35 12 1190 http://saiic.nativeweb.org/ayn/files/original/b36f9144f2fc82965e734d2c3489daca.pdf 6ec9ebb28b54663102c562fbf342fda5 PDF Text Text CARIBBEAN s eritage The Maroons are descendants of Arawak Indians and Africans who fought against the British in Jamaica in the late 1500's and early 1700's. Originally, Jamaica was colonized by the Spanish, who used the indigenous Arawak name for the island, Xaymaca, and enslaved the Arawak people. The Arawaks, known as a peaceful people, soon began to die of starvation, disease, and overwork, so the Spanish began to import slaves from the west coast of Africa, including Akan, Ibo, and Mandinka. In 1655 the British invaded the island, and the Arawaks, Africans, and Spanish took to the interior hills to fight them, each for different reasons, of course. Finally, the Spanish gave up and fled, but the Arawaks and Africans continued fighting and became known as the Maroons, from the Spanish word cimarrones, meaning domesticated cattle that would escape and become wild and unmanageable. There is no written history of the time from the Maroons' point of view, but from oral history it is known that the Arawaks and Africans helped each other. The Arawaks knew the land and taught the Africans what they knew. They intermarried and, under the leadership of Colonel M. L. Wright of the Accompong Maroons Nanny, a guerrilla woman and spiritual leader, playing the gumbe drum. the Maroons made a peace treaty with the British in 1739, winning the right to freedom, self-government, and land. Music is an integral part of the Maroon culture. One of the most honored instruments is the abeng, which is carved from the horn of a cow. The abeng, which only plays two notes, was used to communicate from hillside to hillside during the war, and it has a language that to this day is known only to the Maroons. It is never used for entertainment and is only blown freely at Christmas. One Maroon song is said to have been sung by Nanny after the Treaty of 1739 to urge the Maroons to unite and obey the treaty: What a wonderful people behave o yo Many bloods behave o people This Nanny has called for. Unfortunately, as with indigenous peoples in many countries around the world, the Maroons are being pushed to give up their culture and assimilate into Jamaican society. However, they have recently mobilized into a .Rage 14 Vol. 2, no. 4. Summer, 1986 . �new federation and opened a cultural center in the eastern part of the island. In a recent letter, Roy Nigerian Harris, leader of the Young Maroons, says, "We seek support to assist our music, our poetry, our sports, our religion, and also our drama. At the moment, we are lacking funds, but our heritage is very rich, and there is a lot owed to us. We are seeking sponsors, who would have a lot to gain. If cultural tours with lectures could be arranged, great." The Maroons can be contacted at The Maroons Cultural Centre, 12 Harbour Street, Port Antonio, Jamaica, Xaymaca, WI. In the United States, I can be reached c/o 360 62nd Street, Oakland, CA 94618. Music of the Maroons is available on Folkways Records, 43 W. 61st St., N.Y., N.Y. 10023. -Randi Kristensen Caribs From Three Groups Meet In Dominica Throughout the Caribbean there is an increasing awareness of indigenous concerns. According to the newspaper /ere, Carib representatives from Belize, St. Vincent and Dominica met in the spring in Dominica and called for more governmental recognition of Carib culture and identity. Like the Maroons in Jamaica, Caribs are descended from Indians and Africans who banded together in resistance to colonial European society. Caribs living in Dominica maintain a local government Carib Council headed by the Carib Chief, who is elected directly by the people, according to tradition. However, the representative from St. Vincent at the conference spoke of the lack of such structures on his island and expressed concern about the disappearance of the culture of St. Vincent's estimated 5,600 Caribs. "We would like when the gap is filled and we are together as one people," he said. Another conference is planned on St. Vincent next year with the theme "Caribbean Indigenous Revival." . aon AOTEAROA leg its In June a delegation of seven Maori from Aotearoa (also known as New Zealand) traveled to the United States. They were hosted in the San Francisco Bay Area by Women of All Red Nations and the International Indian Treaty Council. Hinewhare Harawira of the Wailangi Action Committee told SAIIC: We have about 3.5 million people in Aotearoa and 300,000 are Maori. We are fighting for our independence. We don't now have control of our lands. And one thing we find important as a first step in our independence is the taking back of our lands. The way we want to do it is not by Vol. 2, no. 4. Summer, 1986. 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. 2, No. 4 (Summer 1986) 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 Maroons Maintain Indigenous Heritage (Caribbean) Type The nature or genre of the resource Journal Article Language A language of the resource English Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Summer 1986 Zotero Title Maroons Maintain Indigenous Heritage (Caribbean) Item Type Journal Article Attachment Title Vol. 2, no. 4 (14-15).pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Issue 4 Volume 2 Publication Title SAIIC Newsletter Language English http://saiic.nativeweb.org/ayn/files/original/c73260c5f37be87c16a5ac7891758cdc.pdf 9464260e543303c37bef9541f70f530d PDF Text Text The photographs of Guatemala in this issue were taken by the late Pamela Israel, anthropologist and photographer, who worked extensively in Guatemala and with the Shuar in Ecuador. They were taken in 1979 in San Miguel Uspantdn, department of El Quiche, just prior to the devastating government military assault on communities in the area. An exhibit of Pamela's work will be held at the Lowie Museum in Berkeley in October, 1986. Pamela Israel notes, "In 1979 the army established a permanent post in Uspantdn in response to a growing guerrilla movement. As a way to improve their image in the area, the military sponsored a weekend health clinic and food depository. This poster (left) hung on walls in Uspantdn to announce services the military medical expedition would provide. The poster says that the military will give medical examinations, distribute medication, provide a barber, extract bad teeth, fumigate houses, and provide children's games. Although helicopters had been patrolling the mountainsides for at least three months, they had never landed in town. When the military clinic flew officers to this site, landing in the soccer field, many villagers left the market to have a look (below). After their weekend 'show' was over, the military never left." Vol. 2, no. 4. Summer, 1986. Page 13 � 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. 2, No. 4 (Summer 1986) 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 Photographs of Guatemala by Pamela Israel Type The nature or genre of the resource Journal Article Language A language of the resource English Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Summer 1986 Zotero Title Photographs of Guatemala by Pamela Israel Item Type Journal Article Attachment Title Vol. 2, no. 4 (13).pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Issue 4 Volume 2 Publication Title SAIIC Newsletter Language English http://saiic.nativeweb.org/ayn/files/original/4863085cc9a43e2f244cf9306451973a.pdf 3f1bafa10e2a1cc727d7ef964f934cd1 PDF Text Text GUATEMALA Government Costs Recent Repression Domingo Hernandez Ixcoy, a MayaQuiche Indian who now lives in Mexico, was one of the founders of the Peasant Unity Movement in Guatemala. During a visit to the San Francisco Bay Area in June he made the following comments in a meeting with SAIIC: When we refugees think about the possibility of returning to Guatemala in the future, we are aware that we may be used by the new civilian government of Vincicio Cererzo. We think that the government is looking for a way to bring the refugees back, especially those living in the border areas of Mexico. We've drawn up some points to be considered. First, we can't go back as long as our villages are militarized. We fled the military government and we're not going back simply because there is a civilian government. Second, the civilian patrols should not be continued. If the refugees living outside the country are to return, it must be to have freedom and not to be forced into civilian patrols. Third, upon returning to the country the people should not be subject to manipulation by religious sects. In recent years religious sects from the United States have played a central role in dividing our people by supporting the counterinsurgency program of the Guatemalan army. We want to be left alone. We want autonomy and to continue developing as a people independently. We don't want programs from the United States financing the division and destabilization of our unity. Fourth, we want our own organizations-peasant cooperatives, peasant leagues, craft and artisan groups-to be allowed in our country so we can really help ourselves as communities. If we return, we are against the idea of being reorganized as "model" or "developing" communities, called "strategic" villages. It's important to note that the repression has hurt us profoundly. In vast parts of the country a large number of mass political organizations existed before. We know that the counterinsurgency program killed 30,000 people in four years. Now there are more than 200,000 orphans in the country and almost 200 villages have been destroyed. In Guatemala great setbacks were suffered by the democratic, popular, and revolutionary movements in the country. But the counterinsurgency has not been able to completely set back the aspirations of the people. We will continue establishing a more just society, changing Guatemalan society, acquiring independence and self-determination for our country, which our people have come to under- Vol. 2, no. 4. Summer, 1986. Page 11 �stand is the only way to resolve our social and economic problems. Significant achievements in Guatemala were made through the organization which I represent and of which I was a founding member, the Peasant Unity Movement in Guatemala. We organized a large number of Indian farmers and managed to bring attention to significant events in Guatemala, such as the heroic takeover of the Spanish embassy, the southern coast uprising of 76,000 workers, and the insurrection of Indian people in the central highlands. We succeeded in erasing an image of ourselves as inferior imposed on us since colonial times. It was said that we didn't have ability, that we didn't have political expertise, and that we didn't form a part of the political spectrum. Now the Guatemalan Indians, in addition to knowing our abilities, are immersed in a revolutionary political process which is seeking social change in our country. Another important step is that we came to know the enemy better, principally the army, which protects the interests of rich people in our country. There has been self-evaluation since the time of the repression. Some people don't accept the fact that we've been set back considerably. For some the belief that the righteous spirit of the Guatemalan people will bring about social changes in our country is the departure point. Another position, one that I subscribe to, is the belief in the necessity of the formation of leaders who really grasp the global nature of the struggle, who will know not only political concepts but also military ones with which to push the struggle of our people forward in the future, who will understand the different forms of struggle which are important to develop in our country. It is something that we must deal with, that we have suffered a defeat, but that we haven't been totally exterminated. Domingo also spoke of the role of religion in resistance. We mix Christian and our traditional INVITA A !.A beliefs quite a bit. We participate in the Catholic JORNADA MEDICA MIUTAR church, but we also maintain our rituals as Indian people. We ask forgiveness to the mounASISTENCIAL tains. We burn copal for the mountains and also USPANTAN 10-11-12 DE AGOSTO 1919 for the moon. Maya-Quiches consider the moon to be our grandmother, the sun our father, and the earth our mother. We have ceremonies every year to thank them for the life they give us. We also believe that corn gives us life. We respect animals and plants, as they are part of the universe. Our parents taught us to live in harmony with nature. We look at the stars to know when to go to sleep. They guide the people. We rise at 4:00 a.m. and the first thing we do is look for the stars, to see where they are. I believe in all this, and I will continue to. I am also teaching it to my daughters. It is part of us, of our identity, our Indian culture. The Guatemalan army knows all this. They know our rituals and are trying to destroy our culture. They are burning our sacred mountains. Page 12 Vol. 2, no. 4. Summer, 1986. � 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. 2, No. 4 (Summer 1986) 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 Refugees Evaluate New Government and Costs of Recent Repression (Guatemala) Type The nature or genre of the resource Journal Article Language A language of the resource English Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Summer 1986 Zotero Title Refugees Evaluate New Government and Costs of Recent Repression (Guatemala) Item Type Journal Article Attachment Title Vol. 2, no. 4 (11-12).pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Issue 4 Volume 2 Publication Title SAIIC Newsletter Language English http://saiic.nativeweb.org/ayn/files/original/0b09ce85dd6bec77bd56527d8cd244d3.pdf 177d5991ff8b960301141fafa485fe1c PDF Text Text '' "We Indian people want the National Organization of Indians in Colombia (ONIC) to be like a great Maloca (the traditional communal house), a Maloca built with the hands and effort of everybody, where we can all fit, without leaving anyone out." In February ONIC held the Second National Indian Congress in Colombia. More than 900 people representing about 500,000 Indians got together to evaluate the activities of the organization and to discuss the present situation of Indian communities in relation to organization, land tenure, economic life, health, education, ownership and use of natural resources, study and use of Indian legislation, and relations with non-Indian popular movements. Conclusions of the meeting, according to Unidad Indigena, the newspaper published by ONIC, included: -"In relation to land, we marshaled our strength to pursue the enlargement of the reserves until we get the minimum land necessary to guarantee our existence. -"In relation to communications, we want the newspaper Unidad Indigena to become a voice for all the communities in the country by training people in the regional organizations to do journalistic work. -"In relation to legislation, we must study the laws that exist and compel the government to comply with the laws which protect us. -"In the field of education, we have formed a special committee within ONIC to ensure the enforcement of decree 1142, which assures the autonomy of Indian communities. -"In relation to economy, we call for Indian communities to take upon ourselves the responsibility of directing our own development projects so that resources are dedicated to programs of communal interests. -"In relation to health, we encourage the pursuit of ways to combine western medicine and traditional Indian medicine. -"In relation to other organizations, we propose that our interactions not be utilitarian and that we trade materials and share experiences more frequently in order to enrich our relationships." Indian youth joined the Congress, formed their own commission, and proposed that youth meetings in the regional organizations should also be held because "only in this way can we improve our education and recuperate our cultural values." Despite the difficult situation that Indian people face in Colombiaincluding invasion of their lands, the presence of non-Indian religious organizations, and the danger of being caught in confrontations between government military forces and guerrilla groups-the Second National Indian Congress reinforced the unity of Indian people and the goal "to live off our land, from our own hands, with our parents and our children, in peace which has always been present in our communities. Page 10 � 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. 2, No. 4 (Summer 1986) 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 "Building the Great Maloca" (Colombia) Type The nature or genre of the resource Journal Article Language A language of the resource English Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Summer 1986 Zotero Title "Building the Great Maloca" (Colombia) Item Type Journal Article Attachment Title Vol. 2, no. 4 (10).pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Issue 4 Volume 2 Publication Title SAIIC Newsletter Language English http://saiic.nativeweb.org/ayn/files/original/c3d554586ef7762fa11bafe1d34d953f.pdf 4bea9f5d491eb26b0da6140a6582b444 PDF Text Text brings poverty to the majority and takes from us our feeling for life, which is the most important thing there is. Organizations are not made for us. They must be created. Begin with your home. At home we have trust. Trust is the seed. In Otavalo Community Mariana Chuquin, a Quichua Indian from Otavalo, Ecuador, who is visiting in San Francisco, recently made the following comments on education in her community: For those of us living in rural communities, it's very hard to educate our children. It is important to us that there is good bi-lingual education that strengthens our culture and communities. But many children are needed in the family's effort to survive economically, so they can't attend school. And the government gives very little support to education in rural communities. Most children don't go beyond the fourth grade. In my community, Mariano Acosta, it is the community itself and the school teacher who work together to make an education possible for our children. The community organizes mingas (community work groups) to construct roads, the school building, and other community buildings. Sometimes we have to use our imagination to make educational equipment and materials. Every week we organize in mingas to improve our community, to continue forward each day for the future of our children. lnd Voters Major Factor In Elections The greatly increased political organization of Indian communities was cited as a major factor in the overwhelming rejection June 1 of a constitutional referendum proposed by Ecuador's conservative government, according to Juan Aulestia, Oxfam America program representative for South America. Speaking at a meeting jointly sponsored by SAIIC and Oxfam America in Berkeley on June 19, Juan said that the growing realization among Indian communities that they can be a majority of the electorate was one of the most impressive developments he observed during a recent trip to Ecuador, which is his native country. Juan said that the conservative government of President Le6n Febres Cordero has moved to undermine Indian political organizations by renewing government support for the Summer Institute of Linguistics, an evangelical organization ordered to leave Ecuador by a previous government under pressure from Indian / \' \ ) /' groups. The government has also created "ghost" organizations which it claims ':\) /y/"i~ I'""' represent Indian interests as a means of spreading disunity in Indian communities. \ Vol. 2, no. 4. Summer, 1986. 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. 2, No. 4 (Summer 1986) 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 Indian Voters Major Factor in Elections (Ecuador) Type The nature or genre of the resource Journal Article Language A language of the resource English Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Summer 1986 Zotero Title Indian Voters Major Factor in Elections (Ecuador) Item Type Journal Article Attachment Title Vol. 2, no. 4 (9).pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Issue 4 Volume 2 Publication Title SAIIC Newsletter Language English http://saiic.nativeweb.org/ayn/files/original/5aa04ed581af94af01e75b794cb80be2.pdf 4bea9f5d491eb26b0da6140a6582b444 PDF Text Text brings poverty to the majority and takes from us our feeling for life, which is the most important thing there is. Organizations are not made for us. They must be created. Begin with your home. At home we have trust. Trust is the seed. In Otavalo Community Mariana Chuquin, a Quichua Indian from Otavalo, Ecuador, who is visiting in San Francisco, recently made the following comments on education in her community: For those of us living in rural communities, it's very hard to educate our children. It is important to us that there is good bi-lingual education that strengthens our culture and communities. But many children are needed in the family's effort to survive economically, so they can't attend school. And the government gives very little support to education in rural communities. Most children don't go beyond the fourth grade. In my community, Mariano Acosta, it is the community itself and the school teacher who work together to make an education possible for our children. The community organizes mingas (community work groups) to construct roads, the school building, and other community buildings. Sometimes we have to use our imagination to make educational equipment and materials. Every week we organize in mingas to improve our community, to continue forward each day for the future of our children. lnd Voters Major Factor In Elections The greatly increased political organization of Indian communities was cited as a major factor in the overwhelming rejection June 1 of a constitutional referendum proposed by Ecuador's conservative government, according to Juan Aulestia, Oxfam America program representative for South America. Speaking at a meeting jointly sponsored by SAIIC and Oxfam America in Berkeley on June 19, Juan said that the growing realization among Indian communities that they can be a majority of the electorate was one of the most impressive developments he observed during a recent trip to Ecuador, which is his native country. Juan said that the conservative government of President Le6n Febres Cordero has moved to undermine Indian political organizations by renewing government support for the Summer Institute of Linguistics, an evangelical organization ordered to leave Ecuador by a previous government under pressure from Indian / \' \ ) /' groups. The government has also created "ghost" organizations which it claims ':\) /y/"i~ I'""' represent Indian interests as a means of spreading disunity in Indian communities. \ Vol. 2, no. 4. Summer, 1986. 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. 2, No. 4 (Summer 1986) 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 Educational Efforts in Otavalo Community (Ecuador) Type The nature or genre of the resource Journal Article Language A language of the resource English Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Summer 1986 Zotero Title Educational Efforts in Otavalo Community (Ecuador) Item Type Journal Article Attachment Title Vol. 2, no. 4 (9).pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Issue 4 Volume 2 Publication Title SAIIC Newsletter Language English http://saiic.nativeweb.org/ayn/files/original/cf43e6bb0c1c6ec9580d2d8ab69a6e85.pdf af2aa2762ac2a000189cbb2e5bb2d9da PDF Text Text ECUADOR CONFENIAE Denounces Land Seizures By Oil Companies The Confederation of Indian Nations in the Ecuadorian Amazon (CONFENIAE) has accused Occidental, Esso-Hispanoil, and Diamond Oil Companies from the United States, British Petroleum from England, and the Conoco-Opic consortium from the United States and Taiwan of moving into Indian lands with the approval of the Ecuadorian government. They have now become the largest threat to Indian communities. Esso-Hispanoil, one of the largest oil companies in the world, obtained 100,000 hectares of land which belongs to the Huarani (Aucas). British Petroleum also Shuar Indian of Ecuador. obtained 200,000 hectares of Quichua land. According to CONFENIAE, both companies have been granted the use of land which is riow being planted in African palm (see SAIIC Newsletter, Spring 1986). They say, "We have,been able to prove that all these transnational corporations work cooperatively. The oil companies make the roads which are then used by those who exploit the African palm, cut down the forests and make this wood available to the large lumber companies." ''The istory Of My Organization'' The following comments are part of an essay which won first prize in 1985 in a nationwide competition among Indian organizations in Ecuador. They originally appeared in La Bocina, the publication of the Ecuadorian Federation for Public Progress (Federaci6n Ecuatoriana de Populorum Progressio). Our unity taught us what our goals must be. Our organization is not only for building community centers, bridges, schools, warehouses, water systems, and cooperatives, but also to develop a vision of our future. Clearly one of our goals is to develop the material infrastructure of our community, because we have to improve our lives. But as an organization we must be leery of developmentalism. We can't concern ourselves solely with material work, because then we run the risk of exploiting others in the same situation we were before. At first we didn't understand this well and thought that by organizing ourselves we could do to other cultures what they have done to us. We lacked analysis and reflection. We always have to look to the future to see where our organization is going, to keep an eye on our goals, to avoid falling into the trap of developmentalism. Developmentalism brings along with it egoism, individualism, and materialism. It Page 8 Vol.2, no. 4. Summer, 1986 �brings poverty to the majority and takes from us our feeling for life, which is the most important thing there is. Organizations are not made for us. They must be created. Begin with your home. At home we have trust. Trust is the seed. In Otavalo Community Mariana Chuquin, a Quichua Indian from Otavalo, Ecuador, who is visiting in San Francisco, recently made the following comments on education in her community: For those of us living in rural communities, it's very hard to educate our children. It is important to us that there is good bi-lingual education that strengthens our culture and communities. But many children are needed in the family's effort to survive economically, so they can't attend school. And the government gives very little support to education in rural communities. Most children don't go beyond the fourth grade. In my community, Mariano Acosta, it is the community itself and the school teacher who work together to make an education possible for our children. The community organizes mingas (community work groups) to construct roads, the school building, and other community buildings. Sometimes we have to use our imagination to make educational equipment and materials. Every week we organize in mingas to improve our community, to continue forward each day for the future of our children. lnd Voters Major Factor In Elections The greatly increased political organization of Indian communities was cited as a major factor in the overwhelming rejection June 1 of a constitutional referendum proposed by Ecuador's conservative government, according to Juan Aulestia, Oxfam America program representative for South America. Speaking at a meeting jointly sponsored by SAIIC and Oxfam America in Berkeley on June 19, Juan said that the growing realization among Indian communities that they can be a majority of the electorate was one of the most impressive developments he observed during a recent trip to Ecuador, which is his native country. Juan said that the conservative government of President Le6n Febres Cordero has moved to undermine Indian political organizations by renewing government support for the Summer Institute of Linguistics, an evangelical organization ordered to leave Ecuador by a previous government under pressure from Indian / \' \ ) /' groups. The government has also created "ghost" organizations which it claims ':\) /y/"i~ I'""' represent Indian interests as a means of spreading disunity in Indian communities. \ Vol. 2, no. 4. Summer, 1986. 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. 2, No. 4 (Summer 1986) 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 History of My Organization" (Ecuador) Type The nature or genre of the resource Journal Article Language A language of the resource English Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Summer 1986 Zotero Title "The History of My Organization" (Ecuador) Item Type Journal Article Attachment Title Vol. 2, no. 4 (8-9).pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Issue 4 Volume 2 Publication Title SAIIC Newsletter Language English http://saiic.nativeweb.org/ayn/files/original/70ab77d1821d6802ed86b4c376a80bb0.pdf 036eb8eaf5c9a07efd01db7844ffa998 PDF Text Text ECUADOR CONFENIAE Denounces Land Seizures By Oil Companies The Confederation of Indian Nations in the Ecuadorian Amazon (CONFENIAE) has accused Occidental, Esso-Hispanoil, and Diamond Oil Companies from the United States, British Petroleum from England, and the Conoco-Opic consortium from the United States and Taiwan of moving into Indian lands with the approval of the Ecuadorian government. They have now become the largest threat to Indian communities. Esso-Hispanoil, one of the largest oil companies in the world, obtained 100,000 hectares of land which belongs to the Huarani (Aucas). British Petroleum also Shuar Indian of Ecuador. obtained 200,000 hectares of Quichua land. According to CONFENIAE, both companies have been granted the use of land which is riow being planted in African palm (see SAIIC Newsletter, Spring 1986). They say, "We have,been able to prove that all these transnational corporations work cooperatively. The oil companies make the roads which are then used by those who exploit the African palm, cut down the forests and make this wood available to the large lumber companies." ''The istory Of My Organization'' The following comments are part of an essay which won first prize in 1985 in a nationwide competition among Indian organizations in Ecuador. They originally appeared in La Bocina, the publication of the Ecuadorian Federation for Public Progress (Federaci6n Ecuatoriana de Populorum Progressio). Our unity taught us what our goals must be. Our organization is not only for building community centers, bridges, schools, warehouses, water systems, and cooperatives, but also to develop a vision of our future. Clearly one of our goals is to develop the material infrastructure of our community, because we have to improve our lives. But as an organization we must be leery of developmentalism. We can't concern ourselves solely with material work, because then we run the risk of exploiting others in the same situation we were before. At first we didn't understand this well and thought that by organizing ourselves we could do to other cultures what they have done to us. We lacked analysis and reflection. We always have to look to the future to see where our organization is going, to keep an eye on our goals, to avoid falling into the trap of developmentalism. Developmentalism brings along with it egoism, individualism, and materialism. It Page 8 Vol.2, no. 4. Summer, 1986 � 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. 2, No. 4 (Summer 1986) 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 CONFENIAE Denounces Land Seizures by Oil Companies (Ecuador) Type The nature or genre of the resource Journal Article Language A language of the resource English Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Summer 1986 Zotero Title CONFENIAE Denounces Land Seizures by Oil Companies (Ecuador) Item Type Journal Article Attachment Title Vol. 2, no. 4 (8).pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Issue 4 Volume 2 Publication Title SAIIC Newsletter Language English Abstract Note The Confederation of Indian Nations in the Ecuadorian Amazon expresses that the large companies who are exploiting their lands for oil have become the largest threat to Indian nations. Pages 8 Confederation of Indian Nations CONFENIAE Exploitation oil companies Summer 1986 http://saiic.nativeweb.org/ayn/files/original/1d1afa50bbc628a3b3a0f034f8f81c68.pdf 9685346b0b84cfbf6446cdb321642d66 PDF Text Text That is the life in community, which is our strength. The root of the violence that is occurring now in Peru extends back to the notion of private property, distinct from our traditional community-based way of life. Between 1982 and 1985 there were 7,000 dead and many more than 3,000 missing and presumed dead. Since January, 1986, there are dozens more dead and disappeared. The blame for these deaths is placed on the guerrilla group Sendero Luminoso, but the blame to a much larger extent is also placed on the armed forces of Peru. Sendero Luminoso consists of people who are adventurers and provokers of violence, who kill along with the armed forces. They kill children, old people, and women. This is not a true revolutionary movement. For this reason it is detested by Indian communities. Our organization has a position in the face of this situation. We feel this is genocide that is occurring, and it becomes institutionalized by the armed forces. The consequence of this genocide doesn't mean simply the physical end or disappearance of a person. It also has massive repercussions for the entire extended family, leaving thousands and thousands of orphans and hungry children, and thousands and thousands of mothers and women who go from place to place, to the cemeteries and jails, looking for their loved ones they have lost. You see, the consequences of these kinds of things ate not erased from our lives right away. While there is no complete solution, through SERPAJ we do a number of things. We have helped organize the struggle of the relatives of the disappeared in the Ayacucho region. Their organization, the Association of Relatives of the Kidnapped and Missing of Ayacucho (Asociaci6n de Familiares de los Secuestrados y Detenidos-Desaparacidos de Ayacucho), is part of the human rights department of SERPAJ. We also have dining halls in Ayacucho and Lima for the thousands of children who have been orphaned. This is done by the volunteer work of Peruvians and by the assistance of people throughout the world who are helping us. For more information about the work of SERPAJ, contact the Resource Center for Nonviolence, P.O. Box 2324, Santa Cruz, CA 95063. Human Rights Activist Among Missing In Peru Among the many people missing as a result of political violence in Peru is Guadalupe Ccallocunto Olano, secretary of the Association of Relatives of the Kidnapped and Missing (Asociaci6n de los Familiares de los Secuestrados y Detenidos-Desaparacidos), who was arrested in Lima on May 24. A few days earlier she wrote, "The situation in Peru is getting worse. We live in a state of anxiety and insecurity. We are losing hope with this government, but the struggle of our people and of the relatives gives birth to another hope. They have threatened me many times and yet I cannot live with my back turned while my people bleed. I believe that it is better to die struggling, shouting the truth. This is what gives me hope that justice will come. But this we will only achieve with the help of all those persons who are aware of the inequality which reigns in our country." As we go to press, reports from Lima describe a massacre by police of over 300 prisoners accused of subversive acts. According to official reports, three police died. Vol. 2, no. 4. Summer, 1986. Page 7 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Vol. 2, No. 4 (Summer 1986) 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 Human Rights Activist Among Missing in Peru Type The nature or genre of the resource Journal Article Language A language of the resource English Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Summer 1986 Zotero Title Human Rights Activist Among Missing in Peru Item Type Journal Article Attachment Title Vol. 2, no. 4 (7).pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Issue 4 Volume 2 Publication Title SAIIC Newsletter Language English Abstract Note This article is more or less a PSA advising that Guadalupe Ccallocunto Olano was still missing after his "arrest" in Peru. Pages 7 Guadalupe Ccallocunto Olano missing persons Peru Summer 1986 http://saiic.nativeweb.org/ayn/files/original/8d59f843c8a98cf3753be47f8859f376.pdf 2a154b52ae76054f6f3cf821bddd5f10 PDF Text Text PERU Visitor Descri Violence I Indian Communities Anatolio Liceta, Quechua Indian who works with the Peace and Justice Service-Peru (Servicio Paz y Justicia-Peru, SERPAJ), visited the San Francisco Bay Area in June to discuss the search for nonviolent social change in Peru. Anatolio comes from the community of Andina San Pedro de Pirca, province of Huaral, in the mountains north of Lima. He is a member of the Federation of Peasants of Cerro de Pasco (Federacion de Campesinos de Cerro de Pasco). His family, like most of his community, farms and raises stock. His experiences with nonviolent struggle include teaching adult literacy, organzing Indian farmer cooperatives, and working in the local tl!achers' union. He tells us: I come to exchange experiences of nonviolent struggle for peace, particularly at the community level. This struggle is important because at this time in Peru there is increasing indiscriminate violence. There is genocide, including the killing of old people, women, and children. Our Indian communities are bound together by our working the land communally. We believe that the land is the vital source that sustains all people. In my country in the mountains and on the coast there are 4,200 official Indian communities. They are organized in ay!lus and are now officially recognized as Indian communities of farmers. Our communities have at least 4,000 years of history, of life. Four hundred years of struggle and resistance to outside forces can't destroy our people. The fact is that these communities have developed a way of life based on self-sufficiency. The community is the uniting of men and women, but this union doesn't happen in a vacuum. Through work, this union, the community, takes on life. There is a common interest in the land itself that unites us. Together we carry our seeds to the field to plant. Everyone works together equally. The 200 members of the community (comuneros) take their seeds to plant the communal land. These 200 comuneros carry their tools so that the land will produce. Two hundred comuneros carry their food to eat out in the fields, so that they can invite one another to eat before and after planting. And then at the time of the harvesting, the yield is divided up equally among all those in the community. Seeds are saved for the next year. We don't do this work quietly. We do it with a kind of joyful energy. We always say, "If there is a good crop, we dance. Beautiful. We dance with a band. And if there is a poor crop, we also dance." Why? Because it is not like the person who, if a business is lost or money is lost, he is sad. There is a collective consciousness. In the community, if there is a poor crop, these troubles also unite the people, unite us in our work. These difficulties fortify the ties that bind us. This love of community is important, and it develops through working together. Page 6 Vol. 2, no. 4. Summer, 1986. �That is the life in community, which is our strength. The root of the violence that is occurring now in Peru extends back to the notion of private property, distinct from our traditional community-based way of life. Between 1982 and 1985 there were 7,000 dead and many more than 3,000 missing and presumed dead. Since January, 1986, there are dozens more dead and disappeared. The blame for these deaths is placed on the guerrilla group Sendero Luminoso, but the blame to a much larger extent is also placed on the armed forces of Peru. Sendero Luminoso consists of people who are adventurers and provokers of violence, who kill along with the armed forces. They kill children, old people, and women. This is not a true revolutionary movement. For this reason it is detested by Indian communities. Our organization has a position in the face of this situation. We feel this is genocide that is occurring, and it becomes institutionalized by the armed forces. The consequence of this genocide doesn't mean simply the physical end or disappearance of a person. It also has massive repercussions for the entire extended family, leaving thousands and thousands of orphans and hungry children, and thousands and thousands of mothers and women who go from place to place, to the cemeteries and jails, looking for their loved ones they have lost. You see, the consequences of these kinds of things ate not erased from our lives right away. While there is no complete solution, through SERPAJ we do a number of things. We have helped organize the struggle of the relatives of the disappeared in the Ayacucho region. Their organization, the Association of Relatives of the Kidnapped and Missing of Ayacucho (Asociaci6n de Familiares de los Secuestrados y Detenidos-Desaparacidos de Ayacucho), is part of the human rights department of SERPAJ. We also have dining halls in Ayacucho and Lima for the thousands of children who have been orphaned. This is done by the volunteer work of Peruvians and by the assistance of people throughout the world who are helping us. For more information about the work of SERPAJ, contact the Resource Center for Nonviolence, P.O. Box 2324, Santa Cruz, CA 95063. Human Rights Activist Among Missing In Peru Among the many people missing as a result of political violence in Peru is Guadalupe Ccallocunto Olano, secretary of the Association of Relatives of the Kidnapped and Missing (Asociaci6n de los Familiares de los Secuestrados y Detenidos-Desaparacidos), who was arrested in Lima on May 24. A few days earlier she wrote, "The situation in Peru is getting worse. We live in a state of anxiety and insecurity. We are losing hope with this government, but the struggle of our people and of the relatives gives birth to another hope. They have threatened me many times and yet I cannot live with my back turned while my people bleed. I believe that it is better to die struggling, shouting the truth. This is what gives me hope that justice will come. But this we will only achieve with the help of all those persons who are aware of the inequality which reigns in our country." As we go to press, reports from Lima describe a massacre by police of over 300 prisoners accused of subversive acts. According to official reports, three police died. Vol. 2, no. 4. Summer, 1986. Page 7 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Vol. 2, No. 4 (Summer 1986) 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 Visitor Describes Violence in India Communities (Peru) Type The nature or genre of the resource Journal Article Language A language of the resource English Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Summer 1986 Zotero Title Visitor Describes Violence in India Communities (Peru) Item Type Journal Article Attachment Title Vol. 2, no. 4 (6-7).pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Issue 4 Volume 2 Publication Title SAIIC Newsletter Language English Abstract Note Anatolio Liceta, a Quechua Indian, travelled to San Francisco to express his concern for the genocide of his people that is occurring in Peru. Pages 6-7 Anatolio Liceta Genocide non-violence peace Quechua Quechua indian Summer 1986 http://saiic.nativeweb.org/ayn/files/original/68f3fd4e44d8522d0e2456b9275a536b.pdf 291b517c9fb543b637626316430c81cd PDF Text Text apuche G ps Define Goals During the first week of June a significant gathering of the three major Mapuche organizations, Centros Culturales Mapuches, AD-Mapu, and Nehuen Mapu, resulted in a clear set of jointly defined goals: 1. All Mapuche demands for the coming democracy in Chile shall be presented through the Assembly of Civil Organizations, the nationwide coalition of non-governmental organizations working for a democratic Chile. 2. The formation of a tripartite commission to formulate a document to unite the Mapuche people into one organization that carries forward their struggles and goals. The groups also agreed to the following proposals to the Assembly of Civil Organizations: 1. The immediate repeal of Laws 2568 and 2750, which eliminate communal land holdings of Indian people, and a return to Law 17,729, which supported the gains in landholding made before the military coup of 1973. 2. The reinstatement of all lands taken from Indian communities under Law 2568. 3. The reestablishment of the Indian Institute under Indian control. 4. The establishment of a new constitution giving rights of self-determination to Mapuche people. Legislation to conserve Mapuche land and natural resources. Recognition by all sectors of Chilean society of traditional Mapuche forms of sotial organization and authority structure. Guarantee of the rights of pol1 itical participation in national affairs. Assault On Huilliche Described Carlos Orlando Lincomfm is a member of the Butahuillimapu, the central council which represents 137 organized communities of Huilliche people between Valdivia and Chiloe in southern Chile, and cacique (chief) of the province. In an article in Fortin Mapocho dated June 9, 1986, he states, "After the coup [in 1973] they destroyed the Indian communal laws. They divided our land, trying to do away with our organizations. They told us we would each be landowners. But individualism is alien to the Huilliches." Carlos says that Achala Island, which once belonged to Juan Bautista Inaicheo, another cacique and a relative of Carlos, now belongs to a hotel owner from Quell6n. "Nobody knows how he got a title of ownership." He adds, "The beaches that once were ours have been turned over to individuals. We (l.ren't allowed to gather shellfish or raise fish in the carrols." Carlos also talked about the company which is building roads in the area. They take down the Huilliches' fences and the animals roam away. Then the police come and give the Huilliches tickets for not keeping their animals fenced in. "One day I complained to the engineer. He told me he had expropriation orders. But later I found out that this wasn't true." For the Huilliches, the destruction of fences is a part of life. "I don't think that any future government will return our lands. The current policies are stacked against us. We had an opportunity with the Allende government, but then the coup came and nothing was left." Vol. 2, no. 4. Summer, 1986. Page 5 � 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. 2, No. 4 (Summer 1986) 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 Assault on Huilliche Land Described (Chile) Type The nature or genre of the resource Journal Article Language A language of the resource English Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Summer 1986 Zotero Title Assault on Huilliche Land Described (Chile) Item Type Journal Article Attachment Title Vol. 2, no. 4 (5).pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Issue 4 Volume 2 Publication Title SAIIC Newsletter Language English Abstract Note Carlos Orlando Lincoman, a member of the central council which represents 137 communities of Huilliche people discusses the encroachment of non-indigenous people on land that belongs to the Indigenous groups. Chile Chiloé Huilliche people Summer 1986 http://saiic.nativeweb.org/ayn/files/original/3e679cb333e68762012887a05e72fa55.pdf 291b517c9fb543b637626316430c81cd PDF Text Text apuche G ps Define Goals During the first week of June a significant gathering of the three major Mapuche organizations, Centros Culturales Mapuches, AD-Mapu, and Nehuen Mapu, resulted in a clear set of jointly defined goals: 1. All Mapuche demands for the coming democracy in Chile shall be presented through the Assembly of Civil Organizations, the nationwide coalition of non-governmental organizations working for a democratic Chile. 2. The formation of a tripartite commission to formulate a document to unite the Mapuche people into one organization that carries forward their struggles and goals. The groups also agreed to the following proposals to the Assembly of Civil Organizations: 1. The immediate repeal of Laws 2568 and 2750, which eliminate communal land holdings of Indian people, and a return to Law 17,729, which supported the gains in landholding made before the military coup of 1973. 2. The reinstatement of all lands taken from Indian communities under Law 2568. 3. The reestablishment of the Indian Institute under Indian control. 4. The establishment of a new constitution giving rights of self-determination to Mapuche people. Legislation to conserve Mapuche land and natural resources. Recognition by all sectors of Chilean society of traditional Mapuche forms of sotial organization and authority structure. Guarantee of the rights of pol1 itical participation in national affairs. Assault On Huilliche Described Carlos Orlando Lincomfm is a member of the Butahuillimapu, the central council which represents 137 organized communities of Huilliche people between Valdivia and Chiloe in southern Chile, and cacique (chief) of the province. In an article in Fortin Mapocho dated June 9, 1986, he states, "After the coup [in 1973] they destroyed the Indian communal laws. They divided our land, trying to do away with our organizations. They told us we would each be landowners. But individualism is alien to the Huilliches." Carlos says that Achala Island, which once belonged to Juan Bautista Inaicheo, another cacique and a relative of Carlos, now belongs to a hotel owner from Quell6n. "Nobody knows how he got a title of ownership." He adds, "The beaches that once were ours have been turned over to individuals. We (l.ren't allowed to gather shellfish or raise fish in the carrols." Carlos also talked about the company which is building roads in the area. They take down the Huilliches' fences and the animals roam away. Then the police come and give the Huilliches tickets for not keeping their animals fenced in. "One day I complained to the engineer. He told me he had expropriation orders. But later I found out that this wasn't true." For the Huilliches, the destruction of fences is a part of life. "I don't think that any future government will return our lands. The current policies are stacked against us. We had an opportunity with the Allende government, but then the coup came and nothing was left." Vol. 2, no. 4. Summer, 1986. Page 5 � 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. 2, No. 4 (Summer 1986) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Mapuche Groups Define Common Goals (Chile) Type The nature or genre of the resource Journal Article Language A language of the resource English Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Summer 1986 Zotero Title Mapuche Groups Define Common Goals (Chile) Item Type Journal Article Attachment Title Vol. 2, no. 4 (5).pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Issue 4 Volume 2 Publication Title SAIIC Newsletter Language English Abstract Note In June of 1986, three major Mapuche organizations, including Centros Culturales Mapuches, AD-Mapu, and Nehuen Mapu, gathered and compiled a list of goals. Pages 5 AD-Mapu Centros Culturales Mapuches Chile Mapuche Nehuen Mapu Summer 1986