63 12 1190 http://saiic.nativeweb.org/ayn/files/original/cb40bc2fa8124ddbf076b508d0614e5a.pdf cfe7813b6d244dd95b42d919afbb8b99 PDF Text Text Mailing Address: P.O. Box 7550, Berkele~ CA 94707 USA Office: 523 E. 14th St., Oakland, CA (415) 452-1235 Vol. 3,No.1 Brazilian Indian Leader Addresses Washington Conference See Pages 2-4. Fall, 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. 3, No. 1 (Fall 1986) Zotero Language English Issue 1 Volume 3 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Cover Type The nature or genre of the resource 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 Fall 1986 Zotero Title Cover Item Type Journal Article Attachment Title Vol. 3, no. 1 (1).pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Publication Title SAIIC Newsletter Issue 1 Volume 3 Language English Abstract Note Cover Pages 1 fall 1986 http://saiic.nativeweb.org/ayn/files/original/dcc748c97c2516de09c7736a7f4f5fe4.pdf 514fa813fb4fadc01642b44374b3cd08 PDF Text Text Ecologists, Indigenous Groups Oppose World Ban icies An international coalition of indigenous peoples support groups and environmental organizations met in Washington, D.C., from September 28 to 30 to oppose World Bank lending policies. The meeting, called "The Citizens' Conference on Tropical Forests, Indigenous People, and the World Bank," was timed to coincide with the annual meetings of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. The World Bank is the largest financier of development projects in the world. The alternative conference set the stage for an international campaign to pressure the World Bank to institute stronger measures to protect both the natural environment and the right of indigenous people to retain their land and way of life. "The Fatal Five" development projects were identified as targets of the campaign. They include Polonoroeste, a road-building and colonization project in the Brazilian Amazon; the Narmada Valley Dam project in India, which will require the relocation of two million people; transmigration in Indonesia, the largest resettlement plan in the world; a beef export project in Botswana, southern Africa; and the Three Gorges Dam project in China. The need for environmental organizations in the industrialized nations to work more closely with Indians, peasants, and others in the Third World who live in areas affected by World Bank projects was a recurring theme at the conference. Ailton Krenak of the Union of Indian Nations (UNI) in Brazil and ecologist Jose Lutzenberger demonstrated the type of actions which will be taken to oppose World Bank projects with the announcement of the formation of the Amazonian Alliance of the People of the Rainforest. The group will unite Indians, rubber trappers, river dwellers, and landless people to confront'' challenges to their survival in the Amazon. SAIIC coordinator Nilo Cayuqueo was featured with Ailton and two representatives from Survival International on a panel which denounced the effects of World Bank projects on indigenous people. Other participants in the conference included activists from Puerto Rico, Mexico, Colombia, Peru, Brazil, Indonesia, India, Kenya, England, and the United States, including Hawaii. The conference was co-sponsored by the Anthropology Resource Center, Cultural Survival, the Environmental Defense Fund, the Environmental Policy Institute, the National Audubon Society, the Natural Resources Defense Council, the Rainforest Action Network, and Survival International. (For a report on an earlier meeting of the organizations, see SAIIC Newsletter, Winter, 1986. p. 17.) The World Bank will provide about $15 billion in new loans for development projects in the coming year. The Bank receives its funds from industrialized nations in North America, Europe, and Asia. The United States contributes about 20 percent of the capital of the Bank. Page 2 Vol. 3, no. 1. Fall, 1986. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Title A name given to the resource Ecologists, Indigenous Groups Oppose World Bank Policies 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 Fall 1986 Zotero Title Ecologists, Indigenous Groups Oppose World Bank Policies Item Type Journal Article Attachment Title Vol. 3, no. 1 (2).pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Publication Title SAIIC Newsletter Issue 1 Volume 3 Language English Pages 2 environment environmental fall 1986 World Bank http://saiic.nativeweb.org/ayn/files/original/37e795e53223bd88ae3293714056241d.pdf 7257964a7df6e109cbe5ec0d0c13ce51 PDF Text Text Krenak Describes Indian Strategy To Resist I Projects In ,. I Ailton Krenak, Coordinator of Brazil's Union of Indian Nations (UNI), attended the Citizens' Conference of Tropical Rainforests, Indigenous People, and the World Bank. Ailton said he came to serve as "a witness to the disasters that development projects have caused for our people. I thought that it was very important to have a meeting with the taxpayers [of the United States] who give money to those projects." He also spoke about UNI's "project of life"-a plan to assure the survival of Indian people. The following are excerpts from Ailton's statements to the conference and from an interview with SAIIC., On UNI's Plan of Action: "The Amazon Alliance, the Coordinating Committee of Indigenous Populations of the Amazon Basin, the Indian participation in the Constitutional Assembly, and my participation at this conference today have to be understood as a plan of action by Indian people, directed towards setting up broad policies which address the demarcation and the effective guarantee of Indian land. We have a project of life, but we are not going to be able to realize it if it is not articulated among the Brazilian people." On the Amazon Alliance: "A significant proportion of the people of Amazonia oppose the unbridled and disorderly occupation of Amazonia being promoted by the government with financing from external sources. The people of the forest, Indians, river populations, and those such as rubber gatherers who live on extractive resources are ready to carry out an effective defense of the place where they live. The Amazon Alliance of the Peoples of tne Forest is put forth as a social proposal. Each time it was posed as an environmental issue it did not succeed in changing the Rainforest preservation is essential to Indian survival. awareness of the Brazilian government. The people who are defending Amazonia are people who historically have used the land sustainably. This alliance is questioning the development programs being implemented by the government. we are seeking the solidarity of those outside the region who are concerned about what's happening in Amazonia and of those who are following what's going on there." On the Coordinating Committee of the Indigenous Populations of the Amazon Basin: "This Coordinating Committee includes all the Indian populations of the Amazon region, including eight neighboring countries. We had a meeting in Itacoatiara [Brazil] in June and Vol. 3, no. 1. Fall, 1986. Page 3 �----------------- another in Brasilia to which we invited Evaristo [Nahuag, from Peru], who is now the Secretary General of the Coordinating Committee. On October 20 we'll have another meeting to set up the committee. Once this is done, we can carry out a program at an international level. We want to raise issues concerning government projects on Indians lands to an international forum, where people can have an opportunity to debate, examine, and analyze some of these projects. At a national level, we want to identify development projects, discover the origin of the capital invested in those projects, look into the possibility of interceding with those agencies, demand the re-evaluation of the viability of those projects, halt the operations of the timber companies, and demarcate Indian lands in the area, which include 70 percent of all Indian lands in Brazil." On Indian Participation in the Constitutional Assembly: "Perhaps the greatest tragedy of our Indian people has been that we have lived under the boot of the government. Before, it was under the Service for the Protection of Indians; now it is under the National Indian Foundation [FUNAI]. Today, we want to keep our identity as Indians, but we don't want to remain apart from the formation of national policies where all Brazilians are participating. We are not going to win our struggle if we don't get the respect and solidarity of the Brazilian people. We are 0.17 percent of the Brazilian population-we are very few, and we can only keep our identity as Indians as part of a common national program. That is why we are choosing representatives to the Constitutional Assembly, representatives who can legislate in Congress. Together with the support of other popular movements, we can draw up a constitution that at least assures the interests and principles of land and that acknowledges our cultural institutions. This is not a country of only one language. It's a multi-ethnic and multi-cultural country. The elections will be held on November 15, and 530 representatives will be elected. We have four candidates from the Amazon and four from the Central Western region. If we can implant in the Brazilian constitution the principles of a multi-ethnic and multi-cultural country, we will no longer have a samba of only one note." Radioactive Wastes J lutants In Amazon? The newspaper Folha de Sao Paulo has reported that the Brazilian military may be constructing underground installations in the Cachimbo Mountains for use as a nuclear test site and for storage of nuclear wastes from atomic powerplants. The construction site in the Amazonian state of Para was discovered by air. Many Indian peoples live within 300 kilometers of the site, including those in the Xingu Park and the Menkranoti, Kayap6, Apiaka, Rikbatsa, Kayabi, and Munduruku. There are also uncontacted groups in the area, including the Bararari and Parauari. Nuclear physicists and geologists say the sedimentary soils of the region cannot guarantee a reliable resting place for dangerous radioactive materials. They express concern for the potential negative consequences if contaminants reach a major river system, such as the Xingu. Page 4 Vol. 3, no. 1. Fall, 1986. l � 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. 3, No. 1 (Fall 1986) Zotero Language English Issue 1 Volume 3 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 Ailton Krenak Describes Indian Strategy to Resist Harmful Projects in Amazon 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 Fall 1986 Zotero Title Ailton Krenak Describes Indian Strategy to Resist Harmful Projects in Amazon Item Type Journal Article Attachment Title Vol. 3, no. 1 (3-4).pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Publication Title SAIIC Newsletter Issue 1 Volume 3 Language English Pages 3-4 Abstract Note Ailton Krenak attended the Citizens' Conference of Tropical Rainforests, Indigenous People, and the World Bank. He did so with the intention of acting as a representative for how the developmental projects affect the Indigenous people who live there. Citizens' Conference of Tropical Rainforests fall 1986 Indigenous people World Bank http://saiic.nativeweb.org/ayn/files/original/0460f446e6f42d8ab11c6d86200d630f.pdf 5e6d3e7252277ca36e76ca94d0bdf5f4 PDF Text Text ----------------- another in Brasilia to which we invited Evaristo [Nahuag, from Peru], who is now the Secretary General of the Coordinating Committee. On October 20 we'll have another meeting to set up the committee. Once this is done, we can carry out a program at an international level. We want to raise issues concerning government projects on Indians lands to an international forum, where people can have an opportunity to debate, examine, and analyze some of these projects. At a national level, we want to identify development projects, discover the origin of the capital invested in those projects, look into the possibility of interceding with those agencies, demand the re-evaluation of the viability of those projects, halt the operations of the timber companies, and demarcate Indian lands in the area, which include 70 percent of all Indian lands in Brazil." On Indian Participation in the Constitutional Assembly: "Perhaps the greatest tragedy of our Indian people has been that we have lived under the boot of the government. Before, it was under the Service for the Protection of Indians; now it is under the National Indian Foundation [FUNAI]. Today, we want to keep our identity as Indians, but we don't want to remain apart from the formation of national policies where all Brazilians are participating. We are not going to win our struggle if we don't get the respect and solidarity of the Brazilian people. We are 0.17 percent of the Brazilian population-we are very few, and we can only keep our identity as Indians as part of a common national program. That is why we are choosing representatives to the Constitutional Assembly, representatives who can legislate in Congress. Together with the support of other popular movements, we can draw up a constitution that at least assures the interests and principles of land and that acknowledges our cultural institutions. This is not a country of only one language. It's a multi-ethnic and multi-cultural country. The elections will be held on November 15, and 530 representatives will be elected. We have four candidates from the Amazon and four from the Central Western region. If we can implant in the Brazilian constitution the principles of a multi-ethnic and multi-cultural country, we will no longer have a samba of only one note." Radioactive Wastes J lutants In Amazon? The newspaper Folha de Sao Paulo has reported that the Brazilian military may be constructing underground installations in the Cachimbo Mountains for use as a nuclear test site and for storage of nuclear wastes from atomic powerplants. The construction site in the Amazonian state of Para was discovered by air. Many Indian peoples live within 300 kilometers of the site, including those in the Xingu Park and the Menkranoti, Kayap6, Apiaka, Rikbatsa, Kayabi, and Munduruku. There are also uncontacted groups in the area, including the Bararari and Parauari. Nuclear physicists and geologists say the sedimentary soils of the region cannot guarantee a reliable resting place for dangerous radioactive materials. They express concern for the potential negative consequences if contaminants reach a major river system, such as the Xingu. Page 4 Vol. 3, no. 1. Fall, 1986. l � 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. 3, No. 1 (Fall 1986) Zotero Language English Issue 1 Volume 3 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 Radioactive Wastes to Join Pollutants in Amazon? 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 Fall 1986 Zotero Title Radioactive Wastes to Join Pollutants in Amazon? Item Type Journal Article Attachment Title Vol. 3, no. 1 (4).pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Publication Title SAIIC Newsletter Issue 1 Volume 3 Language English Pages 4 Abstract Note A newspaper reported that the Brazilian military was constructing underground sites in the Cachimbo Mountains to be used later for nuclear testing. Brazil Brazilian Government Cambicho Mountains environment fall 1986 nuclear testing Nuclear Waste http://saiic.nativeweb.org/ayn/files/original/3005fd329c7f70a6f407818d5a04a86f.pdf 6d01957be52aa199a92d5dee429ce959 PDF Text Text COLOMBIA C I '1' Issues 1 G The Cauca Regional Indian Council (CRIC) has published the following statement on the military strife in southwestern Colombia in the latest issue ofUnidad Indlgena (Apartado Aereo 32395, Bogota, Colombia). We reject the declaration of the M-19 guerrilla movement which was announced by radio September 6, 1986. The declaration, which was made after the group had militarily taken the community of Inza, stated that Indian people are in total agreement with the war that M-19 has declared against the government. Indian organizations know that the interests of Indian people and our struggle are not compatible with the war now carried on by armed groups. We reject the war in Indian communities and territories that these guerrilla groups want to impose on us by force in clear violation of the rights of autonomy of Indian communities. The M-19 movement falsely maintains that it represents Indian interests based on the fact that some Indians are active in this group. However, those Indians act as individuals and not as members of Indian communities. Finally, we object to M-19's use of the names of Indian leaders to suit interests not compatible with those of Indian communities. Popayan, September 8, 1986 Paez Leader Tells Pope I ian Of History The following comments were made by Paez Indian Guillermo Tenorio to Pope John Paul II before a gathering of about 150,000 people in Popayan during the Pope's visit to Colombia the first week of July. Soon we will mark the SOOth anniversary of the arrival of European conquerors in our land. Much has happened since then to shape the destiny of our people. We have experienced a complete upheaval of our culture. We complete 500 years of history made in the silence of pain, contempt, Guillermo Tenorio's speech to the Pope was interrupted by a Colombian marginalization, of tortures which remain above cartoon in CRIC'sChurch official, inspiring the newspaper. unknown because they are tortures of Indian people. Our history has been a struggle of life or death for our cultures. Many brothers and sisters have succumbed to the unceasing aggression of the conquerors, but many others have persevered in our struggle. The wild mountains of the magnificent Andes, the plains, and the thick Amazon jungles are deaf witnesses to all our sufferings and hopes. Our music, the sound and the image of Indian people, bears witness to the sadness caused by the pillage of our land, the undermining of our community organizations, and the undervalueing of our Vol. 3, no. 1. Fall, 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. 3, No. 1 (Fall 1986) Zotero Language English Issue 1 Volume 3 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 CRIC Issues Statement on M-19 Guerrillas (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 Fall 1986 Zotero Title CRIC Issues Statement on M-19 Guerrillas (Colombia) Item Type Journal Article Attachment Title Vol. 3, no. 1 (5).pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Publication Title SAIIC Newsletter Issue 1 Volume 3 Language English Pages 5 Abstract Note The Cauca Regional Indian Council (CRIC) released a statement in regard to the military strife in Colombia, rejecting the declaration of a M-19 Guerilla movement. Cauca Regional Indian Council CRIC fall 1986 guerilla military http://saiic.nativeweb.org/ayn/files/original/130e893a8d4aa6dffaeb2923e012cde5.pdf 7d59a16679cdfb5a54c2a0873daf9083 PDF Text Text COLOMBIA C I '1' Issues 1 G The Cauca Regional Indian Council (CRIC) has published the following statement on the military strife in southwestern Colombia in the latest issue ofUnidad Indlgena (Apartado Aereo 32395, Bogota, Colombia). We reject the declaration of the M-19 guerrilla movement which was announced by radio September 6, 1986. The declaration, which was made after the group had militarily taken the community of Inza, stated that Indian people are in total agreement with the war that M-19 has declared against the government. Indian organizations know that the interests of Indian people and our struggle are not compatible with the war now carried on by armed groups. We reject the war in Indian communities and territories that these guerrilla groups want to impose on us by force in clear violation of the rights of autonomy of Indian communities. The M-19 movement falsely maintains that it represents Indian interests based on the fact that some Indians are active in this group. However, those Indians act as individuals and not as members of Indian communities. Finally, we object to M-19's use of the names of Indian leaders to suit interests not compatible with those of Indian communities. Popayan, September 8, 1986 Paez Leader Tells Pope I ian Of History The following comments were made by Paez Indian Guillermo Tenorio to Pope John Paul II before a gathering of about 150,000 people in Popayan during the Pope's visit to Colombia the first week of July. Soon we will mark the SOOth anniversary of the arrival of European conquerors in our land. Much has happened since then to shape the destiny of our people. We have experienced a complete upheaval of our culture. We complete 500 years of history made in the silence of pain, contempt, Guillermo Tenorio's speech to the Pope was interrupted by a Colombian marginalization, of tortures which remain above cartoon in CRIC'sChurch official, inspiring the newspaper. unknown because they are tortures of Indian people. Our history has been a struggle of life or death for our cultures. Many brothers and sisters have succumbed to the unceasing aggression of the conquerors, but many others have persevered in our struggle. The wild mountains of the magnificent Andes, the plains, and the thick Amazon jungles are deaf witnesses to all our sufferings and hopes. Our music, the sound and the image of Indian people, bears witness to the sadness caused by the pillage of our land, the undermining of our community organizations, and the undervalueing of our Vol. 3, no. 1. Fall, 1986. Page 5 �languages, our medicine, and O\lr systems of community education. But in recent years, along with a general awakening of human consciousness, we as people and as Indians have awakened. In this awakening we look with honor and love to the heritage of our past, and in this spirit we have begun to organize ourselves to be stronger. With steady efforts and much work we are recovering our land, to live there with our own forms of government, to proudly speak our own languages, to seek an educational system which facilitates our cultural and social development. The road we have taken is difficult because the landowners have not hesitated to kill Indians, including women and children, to imprison us, and to militarize our territories. And it is important to acknowledge that a sector of the Church has also worked against us. Because we have struggled for our liberation they have slandered us by calling us subversives and suspended health and educational services. Despite this we maintain our faith in Christ and take refuge in the words you spoke in Mexico, when you said that the Church must be rooted . in the people and committed to an identity in the culture of our communities. There also has been a sector of the Church which has seen in the struggles of Indian people the sufferings of Christ for true liberation and for the right to life that motivates our struggle. Such representatives of Christ on earth who have been with us in our struggle are also persecuted and killed, as in the case of the deaths of Father Pedro Leon Rodriguez and Alvaro Ulcue Chocue, the only Paez Indian priest. With this greeting to Your Holiness, we remember in our history the shedding of Indian blood, blood of native Americans, blood which nourishes the new world which we seek. . We are convinced that such martyrdom will bear abundant fruit. (See Page 8 for the comments of a Bolivian Indian leader on liberation theology.) Amazon Com unities To Stage I PICS The f~llowing story appeared in a recent edition of Unidad Indigena, the publication of the National Organization of Indians of Colombia (ONIC). Centuries ago the Witoto and Muinane people held sports tournaments where they played games called "tops," "ball," "spear," and "athletics." The games were mostly forgotten until about ten years ago when sports lovers began holding tournaments of European games. That reminded people of the traditional Indian games, and some priests organized a tournament called the Regional Indian Olympics of the Amazon. The first competition was held in 197 4 at Chorrera, Amazonas, and since then the games have been expanded to include many Indian groups. Poster at left announces a palin tournament sponsored by the Mapuche organization AD-Mapu in Chile last summer. Palin is an Indian game similar to hockey which is played with bent sticks and a wool ball covered with leather. Page 6 Vol. 3, no. 1. 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Title A name given to the resource Paez Leader Tells Pope Indian View of History 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 Fall 1986 Zotero Title Paez Leader Tells Pope Indian View of History Item Type Journal Article Attachment Title Vol. 3, no. 1 (5-6).pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Publication Title SAIIC Newsletter Issue 1 Volume 3 Language English Pages 5-6 Abstract Note The leader of the Paez people, Guillermo Tenorio, recounted to the Pope at the time, John Paul II, how the Indians view history. fall 1986 Guillermo Tenorio history Paez Pope John Paul II http://saiic.nativeweb.org/ayn/files/original/71dc5ff8492297d9ecdcf40550a462ea.pdf a0b038b8f836915fbf775b1cdb6079a2 PDF Text Text languages, our medicine, and O\lr systems of community education. But in recent years, along with a general awakening of human consciousness, we as people and as Indians have awakened. In this awakening we look with honor and love to the heritage of our past, and in this spirit we have begun to organize ourselves to be stronger. With steady efforts and much work we are recovering our land, to live there with our own forms of government, to proudly speak our own languages, to seek an educational system which facilitates our cultural and social development. The road we have taken is difficult because the landowners have not hesitated to kill Indians, including women and children, to imprison us, and to militarize our territories. And it is important to acknowledge that a sector of the Church has also worked against us. Because we have struggled for our liberation they have slandered us by calling us subversives and suspended health and educational services. Despite this we maintain our faith in Christ and take refuge in the words you spoke in Mexico, when you said that the Church must be rooted . in the people and committed to an identity in the culture of our communities. There also has been a sector of the Church which has seen in the struggles of Indian people the sufferings of Christ for true liberation and for the right to life that motivates our struggle. Such representatives of Christ on earth who have been with us in our struggle are also persecuted and killed, as in the case of the deaths of Father Pedro Leon Rodriguez and Alvaro Ulcue Chocue, the only Paez Indian priest. With this greeting to Your Holiness, we remember in our history the shedding of Indian blood, blood of native Americans, blood which nourishes the new world which we seek. . We are convinced that such martyrdom will bear abundant fruit. (See Page 8 for the comments of a Bolivian Indian leader on liberation theology.) Amazon Com unities To Stage I PICS The f~llowing story appeared in a recent edition of Unidad Indigena, the publication of the National Organization of Indians of Colombia (ONIC). Centuries ago the Witoto and Muinane people held sports tournaments where they played games called "tops," "ball," "spear," and "athletics." The games were mostly forgotten until about ten years ago when sports lovers began holding tournaments of European games. That reminded people of the traditional Indian games, and some priests organized a tournament called the Regional Indian Olympics of the Amazon. The first competition was held in 197 4 at Chorrera, Amazonas, and since then the games have been expanded to include many Indian groups. Poster at left announces a palin tournament sponsored by the Mapuche organization AD-Mapu in Chile last summer. Palin is an Indian game similar to hockey which is played with bent sticks and a wool ball covered with leather. Page 6 Vol. 3, no. 1. Fall, 1986. �This year the games will be held from November 20 to 30 at Araracuara. The tournament will include two types of competition. Western-style games will include soccer, basketball, volleyball, and track and field. Traditional Indian games will include some that are modified to make them more competitive and others which are primarily recreational. "Tops" is played with two teams which have five to ten people each. Two kinds of tops are used, one classified as male and the other as female. Each team has a fixed number of tops. A large circle is drawn on the ground where one side must launch a female top. The other side uses male tops to try to remove the female top from the circle. "Ball" is played with a rubber ball about the size of a small soccer ball while dancing in the maloca (the traditional communal house). CHILE SAIIC has received several reports from the Mapuche organization AD-Mapu concerning continued repression of Indian people by the military government of General Augusto Pinochet. Jose Santos Millao, the president of AD-Mapu, spent several weeks in prison after being accused along with four other Indian leaders and community workers from the Universidad de la Frontera in Temuco of participating in subversive activities. Jose was released in August. Members of the AD-Mapu Cultural Theater Group, whose reOn August 26 local police hearsal was raided by police in August. raided the building where the AD-Mapu Cultural Theater Group (see SAIIC Newsletter, Spring, 1986, pp. 11-12) was rehearsing and forced everyone to lie on the floor while the director of the company and his wife were severely beaten. The group was attacked as "communist." The unsuccessful attempt to assassinate Pinochet several days before the thirteenth anniversary of the coup which brought him to power was followed by numerous instances of government-sponsored repression throughout Chile. On September 11, the day of the anniversary, the Mapuche communities of Loncoyan Grande and Hueico Chico were invaded by ten vehicles filled with military police, local police, and civilians whose faces were painted black. Three houses were destroyed and three people were wounded, includin$ Fresia Curin Chicahual, 12 years old, who was wounded in the arm; Francisca Maria Reuca, who was wounded in the leg; and Carlos Huenticona Curin, who was gravely wounded by various shots in the stomach . Other people were detained, including Juan Curin Melin, Alfonso Loncomilla, Francisco Loncomilla, Vicente Loncomilla, Jose Evaristo Huenticona, and Gabriel Chicohuel, a member of AD-Mapu. Police deny any knowledge of their whereabouts and they have not yet returned to their communities. Vol. 3, no. 1. Fall, 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. 3, No. 1 (Fall 1986) Zotero Language English Issue 1 Volume 3 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 Amazon Communities to Stage Indian Olympics 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 Fall 1986 Zotero Title Amazon Communities to Stage Indian Olympics Item Type Journal Article Attachment Title Vol. 3, no. 1 (6-7).pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Publication Title SAIIC Newsletter Issue 1 Volume 3 Language English Pages 5-6 Abstract Note The National Organization of Indians of Colombia's (ONIC) publication Unidad Indigena, published a story recounting the history of Indians playing various games and that they would begin the games in November 1986. Amazon Indians fall 1986 Indian games Olympics http://saiic.nativeweb.org/ayn/files/original/5ccc52725b9279d86481bb4eab61eda4.pdf 126bf7830b2f3016a3c4f6f8cc2f459d PDF Text Text This year the games will be held from November 20 to 30 at Araracuara. The tournament will include two types of competition. Western-style games will include soccer, basketball, volleyball, and track and field. Traditional Indian games will include some that are modified to make them more competitive and others which are primarily recreational. "Tops" is played with two teams which have five to ten people each. Two kinds of tops are used, one classified as male and the other as female. Each team has a fixed number of tops. A large circle is drawn on the ground where one side must launch a female top. The other side uses male tops to try to remove the female top from the circle. "Ball" is played with a rubber ball about the size of a small soccer ball while dancing in the maloca (the traditional communal house). CHILE SAIIC has received several reports from the Mapuche organization AD-Mapu concerning continued repression of Indian people by the military government of General Augusto Pinochet. Jose Santos Millao, the president of AD-Mapu, spent several weeks in prison after being accused along with four other Indian leaders and community workers from the Universidad de la Frontera in Temuco of participating in subversive activities. Jose was released in August. Members of the AD-Mapu Cultural Theater Group, whose reOn August 26 local police hearsal was raided by police in August. raided the building where the AD-Mapu Cultural Theater Group (see SAIIC Newsletter, Spring, 1986, pp. 11-12) was rehearsing and forced everyone to lie on the floor while the director of the company and his wife were severely beaten. The group was attacked as "communist." The unsuccessful attempt to assassinate Pinochet several days before the thirteenth anniversary of the coup which brought him to power was followed by numerous instances of government-sponsored repression throughout Chile. On September 11, the day of the anniversary, the Mapuche communities of Loncoyan Grande and Hueico Chico were invaded by ten vehicles filled with military police, local police, and civilians whose faces were painted black. Three houses were destroyed and three people were wounded, includin$ Fresia Curin Chicahual, 12 years old, who was wounded in the arm; Francisca Maria Reuca, who was wounded in the leg; and Carlos Huenticona Curin, who was gravely wounded by various shots in the stomach . Other people were detained, including Juan Curin Melin, Alfonso Loncomilla, Francisco Loncomilla, Vicente Loncomilla, Jose Evaristo Huenticona, and Gabriel Chicohuel, a member of AD-Mapu. Police deny any knowledge of their whereabouts and they have not yet returned to their communities. Vol. 3, no. 1. Fall, 1986. Page 7 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Title A name given to the resource AD-Mapu Reports Assaults by Government (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 Fall 1986 Zotero Title AD-Mapu Reports Assaults by Government (Chile) Item Type Journal Article Attachment Title Vol. 3, no. 1 (7).pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Publication Title SAIIC Newsletter Issue 1 Volume 3 Language English Pages 7 Abstract Note The Mapuche people of Chile sent multiple cries for help to the SAIIC to make people aware that they were being significantly repressed by the government under Chilean dictator, Augusto Pinochet. A prominient AD-Mapu leader, among others, had been beaten by Pinochet's military for being "communists". AD-Mapu Augusto Pinochet Chile fall 1986 Mapuche http://saiic.nativeweb.org/ayn/files/original/916216a8b2f9fe7439c34fb3ca07ac52.pdf c9bd33d30c6a918b5b2ad9a67361108e PDF Text Text Leader iscusses of Liberation The following interview with Jose Uranari, Huarayo Indian and president of the Center for Indian Communities and People of Eastern Bolivia, was originally published in Boletin del Campesino Indigena del Oriente Boliviano (Casilla 4213, Santa Cruz, Bolivia). Boletin: I understand that you participated in a seminar in Ecuador. What was the topic? Jose: Yes. It was a seminar for clergy and Indian leaders. It was about Indian programs, and the main topics were land, Indian organizations, the old and new Church, and theology of liberation. For me it was interesting because we have had problems with Bishop Nuflo de Chavez here in the local vicarate. He is trying to force the community members to work on his ranch instead of working for the community. I have denounced this internationally. Boletin: What do you see as a positive result of the seminar? Jose I was glad to see that the church is trying to face reality, to go back and analyze the situation. The church is also aware that European religions, along with the "discovery of America," have destroyed Indian religions and languages. Now they are trying to use the theology of liberation. So we Indians asked, "What is the theology of liberation." We did not know the term, but we have always lived it and practiced it. So then we asked, "What theology are you going to practice? Are you going to make theology for us, or are we going to make our own theology?" We and our ancestors have had our own religion. We Indians used our own approach at the seminar so they would not impose their ideology and western religion on us. Although there were Christians and Indian Deacons present, we did not accept their opinions since they are already influenced by Christianity. I told them about what the Church did in my homeland during my father's time. As punishment, they removed an Indian's pants, gave him fifty lashes, and then rubbed salt in the wounds. We have also been told that many Indians were burned alive for practicing our religion, having been accused of worshipping the devil. Boletfn: How do you see Christianity responding in the face of Indian religion? Jose: The Church is beginning to respect Indian reality. I just hope that they do not use this knowledge in order to manipulate us. We must be very careful. We are going to practice our own religion. We may ask for assistance from theologians, but they are not going to do it for us. We will do it. Page 8 Vol. 3, no. 1. Fall, 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. 3, No. 1 (Fall 1986) Zotero Language English Issue 1 Volume 3 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 Huarayo Leader Discusses Theology of Liberation (Bolivia) 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 Fall 1986 Zotero Title Huarayo Leader Discusses Theology of Liberation (Bolivia) Item Type Journal Article Attachment Title Vol. 3, no. 1 (8).pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Publication Title SAIIC Newsletter Issue 1 Volume 3 Language English Pages 8 Abstract Note This document is an interview with the Huarayo leader, Jose Urinari, published in Boletin del Campesino Indigena del Oriente. Bolivia fall 1986 Huarayo Interview Jose Urinari theology of liberation http://saiic.nativeweb.org/ayn/files/original/0e7692d40339767866721f5f2c85e2c4.pdf 1764fb562663c9bc2ed0fd2b88cefe96 PDF Text Text -,....,..~--------~----~---------- lnd ---~~--------------------~ psI eet From May 19 to 22, 1986, a meeting organized by the Center for Indian Communities and People of Eastern Bolivia (CIDOB) was held in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, to discuss Indian land. Guarani, Chiquitano, Mojeiio, Ayorode, Mataco, and other Indian people live in this area of Bolivia near the border with Brazil. Among the participants in the meeting were the Farmworkers Union and the Federation of Women Farmworkers. The topics discussed included contradictions of the colonial process, such as market dependency; capitalist appropriation of Indian land as a basis for regional development; genocide; ethnocide; slavery; and destruction of the ecosystem. The conference concluded with a statement stressing the need to promote a multinational state where all social groups can participate in government decisions. It also called for a strategy of alternative economic development in which Indians will retain control of natural resources such as vegetation, minerals, and petroleum. PARAGUAY Resist Attack ite Colony Reports from Paraguay indicate that the Sommerfeld Mennonite colony has acquired title to land long occupied by Mbya Apytere Indians in the San Juan and Jaguary communities of the Caaguazu department. Maximo Gonzalez, Amselmo Miranda, and Juan Guato, leaders of the two communities, traveled to the capiARGENTINA tal, Asuncion, Saturday, July 19, 1986, to denounce the BRAZIL most recent acts of violence against their people. They reported that on repeated occasions and by a variety of violent means the Mennonites had tried to evict the Indian communities from their land, in total disregard for their legal rights, which are guaranteed in the Indian Communities Statute and confirmed by a ruling of the Villarrica district court issued January 10, 1984. As a consequence of his declarations to the press, Maximo Gonzalez was arrested. The violations of Indian rights include the complete deforestation of an area of woodlands totaling 40 hectares, situated within the traditional territory of the Mbya Apytere communities. The land is expressly protected by the January 10 ruling, which states, "Ordering the cessation of all threatening acts until an agreement has been reached between the Indian community, the administration authorities and the inhabitants of the Sommerfeld colony." However, neither the district police nor the Institute of Indian Affairs has made any effort to ensure that the ruling is respected. Declarations of support for the Mbya Apytere can be sent to the following officials: General German Martinez, Presidente, Instituto Paraguayo del Indigena, Avenida Don Bosco 745, casi Humaita, Asuncion, Paraguay. Willys Enns, Cooperativa Sommerfeld, Casilla de Correo 166, Asuncion, Paraguay. Vol. 3, no. 1. Fall, 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. 3, No. 1 (Fall 1986) Zotero Language English Issue 1 Volume 3 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 Groups in Eastern Bolivia Meet 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 Fall 1986 Zotero Title Indian Groups in Eastern Bolivia Meet Item Type Journal Article Attachment Title Vol. 3, no. 1 (9).pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Publication Title SAIIC Newsletter Issue 1 Volume 3 Language English Pages 9 http://saiic.nativeweb.org/ayn/files/original/9fa9dff4414b8810e3936eb40ee5bcc5.pdf 1764fb562663c9bc2ed0fd2b88cefe96 PDF Text Text -,....,..~--------~----~---------- lnd ---~~--------------------~ psI eet From May 19 to 22, 1986, a meeting organized by the Center for Indian Communities and People of Eastern Bolivia (CIDOB) was held in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, to discuss Indian land. Guarani, Chiquitano, Mojeiio, Ayorode, Mataco, and other Indian people live in this area of Bolivia near the border with Brazil. Among the participants in the meeting were the Farmworkers Union and the Federation of Women Farmworkers. The topics discussed included contradictions of the colonial process, such as market dependency; capitalist appropriation of Indian land as a basis for regional development; genocide; ethnocide; slavery; and destruction of the ecosystem. The conference concluded with a statement stressing the need to promote a multinational state where all social groups can participate in government decisions. It also called for a strategy of alternative economic development in which Indians will retain control of natural resources such as vegetation, minerals, and petroleum. PARAGUAY Resist Attack ite Colony Reports from Paraguay indicate that the Sommerfeld Mennonite colony has acquired title to land long occupied by Mbya Apytere Indians in the San Juan and Jaguary communities of the Caaguazu department. Maximo Gonzalez, Amselmo Miranda, and Juan Guato, leaders of the two communities, traveled to the capiARGENTINA tal, Asuncion, Saturday, July 19, 1986, to denounce the BRAZIL most recent acts of violence against their people. They reported that on repeated occasions and by a variety of violent means the Mennonites had tried to evict the Indian communities from their land, in total disregard for their legal rights, which are guaranteed in the Indian Communities Statute and confirmed by a ruling of the Villarrica district court issued January 10, 1984. As a consequence of his declarations to the press, Maximo Gonzalez was arrested. The violations of Indian rights include the complete deforestation of an area of woodlands totaling 40 hectares, situated within the traditional territory of the Mbya Apytere communities. The land is expressly protected by the January 10 ruling, which states, "Ordering the cessation of all threatening acts until an agreement has been reached between the Indian community, the administration authorities and the inhabitants of the Sommerfeld colony." However, neither the district police nor the Institute of Indian Affairs has made any effort to ensure that the ruling is respected. Declarations of support for the Mbya Apytere can be sent to the following officials: General German Martinez, Presidente, Instituto Paraguayo del Indigena, Avenida Don Bosco 745, casi Humaita, Asuncion, Paraguay. Willys Enns, Cooperativa Sommerfeld, Casilla de Correo 166, Asuncion, Paraguay. Vol. 3, no. 1. Fall, 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/. 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Title A name given to the resource Mbya Apytere Resist Attack on Land by Mennonite Colony (Paraguay) 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 Fall 1986 Zotero Title Mbya Apytere Resist Attack on Land by Mennonite Colony (Paraguay) Item Type Journal Article Attachment Title Vol. 3, no. 1 (9).pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Publication Title SAIIC Newsletter Issue 1 Volume 3 Language English Pages 9 http://saiic.nativeweb.org/ayn/files/original/15b13f0f16aeeb5f0af18473c66b2a29.pdf 2f7b1816463baade5c82ce63358c9bee PDF Text Text �� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Vol. 3, No. 1 (Fall 1986) Zotero Language English Issue 1 Volume 3 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 Protests for Missing Persons Abducted by the Government of 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 Fall 1986 Zotero Title Protests for Missing Persons Abducted by the Government of Guatemala Item Type Journal Article Attachment Title Vol. 3, no. 1 (10-11).pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Publication Title SAIIC Newsletter Issue 1 Volume 3 Language English