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Native American languages are disappearing at a rapid rate, with increasingly negative consequences.

The Urarina, an Amazonian group, have been threatened by an influx of diseases and an invasion of their land by oil companies aided by the SIL.

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.

An appeal for support from local Indians and their art as a way to preserve a dying culture.

The OIT has put in place several norms that help encourage technical cooperation between states and indigenous groups.

Several nations have ratified Convention 169 of the OIT, though its ability to improve the conditions of native groups is limited.

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A demonstration of how indigenous peoples find themselves victims of conflicts between the Armed Forces and the guerrilla groups in Columbia.