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Guatemala's government and the leftist guerrilla group National Guatemalan Revolutionary Union (Unidad Revolucionaria Nacional Guatemalteca, URNG) signed an accord to protect the rights of the Maya Indian people. However, Mayans were excluded from…

The Peabody coal mine destroyed homes and sacred sites of the Hopi and Dineh peoples of southwest North America and continue to do so without penalties for invalid permits.

Petroleum extraction by oil companies has caused extensive damage to the Ecuadorian Amazon and as a result local indigenous populations have suffered the most. Oil rights have changed control often in Ecuador, but policy makers have yet to address…

Indigenous women in Mexico are becoming increasingly involved in indigenous development and political participation.

Wayu women are being placed in danger by the mandatory strip searches in the Guajira Peninsula, which were instituted to combat the drug trade. Also dsicusses upcoming events.

At Rio de Janeiro's Eco '92 conference, hundreds of Indigenous peoples showed up and participated. However, their presence at the Earth Summit was limited to a five minute speech by Marcos Terena, of the Terena Nation of Brazil.

The federation of Shuar organizations had been recognized by the national government of Ecuador.