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Various indigenous groups of Honduras marched on the capital in July to make carious demands, including investigations into murders and the protection of the environment.

Bolivian peasants protest a new law that has concentrated arable lands in the hands of the elite while inefficient minifundios remain and the peasants are left with unproductive land.

Members of the Quichua, Shiwiar, Zaparo, and Achuar Tribes of Ecuador marched in April of 1992 to demand control of the largest remaining Amazon rainforest lands.

This article features a letter written by the Mapuche Indians to Pope John Paul II presenting their views.

Two Mapuche communities occupied approximately 940 acres in Puren. This land was ancestral and the groups, the Loncoyan Grande and the Pichihueico, felt that they were entitled to the land. These groups were non-violently removed by the police at the…

After the announcement of Chile's entry into the North American Free Trade Agreement, indigenous groups speak out against the potential economic and territorial consequences of the agreement for indigenous communities.

In June of 1986, three major Mapuche organizations, including Centros Culturales Mapuches, AD-Mapu, and Nehuen Mapu, gathered and compiled a list of goals.

Mapuche fight to protect their cultural heritage when artifacts were found in San Martin de los Andes, Argentina.