1 12 30 http://saiic.nativeweb.org/ayn/files/original/7288ecd467bbcded1a925a260d5339a7.pdf aaa53b440dea7d6512cf5a20cbe84da7 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, No. 1 (1).pdf PDF Text Text � 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 No. 1 (Summer 1988) 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 Cover Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper 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 Summer 1988 Zotero Title Cover Item Type Newspaper Article Attachment Title Vol. 4, No. 1 (1).pdf Issue 1 Language English Publication Title SAIIC Newsletter Volume 4 Abstract Note Cover Pages 1 Summer 1988 http://saiic.nativeweb.org/ayn/files/original/6636bb98077d7f79c30be38effec3ae4.pdf b748a811d0e4964122b91354ab11420d 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, No. 1 (2-5).pdf PDF Text Text A delegation of Miskitus Indians from Nicaragua visited the U.S. from June 24 to July 5, 1988 to speak about the autonomy process and prospects for peace. Their trip was sponsored by OXFAM America, International Indian Treaty Council, and SAIIC. The delegation consisted of Juan Salgado, Vice Coordinator of Kisan for Peace, Amalia Dixon of the Autonomy Commission, and Elasio Holmes Bennet, Political Secretary of Kisan for Peace. They came to attend the 13th IITC conference in Celilo Falls, Oregon. After that they came to the San Francisco Bay Area to speak at several events. They also went to Washington D.C. Their statements are summarized here: Juan Salgado: ''We are very happy to be here with our Brothers and Sisters. We have faith that very soon we will have the autonomous government we have been fighting for. When we get our autonomous government, it won't be only for us. We believe we are supposed to fight for others, too. ''When we start to practice our real autonomy, it will be. a shame for other countries who have ethnic minorities whose rights are not being respected-it :will be shameful for those countries. ''We are a great Indian nation. We are strong. You have to learn to have that faith, and struggle with that faith, to overcome everything and get your rights in the state. I am grateful to you because, by attending this conference, I am learning a lot of things from you, too. Sometimes our Indians would rather run away from problems, would rather not recognize themselves as Indian, and would rather run away and integrate themselves as other minorities. That is not correct. Many times they hide because of the money. You lose your dignity as a nation this way. We have to fight together tp receive justice and find peace in the world. "Many of my people are here in the United States. Many of them have personal interests; they have forgotten their mothers, their brothers, their sisters. It is my feeling that, by being here today, we can learn to work together, to develop solidarity. That is my main purpose today. "So, by sharing with everyone we can help one another; that will be easier. We shouldn't run away. No one has the right to take us from our land. It is something that belongs to us. We are talking about freedom, and they are supposed to give us freedom-real freedom for everyone, for all the people of this hemisphere. I have great hope that things will be the way we expect. We are not going to keep quiet; we are going to continue to struggle, because there are still some other things we need to do. We are not afraid. 'l\utonomy means our full rights-our rights over our riches, our way of living, our system of life, our reality, our participation in the division of everything. We don't know anything about political parties. All we know is the way that we are accustomed to living and the rights that we have over our land. Amalia Dixon on the history of Atlantic Coast autonomy: ''We notice that the Indian history all over the world is the same. We notice that economically you people are much better than us, but when we speak of rights you still have difficulties getting those rights to be recognized. So then we are the same people that suffer oppression, isolation, marginalization, exploitation. "In 1821, Central America became independent-a big meeting was held in Guatemala. Then they decided that this would be the state of Honduras, Guatemala, Nicaragua and Costa Rica. But those people who went there didn't invite any Indian people, nor blacks who were living in each of those states. Page 2 �So no one was present that would represent the interests of the ethnic groups in Central America. That is how, from the beginning, the Indian people that are in the Pacific region of Nicaragua, mixed with the Spanish, became mestizos and took power. Later it was invaded by the English and they continued living there until1860. In 1894, the English people were pushed out of the region. "This is known in our Nicaraguan history as the reincorporation of the Miskitu Atlantic into Nicaragua. In terms of rights, they were incorporating us without consulting us, without taking into consideration our feelings as Native people. How can we learn to love Nicaragua? I am not involved in Nicaraguan life. So I continue living according to my way and I look at those people in the Pacific coast as Spaniards, because they speak Spanish. Later you see how general Sandino came in fighting against imperialism. In 1934, Somosa took over Nicaragua and started taking over the Atlantic coast of Nicaragua, and more large American companies, lumber companies and gold mining companies went in throughout the region. They just came into Nicaragua to exploit the riches and that was that. "Until 1950, the government went into our region saying that we were supposed to speak Spanish, the official language .... Just as someone was telling me that there are some programs in the U.S. also that you are supposed to speak English only? That destroys you:r culture. If you come to me and say that the language that I speak is not important, I am ashamed of being what I am. That is what happened with most of our people that learned to speak Spanish. "In 1979, when the Sandinistas won the revolution, they went into our region. The first thing we said was: 'We want to be organized in our own system, in our own reality. The Sandinistas accepted and we organized Misurasata, that means Miskuitus, Sumus, Rama, Sandinistas unification. We are six different ethnic groups on the Atlantic coast; three are Indians-Miskuitus, Sumus, and Rama, then the Creole, mixed blood.' Juan Salgado, Elasio Holme from Kisan par La Paz, and Amalia Dixon of the Autonomy Commission, speaking at KPFA raqio in Berkeley. photo- ·Marvin Collins ''We then asked the question: 'What are we going to demand from the new government, because if there is a revolution they say you can ask for your rights. So then Misurasata presented its demands and the Sandinista government said that O.K. that they knew that the Atlantic coast of Nicaragua has been isolated, marginalized. They said that they were going to recognize us and give us the full rights that we need. So that is how we saw Sandinistas-as coming into our community to treat us as equals. How would you look at the purpose? As something good, eh? For the first time, the Nicaraguan government was going to give us full rights, the same participation as in the Pacific region.' The problem was that this was the Sandinista's initiative and not ours. Page3 �''For the first time in Central America, in all America, the government is going to face up to ethnic problems. The Sandinistas never imagined that we were going to stand up and fight for our rights this time. They said we are coming to these people to give them full participation that they never had, so why will they fight against us? But we are tired of being under other peoples' ideas. We have full rights; we survived for five hundred years under other peoples' intervention. We, as Indians, took advantage of the revolution and said, "This time is the time we are going to fight against the Spaniards and show them that they have to learn to respect our rights. This time we demand that we are going to take possession of our riches. "But the situation became more complicated because of Stedman Fagoth, coordinator of Misurasata. Fagoth is from rio Coco. Before he became Sandinista, he was a member of Somosa's security force. There, in the State Council, you have different political parties and the·extreme right took advantage of Stedman's condition. Finally Stedman started to do things that the Indians did not know about. "So when the Sandinistas came to find us, there were two problems for them: Indians demanding separation, the full rights in our region and Fagoth involved with the right wing. So that is when the Sandinistas arrested him and other members of Misurasata. For us, this action meant that they were the same Spaniards that never gave us our rights, so when we were fighting for our rights, they sent us to jail That is when you saw the Indians making a big demonstration and finally the Sandinistas said, 'Let's see how we can negotiate.' "But that was when Stedman went to Honduras and there Somoza's warriors took advantage of him and said, 'O.K., we know what the Indian problems are and we can give them some finan~ial help, military training, everything the Indmn needs. That is how we started to fight against Sandinistas. "In 1982, the situation got so bad along the Coco river frontier that the people living there had to urgently evacuate. The Indians who stayed in Nicaragua continued trying to tell the Sandinistas that there was a mistake - that they should recognize their mistake. That there is a historical problem, and that they have to learn to recognize our rights. "Finally, at the end of 1982, they started to recognize our problem. That was when the Sandinistas found out that we were not against the revolution, that we are revolutionary people. Ours is the type of revolution that depends on our mothers and fathers. It is the real revolution, the Indian revolution. "In 1984, the Sandinistas started to make a lot of studies on what to do to solve the ethnic problem in Nicaragua. That is when they had discussions with Rubin Videa, our leader. In December of 1984, President Ortega declared that the solution of the Atlantic coast was an autonomous government. This is the response that t~e government is giving us because we demanded 1t, we fought for it, we lost a lot of lives. ''Finally, we feel that we are learning to understand one another. We don't need to be killing one another. What we need is to sit down around a table and discuss our reality, respecting one another. We fought Sandinistas in the past but now we recognize that they are trying to understand and solve our aspirations. 'As my father usually says to the government: We want to see that you give us our rights and then we go on forgiving you, but we do not forget."' In 1985 the Indian people of the Atlantic Coast of Nicaragua signed a Peace Treaty with the Nicaraguan government, in Yulu, called now the "Capitol of Peace." The Indian people had been fighting for autonomy since 1979. Page4 �return to Ieymus, Nicaragua on June 22, 1988. Since the beginning of Nicaragua's Atlantic Coast "autonomy" process more than 25,000 people, under the aegis of ACNUR (U.N. Refugee Commission) have returned from Honduras. Elasio Holmes: '1t's been three years since we initiated the dialogue for Peace in the Atlantic Coast. We have specially accomplished the approval of the 'Statute for the Law of Autonomy' by the National Assembly. We agree 80 percent with what has been stipulated by this law, but we think that we still need to make reforms addressing the administration of our natural resources, and the demarcation of our territory. "In these three years both sides-the Indian troops and the Sandinistas' militias have maintained the cease fire agreement. Many Indian troops have come down to the open to join the peace dialogues. "But when we say Peace, we want Peace with dignity. Many Indians have died, and the war left many widows and many handicapped people. We want Peace with dignity accomplishing the objectives that we set up at the beginning of this struggle. We are never going to give up our arms. This sounds contradictory, because if we are talking about Peace, how can we still talk about keeping our arms? But we think that the arms we have are a guarantee for maintaining Peace in the Atlantic Coast. We have to make sure that our autonomy is respected, and we have to have something with which to defend our autonomy. We have to defend Peace. 'We also think that there is trust between the Sandinista government and us, because if the government permits the Indian people to keep their arms, without fearing tomorrow a coup, or a separatist movement in the Atlantic Coast, we think that that is an indication of trust. We are all seeking Peace. 'We don't think that there are ideological contradictions between the government and us. The Indian people struggle is for autonomy, land rights, rights to exploit our natural resources, to have our own way of government, to be able to make decisions as a people, to remain with our culture and our language, and the revolution talks about defending the same things." PageS � 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 No. 1 (Summer 1988) 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 Miskitus from Nicaragua Speak about Peace (Nicaragua) Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper 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 Summer 1988 Zotero Title Miskitus from Nicaragua Speak about Peace (Nicaragua) Item Type Newspaper Article Attachment Title Vol. 4, No. 1 (2-5).pdf Issue 1 Language English Publication Title SAIIC Newsletter Volume 4 Pages 2-5 Abstract Note Miskitus visit the United States. Amelia Dixon Kisan for Peace Miskitu Nicaragua http://saiic.nativeweb.org/ayn/files/original/2f6f1bd11c12a389741b706da635f870.pdf 37e7ddb902ec8bbbe1b80cfd4eca391d 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, No. 1 (6-7).pdf PDF Text Text Chanting keeps spirits high. Amazonia Brazil's indigenous people, turning back several strong challenges from the country's National Security Council, won a significant victory on June 1st with the passing of the chapter of Brazil's new Constitution dealing with Indian lands and rights. According to Allton Krenak, national coordinator of the Union of Indigenous Nations (UNI), "the participation of the Indian movement in the Constitutional assembly was a success not because of what is written in the la~ but because Indians invaded a political space normally held by the elite, fought with the government, and showed what they are thinking, in a country where the voices of Native people normally aren't heard.'' In the weeks before the final voting, more than 200 Indians, including the Kayap6 and other tribes from the Amazon region, came to Brasilia and "lobbied" legislators for a favorable text. Many wore brightly colored feather headdresses and traditional body painting of genipapo and urucum, and held d~ily assemblies in the capital to debate proposals, chant, and conduct spiritual ceremonies to favorably influence the politicians. On the day of the final negotiations, Prepori, a Kayabi paje from Mato Grosso, circulated about the chambers in his sloth-skin hat, chanting prayers and blowing sacred smoke in the direction of all present. Among the guarantees approved in the new constitution: "original rights" for recognition of traditional land rights that pre-date the national state; "exclusive use of riches of the soil and waters'' for Natives, as well as their right to permanently remain on their traditional lands; Page 6 �© 1988 Aguirre/Swilkes/Amazonia Indians cannot be removed from their land, unless a catastrophe or epidemic occurs, in which case they must be allowed to return to their land as soon as possible; that any hydroelectric or mining project that affects Indian lands can only proceed with authorization of Congress, in consultation with the impacted communities, and that a share of the benefits go to Indian people; and the right to bilingual education in a Native language. UNI and pro-Indian lawyers defeated a lastminute attempt to insert language that would differentiate between the rights of "acculturated" and "non-acculturated'' Indians. This could have opened the doors to a series of laws terminating the land rights of those who wear clothes, speak Portuguese, or use manufactured items. Now, UNI hopes to challenge a government policy of demarcating Indian lands as col6onias, where mining and agricultural development projects would be encouraged. Indian leaders also view as significant the fact that FUNAI, the Brazilian government's Indian agency, is nowhere mentioned in the text of the Constitution. This may lead to a rediscussion of FUNAI's role as an adversary of the Indian movement, and a push to establish an organ of the government to deal with Indian affairs that is less developmentalist and authoritarian in nature, and which admits a broader participation of Indian people in determining their own future. In July, the constitutional draft was revised by relator Bernardo Cabral, who edits the text for presentation to Congress. Several measures were subtly changed; omitted were the rights of Indians to "permanently remain" on their lands. ProIndian legal advisors have taken steps to ensure that this article and others are corrected in the draft that will be voted on. Page 7 � 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 No. 1 (Summer 1988) 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 Brazilian Indians Win Victory in Constitution (Brazil) Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper 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 Summer 1988 Zotero Title Brazilian Indians Win Victory in Constitution (Brazil) Item Type Newspaper Article Attachment Title Vol. 4, No. 1 (6-7).pdf Issue 1 Language English Publication Title SAIIC Newsletter Volume 4 Pages 6-7 Abstract Note Indians in Brazil won significant land rights after they were written in Brazil's new Constitution. http://saiic.nativeweb.org/ayn/files/original/ffcb1b601e9b0eaa0e2d777fc0f87fc9.pdf e066510269969bced0a216e2a8d6740c 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, No. 1 (8).pdf PDF Text Text Chief Itabira Surui at the National Congress in Brasilia. photo: Aguirre/Switkes/ Amazonia ''A large fazendeirocame here ten years ago and set up a ranch on our land. Forty of our people had built a corral to raise some animals-pigs, cattle, and chickens-but the fazendeiro set it on fire. We rebuilt the fence and again he set it on fire. Then he sent the police to take me to jail with all my people. I spent 27 days in jail. Last June we cleaned an area to cultivate, but the fazendeiro forbid us from planting anything. He went to Boa Vista (the capital of Roraima) and made a "law" with the judge saying that we couldn't plant on our land; if we did plant, we would have to pay a 200 cruzados fine and would be sent to jail. But we will continue fighting-and will not give away our land, for we don't have anywhere else to go." Last May 8th, a Yanomami child was killed and her father wounded when the Tiretheri village was attacked by a group of non-Indians. The suspects are a possibly organized group of gold miners attempting to get access to new mining fronts. Also, the burial of 20 Yanomami Indians was witnessed and reported by a miner coming from the Couto Magalhaes area. (See SAIIC urgent action bulletin 5/7/88). Neither FUNAI, the National Indian Foundation, nor the government have taken any steps to ease the conflict between Indians and nonIndians in the area, and have denied that these conflicts take place. According to Father Saffirio of Roraima, the government's claims to have removed gold miners from the area are false. The number has in fact increased, he says, to over 25,000. In the Brazilian Congress, several senators and deputies announced that "a genocide of immeasurable proportions has begun in the Yanomami territory, threatening the lives of ~000 Indians,'' and that "urgent intervention" is needed. In a document, the Congressmen told Brazil's President Jose Sarney that the miners' invasion of the area is a demoralizing factor for the government. 'We believe that it is not too late for the government to regain its authority and halt the genocidal process that would lead to extinction of the last isolated ethnic group of our country and the world." There is much worry about the Yanomami situation among the professional teams that gave medical assistance to the area before they were expelled by the National Security Council as threats to the national sovereignty. They say now the Indians are completely without assistance and vulnerable to disease from contacts with the miners that have invaded the area. 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Title A name given to the resource Macuxi Tuchaua Luis: "White People Came Here Saying They Owned the Land" (Brazil) Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper 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 Summer 1988 Zotero Title Macuxi Tuchaua Luis: "White People Came Here Saying They Owned the Land" (Brazil) Item Type Newspaper Article Attachment Title Vol. 4, No. 1 (8).pdf Issue 1 Language English Publication Title SAIIC Newsletter Volume 4 Pages 8 Abstract Note This brief article talks discusses an example of encroachment on Indian lands. The Indians in this particular article had been thrown in jail and threatened to be fined if they planted crops on their own land. encroachment fazendeiro Summer 1988 http://saiic.nativeweb.org/ayn/files/original/cea1aea2a429e7e7414aea264fce7e7b.pdf e066510269969bced0a216e2a8d6740c 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, No. 1 (8).pdf PDF Text Text Chief Itabira Surui at the National Congress in Brasilia. photo: Aguirre/Switkes/ Amazonia ''A large fazendeirocame here ten years ago and set up a ranch on our land. Forty of our people had built a corral to raise some animals-pigs, cattle, and chickens-but the fazendeiro set it on fire. We rebuilt the fence and again he set it on fire. Then he sent the police to take me to jail with all my people. I spent 27 days in jail. Last June we cleaned an area to cultivate, but the fazendeiro forbid us from planting anything. He went to Boa Vista (the capital of Roraima) and made a "law" with the judge saying that we couldn't plant on our land; if we did plant, we would have to pay a 200 cruzados fine and would be sent to jail. But we will continue fighting-and will not give away our land, for we don't have anywhere else to go." Last May 8th, a Yanomami child was killed and her father wounded when the Tiretheri village was attacked by a group of non-Indians. The suspects are a possibly organized group of gold miners attempting to get access to new mining fronts. Also, the burial of 20 Yanomami Indians was witnessed and reported by a miner coming from the Couto Magalhaes area. (See SAIIC urgent action bulletin 5/7/88). Neither FUNAI, the National Indian Foundation, nor the government have taken any steps to ease the conflict between Indians and nonIndians in the area, and have denied that these conflicts take place. According to Father Saffirio of Roraima, the government's claims to have removed gold miners from the area are false. The number has in fact increased, he says, to over 25,000. In the Brazilian Congress, several senators and deputies announced that "a genocide of immeasurable proportions has begun in the Yanomami territory, threatening the lives of ~000 Indians,'' and that "urgent intervention" is needed. In a document, the Congressmen told Brazil's President Jose Sarney that the miners' invasion of the area is a demoralizing factor for the government. 'We believe that it is not too late for the government to regain its authority and halt the genocidal process that would lead to extinction of the last isolated ethnic group of our country and the world." There is much worry about the Yanomami situation among the professional teams that gave medical assistance to the area before they were expelled by the National Security Council as threats to the national sovereignty. They say now the Indians are completely without assistance and vulnerable to disease from contacts with the miners that have invaded the area. PageS � 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 No. 1 (Summer 1988) 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 Violent Conflicts in Yanomani Area Continue (Brazil) Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper 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 Summer 1988 Zotero Title Violent Conflicts in Yanomani Area Continue (Brazil) Item Type Newspaper Article Attachment Title Vol. 4, No. 1 (8).pdf Issue 1 Language English Publication Title SAIIC Newsletter Volume 4 Abstract Note After the death of an eight-year-old Yanomani girl, the violence erupted into a genocide of Yanomami people by gold miners. Pages 8 Brazil FUNAI National Indian Foundation Yanomami http://saiic.nativeweb.org/ayn/files/original/f0777239a23ddc5cee7f94793767613e.pdf 875cb866bda4d9700a79d3811af6ab4c 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, No. 1 (9).pdf PDF Text Text Julia Macuxi is a Macuxi Indian from the Maloquinha Village in the Serra do Sol Raposa. She is 26 years old, has 6 children and is the wife of Gilberta Macuxi. Her statement: "Gilberta [Macuxi] and I left the village in 1980, expelled by the large landholders. They wanted to take our land and we didn't know our rights. "Our work here in the city is with our relatives. They come from all parts of Roraima and look us up to help them with their problems with FUNAI (the government's Indian agency). I'm part of this struggle ~d I'm also a representative of the Chiefs (Tuchauas ). Since I haven't gone to school and don't have a profession, I don't have any means of surviving in the city. My profession is in the village_.._ hunting, fishing, cultivating our crops, and making cachiri (manioc beer). "Up until now, there hasn't been a good FUNAI representative to help the Indians. We don't trust them because they sell and give away our land to the large landholders, mining companies and to Calha Norte (a Brazilian military project). Once, when I went to my village, I was attacked by gold prospectors who were trying to kill Gilberta. "We want our brothers in the United States to help us in our struggle by informing people of our situation-because I'm going to continue in this struggle with my relatives.'' !ikuna massa~re w~re r~lased from jail, prompt1ng a celebration w1th fireworks in the town of Benjamin Constant. ~~son Oliveira, regional vice-president of the ~razilian Bar. Association in Manaus, and respons1ble ~or ~ss~sting the Tikuna case through the orga~IZahon s Commission on Human Rights is worned about pursuing the case through the local courts. While waiting to learn the basis for the Federal tribunal's decision not to hear the case in a Federal court, Oliveira is worried that more deaths might occur due to increasing tensions between Indians and non-Indians. After a visit to the community last April, and interviews with local representatives, the police chief, FUNAI representatives, the local judge and the Indians, the lawyer verifies local authorities' strong unwillingness to resolve the case. He says wood and rubber extracting companies are spreading rumors that the Tikuna would poison the town's water and mix glass particles with the flour they produce and sell to the town. This, according to Oliveira is extremely unlikely as the flour is the Indian's main income source. The Brazilian Press Association, during the celebration of its 80th anniversary in defense of human rights, expressed its repudiation of the Tikuna massacre. In response to the Tikuna massacre, SAIIC sent an Urgent Action Bulletin requesting letters and telegrams to be sent to the Brazilian authorities in protest of this atrocity. We wish to express our appreciation of solidarity to the hundreds of supporters who responded to our request. Tikuna JVJassatcre . A dan~erous. atmosphere of prejudice conTikuna Indians in Brazil's upper Solimoes regmn, where 27 Indians were massacre~ in March. On May 19, the body of Francisco Otavmno was found, and Indians claimed there were visible . marks of ·violence on his body. Authorities have said his death was due to "natural'' causes. At about the same time, Oscar Castelo Branco and others allegedly responsible for the tm~es agams~ Page 9 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Vol. 4 No. 1 (Summer 1988) 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 Julia Macuxi: "I'm Going to Continue in this Struggle" (Brazil) Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper 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 Summer 1988 Zotero Title Julia Macuxi: "I'm Going to Continue in this Struggle" (Brazil) Item Type Newspaper Article Attachment Title Vol. 4, No. 1 (9).pdf Issue 1 Language English Publication Title SAIIC Newsletter Volume 4 Pages 9 Abstract Note Julia, a Macuxi Indian, asks for help from US citizens to help her situation in Roraima, Brazil. Brazil Macuxi Roraima Summer 1988 http://saiic.nativeweb.org/ayn/files/original/deca64af43470ce3ae2bf515efda2622.pdf 875cb866bda4d9700a79d3811af6ab4c 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, No. 1 (9).pdf PDF Text Text Julia Macuxi is a Macuxi Indian from the Maloquinha Village in the Serra do Sol Raposa. She is 26 years old, has 6 children and is the wife of Gilberta Macuxi. Her statement: "Gilberta [Macuxi] and I left the village in 1980, expelled by the large landholders. They wanted to take our land and we didn't know our rights. "Our work here in the city is with our relatives. They come from all parts of Roraima and look us up to help them with their problems with FUNAI (the government's Indian agency). I'm part of this struggle ~d I'm also a representative of the Chiefs (Tuchauas ). Since I haven't gone to school and don't have a profession, I don't have any means of surviving in the city. My profession is in the village_.._ hunting, fishing, cultivating our crops, and making cachiri (manioc beer). "Up until now, there hasn't been a good FUNAI representative to help the Indians. We don't trust them because they sell and give away our land to the large landholders, mining companies and to Calha Norte (a Brazilian military project). Once, when I went to my village, I was attacked by gold prospectors who were trying to kill Gilberta. "We want our brothers in the United States to help us in our struggle by informing people of our situation-because I'm going to continue in this struggle with my relatives.'' !ikuna massa~re w~re r~lased from jail, prompt1ng a celebration w1th fireworks in the town of Benjamin Constant. ~~son Oliveira, regional vice-president of the ~razilian Bar. Association in Manaus, and respons1ble ~or ~ss~sting the Tikuna case through the orga~IZahon s Commission on Human Rights is worned about pursuing the case through the local courts. While waiting to learn the basis for the Federal tribunal's decision not to hear the case in a Federal court, Oliveira is worried that more deaths might occur due to increasing tensions between Indians and non-Indians. After a visit to the community last April, and interviews with local representatives, the police chief, FUNAI representatives, the local judge and the Indians, the lawyer verifies local authorities' strong unwillingness to resolve the case. He says wood and rubber extracting companies are spreading rumors that the Tikuna would poison the town's water and mix glass particles with the flour they produce and sell to the town. This, according to Oliveira is extremely unlikely as the flour is the Indian's main income source. The Brazilian Press Association, during the celebration of its 80th anniversary in defense of human rights, expressed its repudiation of the Tikuna massacre. In response to the Tikuna massacre, SAIIC sent an Urgent Action Bulletin requesting letters and telegrams to be sent to the Brazilian authorities in protest of this atrocity. We wish to express our appreciation of solidarity to the hundreds of supporters who responded to our request. Tikuna JVJassatcre . A dan~erous. atmosphere of prejudice conTikuna Indians in Brazil's upper Solimoes regmn, where 27 Indians were massacre~ in March. On May 19, the body of Francisco Otavmno was found, and Indians claimed there were visible . marks of ·violence on his body. Authorities have said his death was due to "natural'' causes. At about the same time, Oscar Castelo Branco and others allegedly responsible for the tm~es agams~ Page 9 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Vol. 4 No. 1 (Summer 1988) 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 Tikuna Massacre - Update (Brazil) Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper 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 Summer 1988 Zotero Title Yikuna Massacre - Update (Brazil) Item Type Newspaper Article Attachment Title Vol. 4, No. 1 (9).pdf Issue 1 Language English Publication Title SAIIC Newsletter Volume 4 Pages 9 Abstract Note Twenty-seven Tikuna Indians were massacred in March of 1988. Local authorities had a "strong unwillingness" to solve the case. Brazil Massacre Summer 1988 Tikuna Indians http://saiic.nativeweb.org/ayn/files/original/15e798f2f67e12409439eb58ab69b2a0.pdf 0a5d86f8a6763db98919607ff2ba95bb 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, No. 1 (10-11).pdf PDF Text Text n Gilberto Macuxi, an Indian from the territory of Roraima in the Brazilian Amazon, came to the U.S. in May. His trip was sponsored by the Lummi Indian Council in Washington State and by SAIIC. Roraima is the scene of an increasing wave of violence affecting Native people. Arbitrary imprisonment of Indians and exploitation by large landowners, or fazendeiros, occur frequently. About 40,000 Indians live in Roraima from the Yanomami, Ingariko, Taurepang, Wapixana, Wai-Wai-, Waimiri-Atoari and Macuxi nations. The following are statements by Gilberto Macuxi regarding the situation in Brazil, and by Tuchaua Luis, the Macuxi chief from the Maloca do Piolho, and by Julia Macuxi, Gilberta's wife, concerning conditions in Roraima: Gilberto Macwd Indigenous Religion: "Indigenous religion still exists in Brazil because the Indians do not surrender, because the Indian is still Indian. The Indian must hold on to his religion and preserve his culture and language. So we are working to encourage this too-to have children who are bilingual. The government has always destroyed the indigenous languages in order to discriminate against the Indian through laws. But, the Indian doesn't know how to live by these laws. We must form alliances among ourselves in order to move forward in our struggle, so that we may survive. Denunciations: I'm the first person who is coming here, putting forth everything to show in the United States that in Brazil they are destroying the life of the Indian, destroying the forests, destroying the waters which are contaminatedin addition, among the Tikuna, 14 Indians were killed and 27 were wounded by loggers-Oscar Castelo Branco sent 20 people, all armed, and killed the Indians. Besides this, in the indigenous area of the Pataxo, in Bahia, a rancher killed an Indian leader. Calha Norte: I have already made various denunciations against the authorities of Brazil, principally the militar:Yt because the military wants to include in their project the border zone of 150 kilometers in width and 6,000 kilometers in length, where Indians exist and have lived for a long time, preserving nature-the forest-for their subsistence. So, the military wants to take everything saying it is an area of national security. They want to create an Indian colony as part of this, instead of demarcating the lands. They also want to create mining colonies, and the forest would become a National Forest. But, it is my feeling that Calha Norte is the destruction of our culture, the destruction of our life. And Calha Norte will provide protection to mining companies, because the mining companies want to enter the area. The prospectors within the area are being used by the mining companies. President Jos Altino Machado of the gold miners' union is linked with these ~~~..,..,...,, . . . ~,,~ Gilberta Macuxi from Roraima State, Brazil, speaking in the San Francisco Bay Area, May 1988. Page 10 �Nature and the Amazon: We want support. We are sad because the natural world in Brazil, especially in Amazonia, is going to be destroyed. In Amazonia, there are many indigenous medicines which could save many lives in the whole world. The Indians must be pres~rved, in order to provide this future, to improve human life for all of us-Brazilians, Indians. This could save the lives of millions in many countries. The Future: We would like to form alliances with all the Indians of. the Americas, including here in the United States. We want that alliance because it is a way to protect our peoplethrough such an international alliance, between Brazil, America, Canada, and other countries. Here, I met with the Lummi and Canadian Indians. The Canadian Indians gave me a lot of support in my struggle. We want to live .as Indians. Always the Indian will be a good example for whites, because he is a person who is not after private gain; he is a person who speaks the truth in this world. Amazonian Indian leaders address the Coordinadora meeting, May 1988. Sixty delegates from Indian organizations of seven Amazonian countries-ONIC, Colombia; CONFENIAE, Ecuador; AIDESEP, Peru; UNI, Brazil; CIDOB, Bolivia; ACIPX Venezuela; and TUNASARAPA, Surinam met in May in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia to hold the third meeting of La Coordinadora-the Coordinating Committee of Indigenous Peoples of the Amazon Basin. The Coordinadora was originally formed in 1981, after Indian organizations of the Amazon region rejected a proposal by the Interamerican Indigenist Institute and the eigbt countries that had signed the Treaty of Amazon Cooperation. According to Evaristo Nugkuag, Aguaruna from P~ru and President of the Coordinadora, 'We realized that the most serious threat might be from the eight countries that signed the Amazon Pact-who resolve to exploit the resources of the rainforest without taking into account the existence of Indigenous people who live there. Page 11 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Vol. 4 No. 1 (Summer 1988) 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 Amazonian Indian Visits the United States (Brazil) Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper 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 Summer 1988 Zotero Title Amazonian Indian Visits the United States (Brazil) Item Type Newspaper Article Attachment Title Vol. 4, No. 1 (10-11).pdf Issue 1 Language English Publication Title SAIIC Newsletter Volume 4 Pages 10-11 Abstract Note Gilberto Macuxi, an Indian from Brazil, gives a testimonial about what is happening to his tribe during a trip to the United States. Brazil Gilberto Macuxi Macuxi Macuxi Indians Summer 1988 http://saiic.nativeweb.org/ayn/files/original/a9aa714da6a576ae1f55b0c1233f57a3.pdf f8a72e220b64894b9b13f7ae38656270 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, No. 1 (11-12).pdf PDF Text Text Nature and the Amazon: We want support. We are sad because the natural world in Brazil, especially in Amazonia, is going to be destroyed. In Amazonia, there are many indigenous medicines which could save many lives in the whole world. The Indians must be pres~rved, in order to provide this future, to improve human life for all of us-Brazilians, Indians. This could save the lives of millions in many countries. The Future: We would like to form alliances with all the Indians of. the Americas, including here in the United States. We want that alliance because it is a way to protect our peoplethrough such an international alliance, between Brazil, America, Canada, and other countries. Here, I met with the Lummi and Canadian Indians. The Canadian Indians gave me a lot of support in my struggle. We want to live .as Indians. Always the Indian will be a good example for whites, because he is a person who is not after private gain; he is a person who speaks the truth in this world. Amazonian Indian leaders address the Coordinadora meeting, May 1988. Sixty delegates from Indian organizations of seven Amazonian countries-ONIC, Colombia; CONFENIAE, Ecuador; AIDESEP, Peru; UNI, Brazil; CIDOB, Bolivia; ACIPX Venezuela; and TUNASARAPA, Surinam met in May in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia to hold the third meeting of La Coordinadora-the Coordinating Committee of Indigenous Peoples of the Amazon Basin. The Coordinadora was originally formed in 1981, after Indian organizations of the Amazon region rejected a proposal by the Interamerican Indigenist Institute and the eigbt countries that had signed the Treaty of Amazon Cooperation. According to Evaristo Nugkuag, Aguaruna from P~ru and President of the Coordinadora, 'We realized that the most serious threat might be from the eight countries that signed the Amazon Pact-who resolve to exploit the resources of the rainforest without taking into account the existence of Indigenous people who live there. Page 11 �It's important on the international level to have a permanent, strong coordination, because when the governments begin to work together on the level of the Amazon region, it's going to affect us all''. The main purpose of the Coordinadora is. to defend the economic, social, cultural, and land rights of the Indian peoples of Amazonia. In 1986, a delegation met with President Barber Conable of the World Bank in Washington, and discussed the impacts of World Bank lending policies on Indian people of the Amazon. At this year's meeting, representatives of each organization recounted the massacres and po~ti­ cal persecution taking place in their countnes, and problems in the areas of land, health, and education. There were also reports on small-scale, sustainable economic projects being developed by Indian communities. Five working commissions were formed. Among their resolutions were: to strengthen the mutual cooperation of the member organizations, including programs of bilingual education and the promotion of traditional medicine; to explore ways in which Indian organizations may communicate more effectively with remote communities in the Amazon as well as with Indian groups in other nations; to elaborate a proposal at an international level on the rights of Indian people to serve as a model for each country's laws; to search for indigenous models of ecodevelopment as an alternative to industrial development; to reject the militarization of Indian areas, whether in border areas or in the interior; to assist Indian groups in demarcating their own traditional lands; to demand royalties and indemnization from transnational and national companies that are already exploiting natural resources on Indian lands; and to earmark this money to create a fund to reforest damaged lands; to reject the entry of new companies; to form a team of Indian and non-Indian experts on Amazon ecology ~ orde~ to c?ml?ile information for use in defendmg therr terntones. The Coordinadora rejected unanimously the celebration of 500 Years of the Discovery of America to be held in 1992, and will be d~veloping its own alternative campaign. The 12th of October has been declared the "Day of Solidarity with Indian People." The Amazon Indians also stressed the importance of support from environmental organizations for the defense of Amazonia. The representatives elected a Council of Direc. tors for the period 1988-1990, comprised of: • Evaristo Nugkuag (AIDESEP, Peru), President (re-elected); • Cristobal Naikiai (CONFENIAE, Ecuador), Vice-President; • Josee Uranavi (CIDOB, Bolivia), Secretary; • George Pierre (TUNASARAPA, Surinam), Treasurer; • Javier Armato (ACIP~ Venezuela), Spokesperson. PRODUCTION COMPLETE ON AMAZONIAN FILM Co-producer/directors Monti Aguirre and Glenn Switkes announce· that filming has been completed on the feature-length documentary, 'AMAZONIA: VOICES FROM THE RAINFOREST'~ The film, currently being edited in San Francisco, shows sustainable alternatives to the destruction of the Amazon rainforest proposed by Native people, rubber tappers, riverine populations, and small farmers in the Amazon. For more information, contact the producers through SAIIC, or write to: P.O. Box 10044, Oakland, CA 94610. Page 12 � 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 No. 1 (Summer 1988) 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 Indigenous Peoples of the Amazon Hold International Meeting (Amazonia) Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper 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 Summer 1988 Zotero Title Indigenous Peoples of the Amazon Hold International Meeting (Amazonia) Item Type Newspaper Article Attachment Title Vol. 4, No. 1 (11-12).pdf Issue 1 Language English Publication Title SAIIC Newsletter Volume 4 Pages 11-12 Abstract Note Sixty delegates from Indian organizations originating in seven Amazonian countries, met in May of 1988 to hold the third meeting of La Coordinadora to discuss massacres and other political problems plaguing their tribes. ACIPY AIDESEP Bolivia Brazil CIDOB Colombia CONFENAIE Ecuador La Coordinadora ONIC Peru Surinam Treaty of Amazon Cooperation TUNASARAPA UNI Venezuela http://saiic.nativeweb.org/ayn/files/original/2beff443875b066dc1f48864c632af86.pdf a5ffea41df8dee691382fbd548cacc91 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, No. 1 (12).pdf PDF Text Text It's important on the international level to have a permanent, strong coordination, because when the governments begin to work together on the level of the Amazon region, it's going to affect us all''. The main purpose of the Coordinadora is. to defend the economic, social, cultural, and land rights of the Indian peoples of Amazonia. In 1986, a delegation met with President Barber Conable of the World Bank in Washington, and discussed the impacts of World Bank lending policies on Indian people of the Amazon. At this year's meeting, representatives of each organization recounted the massacres and po~ti­ cal persecution taking place in their countnes, and problems in the areas of land, health, and education. There were also reports on small-scale, sustainable economic projects being developed by Indian communities. Five working commissions were formed. Among their resolutions were: to strengthen the mutual cooperation of the member organizations, including programs of bilingual education and the promotion of traditional medicine; to explore ways in which Indian organizations may communicate more effectively with remote communities in the Amazon as well as with Indian groups in other nations; to elaborate a proposal at an international level on the rights of Indian people to serve as a model for each country's laws; to search for indigenous models of ecodevelopment as an alternative to industrial development; to reject the militarization of Indian areas, whether in border areas or in the interior; to assist Indian groups in demarcating their own traditional lands; to demand royalties and indemnization from transnational and national companies that are already exploiting natural resources on Indian lands; and to earmark this money to create a fund to reforest damaged lands; to reject the entry of new companies; to form a team of Indian and non-Indian experts on Amazon ecology ~ orde~ to c?ml?ile information for use in defendmg therr terntones. The Coordinadora rejected unanimously the celebration of 500 Years of the Discovery of America to be held in 1992, and will be d~veloping its own alternative campaign. The 12th of October has been declared the "Day of Solidarity with Indian People." The Amazon Indians also stressed the importance of support from environmental organizations for the defense of Amazonia. The representatives elected a Council of Direc. tors for the period 1988-1990, comprised of: • Evaristo Nugkuag (AIDESEP, Peru), President (re-elected); • Cristobal Naikiai (CONFENIAE, Ecuador), Vice-President; • Josee Uranavi (CIDOB, Bolivia), Secretary; • George Pierre (TUNASARAPA, Surinam), Treasurer; • Javier Armato (ACIP~ Venezuela), Spokesperson. PRODUCTION COMPLETE ON AMAZONIAN FILM Co-producer/directors Monti Aguirre and Glenn Switkes announce· that filming has been completed on the feature-length documentary, 'AMAZONIA: VOICES FROM THE RAINFOREST'~ The film, currently being edited in San Francisco, shows sustainable alternatives to the destruction of the Amazon rainforest proposed by Native people, rubber tappers, riverine populations, and small farmers in the Amazon. For more information, contact the producers through SAIIC, or write to: P.O. Box 10044, Oakland, CA 94610. Page 12 � 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 No. 1 (Summer 1988) 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 Production Complete on Amazonian Film (Amazonia) Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper 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 Summer 1988 Zotero Title Production Complete on Amazonian Film (Amazonia) Item Type Newspaper Article Attachment Title Vol. 4, No. 1 (12).pdf Issue 1 Language English Publication Title SAIIC Newsletter Volume 4 Pages 12 Abstract Note The filming of the feature-length documentary "Amazonia: The Voices from the Rainforest" has been completed. "Amazonia: Voices from the Rainforest" documentary http://saiic.nativeweb.org/ayn/files/original/c1644e092862d8d54229af8f97e37a66.pdf f1009a5b8b90c1f51652c06d9c560dd9 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, No. 1 (13-14).pdf PDF Text Text 'There is convincing evidence that the Colombian anned forces have adopted a policy of terror, designed to intimidate and eliminate opponents without recourse to law. .. Whole sectors of society are at risk of being considered 'subversive/ and in Colombia, that is tantamount to a death sentence." Amnesty International Indians protest against violations of human rights in the Cauca region, organized by the Regional Indian Council, Corinto, late 1987. Incidents of human rights violations, including political assassinations and "disappearances,'' have increased dramatically in Colombia over the last year. Most killings have been attributed to police and military per sonnet or to "death squads" which are an integral part of the Colombian security forces (often military personnel in civilian clothes). No one has been convicted for any of these crimes. The National Organization of Colombian Indians (ONIC) has called the new government's reign of terror "genocide for the Indian people, who continue to struggle for justice and social reform." photo: Joe Fish-Amnesty International In less than three months in 1988, two important Indian leaders were killed-Gilberto Motato an Embera Katio Indian from Caldas, and Osw~ldo Teheran, a Zenu Indian from Cordoba. Motato was a mayoral candidate in the March, 1988 elections. He had a broad base of support which included Indians, peasants, and urban laborers. More than 20,000 people attended his funeral. Teheran was a leader in his community, and worked with ONIC as well. After his burial, his body was secretly exhumed and then burned. This act was then publicized by the press as a traditional Zenu ceremony. Page 13 �The outraged community claimed that they do not now, nor have they ever, burned their dead. On the other hand, bodies of those who have been tortured and killed are sometimes burned by landowners. ONIC has said that these acts "reaffirm our decision to continue reclaiming our rights and our firm desire for unity with popular sectors, and with those who, just as we do, repudiate the terror and violence and wish profound change for Colombia." In addition to political assassinations, many human rights violations suffered by Indians occur over land disputes, or during the military's counter-insurgency operations. Indians have been killed when would-be landowners decided to evict them from land they have farmed for centuries. Some have even been imprisoned on charges of '1and invasion." More recently, the army has been abducting Indian men to use as porters or guides during their counter-insurgency operations. Some are later released; many more are executed or "disappeared." Authorities tell families that these men are helping voluntarily, or deny having seized them. On July 1st, approximately 100 armed soldiers from the Cuartel Atonal Army Garrison entered the Indian community of Canton Las Cruces (near Santa Elena in Usulutan Province), disrupting the crucial com harvest. The soldiers arrested five members of that community who are also members of A.N.I.S. (the National Association of Salvadorean Indians), which unites 45,000 Lenca, Maya and Nahuat people. (See SAIIC ''Urgent Action Bulletin" of July 7, 1988). The five are accused of being supporters of the FMLN (Farabundo Marti Liberation Front) which has been waging an armed struggle during nine years of civil war in El Salvador. In the Rio Pato region of the Choco, new development projects have been undertaken without consulting the communities affected. These include new roads and a: hydroelectric plant. The government has turned a deaf ear to requests by OREW.A, the regional Indian organization, to discuss problems these projects will present for Indian communities. Among these, according to OREWA, are an increase in colonization of Indian territories and reservations, the defiling of sacred sites such as cemeteries, damage to the ecology of the region, and the loss to Indians of land and resources. OREWA is asking for a guarantee of protection from colonization on reservations adjacent to new roads, reimbursement for damage to land and crops caused by construction, and that the government consult with Indian communities about these projects, and that it respect Indian cultural values and autonomy. On July 7th they were released from custody and, according to ANIS members in Sonsonate Province, the five had been tortured. Two of them, including Jesus Mondragon, a very active member of ANIS, returned in serious condition and are currently undergoing medical treatment. On the week of July 23rd, another two members of ANIS were taken by the army from their homes at night and murdered. This signals a worsening of conditions for Indian people in El Salvador who have continually suffered harassment, repression, and disappearance. In addition, the Supreme Court in El Salvador again dismissed charges under the Amnesty Law against the military officers and informers 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 No. 1 (Summer 1988) 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 Genocide in Colombia (Amazonia) Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper 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 Summer 1988 Zotero Title Genocide in Colombia (Amazonia) Item Type Newspaper Article Attachment Title Vol. 4, No. 1 (13-14).pdf Issue 1 Language English Publication Title SAIIC Newsletter Volume 4 Pages 13-14 http://saiic.nativeweb.org/ayn/files/original/a8ac67d2989258d31f8663367d3aa937.pdf 26c8403fcdb50e9e045d41d243dd0e80 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, No. 1 (14).pdf PDF Text Text The outraged community claimed that they do not now, nor have they ever, burned their dead. On the other hand, bodies of those who have been tortured and killed are sometimes burned by landowners. ONIC has said that these acts "reaffirm our decision to continue reclaiming our rights and our firm desire for unity with popular sectors, and with those who, just as we do, repudiate the terror and violence and wish profound change for Colombia." In addition to political assassinations, many human rights violations suffered by Indians occur over land disputes, or during the military's counter-insurgency operations. Indians have been killed when would-be landowners decided to evict them from land they have farmed for centuries. Some have even been imprisoned on charges of '1and invasion." More recently, the army has been abducting Indian men to use as porters or guides during their counter-insurgency operations. Some are later released; many more are executed or "disappeared." Authorities tell families that these men are helping voluntarily, or deny having seized them. On July 1st, approximately 100 armed soldiers from the Cuartel Atonal Army Garrison entered the Indian community of Canton Las Cruces (near Santa Elena in Usulutan Province), disrupting the crucial com harvest. The soldiers arrested five members of that community who are also members of A.N.I.S. (the National Association of Salvadorean Indians), which unites 45,000 Lenca, Maya and Nahuat people. (See SAIIC ''Urgent Action Bulletin" of July 7, 1988). The five are accused of being supporters of the FMLN (Farabundo Marti Liberation Front) which has been waging an armed struggle during nine years of civil war in El Salvador. In the Rio Pato region of the Choco, new development projects have been undertaken without consulting the communities affected. These include new roads and a: hydroelectric plant. The government has turned a deaf ear to requests by OREW.A, the regional Indian organization, to discuss problems these projects will present for Indian communities. Among these, according to OREWA, are an increase in colonization of Indian territories and reservations, the defiling of sacred sites such as cemeteries, damage to the ecology of the region, and the loss to Indians of land and resources. OREWA is asking for a guarantee of protection from colonization on reservations adjacent to new roads, reimbursement for damage to land and crops caused by construction, and that the government consult with Indian communities about these projects, and that it respect Indian cultural values and autonomy. On July 7th they were released from custody and, according to ANIS members in Sonsonate Province, the five had been tortured. Two of them, including Jesus Mondragon, a very active member of ANIS, returned in serious condition and are currently undergoing medical treatment. On the week of July 23rd, another two members of ANIS were taken by the army from their homes at night and murdered. This signals a worsening of conditions for Indian people in El Salvador who have continually suffered harassment, repression, and disappearance. In addition, the Supreme Court in El Salvador again dismissed charges under the Amnesty Law against the military officers and informers 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 No. 1 (Summer 1988) 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 OREWA Demands Participation in Development Plans (Amazonia) Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper 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 Summer 1988 Zotero Title OREWA Demands Participation in Development Plans (Amazonia) Item Type Newspaper Article Attachment Title Vol. 4, No. 1 (14).pdf Issue 1 Language English Publication Title SAIIC Newsletter Volume 4 Pages 14