies, planting of trees, medicinal offerings, official government proclamations, food and lodging, and more runners have joined all along the way. In Tortugas, New Mexico eighty runners representing over fifty nations met to continue the march south. For us, seeking solidarity among ourselves, expanding communication, and sharing the work for the fullfillment ofour prophecies, are priorities- especially now in the face of the so called celebrations of the five hundred years of the continental encounter, which goes against all the ideals of indigenous America. Out of the many events and actions taken by the global resistance movement. Peace and Dignity has emerged as an important group promoting a network of organizers throughout the American Continent These journeys were mobilized in the North and the South of the hemisphere under the advice of a great nurnberofindigenousnations who seek unity throughout the continent with the support of all the races who respect our culture and our Mother Earth. Peace and Dignity Journeys was organized by Aurelio Dias Pekpankalli and Alfonso Perez Tenoch, Mexicans who are based in Chicago, Illinois. The March will end in Teotihuacln, Mexico on October 12 with a sacred ceremony. Our presence there will add to the whole of the strategy of the Indigenous Nations. Source: Dorinda Moreno, US West Coast Coordinator of Peace and Dignity Journeys 6 Num 4 Diego Domingo Martin, a Mam leader from Guatemala, was last seen being led away by five armed men on November 8, 1991. When family members denouncedhis "disappearance," they were told they should notcareabouta "guerilla". They were warned that they might suffer the same fate if they continued their denunciation. Unfortunately Diego is not alone. Diego is only one of countless indigenous persons in the Americas singledoutforabuse. To mark the SOOth anniversary of the arrival of Columbus, Amnesty International is highlighting and stepping up its work on behalfofindigenouspeoplesthroughaspecialcampaign. In the U.S alone, approximately three hundred local Amnesty groups are already generating appeals to governments to stop the continuing violations directed against indigenous peoples. Soon, their voices will be joined by thousands of Amnesty student groups. On October 6, worldwide attention focuses on the release of Amnesty International's report entitled Hu- man rights violations against indigerwus peoples ofthe Americas. A "Day of Action" on October 12 by Amnesty groups across the U.S. commemorates the past and commits to the future. And on International Human Rights Day, December10,Amnestygroupsagainfocusonendingviolations against indigenous peoples. This anticipates further work during 1993, the UN.'s year of the Indigenous People. Amnesty International offers its report and its work through local and student groups, and thousands of individual members. The world must realize that the massacres, the "disappearances," the torture and other egregious human rights violations against indigenous people have not stopped: they continue and it is high time the governments of the an end 1:0 them. For more information on Amnesty International's campaign work or to obtain the report , please contact the Campaign Office at 655 Sutter St, San Francisco, CA 94102 or (415)441-2114. 39 � 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. 6, No. 4 (Fall 1992) (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 Amnesty International Indigenous Peoples' Campaign Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Article Language A language of the resource English Zotero Title Amnesty International Indigenous Peoples' Campaign Item Type Newspaper Article Attachment Title Vol. 6, no. 4 (39).pdf Attachment URL [No URL] http://saiic.nativeweb.org/ayn/files/original/189026368bae4314c043d3187937b06e ebb5386e5b2a6406d4128044a65f7012 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. 6, no. 4 (39).pdf PDF Text Text The Peace and dignity Journeys, which began on May 2, 1992, in Alaska and South America. have become an interlacing of native runners from different nations throughout Canada. the United States, South and Central America and Mexico. The march has been going through small towns and urban capitals, and on August 29 the northern leg reached El Paso, Texas and Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. The people from different towns have welcomed the runners with public events, sacred ceremonies, planting of trees, medicinal offerings, official government proclamations, food and lodging, and more runners have joined all along the way. In Tortugas, New Mexico eighty runners representing over fifty nations met to continue the march south. For us, seeking solidarity among ourselves, expanding communication, and sharing the work for the fullfillment ofour prophecies, are priorities- especially now in the face of the so called celebrations of the five hundred years of the continental encounter, which goes against all the ideals of indigenous America. Out of the many events and actions taken by the global resistance movement. Peace and Dignity has emerged as an important group promoting a network of organizers throughout the American Continent These journeys were mobilized in the North and the South of the hemisphere under the advice of a great nurnberofindigenousnations who seek unity throughout the continent with the support of all the races who respect our culture and our Mother Earth. Peace and Dignity Journeys was organized by Aurelio Dias Pekpankalli and Alfonso Perez Tenoch, Mexicans who are based in Chicago, Illinois. The March will end in Teotihuacln, Mexico on October 12 with a sacred ceremony. Our presence there will add to the whole of the strategy of the Indigenous Nations. Source: Dorinda Moreno, US West Coast Coordinator of Peace and Dignity Journeys 6 Num 4 Diego Domingo Martin, a Mam leader from Guatemala, was last seen being led away by five armed men on November 8, 1991. When family members denouncedhis "disappearance," they were told they should notcareabouta "guerilla". They were warned that they might suffer the same fate if they continued their denunciation. Unfortunately Diego is not alone. Diego is only one of countless indigenous persons in the Americas singledoutforabuse. To mark the SOOth anniversary of the arrival of Columbus, Amnesty International is highlighting and stepping up its work on behalfofindigenouspeoplesthroughaspecialcampaign. In the U.S alone, approximately three hundred local Amnesty groups are already generating appeals to governments to stop the continuing violations directed against indigenous peoples. Soon, their voices will be joined by thousands of Amnesty student groups. On October 6, worldwide attention focuses on the release of Amnesty International's report entitled Hu- man rights violations against indigerwus peoples ofthe Americas. A "Day of Action" on October 12 by Amnesty groups across the U.S. commemorates the past and commits to the future. And on International Human Rights Day, December10,Amnestygroupsagainfocusonendingviolations against indigenous peoples. This anticipates further work during 1993, the UN.'s year of the Indigenous People. Amnesty International offers its report and its work through local and student groups, and thousands of individual members. The world must realize that the massacres, the "disappearances," the torture and other egregious human rights violations against indigenous people have not stopped: they continue and it is high time the governments of the an end 1:0 them. For more information on Amnesty International's campaign work or to obtain the report , please contact the Campaign Office at 655 Sutter St, San Francisco, CA 94102 or (415)441-2114. 39 � 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. 6, No. 4 (Fall 1992) (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 Peace and Dignity Journeys: 1992 Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Article Language A language of the resource English Zotero Title Peace and Dignity Journeys: 1992 Item Type Newspaper Article Attachment Title Vol. 6, no. 4 (39).pdf Attachment URL [No URL] http://saiic.nativeweb.org/ayn/files/original/15171f3a7490358cd2002d7a2280059a 64dffa0d584ef8d6e408840ad7057000 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. 6, no. 4 (38).pdf PDF Text Text I I On Sunday, September 20th, a human rights activist was killed in Santo Domingo during a peaceful march protesting the Quincentennial celebrations in honor of Christopher Columbus. Rafael Efrain Ortiz was shot in the forehead and two other people were wounded when plain clothedpolicemenopenedfireon the 300 marchers. A lieutenant and two officers are being held under investigation. This was the first march in the Dominican Republic organized by groups protesting several different aspects of the celebration, the most tangible of which is the enormous lighthouse dedicated to Christopher Columbus.In a later protest, another man was killed. The government has not disclosed any figures, but the most often quotedcostforthe project is somewhere around $250 million pesos or $40 million dollars. Not only can the country not afford such an expense, but a major part of that cost revolves around the evacuation and demolition of the homes and land where the lighthouse now stands. Thousands offamilies were to be relocated in modern apartments, but reports say that has not happened. At most, some people have received $50 dollars before watching their home be bulldozed. It is ironic for a poor country like the Dominican Republic to spend hundreds of millions of dollars on this grandiose project and other beautification and renovation projects when the country's basic services are crumbling. Many areas of the city receive only 34 hours of electricity per day; streets have large potholes (making off-road vehicles the preferred mode of transportation for the wealthy); rubbish remains uncollected on the streets causing terrible rat problems. 38 I The lighthouse itselfis a grey,recumbent, parldng garage looking structure, 800 feet long and 150feet tall, in the form of a cross. It is located across from the colonial city on the other side of the Ozama River and will house museums from "all the countries of the world" as well as offices. "Beautification: or "hiding eyesore" projects include the 1-mile between the two tourist destinations so that tourists don't have to see poverty on their way to the lighthouse. The lighthouse is supposed to illuminate the sky in the shape of a cross, visible all over the Caribbean. Needless to say, there is a lot of skepticism about that claim. In response to criticism that the whole country would have to remain in the dark in order to provide the electricity for the lighthouse, the government claims that the lighthouse will be powered on solar energy. In addition, the money for the solar power plant is supposed to have been donated. Many people think that president Balaguer has built this lighthouse as a monument to himself. After six terms as president he would no doubt like to leave his mark. Contrary to popular belief, the Pope will not inaugurate the monument although he will be in the country at the time for the Latin American Church Conference. He will be co-officiating a mass on the esplanade of the lighthouse, on October ll,justone day prior to the official celebrations on October 12. The Pope has been to Santo Domingo once before in 1978. He chose it as the first place to visit in America, as it was the first land in America that the church imposed Christianity on. SAIIC Newsletter j � 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. 6, No. 4 (Fall 1992) (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 Two Killed for Protesting Quincentennial Celebrations (Dominican Republic) Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Article Language A language of the resource English Zotero Title Two Killed for Protesting Quincentennial Celebrations (Dominican Republic) Item Type Newspaper Article Attachment Title Vol. 6, no. 4 (38).pdf Attachment URL [No URL] http://saiic.nativeweb.org/ayn/files/original/32f2ce165650b2a403b64c0fe007aa06 62d1b808a038ad5f83a8ecddc72e8e93 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. 6, no. 4 (36).pdf PDF Text Text I I INTERNATIONAL TRmUNALS OF THE WoRLD's INDIGENous PEoPLES EcUADOR On. CAMPAIGN MEETING The meeting entitled "Popular Strategy and Alliance for the Oil Exploitation in the Ecuadorian Amazon" will be held in Coca, Ecuador from September2628,1992. The Ecuadorian indigenous organizations: CONAIE,CONFENIAE,andFCUNAE; the Oil Workers Union (FETRAPEC); the environmental coalition "Campana: Amazonia por la Vida", and Observatorio Socio-Ambiental de la Amazonia are organizing a working meeting to develop a unified strategy between indigenous people, workers, «eologists and international organizations to campaign against the oil exploitation in the Ecuadorian Amazon. This meeting is a unique occasion where all the parties affected by the oil industry will meet to develop a united platform. .. For more information contact Observatorio SocioAmbiental de la Amazonia, Tel: 593-2-506-617 or 5932-550-658 or Accion Ecologica, Tel: 593-2-547-516. P.O. Box 17-15-246C, Quito, Ecuador. SECOND KUNA WoMEN's CoNFERENCE The Second Kuna Women's Conference will be held in the Kuna community of Dad Nakue Dupbir in Kuna Yala, Panama from September 25 to 27. . For more information contact Fanny AvilaEleta, Taller de Mujeres Kunas, Apartado Postal 536, Panama 1, Panama. Tel: (507) 63-40-27, Fax: (507) 69-35-14 HONEYBEE An informal quarterly newsletter to document innovations produced by farmers, artisans and farm workers; generate debate around sustainable alternatives based on people's knowledge systems among farmers, scientists, political leaders and social activists and lobby for protecting intellectual property rights of grassroots innovators. Honey Bee asks farmers to contribute specific innovations in the field of sustainable technologies and institutions with the name and address of the innovating individuals and/or community. .. You can receive a four issue subscription to Honey Bee by sending $30 to Honey Bee, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, Vastrapura- 380015,India 36 The International Tribunals of the World's Indigenous Peoples will be held from December 12-16, 1992 in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The Indigenous Peoples' Alliance and the Continental Indigenous Coordinating Committee (CONIC) endorsed the proposal to host regional tribunals on a continental level on issues of Indigenous sovereignty and rights, and to deliver a report of the findings to the United Nations in 1993. A council of 12 Indigenous Listeners will be formed to hear the testimony of the Indian Nations and prepare the report. Indigenous Nations, organizations and community groups who are interested in giving testimony should contact the Indigenous Peoples Alliance, P.O. Box 40192, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87196 The North American Tribunal of Indigenous Peoples and Oppressed Nations THE NORTH AMERICAN TRmUNAL Willbeheldfrom0ctober2to4, 1992inSanFrancisco, CA, led by the American Indian Movement. This gathering will hear testimony and hold discussions about the massive, systematic violations of human rights and international law against people of color within the US and the right to self-determination for these peoples and the release of political prisoners and prisoners of war in the US. . For more information contact the American Indian Movement, 2940-16th Street, #104, San Francisco, CA 94103; Phone (415) 552-1992; Fax (415) 431-1492 REBUIWINGOURCOMMUMTIES: A VlSIONFORTHEFUTURE Program willbe aired on Deep Dish Cable TV on December 15 and 17, 1992. Six indigenous leaders from Central and South American discuss the 500 Years Campaign, which began as an Indian response to the Quincentenary celebration and has developed as an ongoing dialogue among indigenous activists. Produced by the South and Meso American Indian Information Center. For more information contact Deep dish TV Network, 339 Lafayette Street, New York, NY 10012; Phone (212) 273-8933; Fax (212) 420-8223 SAIIC Newsletter � 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. 6, No. 4 (Fall 1992) (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 500 Years of Indian Resistance: Events Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Article Language A language of the resource English Zotero Title 500 Years of Indian Resistance: Events Item Type Newspaper Article Attachment Title Vol. 6, no. 4 (36).pdf Attachment URL [No URL] http://saiic.nativeweb.org/ayn/files/original/c4de8b7430c8e94d7832c372e9c5ba1c 3acdc09d831762b2527c95053e933c1d 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. 6, no. 4 (34-35).pdf PDF Text Text THESE STA.HMENTS WEJ!...E MA.D E BY WOMEN A.T THE INDic;ENOUS INDIGENOUS WOMEN A.ND 500 YEA.R.J OF RHISTA.NCE TESTIMONY BY LIDIA ANITY- BoLIVIA I would like to begin by saying that for us, as indigenous people, these 500 years have not been cause for a celebration. Instead, we are mourning the genoJUNE 2.8 -30, 1992 IN cide and ethnocide that our indigenous nations of Abya SA.NTA. CJ!...UZ, Y ala have suffered. IWLJVIA.. THE The violence carried out under the pretext of civi<:;A.THEJ!...IN<:; WAS lization has cost us the loss of our language. In our classrooms, we areprohibitedfrom speakingourmother SPONSOJ!...ED BY THE tongue, and wearing our own forms of dress. We are WOMEN'S forced to change our eating habits, our health is endanINHJ!...NA.TIONA.L gered, and we are exposed to all that is harmful to us. LEA.c;UE FOJ!... PEA.CE This is the way that many programs have been in Latin America, that is to say in our own nations. For A.ND Ff!...HDOM. example, OFASA arrives, telling us what we indigenous people should eat, and then the production of our own food diminishes. Along with that, they want to control our birth rates. As women, weaskourselves, "Why do they want to exterminate us?" Also in our towns and villages there is an exchange or barter economy. To them this seemed very dangerous, as it promotes much contact among ourselves. That is why Strong participation of women at they imposed the monetary system, the conference. Photo SAIIC so that what we create and produce can turn into commerce. A clear sign of this in Bolivia is the sale of land to foreign groups, because they say that foreigners generate income. As for us indigenous people, they say that we don 'thave the capacity to make a profit That is what the capitalists say, and thus the government favors the WOMEN'S HMJNA.f!..., 34 foreigners. Before and after colonization, we women have had the power to make decisions. That is why when we exercise authority, we exercise it jointly as husband and wife. In fact, often the influence of the woman is greater, since she is the principal element within the home. Thus, we see that indigenous women are capable of deciding for themselves in their husband's absence. Also in the name of civilization, religion personified in statues was introduced. How can a plaster God hear? However in our indigenous nation there exist our own gods. For example, for each activity a ''Wajt' a" or offering is made to the Earth Mother, thanking her for her gifts; and an offering is made to Tata Illimani thanking him for the rains, etc. There exists much discriminationagainstourpeople and our communities, since we are seen as second- and third-class people, saying that we are like wild animals. For us it is a humiliation, that investigations of our life-styles are carried out and published about us. Because we, as nations, can make known our own reality. We have the ability to write about our lives without putting Nature aside, without losing sight of all that surrounds us. INDIGENOUS SUR..VIVA.L A.ND RESISTA.NCE TESTIMONY BY GLORIDALIA GoNzALES-PANAMA After the conquest and colonization, those who remained on our Island devoted themselves to fishing and cultivating rice, com, and coconuts. The women were the ones who took care of the seeds, watered, tended the plants, and harvested. At the same time, they were the ones who have maintained our culture, which they have transmitted to their children from generation to generation, thus preserving the wisdom and knowledge of the Kuna culture and people. SAIIC Newsletter �Through the making of the MOLAS, and the WOMEN'S RIGHTS AND INDIGENOVS CHAQUIRAS (headwork) that we call WINI, we as RIGHTS Kunawomenaretheoneswhoprovideagreatpartofthe TESTIMONY BY CARMEN GUAL.AN- EcUADOR income of our communities and our families. In sum, women have participated and continue to Weindianshavetherighttolife,notdeath; to land, participate in production, women have beenresponsible not poverty; to education, not ignorance; and to create for household income, for culture, handicrafts, plant our own political strategies based on Indian thought knowledge, and family unity within the Kuna commu- We have the right to our territories where we can nities. develop our culture, because the Earth is Mother to the While recognizing women's participation in Re- Indians. We have aright to our own medicine, our own sistance and in survival, we see that they still remain diet, our own government, our own laws. marginalized and discriminated against, both without We have the right to our own original spirituality, and within their own culture. toourowntraditions. As women, wewantourchildren While indigenous men are marginalized in rela- to be respected, that they not be vaccinated with chemitionship to non-indigenous men, in terms of education, health, work, and political life, that is to say in all spheres, it hurts us to see that indigenous women are marginalized and oppressed for their condition 1) as women, 2) as poor people, and 3) as indigenous people. So we have the situation that regarding education, the majority of indigenous women are illiterate and as a result do not have jobs. If a Kuna woman and a Kuna man perform a job, the woman receives a lesser salary. The same thing happens in our political life. For example, in our community congress wedonothave the right to vote nor to speak. This does not mean that we want our Kuna brothers to lose their rights, rather that we have the right to participate and exercise the same rights as them. I want to emphasize that even if we obtain these same rights, th~t is not even a small portion of the rights Delegates to the conference in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. of indigenous peoples, both men and women, that we Photo SAIIC are struggling for. As indigenous women we participate in and lay claim to the struggles of indigenous commu- cal medicines. That our mothers not be controlled by nities, and it is on their behalf that we ask that the contraceptives. struggle of indigenous women be a part of this great Aswomenandascommunities, we want to particieffort to reclaim our culture and our rights, which were pate in the national parliament, where we can express taken from us 500 years ago. and shape what we want and feel. Again I point out that through our participation, we Enough of 500 years of exploitation and maintain our own culture and identity. We have been marginalization, wherelndianshavenot been respected. protagonists in the history of the Resistance and survival We do not want any more machismo, but want for men of our communities. Today we demand that our rights and women together to have the same rights. As women, we are the base of an organization, we be recognized, that the blood of our anonymous women who fought culture be recognized, for having allowed are the ones who maintain our culture, identity, and me, my daughter, my mother, and my people to be here traditions. Weare the ones who truly cultivate the earth. today, 500 years later. We also want for our Indian doctors to be reAnd in honor to her, to that original Kuna woman, spected, because we want the right to have our own our mola workshop bears her name, KIKADIRYAI. hospitals. We want all of these to be respected- our She was the first woman who taught us to sew and to hills and mountains, our sacred places, the lakes, the design molas; who maintained the mola tradition animals, our land, the sky - , because they are all throughout the years, which has been the economic base sacred to our people; but to the capitalists these are only for many Kuna families over time. things to use for business. They believe that they own The resistance and survival that the Kuna women the whole world, they divide it up amongst themselves, had in face of the Spanish, is the same that we have today only to make themselves richer and richer. in face of the North American government 6 Num 4 35 � 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/. 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Title A name given to the resource Vol. 6, no. 4 (33).pdf PDF Text Text OnJuly21, 1992,agroupofabout500MayaMarn Indians from the town of Cajola, Quezaltenango, was attacked by Guatemalan security forces while on a peaceful march to demand their right to the possession of their land. Several people, including children, were wounded. The protesters had just arrived in the capital, Guatemala City, and were gathered at the Plaza Mayor to demand a hearing and deliver their petitions to government officials. Moments after a delegation was received in City Hall, the riot police were given orders to remove the protesters from the Plaza by force. The Indians took refugee in the University of San Carlos, where they will remain until they get an answer from the government The Marn Indians have begun this mobilization because they have been removed from their own territory several times during the last four years. One of the region's landowners is claiming it as his own. However, according to a land title on fll.e in the City of Quezaltenango, the Las Pampas del Horizonte ranch, which is in dispute, was granted to the inhabitants of Cajohi through an agreement signed in 1910 by then President of Guatemala Manuel Estrada Cabrera. The land dispute ofLas Pampas del Horizonte began on May 22,1989, when the Marn Indians proceeded to take possession of their lands after obtaining the legal authorization from the National Institute of Agrarian Transformation (INTA). However, when the ranch's boundaries were marked off, it was found that Mariano Arevalo Bermujo, of Coatunco Ranch, had annexed the ranch as his own. Since then, there has been a long process of tedious dealings with state entities. The Mam People have been subjected to violent attacks: ranches have been burned, crops have been destroyed, and they themselves have been physically seized and displaced. Having nowhere else to go, they set up camp in the road, hoping that the Serrano government would focus some attention on their situation. Eventually, they managed to Vol 6 Num 4 get a audience with the president. During this meeting, the president committed himself to solving the problem within 15 days by means of negotiation. This promise was not kept, forcing the Indigenous People to remain on the road. Exposed to bad weather, many of them became ill, and during this time about 20 children died of malnutrition. In light of these abuses, the Marn organized a march to the Central Plaza to demand that the agreements made by the national government be kept. After three days, a few accomplishments were made, such as the formation of a tri-partite commission to look for a provisional ranch and to continue the legal process ofresurveying the Coatunco and Pampas del Horizonte ranches. Eventually it was decided that the government would proceed to hand over some of the territory to several families. Preceding this, the Marn had waited over a year for the government to comply with the petitions they had presented. In view of this official negligence, they decided to occupy the ranch on May 1 with 500 families. Theywerelegallyrepresentedbythemayorof the town ofCajola. After a month ofoccupying the land, a court decision was made finding them guilty of usurpation; they were thrown off the land once again. In spite of this, within hours of their displacement, they went right back and retook possession of their lands. Another displacement took place May 19th , this time under the threat of forcible arrest. At that time, the villagers returned to the road to set up camp. Faced with the harshness of elements, they decided to mobilize for their march on the capital. There they have received support from the inhabitants of the capital, from peasants and indigenous peoples, students, and union and church organizations, among others. At this moment, the president has decided to order the INTA to carry out an investigation of the case of Cajola, and within a couple of weeks a decision is to be made in reference to the Marn demands. 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. 6, No. 4 (Fall 1992) (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 Violence Against Mam Indians (Guatemala) Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Article Language A language of the resource English Zotero Title Violence Against Mam Indians (Guatemala) Item Type Newspaper Article Attachment Title Vol. 6, no. 4 (33).pdf Attachment URL [No URL] http://saiic.nativeweb.org/ayn/files/original/144eba24865d7f8609670c0868ff5ba6 ea0613fb09e12bffb07fbfc09428dd92 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. 6, no. 4 (31-32).pdf PDF Text Text AN INTER..VIEW WITH CA.LIXTA. c;A.BR..IEL The following is excerpted from on inteNiew with Colixto Gabriel, a Coqchikel Mayo, of the Traditional Council of Guatemala. This inteNiew was conduded by SAIIC on September 3, 1992 Vol 6 Num 4 SAIIC: What is your perspective on Mayan women? CG: We as Mayan women have an important role, not only today, but historically as well. Within the Mayan cosmovision, there has always existed a great respect for women. The function of women is seen as an :iritegral part of our society. Within the Mayan world view, woman is not oppressed. However, throughout time, we can see a growing separation between man and woman. I believe that our spirituality has been kept alive in our Mayancommunities,andtherearemanywomenworking in that area, especially in the field of health. There are many midwives who fulfill the important roles of nurses and psychiatrists and whose main role is to care for the women and the children. I believe in that sense, we are the teachers, the guides of the new generations. In the spiritual aspect of the Mayan culture, there does not exist discrimination against women. There are Mayan women who are priests as well as the men, and they conduct their own ceremonies. The Mayan women priests carry out the same purpose and function as the Mayan men priests in regards to their celebrations and activities. SAliC: Is this how it was in the old days? Because it is said that machismo was a Spanish imposition carried out through the Church. How did this come about in Guatemala? CG: According to thePopul Vuh, the sacred book of the Mayas and the Quiches, when human beings were created, there were four men and four women created originally - two where the sun rises, two where the sun sets, two where the air spirits live and two where the water spirits live. Thus, at no point in our own history were we told that women were lesser beings. Rather in the story of creation, both man and woman have important roles. When Ixmukanec took the com, he formed humans and that is why we are children of the com. What that means is that the com is the spirit of life, and it represents the nine months of pregnancy. In no instance is there a reference to woman being created from man. On the contrary, women are an important part of our history, and that is manifested in our lives, in the relationship of women with nature, with animals life, with all of life; there is no separation. According to the MayanNaguales, there are dual forces. There is duality of man and woman, and of woman and man, and this is manifested in spirits. There are very powerful spirits that accompany us and orient us toward our destiny so that we can fulfill our destiny of what we are here to do. This is not only for man, but for women as well- and in that sense it is never said that man is stronger than woman. When the white people or the Spaniards came to invade our lands, they also enslaved the woman so that she could be their servant, their slaves. So that when the invasion took place, it did not just affect the men but it affected our whole culture. That is when the role of Mayan women began to change, and she had to begin to submit herself to another person who is seen as more powerful in order to protect her economic and political interests. Christianity and Catholicism in Central America took advantage of this; they also came side by side with the invasion; they played a large part in the exploitation and displacement of our grandmothers. Not only did they divest them of their hierarchical, spiritual, social and political roles, but also in many instances they killed them. So in spite ofall of the oppression of the women, we have maintained a very strong spiritual position, because if that didn't exist, all respect would have been lost. And with all of the western education we have received, we would all be dead. Continued on page 32 31 �-from page 31 SAICC: We hear a lot about Mayan spirituality, how it has not disappeared, but how it has been impacted by colonization and the imposition of foreign religions such as Christianity. Today, after 500 years, what is the state of Mayan religion? CG:Well, there have been different stages. The political violence in our country has really battered our communities, and the life of the peoples in general. There have been times that have felt very hopeless, but after those lows new forces have emerged. For instance, many movements had not realized previously that religion is like the umbilical cord of the people, that spirituality is a very potent weapon for the survival of any peoples, of any nation. Spirituality is the root and the essence of culture. Thus, in the case of Guatemala, wecanseethattherearemanypeople,especiallystudents, who are trying to regain their spirituality. They have felt alone and isolated within an alienating educational system, and thus they have felt the need to regain their spirituality. Today there is a very strong movement of people who are taking up their cultural identity, and this gives me much hope. Ifone does not look for it,itmay not be apparent, but when one becomes involved, one sees how much spiritual activity is taking place. In Guatemala today, there are more than 5,000 Mayan priests, men and women, each one with his or her own specialties and qualities. Some are specialists in taking care of bones, others are specialists in prognosis, others in medicinal plants or in ancestral medicine, and others specialize in healings. It gives us much hope that there are people who still practice our religion despite the persecution. Our religion was being practiced secretly, because Christianity had threatened us, killed us, and accused our religion of being witchcraft, and of being evil. Many times even some Indigenous people may think this way, but it is not their fault. It is a foreign system that we are all wrapped up in, that attempts to destroy our culture, or force the disappearance of the Mayas and other Indigenous people. So right now there has been a reaction to all of the political violence; there are many more women and youth that have become involved, including Mayan priests, in various seminars, information exchanges, and workshops on the ethnic and national levels. For example, there have been some three-day gatherings, week-long gatherings, where for the flrst time Mayan 32 priests are showing themselves publicly and realizing that, "Yes, I am a Mayan priest. I can say, accept and be who lam." Before,itwassomethingthatpeoplefeltshy about, that was very hidden, but now everyone is rallying to the realization that this is their right. In Guatemala we have always had in our Constitution the right to freedom of religion, but before when it came to Mayan religion it was seen as a different matter altogether. Yet now we are reclaiming our spiritual place. Presently, we are in the process of organizing a congress ofMayan priests and of the elders and spiritual leaders of other Indigenous people throughout the American continent, to be held around the time of the winterequinox-December23, 1992. Wehopetohave the participation of Native elders from North America, South America and Mexico. SAICC: As a spiritual woman and Mayan priest, do you have a message for your Indigenous sisters throughout rhe continent? CG: My brothers and sisters of this continent, I believe there are no differences in the way we pray and think. I hope that even if we are told otherwise, we can truly feel our oneness. As the Popul Vuh says: "May no one go on ahead, may no one stay behind, may we all walk forth together;" this is the prophecy that we believe shall be fulfllled. It is also said that we will go and we will return. I believe that even in the case of indigenous groups where there are few survivors, we are not alone; the spirits of our ancestors, our grandparents live with us. I believe that their spirits have illuminated our wisdom so that we can continue to go forward, and so that there will be more of an encounter and spiritual exchange between ourselves as indigenous peoples, as well as cultural and maybe political exchange. I would like to say to our brothers and sisters that we acknowledge the existence of our relatives, and we ask to be included in your prayers for peace on this earth, our Mother Earth that embraces us in her arms, with her huipil. I would also like to say that may the heart of the sky and the earth give you many blessings and illuminate you. I hope that those of you who are able to can meet with us so that we can participate together, communicating and exchanging our experiences. May the heart of the sky, the spirit of the eagle, the spirit of the buffalo, of Quetzalcoatl and of the Condor illuminate all of my brothers and sisters. Thank you. SAIIC Newsletter � 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. 6, No. 4 (Fall 1992) (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 The Mayan Spirit Lives: An Interview with Calixta Gabriel (Guatemala) Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Article Language A language of the resource English Zotero Title The Mayan Spirit Lives: An Interview with Calixta Gabriel (Guatemala) Item Type Newspaper Article Attachment Title Vol. 6, no. 4 (31-32).pdf Attachment URL [No URL] http://saiic.nativeweb.org/ayn/files/original/9062b23456d8acd0ebefc1caa2153414 b3292ed91a09df049c52bcf8fcce547a 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. 6, no. 4 (30).pdf PDF Text Text E The Third Meeting of the Continental Coordinating Commission of Indigenous Nations and Organizations took place in Panama from September 24 to 27,1992. The Meeting was originally planned for Chile, but lack of resources forced the Commission to hold the Meeting in Panama. This was the third meeting following the meetings in Panama in December 1991 and in New York in March 1992. Delegates from fourteen different Indian nations of South and Central America and Mexico, attended the meeting. Indigenous people of North America were represented by the Indigenous Peoples Alliance (IPA). The Continental Commission reaffirmed the objectives and principles established in the previous meetings, which include the following: 1. To seek Indigenous unity on a continental level, recognizing that we have a common past and present, and that we have decided to work together beyond the year 1992, respecting the situation and strategies which each Indigenous Nation may adopt to reach their liberation and self-determination. 2. To develop a continental communication network which would directly involve the grass-roots communities in order to strengthen our ties and make known the critical situation in which we the Native Peoples live, and seek solutions for our future. 3. To promote a process leading to dialogue and consensus based on our spiritual values, life styles and 30 millennia! knowledge. 4. To form a common alliance to reconstruct our Nations which were dispersed by colonization and to fight to curb the destruction of our Mother Earth and her harmony. The Commission will organize a Second ContinentallndigenousEncounterinMexicoforJulyl993. The meeting will be hosted by the Independent Indian People's Front and the Yalalteca People of Oaxaca. The Continental Indian Commission will meet on December 8 and 9 to plan the Continental Meeting in Mexico. The First Continental Indigenous Encounter was held in Quito, Ecuador in June 1990. The opening of the United Nations Year oflndigenous People will be on December 10, 1992 in New York. Three Indian representatives from the Continental Commission have been designated to address the UN at the opening ceremony. The Association of Kunas United for Nabguana of Panama will continue as the continental coordinating office in cooperation with the regions. For copies of the resolutions of these meetings of for more information contactAsociacion Kunas Unidos por Nabguana, Apartado 536, Panama 1, Panama; Phone (507) 63 88 79; Fax (507) 69 35 14 or Indigenous Peoples Alliance, c/o Tonantzin Land Institute, P.O. Box 40182, Albuquerque, NM 87196; Phone 505 766 9930; Fax 505 766 9931. Copies of the resolutions are also available from SAIIC. SAIIC Newsletter � 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. 6, No. 4 (Fall 1992) (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 Third Continental Meeting (Panama) Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Article Language A language of the resource English Zotero Title Third Continental Meeting (Panama) Item Type Newspaper Article Attachment Title Vol. 6, no. 4 (30).pdf Attachment URL [No URL] http://saiic.nativeweb.org/ayn/files/original/f9cc945b45e8b640ad5cac2f74dfdd07 c6f6070e520c7f863d61be7546317a7e 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. 6, no. 4 (29).pdf PDF Text Text Ruben Dar{o Peiwranda- Quechua, second prize, poster contest, "500 Aiios de Lucha Anticolonial". MRTKL, Bolivia, 1992 The national Hmnorogo Council, comprised of grassroots organizations representing all ofCosta Rica's indigenous communities, organized a great march on Aprill9, 1992 with the participation of 17 (of a total of 21) "Indian Reservations." The marchers who represented 6 Indian Nations from throughout Costa Rica, walked to the city of Buenos Aires de Puntarenas some walked for more than ten hours. In the Buenos Aires de Puntarenas district, four of the country's eight Indian Nations live in six "Indian Reservations." Approximately 1000 children, women, elderly, sutias & traditional leaders participated in the march. The marchers represented the Guaymi, Bribri, Cabecar, Maliku, Brukaj and Teribes Nations. The marchers called on the government, public and private institutions, and the general public to respect their historical rights to land and culture. Using banners & posters, each community identified its principal concerns, from which we have extracted the following: 1) Solution the land problem , by granting commu- Vol 6 Num 4 nal property titles and the means to produce them. 2) Constitutional recognition of the historic rights of the indigenous populations in the framework of a multicultural as well as a multinational state. 3)That the legislative assembly ratify the 169 Treaty of the International Labor Organization (ILO), which recognizes the rights of the indigenous population. 4) Stop permitting the exploitation of the natural resources in territories that belong 10 indigenous people. 5) No to the construction of the inter-oceanic highway on indigenous terri10ry, which we consider an aggression against nature and culture. 6) No to the construction of the Hydroelectric powerplantin Boruca, which would displace more than 40 indigenous and campesin.o communities. 7) Opposition to the negative and disrespectful politics of the National Commission of Indigenous Affairs, which is declared to be displeasing 10 all indigenous communities all over the country. 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. 6, No. 4 (Fall 1992) (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 Costa Rican Indians March to Commemorate Day of the Native American (Costa Rica) Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Article Language A language of the resource English Zotero Title Costa Rican Indians March to Commemorate Day of the Native American (Costa Rica) Item Type Newspaper Article Attachment Title Vol. 6, no. 4 (29).pdf Attachment URL [No URL] http://saiic.nativeweb.org/ayn/files/original/93b2886c83d2d909ad6b5118dcdc5c4e 2faa36c7e8f6848715bc896f11703fcb 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. 6, no. 4 (28).pdf PDF Text Text I Indigenous journalists and communicators of the Americas (ABY A YALA) and Sami Land (Sweden. Norway, Finland and ex-USSR), attending the FIRST INTERNATIONAL ENCOUNTER OF THE 5. Also, we reject the use of funds allocated for these kind of festivities because it only serves to justify indigenist and neocolonial policies of governments throughout the Americas, and it does not help INDIAN PRESS, in Mexico City from April 28 to the 30th, 1992, to concretely solve the structural problems which the Indigenous declare the following: peoples and other impoverished sectors of these societies in this After having evaluated the role of the press, in general, and in Continent live under. regard to our problems as Indigenous peoples; after analyzing, com- 6. We manifest our strong protest to the Mexican Government for menting and proposing informative criteria of our news and information broadcasting, and transmission among indigenous journalists and presenting obstacles in the issuing of visas in favor of Indigenous press delegates attending this Hrst Continental Meeting of the Indigenous communicators; after critically analyzing the effects the European invasion caused on the Indigenous peoples of the Continent, and what Press. This problem was carried on by Mexican consulates and embas- the "Celebration" of the Quincentennial means to the Indigenous peoples', and considering the rise and development of our own means of Indigenous communication as the first step to recuperate and strengthen our identities so weakened South America; as well as by the lack of confidence of immigration officials in Mexico City in accepting the legitimate origin of legal identity of Indigenous delegates. Because of all these, by nation-states policies of integration and or extermination, and because of the consumer ideology of the cultural monopolies sies in the American Continent, particularly consulates in Central and WE DEMAND WE DECLARE: 1. That all means of communication provide space to the free expression of the Indian press, because it is the legitimate voice of the 1. That we do not agree with the image of Indigenous peoples Indigenous peoples. These spaces will be coordinated by presented by non-Indigenous means of communication. Usually, this Indigenous journalists and Indigenous communicators who be- image does not correspond to Indigenous daily life because, such long to indigenous journals. 2. Equal treatment to Indigenous and non-Indigenous journalists images, are produced by non-Indigenous communicators who ignore specific problems that our peoples face, as well as distort our own image due to ethnocentrist visions which misinterpret the way different Indigenous communities of the Continent think and behave. These centralist attitudes and the lack of adequate information reinforce the stereotyping which the media present to the society in general, in relation to the life and history of our Indigenous peoples. 2. That the Indigenous press is the legitimate instrument of our peoples and thatit will transform the distorted images of contemporary indigenous cultures. 3. That the Indigenous press will be the means by which to openly inform, without commitment to governmental and private interests, about the plunder, injustices, and trampling experienced by the Indigenous peoples of the Continent. Also, through this Indigenous press, Indigenousvoices can alert the concerned international community about the irreversible damage caused by transnational companies on current ecosystems within our territories; as well as individual and collective human rights violations of Indigenous peoples. 4. That we reject the festive nature of the so-called Celebration of the Discovery of America, or "Encounter of Two Worlds", because, other than remembering the massacres of our ancestors, it presupposes the reaff'mnation of economic, political, social and cultural dependent links of Indigenous peoples to national societies in general, and in relation to the hegemony of economically and militarily powerful countries. 28 during the development of their professional tasks. 3. Freedom of movement of Indigenous journalists and communicators throughout the countries of the Americas and the World during the development of their informative tasks. 4. Respect for the physical integrity of Indigenous journalists and communicators throughout the different countries of the Continent Mexico City, April30, 1992 Among the participants were publication coordinators of the following newspapers, journals: AIDESEP(Peru) COOPA (Costa Rica) CHIRAPAQ (Peru) SANS RESERVE,Communications Autochtones (Montreal, Canada) GRUMIN-Grupo-Mulher (Brazil) SAIIC (Oakland, California, USA) OYENDU-CIDOB (Bolivia) Nuestra Palabra, Instituto Nacional Indigenista (non-Indian), (Iztapalapa, Mx) SIGU (Kuna, Panama) Unidad Indigena, ONIC (Colombia) El Tequio- Mixteco (Fresno, California, USA) CO'ILA (Canoga Park, CA, USA) TV-Canal "6 de Julio" (Mexico) BINIGULAZAA (Oaxaca, Mex) ETNIAS (Mexico) SEJECTO, La VrYL del Indio (Costa Rica) AUKIN VOZ MAPUCHE (CHILE) M.A.Y.A.S. (Guatemala) Cultura Huichol (Mexico) EJ Financiero, Sistema Nacional de Informacion Indigena (Mexico) Consejo Nacional de la Cultura Maya (Mexico) Sami Radio (Sweden) Casa de la Unidad del Pueblo (Mexico) Rutjozil (Guatemala) INFORCOOPA (COSTA RICA) Visitor: Elisa Avendano, AD-MAPU (Chile) SAIIC Newsletter � 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. 6, No. 4 (Fall 1992) (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 The Mexico Declaration (Mexico) Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Article Language A language of the resource English Zotero Title The Mexico Declaration (Mexico) Item Type Newspaper Article Attachment Title Vol. 6, no. 4 (28).pdf Attachment URL [No URL] http://saiic.nativeweb.org/ayn/files/original/13aafff1d465756cc71086943403c329 09d30cefac7b01aa69ce62a72d0c36de 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. 6, no. 4 (27).pdf PDF Text Text I Three Maya women from Chiapas, Mexico. Photo Liz Reid Thirty three representatives of all the countries of the Americas, with the exception ofArgentina, Ecuador, Paraguay, Uruguay, Honduras,andNicaragua, attended a three-day First International Meeting of the Indian Press in Mexico City from April28-30, 1992 with the purpose of evaluating the situation of autonomous Indigenous presses and their current networking. Carlos Briceno, of "Desenmascaremos el 92" (Let's unmask 1992) from Madrid, Spain, and Pierre Marande ofSami Radio, Sweden participated in the three day event as well. Messages of support were received by the organizers, Genaro Bautista, Natividad Gutierrez, Zobeyda Quinones and Otilio Atanasio, board members of E1NIAS, an Indian publication based in Mexico City. The main resolutions emphasize the need to constitute an active networking amongst indigenous peoples of the Americas, the Sami people, and all indigenous communication organizations who respect and promote the autonomy and self-determination of Indigenous peoples of the Abya Yala Continent. In an interview with SAIIC, Genaro Bautista, said: 'The meeting was a success. Although some delegates could not arrive on time, most of them let us know they were supportive of the Indigenous information networking. They saw it as a reality which will be maintained alive because of the interest of the Indigenous peoples". Natividad Gutierrez, a very active member of the E1NIAS team shared her opinion with SAIIC stressing that 'The Continental communication of Indigenous 6 Num 4 peoples is a need that can no longer wait, Indigenous peoples have to share experiences, and be supportive of our presses in order to disseminate important information". After the three days of discussions it was that the members would maintain contact together with CONIC, the Continentallndlige99~1s<:::o ordinating Commission, of which was informed in detail. All delegates, I!S····PQt~ntia,I journalists, will act as responsible cmrespi:jJ~d~·tli;<;Ji.r their own countries, and will distribute the ififc)rffill).i!;IQ \\ to all participating members and other u~.,.~5"•""'"" network. In the U.S., SAIIC will continue to play nicator role, and will channel membership to this Continental indigenous press organization. The presence of major Indigenous newspapers, magazines and journals was missed, and delegates wished to have had the chance to meet representatives ofla Taller de Historia Oral Andina (Aymara, Bolivia), The Lakota Times (USA), Yuwitaya Lakota, The Tonantzin Land Institute (New Mexico, USA), Gary S. Trujillo, of the NativeNet email system, and other established Indigenous press and journalists. For further information contact ETNlAS, Madero 67-611, Centro, Mexico, DF. 06000. See declaration on the following page. 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. 6, No. 4 (Fall 1992) (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 The First International Meeting of the Indian Press (Mexico) Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Article Language A language of the resource English Zotero Title The First International Meeting of the Indian Press (Mexico) Item Type Newspaper Article Attachment Title Vol. 6, no. 4 (27).pdf Attachment URL [No URL]