2 12 30 http://saiic.nativeweb.org/ayn/files/original/65f67b4aa3eece58a9a49d3e9ac8747a.pdf 92c75b5045b1242ea771e2f23a65329f 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 (14-15).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 �responsible for the 74 Indian people assassinated in Las Hojas agricultural cooperative on February 22, 1983. ANIS maintains that "there is no justice for Indian people in El Salvagor while these unpardonable crimes go unpunished." ANIS continues protesting such brutality, nationally and internationally, even after a State of Emergency law (prohibiting protest) went into effect recently. Regarding the frequent accusations levelled at ANIS members as a pretext for their arrest detainment and murder, an ANIS board member responded, '1\.ccusing us of belonging to the guerrilla or being subversive is part of a psychology that is used to arrest people. The struggle of ANIS is to know our rights and defend them. With the help of Human Rights organizations, international journalists, supporters, ambassadors and friends within the military we are able to get people freed." "Both the Reagan and the Salvadorean government want to .'finish off' ANIS and sister organizations like us because, organized, the Indian is able to defend himself and others against a lot of injustice and suffering.'' Community members and leaders of the Maya, Nahuat and Lenca people are protesting continued violations of human rights and are demanding justice and People who wish to support ANIS may contact SAIIC about future actions which will be taken. DOCUMENTARY Currently, a 1/2-hour bi-lingual video documentary about the life of the Lenca, Maya and Nahuat people of El Salvador is in progress. It aims to disseminate more adequate information about the existence of the Indian people of El Salvador and help people reach a more complete understanding of regional conditions in order to eliminate the constant menace to these seriously threatened people. The program will portray aspects of the history, development and achievements of ANIS, maintaining their identity and culture in the midst of war. It will include brief story-telling through animation and testimonies of living elders (112 years-old!) who lived through the uprising and massacre of 1932. Members of SAIIC and Mas Media, a San Francisco-based women's media collective, are working together with the ANIS media project to bring this program to completion. Volunteer work and contributions are needed. Contact can be made by writing to A Luisa c/o Mas Media, 2940 16th Street, San Francisco, CA 94103 or by calling 415-626-1875. prosecution of the military personnel responsible for the massacre of Las Rojas Cooperative. photo: A. Luisa/Mas Media Page 15 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Vol. 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 ANIS: There is No Justice for Indian People in El Salvador (El Salvador) 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 ANIS: There is No Justice for Indian People in El Salvador (El Salvador) Item Type Newspaper Article Attachment Title Vol. 4, No. 1 (14-15).pdf Issue 1 Language English Publication Title SAIIC Newsletter Volume 4 Pages 14-15 http://saiic.nativeweb.org/ayn/files/original/407667301e10c530359bc8b82c0f28c3.pdf 6e23475db5caef9cb61396c958014f1a 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 (15).pdf PDF Text Text responsible for the 74 Indian people assassinated in Las Hojas agricultural cooperative on February 22, 1983. ANIS maintains that "there is no justice for Indian people in El Salvagor while these unpardonable crimes go unpunished." ANIS continues protesting such brutality, nationally and internationally, even after a State of Emergency law (prohibiting protest) went into effect recently. Regarding the frequent accusations levelled at ANIS members as a pretext for their arrest detainment and murder, an ANIS board member responded, '1\.ccusing us of belonging to the guerrilla or being subversive is part of a psychology that is used to arrest people. The struggle of ANIS is to know our rights and defend them. With the help of Human Rights organizations, international journalists, supporters, ambassadors and friends within the military we are able to get people freed." "Both the Reagan and the Salvadorean government want to .'finish off' ANIS and sister organizations like us because, organized, the Indian is able to defend himself and others against a lot of injustice and suffering.'' Community members and leaders of the Maya, Nahuat and Lenca people are protesting continued violations of human rights and are demanding justice and People who wish to support ANIS may contact SAIIC about future actions which will be taken. DOCUMENTARY Currently, a 1/2-hour bi-lingual video documentary about the life of the Lenca, Maya and Nahuat people of El Salvador is in progress. It aims to disseminate more adequate information about the existence of the Indian people of El Salvador and help people reach a more complete understanding of regional conditions in order to eliminate the constant menace to these seriously threatened people. The program will portray aspects of the history, development and achievements of ANIS, maintaining their identity and culture in the midst of war. It will include brief story-telling through animation and testimonies of living elders (112 years-old!) who lived through the uprising and massacre of 1932. Members of SAIIC and Mas Media, a San Francisco-based women's media collective, are working together with the ANIS media project to bring this program to completion. Volunteer work and contributions are needed. Contact can be made by writing to A Luisa c/o Mas Media, 2940 16th Street, San Francisco, CA 94103 or by calling 415-626-1875. prosecution of the military personnel responsible for the massacre of Las Rojas Cooperative. photo: A. Luisa/Mas Media Page 15 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Vol. 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 Documentary (El Salvador) 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 Documentary (El Salvador) Item Type Newspaper Article Attachment Title Vol. 4, No. 1 (15).pdf Issue 1 Language English Publication Title SAIIC Newsletter Volume 4 Pages 15 http://saiic.nativeweb.org/ayn/files/original/b4fde958d5f720e0ff58a3b00d2d7ede.pdf 7f1bc431fade99c998bcc8862ee70ce1 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 (16-17).pdf PDF Text Text 1 The Confederation of Indian Nations of Ecuador (CONAIE) and the National Indigenous Organization of Colombia (ONIC) denounce Latin America's proposed celebrations of the "Discovery of America.'' They are initiating the development of a stronger network of Indian nations to protest all official government celebrations· and are asking international supporters to do the same. -1 As the year 1992 approaches, the government (3) That the campaign of "500 Years of Indian of Spain, the Vatican, and certain Latin American countries will be planning spectacular fiestas to Resistance" draw political strength among the commemorate what they entitle, "The Meeting of Indian people of Ecuador and Latin America to Two Worlds," a term recen~lN'J~tS~~I;!t~P. in an address the 500 years of exploitation, oppression, attempt to win over the ~:E .~~~ -<{J~~ticipa- colonialism and ethno-cultural domination by tion of Indian peoplri;f;ii~_; ;'611 :emment- Western European civilization. sponsored celebratio~~~;;,;>' _g(4) To declare 1992 as the year of SelfIn response to the'go'Vern D~f:~~fllination of all Indian peoples and the right ities, CONAIE will be staging a t~ 2 ~~ access of their land and territories. ~"~\:';,]I-~gJ That the counter-celebration mobilization entitled, "500 Years of I CONAIE is one of Ecuador'~i S$#Paign. become one of the highest forms of _g~ptical expression for Indian people of Ecuador, organizations which include both the Amazonian and Col~mbic:J,,.and all of Latin America. Ecuador. CONAIE is calling upo •;,;.: . ~J~~ci8fs < (tQ:'.-:.r'o,:;develop the political consciousness of of Ecuador to demand dignity a~p }~1P~~~f?.i~95:all I,t¢~!iin1 g~bple and strengthen their organizations Indian cVcltures and to denounce the;ip0tl·~-Y,]9fs9f ~SJ:Je ~bl~ !?construct and function with~ a new .r . -· colonial ~nct.peo-colonial subjugat~pr,;~· s}~yery_~~ soci~tl;'· _, / unciviliz~.d btu,tality of Indian peop~~~-the qp-+~.7,•(·Z:J To ,.;~ns?urage solidarity a~~ni.g a¥:' social American'''\fontihept. . _ _ _ ,)"' ····" s'~s.tors~-- -ins!~tut~QllS, and alli~d grouFs, both ONIC fi~s alrea~~--ox:ganizedvarious work~g.- J,ctati~pallx;.t"' aiJ:d iritemation,~U:y, whic~} support committees,;,~{V~i,S~fi'include academics, culturU In_<:liil.~.--Peo.J?Ies' efforts to or.g_~·n.i~···e····-·)imd become _ - >- • workers, educatq;us; popular organizations, and alJ.!gnomgfis. networking and*-~inancial committees. ONIC has -- (8~_]'o develop an extensiv:,program of sodadistributed interilaJionally an eight-page docu- eco_p.omic studies of the In~~~ people of Ecuador, ment, inviting the get\tral public to actively and Colombia and of Latin A.Jnerica as a whole. decisively participate iit."l~J~~ Campaign of -~~Jf· · '''·(,~~-I? ~all up()~--~~~;~pristian churches to avoid Discovery of Our Amenca. @WlC. . ~~£lar.es fl'lat conft_~~t-~fj_pJ;i -~~:idis~!j;mination in their work ;cf:® Jif~; and to commit themthe day of October 12, 1492 was a sad day fo~all with xne~ · Indian people. From that day on began the vioh~nt selves • · ,,,,:;fu_g religious and cultural conquest and forced religious conversion whose diff~}"~~ . . . . . .·. '"' .•.,-e'r·to strengthen these bonds impact is still felt today. an~.{~~7~~;~~~ centuries-old cycle of subjugation. According to CONAIE and ONIC, the main .._·;,:~+W~r;;[(_):~prganize a campaign of historic recurobjectives are: Z:.f~tiPJ:lf recognition of the values and the auto(1) To organize a massive counter-campaign nomy of all popular sectors. led by various Indian Nations to denounce tl1~; ·:~j CONAIE and ONIC have both established government-endorsed celebrations of ''The Meet.:. commissions which will coordinate the activities ing of Two Worlds" and the "Discovery of and research necessary to accomplish these goals America." of such unprecedented magnitude. For those (2) To provide an avenue for debate and public interested in actively participating in this historiopinion regarding the real significance of 500 cal campaign, please contact the SAIIC office for years of European conquest in Latin America. more information. NATIONAL MOBIUZATION Confedemtlon of lndla~n Nationalities of Ecuador CONAlIE The 12th of October-the day of the colonial Invasion 1492 began the destruction of the Indian Peoples No to the celebration of 500 yams of crime against humanity 1992 the year of Self-determlnatJon for Indian Nations 500 years of resistance and struggle! 500 Aimos de Resistenda We Stand in Honor Red Nations of Women Warriors Children A Continent of War Cries Echo in Hollow Caverns Chaco, Kollasuyo, Ouro Preto, Potosi Veins of Land in Our Hands Obscure Eyes of Endurance We Speak with the Heart of the Earth Our Drums, Our Songs, Our Words, Our Movement We are Many Indian Nations, One People We Speak in the Spirit of Resistance. Gina Pacaldo � 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 500 Years of Indian Resistance: 1492 - 1992 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 500 Years of Indian Resistance: 1492 - 1992 Item Type Newspaper Article Attachment Title Vol. 4, No. 1 (16-17).pdf Issue 1 Language English Publication Title SAIIC Newsletter Volume 4 Pages 16-17 http://saiic.nativeweb.org/ayn/files/original/2883072938d4e7d5f57c8c59a55b29a1.pdf ae50c7fe9dd93306a5facef5de9a98fd 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 (18).pdf PDF Text Text " Serious human rights violations have been reported to be taking place in San Martin department since November 1987, when a state of emergency was imposed in seven provinces and a political/military command took control of the area. The state of emergency was declared following a series of attacks on police posts by MRTA (Movimiento Revolucionario Tupac Amaru) guerrillas. Since then the Political and Military Command has imposed severe restrictions on journalists and does not acknowledge the right of relatives, human rights organizations, and trade unions to request information on individual detainees. The press refers to the San Martin incidents as the "silent war." According to a report from Amnesty International, the army initiated a counter-insurgency operation in San Martin in December 1987, apparently after the MRTA column had already left the area. A number of "disappearances" were reported in December and January, mostly of farmers who were detained by the army or police. Amnesty International has received reports that peasant farmers in the area have been executed by members of the security forces. As in the other areas under emergency legislation, there appears to be widespread use of torture in the army barracks where prisoners are being held, particularly during the period before their detention is acknowledged. Peruvian human rights organizations have pointed out that, as in the other areas under states of emergency, only very few of those held in acknowledged detention, torture or "disappeared" appear to have had any direct link with the guerrilla groups. They believe that the main purpose of these actions is to intimidate the local population. (This summarizes a 6-page document published by Amnesty International in April1988.) The family and community members mourn the death of a Quechua Indian who was kidnapped and killed by para-military forces. Page 18 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Vol. 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 Torture, "Disappearances" and Extrajudicial Executions (Peru) 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 Torture, "Disappearances" and Extrajudicial Executions (Peru) Item Type Newspaper Article Attachment Title Vol. 4, No. 1 (18).pdf Issue 1 Language English Publication Title SAIIC Newsletter Volume 4 Pages 18 http://saiic.nativeweb.org/ayn/files/original/add6c4256f57f80920fef27cbe221ade.pdf 93f2c29832ef20f2238756392aaa669a 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 (19).pdf PDF Text Text The Quechua work collectively in a "minga", which is a traditional communal system of work. The Latin American Federation of Relatives of the Disappeared-FEDEFAM-called the seventh annual Week of the Disappearedon May 24-31, 1988. FEDEFAM is a Latin American organization comprised of national associations of family members of victims of disappearances. Over 90,000 people have disappeared in Latin America. The majority of these are Indians-usually male, young, and extremely poor. Every disappeared human being represents a tragedy for friends and loved ones. Disappearances leave children orphaned and parents childless. Activities surrounding the Week of the Disappeared were directed at the need for the United Nations to formalize a convention which defines the practice of forced disappearances as a CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY We urge all of our readers to write to the Secretary General of the United Nations, Mr. Javier Perez de Cuellar, telling him that a Covenant on Forced Disappearance is needed. Letters may be sent to him at the following address: Mr. Javier Perez de Cuellar Secretary General United Nations New York, NY 10017 (Source: Eco-Andes, May 1988.) On a comer in Lima, Peru, stands a small and simple restaurant, like any other except that its menu features traditional high protein native foods of the Andes-a quinoa grain in the soup, chochos beans in the stew. The difference is proclaimed in the sign of ownership-"Micaela Bastidas Feminine Community.'' Page 19 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Vol. 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 International Week of the Disappeared (Peru) 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 International Week of the Disappeared (Peru) Item Type Newspaper Article Attachment Title Vol. 4, No. 1 (19).pdf Issue 1 Language English Publication Title SAIIC Newsletter Volume 4 Pages 19 http://saiic.nativeweb.org/ayn/files/original/7e87566544b2d38f79ac21d53f38c3df.pdf ab3f285bf0cabb3897de51552e293916 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 (19-21).pdf PDF Text Text The Quechua work collectively in a "minga", which is a traditional communal system of work. The Latin American Federation of Relatives of the Disappeared-FEDEFAM-called the seventh annual Week of the Disappearedon May 24-31, 1988. FEDEFAM is a Latin American organization comprised of national associations of family members of victims of disappearances. Over 90,000 people have disappeared in Latin America. The majority of these are Indians-usually male, young, and extremely poor. Every disappeared human being represents a tragedy for friends and loved ones. Disappearances leave children orphaned and parents childless. Activities surrounding the Week of the Disappeared were directed at the need for the United Nations to formalize a convention which defines the practice of forced disappearances as a CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY We urge all of our readers to write to the Secretary General of the United Nations, Mr. Javier Perez de Cuellar, telling him that a Covenant on Forced Disappearance is needed. Letters may be sent to him at the following address: Mr. Javier Perez de Cuellar Secretary General United Nations New York, NY 10017 (Source: Eco-Andes, May 1988.) On a comer in Lima, Peru, stands a small and simple restaurant, like any other except that its menu features traditional high protein native foods of the Andes-a quinoa grain in the soup, chochos beans in the stew. The difference is proclaimed in the sign of ownership-"Micaela Bastidas Feminine Community.'' Page 19 �'We are committed They named their group after Micaela Bastidas to re-introducing our authentic foods,'' says Adela to "honor the ancestors, customs and people and Principe, founding membe; and coordinator ?f redeem a great Indian woman who fought until the women's community, 'but the people still death for the liberation of our peoples." Micaela have prejudices. 'That's the food of the Indians,' Bastidas, together with her husband Tupac they say." . Amaru, had led the last major uprising against the The Micaela ·Bastidas Feminine Community Spanish in the late 1700's. has united over 50 Quechua and Aymara Indian By the late 1980's, the community ha~ a ~st of women who have come to the cities to make a projects, all based on a philosophy of Indianity. To better life for themselves. With a renewed respect the "Micaelas," the task was two-fold: to refor their own roots, they have transformed their integrate the communal and to "help . .our own possibilities. compafteras to develop individually." In addition, Adela Principe was 11 years old when she they wanted to create compatible sources of work. came to Lima. "There was no money for school The community received a grant from NORAD,. a materials and I was interested in studying. We . Norwegian government organization, to begm could learn what our parents knew but this was their first business venture, an employment treated with indifference and racism. They called agency to provide jobs and b~tter work.ing co~di­ us stupid, ignorant Indians, so when •the s.ub- tions for their people. 3,000 signed up m the frrst prefect of my community suggested I go to Lima few months and in two years over 350 were to work for his fianc, I didn't think twice. I threw placed in ~ood jobs. The ag~ncy provi~e.d myself into the adventure in spite of t~e oppos.i- monthly training meetings covermg the sp~c~Ic tion of my family." Adela worked for SIX ~ear.s ~ demands of the jobs as well as health, orgamzmg the same family with an atmosphere of discnmi- activities, politicaL personal and civic themes, and nation and racism and no personal freedom. legal rights. From 1968 to 1976, Peru was governed by a With the success. of the employment agency, "benevolent" military dictator, Juan Velasco they opened the restaurant and acq~ir.ed another Alvaredo, who carried out sweeping land, educa- office and a printing press. In a municipallott~ry tion and economic reforms. The political atmos- of sections of dry desert land, they won nme phere was dynamic. At 1Z Adela found a new job adjoining lots. 'We want to. gi~e an exaJ:?ple o.f a with a progressive family:· Her isolation was communitarian life lived withm the Indian pomt broken with night school. She met many other of view. When our neighbors joke about us being Indian women with similar experiences and tales Indian, we say that it is a state of consciousne.ss, of repressed and depreciated lives and spirits. where we live in the communitarian way with Now, they were not alone and began to live mutual help and respect for Mother Earth. We together. A nun rented them a church pro~erty. It don't have complexes.'' . was a "time of unity, of good communal life and And they are planning ~ guaguahuast (Queshared experiences," Adela recounts. The biggest chua for children's house). "Our children are problem was alienation from their own people growing up. The state schools don't guarantee and customs. 'We began, little by little, to create anything for us.'' . mechanisms to break the alienation" with tradiMany of the Indian movements are struggling tional dances, music and dress.'' to stay together and to fulfill ~heir orig~al objecMany people were experimenting with diff~r­ tives. "What is the point of bemg an Indmn leader ent ideologies. •The young women's community if you are not moral?" Adela asks. "Some havE came in contact· with an emerging Indian move- ambitions of power, money and travel and many ment and "b~gan to find something very much don't do anything with the money that they ours, very i~;ntified with our reality, a philosophy receive." . of our own. Page 20 �"There is more international interest in and support for the Indian movements," she adds, "and the organizations that exist are stronger, more sophisticated and surer. We have some problems, but we'll overcome them. Our experience is rich enough.'' in Pedro Joaquin Bema, general secretary of FECONAYA, Federaci6on de Comunidades Nativas Yaneshas in the Central Forest of Peru, disappeared on May 4th of this year. Pedro was leaving on a trip to Lima, the country's capital, to organize a union meeting. According to FECONAYA, Pedro's disappearance may have been caused by conflicting interests in the area. ''The Yanesha people are continuously being hassled by farmers, timber companies, businesses, government officials, and recently by a new religious sect-the Israelian Church of the New Universal Pact, accusing the Indian leaders of drug dealing and terrorism." 'We feel the Peruvian authorities must investigate the case, for this aggression is not only against Pedro Bema, but also against the rights of all Indian communities, its organizations and representatives. We ask your support by writing to the following officials: Dr. Alan Garcia Perez Presidente del Peru Palacio de Gobiemo Lima, Peru Dr. Enrique Lozada E. Presidente de la Camara de Senadores Congreso de la Republica de Peru Palacio Legislativo Lima, Peru The Yanesha and other Native people of the forests of Peru struggle against the threats of Amazonian destruction. Page 21 � 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 Micaela Bastidas Feminine Community by Elizabeth Bobsy Draper (Peru) 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 Micaela Bastidas Feminine Community by Elizabeth Bobsy Draper (Peru) Item Type Newspaper Article Attachment Title Vol. 4, No. 1 (19-21).pdf Issue 1 Language English Publication Title SAIIC Newsletter Volume 4 Pages 19-21 http://saiic.nativeweb.org/ayn/files/original/3a6338f514a0cf6219e5a8ac5b41b7ea.pdf 6c148c3def48e9c75a7465efa97d97f7 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 (21).pdf PDF Text Text "There is more international interest in and support for the Indian movements," she adds, "and the organizations that exist are stronger, more sophisticated and surer. We have some problems, but we'll overcome them. Our experience is rich enough.'' in Pedro Joaquin Bema, general secretary of FECONAYA, Federaci6on de Comunidades Nativas Yaneshas in the Central Forest of Peru, disappeared on May 4th of this year. Pedro was leaving on a trip to Lima, the country's capital, to organize a union meeting. According to FECONAYA, Pedro's disappearance may have been caused by conflicting interests in the area. ''The Yanesha people are continuously being hassled by farmers, timber companies, businesses, government officials, and recently by a new religious sect-the Israelian Church of the New Universal Pact, accusing the Indian leaders of drug dealing and terrorism." 'We feel the Peruvian authorities must investigate the case, for this aggression is not only against Pedro Bema, but also against the rights of all Indian communities, its organizations and representatives. We ask your support by writing to the following officials: Dr. Alan Garcia Perez Presidente del Peru Palacio de Gobiemo Lima, Peru Dr. Enrique Lozada E. Presidente de la Camara de Senadores Congreso de la Republica de Peru Palacio Legislativo Lima, Peru The Yanesha and other Native people of the forests of Peru struggle against the threats of Amazonian destruction. Page 21 � 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 Yanesha Leader Disappears in the Peruvian Forest (Peru) 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 Yanesha Leader Disappears in the Peruvian Forest (Peru) Item Type Newspaper Article Attachment Title Vol. 4, No. 1 (21).pdf Issue 1 Language English Publication Title SAIIC Newsletter Volume 4 Pages 21 http://saiic.nativeweb.org/ayn/files/original/fd4c169174bf7ea40df625277c34e47a.pdf eed1c5126406a6387ea5b2f0282be241 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 (22).pdf PDF Text Text Government expansioni~t policies continue to threaten Indian lands in the Ecuadorian Amazon~ Land has been expropriated for African. palm cultivation and oil exploration. Areas which have traditionally been Indian territories have been declared "tierras baldias," or vacant lands, thus allowing for colonization and exploitation. The Ecuadorian Institute of Agrarian Reform and Colonization (IERAC) has declared all Amazon land as "vacant" despite the fact that their own representative in the Amazonian Coca region has testified that there are no vacant lands in his jurisdiction. At the same time Siona and Secoya Indians have found that lands for which they were in the process of obtaining legal title have been erased from the maps of the IERAC and preliminary work for the establishment of palm plantations has been undertaken in that same territory. An additional result of the IERAC's declaration that "in the Ecuadorian Oriente (Amazon) there is land for anyone willing to work it" has been a. wave of migration of landless peasants to that region. The situation has aggravated ethnic tensions and has led to land invasions and, at times, armed hostilities. Since 1983 the area of the Ecuadorian Aillazon open to oil exploration and extraction has more than doubled and now includes majorcenters of indigenous settlement. On May 4,1987, the Ecuadorian State Petroleum Corporation·( CEPE) signed a contract with a consortium of oil companies to explore and exploit petroleum in an area greater than 650 square miles in the central Ecuadorian Amazon which is presently inhabited by the Huoarani Indians. CONFENIAE, the Confederation of Amazonian Indian Federations in Ecuador pointed out that the invasion of Huoarani territory by the oil companies is part of a larger pattern in which the present government is delivering Indian land to multinational corporations, colonization, and petroleum interests. CEPE has awarded seven concessions for oil exploration in more than 4,500 square miles of the Ecuadorian Amazon to petroleum companies or consortiums. As a result oil workers have expanded onto Indian territory on a scale not experienced before. They are cutting exploration paths on lands inhabited by Runa and Hwiarani, and building access roads when oil is discovered. Less than half of the Runa communities have land title, and the threat of colonization and land invasion presented by the above-mentioned policy of declaring Amazonian land "vacant' is increased when roads are b11ilt into their territory. In response, Indian organizations have begun a· program of demarcating their own lands using native people trained in surveying and topography. Salasaca Quichua ''Bloodthirsty savages!" 'We have to punish the·savages!n '1ndian idiots!'' ~these and similar attacks, broadcast ··live over local radio stations and through local media, continue to be directed against the Salasaca Quichua, a small Indian commuriity in the central highlands of Ecuador. The Salasacas live near a highway that cuts their valley in half. In 1934, the Salasacas fought against the construction of the highway that violated their chosen isolation from outsiders. Since that time the. Indian people along the highway have been the constant victims of robberies and car accidents, but when they have complained to local police about the robberies and the hit-andrun killings, no investigation or prosecution has ever been carried out. On June 5th an angry faction of the Salasacas reacted to this frustration by killing two men who Page 22 � 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 Lands Threatened (Ecuador) 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 Lands Threatened (Ecuador) Item Type Newspaper Article Attachment Title Vol. 4, No. 1 (22).pdf Issue 1 Language English Publication Title SAIIC Newsletter Volume 4 Pages 22 http://saiic.nativeweb.org/ayn/files/original/ab1e689cf6d00633c7b37d1dfdcf2581.pdf b22039567587da49eb35b99a5c80ac2e 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 (23).pdf PDF Text Text had robbed the house of Rudicindo Masaquiza, shooting at him and stabbing him in the process.The local media presented many versions of what happened, all with various falsehoods mixed in, slandering the entire Salasaca community and heightening racist feelings. On June 8th an unmarked police car came and took Rudicindo Masaquiza away. His condition is unknown and many fear that he has been tortured. Soon after, officials presented a list with names of those suspected in the killing of the two men, including several Salasacas. The Salasacas quickly gathered in the central plaza and for many days refused to let the police enter to take away the accused. Community leaders are working with the national Indian organization, CONAIE, to coordinate a legal defense. Formal charges and trial have not been set, and the situation remains dangerous for the Salasacas. For more information write to: Marina Mas aquiza or Tony Moss, 702 K Eagle Heights, Madison, WI 53705. From the Mapuche residents of Osomo Province we have received notification of forced sales and seizures of their farm lands due to unpaid taxes. The properties seized by the State number nearly 600 farms and estates which have been occupied by about 1,500 Mapuche families, Q.OOO people for many generations. These families, mainly in the coastal region of the Osomo province, have been exempt from payment of land taxes until recently. It is public knowledge that the Mapuche communities live on land inherited by their forefathers. However, most of this land is presently registered in the names of non-Mapuche private individuals. ''At this time of conflict, we call on all our Mapuche and peasant brothers to unite. Only by organizing can we defend ourselves. At the same time we ask for the support of Human Rights organizations, the Church, political parties, trade unions, and so on, to help us through this serious problem," say the Mapuche communities. A Mapuche traditional spiritual leader, known as a Machi prays and sings with a sacred cultrum hand-drum. Page 23 � 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 Chilean Government Demands Tax Payment for Mapuche Ancestral Lands (Chile) 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 Chilean Government Demands Tax Payment for Mapuche Ancestral Lands (Chile) Item Type Newspaper Article Attachment Title Vol. 4, No. 1 (23).pdf Issue 1 Language English Publication Title SAIIC Newsletter Volume 4 Pages 23 http://saiic.nativeweb.org/ayn/files/original/8695b9cf1d0b4ffb4877cba004341dc6.pdf 5a8a70701502a0dd5118295ac260578e 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 (24).pdf PDF Text Text In reconfirming a spirit of unit~ the following Araucana, Buta Hullimapu. In addition, mem~ers Mapuche organizations are calling upon other of Futa Tranun Kinewan Pu Mapuche (United Indigenous peoples of Chile to prepare one prop- Mapuche Grand Parliament) came ~ut ~ith a osal for the future constitution and for democracy public statement denouncing the manipulation of in Chile: Nehuen Mapu, Centros Culturales Mapuches by the government and by other priMapuches, Lautaro Ni Aylla-Rehue, Ad-Mapu, vate organizations for their own benefit. A.G. Arauco, Choin Foliche, Callfullican, Union The annual meeting of Ad/Mapu took place from the 26th to the 28th of April, 1988, in Temuco. The principle themes were: . (1) Political and Ideological Issues: (a) Autonomy; (b) Historical project; (c) Constitution proposal; (2) Policies regarding alliances; (3) Plebiscite; and (4) Work for women and youth. Under the present military regime in Chile, the Mapuche Resolutions included: people have, since 1973, lost a large portion of their ancestral Whereas: Imperialism and the military regime in Chile land. have implemented a variety of means to ideologically penetrate and divide the Mapuche people. Resolved: Religious sects such as the Summer LinguisTo encourage an ideological policy based on tics Institute have always tried to create divisions the historic interests of the Mapuche people. among the people between believers and nonTo proclaim territorial autonomy and autobelievers and also undermine and negate the nomy in policy making and over natural Mapuche culture. resources. . Whereas: Reject the Plebiscite called by the regime to The laws dictated by the current regime maintain power through acts of fraud. threaten the lives of our people, destroying comTo call the Gathering of Mapuche Youth. munal property, impoverishing the people and To call the First National Meeting of the integrating them into the system of capitalistic Mapuche Women. exploitation. Page 24 � 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 The Mapuche Declaration (Chile) 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 The Mapuche Declaration (Chile) Item Type Newspaper Article Attachment Title Vol. 4, No. 1 (24).pdf Issue 1 Language English Publication Title SAIIC Newsletter Volume 4 Pages 24 http://saiic.nativeweb.org/ayn/files/original/8135595d4c5f151ec5ffa7ba25a24340.pdf 5a8a70701502a0dd5118295ac260578e 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 (24).pdf PDF Text Text In reconfirming a spirit of unit~ the following Araucana, Buta Hullimapu. In addition, mem~ers Mapuche organizations are calling upon other of Futa Tranun Kinewan Pu Mapuche (United Indigenous peoples of Chile to prepare one prop- Mapuche Grand Parliament) came ~ut ~ith a osal for the future constitution and for democracy public statement denouncing the manipulation of in Chile: Nehuen Mapu, Centros Culturales Mapuches by the government and by other priMapuches, Lautaro Ni Aylla-Rehue, Ad-Mapu, vate organizations for their own benefit. A.G. Arauco, Choin Foliche, Callfullican, Union The annual meeting of Ad/Mapu took place from the 26th to the 28th of April, 1988, in Temuco. The principle themes were: . (1) Political and Ideological Issues: (a) Autonomy; (b) Historical project; (c) Constitution proposal; (2) Policies regarding alliances; (3) Plebiscite; and (4) Work for women and youth. Under the present military regime in Chile, the Mapuche Resolutions included: people have, since 1973, lost a large portion of their ancestral Whereas: Imperialism and the military regime in Chile land. have implemented a variety of means to ideologically penetrate and divide the Mapuche people. Resolved: Religious sects such as the Summer LinguisTo encourage an ideological policy based on tics Institute have always tried to create divisions the historic interests of the Mapuche people. among the people between believers and nonTo proclaim territorial autonomy and autobelievers and also undermine and negate the nomy in policy making and over natural Mapuche culture. resources. . Whereas: Reject the Plebiscite called by the regime to The laws dictated by the current regime maintain power through acts of fraud. threaten the lives of our people, destroying comTo call the Gathering of Mapuche Youth. munal property, impoverishing the people and To call the First National Meeting of the integrating them into the system of capitalistic Mapuche Women. exploitation. Page 24 � 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 Ad/Mapu Holds 5th Annual Meeting (Chile) 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 Ad/Mapu Holds 5th Annual Meeting (Chile) Item Type Newspaper Article Attachment Title Vol. 4, No. 1 (24).pdf Issue 1 Language English Publication Title SAIIC Newsletter Volume 4 Pages 24 http://saiic.nativeweb.org/ayn/files/original/f4f03c32b4a4762fe14dfeccdc55edc9.pdf 0e07890a40b3232661f4dca1e8b40edb 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 (25-27).pdf PDF Text Text After seven years of exile, four repre~entatives of the RUOG (the United Representation of the Guatemalan Opposition) arrived in ~uatema~a on April 18, accompanied by a large mtemahonal delegation including the mdes of several U.S. Congressmen. The purpos~ of th~ RUOG's trip .':'a~ to meet with Guatemalas Nahonal Reconciliation Commission and, in the words of RUOG mem?er Rigoberta Menchu, "to observe if indeed there IS a political opening in the country." Shortly after their arrival, Indian leader Rigoberta Menchu and ex-Dean of the University of San Carlos, Dr. Rolando Castillo, were seized by anti-riot squads of the Guatemalan National Police, arrested and charged with "attacks against the internal security of the state." Two other members, Frank LaRue and Marta Gloria de Torres, were not arrested. The airport was sealed off by hundreds of security forces and local p:ess trying to enter the airport to cover the arnval, were attacked by secret service agents who destroyed their equipment. Rigoberta Menchu Page 25 �According to LaRue, "Mano Blanca After the arrests, RUOG members LaRue and now represents the dissenting sectors in the milTorres gave an impromptu press conference. 'We came to promote reconciliation between Guatem- itary," which are opposed to any Guatemalan alans and thought that there had been a change in participation in the Central America peace prothe country in regards to human rights ... We cess. To compound the threat, the offices of Mexnever thought we would be welcomed by such a icana (the airline which flew in the delegation) were bombed in Guatemala City. display of police force." When the RUOG announced its plans to send the delegation, the Guatemalan government had said its members would be required to apply for political amnesty. Rigoberta Menchu, a Mayan Indian and internationally known defender of the rights of her people, stated that "I will not request [political] amnesty because I have done nothing wrong. My work is to denounce human rights violations, because my father, mother and brothers were assassinated." Menchu added that she is a member of the Committee for Peasant Unity (CUC), a campesino organization pushed underground by government repression in 1980. The arrests triggered sweeping international protests. In the U.S., despite a complete lack of press coverage, many progressive organizations activated their emergency response network. Thousands of telegrams were delivered to President Vinicio Cerezo. Seven hours later, bowing in part to international pressure, the Guatemalan government released Rigoberta Menchu and Rolando Castillo. In support of the RUOG, thousands of university students and members of the Mutual Support In spite of the publicized "democratic" government in Group organized with signs and banners and Guatemala, repression and injustice against indigenous marched through the streets of Guatemala City to people continues. the Court of Justice. After Menchu and Castillo The RUOG was formed by prominent Guawere released, the students continued to the hotel temalans in exile in 1982, at the height of the where the RUOG delegation and the international observers were staying. There, an informal gather- massacres committed against the country's poping took place outside the hotel in spite of the ulation. Since then it has operated internationally obvious presence of intelligence service person- (in particular at the United Nations) to denounce the government-sponsored repression against the nel taking notes on the attendants. The atmosphere was particularly tense due to people of Guatemala. In spite of the difficult political climate, and in a full-page advertisement published in the Guatemalan press the previous day by Mano Blanca, part because of manifestations of popular supthreatening the life of the RUOG members should port, RUOG members decided to continue with they return. Mano Blanca is the pseudonym for a the planned schedule of meetings for the week death squad that has operated for many years in but had to forego trips to Quiche and Solola. the country. Page 26 �During the week, meetings were held with the National Reconciliation Commission, the Archbishop, the Human Rights Attorney, the newlyestablished International Red Cross and the Congressional Human Rights Commission. A series of meetings also took place with unions and other popular sectors. Included in the meetings were the Unity for Labor and Popular Action (UASP), labor federations (UNSITRAGUA, CUSG, CTGT, FENASTEG), some of the largest unions (STINDE) and a student coordinating body representing several campus associations. • (Adopted from an article by Daniele Rossdeutscher of the Guatemala News and Information Bureau (GNIB).) On July 4th or 5th, Maria Elena Gaspar Xumpax (21 years old), a Canjobal Indian who has resided in Indiantown, Florida, since 197~ was abducted when she returned to her village in the Huehuetenango Province of Guatemala. Gagged and blindfolded on the street in Barillas, she was taken away in a car by men in plainclothes. She was held incommunicado without food for more than three days, and was apparently tortured. Maria Elena has now been released and is back home in Florida. Please send letters denouncing these actions to: Hon. President Cerezo Palacio Nacional - Zona 1 Guatemala City, Guatemala, C.A. Hon. Gen. Hector Gramajo Ministro de Defensa Palacio Nacional - Zona 1 Guatemala City, Guatemala, C.A. 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. 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 Guatemalian Indian Activist Rigoberta Menchu Arrested (Guatemala) 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 Guatemalian Indian Activist Rigoberta Menchu Arrested (Guatemala) Item Type Newspaper Article Attachment Title Vol. 4, No. 1 (25-27).pdf Issue 1 Language English Publication Title SAIIC Newsletter Volume 4 Pages 25-27