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The following article is a statement that was approved and prepared by representatives of the indigenous community at meetings two days prior to the United Nation's Inaugaration of the Year of the World's Indigenous Peoples

A declaration affirming that the human rights of indigenous peoples across the world need further protection.

Declaration #141 of the '92 Global Forum in Rio de Janeiro

The following article is a list of issues to be addressed by the congress meeting in response to the massacre of the Ashaninka indigenous peoples in the village of Mazamari

This declaration states the end of the Floating Rivers Seminar, in which indigenous peoples went down the river to protest for more sustainable measures to be taken in the construction of industrial waterways.

This article details the growing issue of demarcation of Indigenous lands, by the Decree 1775 by Nelson Jobim who used this decree to allow private and state institutions to use this indigenous land for economical gain.

The Council of Indigenous Peoples and Organizations of Brazil discuss how Decree 1775 is more than a setback; it 's a death sentence for many Indigenous groups.

Decree 1775 in Brazil threatens to make native lands vulnerable to outside aggression.

This issue of the SAIIC Newsletter is dedicated to Juana Aliaga (cover) and her Sisters of this hemisphere.