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Many leaders on the Council of Mayan Organizations have received death threats. The Council is requesting concerned citizens and groups to encourage the Guatemalan government to investigate the threats and to put a stop to them.

This small article details the efforts of the indigenous people of Las Hoyas county to stay on their land, while deputies of the area attempt the evict the main indigenous cultures from the area.

President Fujimori denies oil tycoon request for land.

A conference scheduled for May 11-12, 1993 in Washington, D.C. will unite a coalition of NGOs interested in the Amazon Basin, with the goal in mind to protect the Amazonian Indigenous peoples and their environment.

This article details the Yanomami Valley, which was under government supervision until 1996. Since the supervision was stopped, numerous gold miners have come to valley seeking riches and ultimately destroying the land for the people who live on it.

Conoco Oil withdraws from Huarorani territory, in part from a letter explaining why oil exploitation must be prevented.

This article is an interview with the Myan author, Gaspar Pedro Gonzalez, as he details the importance of Indigenous histories being written in the native languages, as well as by a native of the culture.

The Nukak fight for survival against outside diseases such as the flu.

This article details the struggle of the Indigenous peoples of Bolivia as they seek to be treated with dignity in the nation they live, but separated as their own culture.

The Colombian Army discriminates against indians and calls them possible guerilla collaborators.

Amazon peoples in Bolivia want a land commission.

Historically, Indigenous leaders have not been elected into national government positions. This article details the election of Luis Macas, and indigenous leader, to the national government and his fight to give indigenous peoples rights.