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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.

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 Venezuelan government has issued mining and lumber concessions within the Imataca Rain Forest Reserve, which will isolate indigenous communities. Doing so has violated national laws.

Oil and lumber concessions in the Imataca Forest Reserve are being opposed by indigenous groups. The government's granting of these concessions violates two national laws.

The Colombian constitution granted all indigenous territories legal status as “Territorial
Entities" within the republic. The Indigenous movement's triumph during the constitutional
convention is particularly important since it makes Colombia the…

Paranapanema Mining Co. has buried five thousand tons of radioactive waste in the Pitinga River Amazon area without consequences from the state governments or FUNAI.

There is emerging global concern for the loss of native crop seed diversity. Unfortunately, current efforts by prominent international organizations like the UN and World Bank ignore the role of Indigenous communities and campesinos in the protection…

An extension of the of protecting indigenous indigenous intellectual property.

The EZLN list of demands for Political Change, Regional Demands, Women's Projects, and an end to discrimination and repression

The EZLN list of demands for Political Change, Regional Demands, Women's Projects, and an end to discrimination and repression

The Demini region of Brazil reported 12 new cases of Malaria out of a total population of 90.