13 12 1190 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. 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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 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