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Indigenous leaders met to discuss development issues and ways to fund projects dedicated to solving them.

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

Representatives of the Isibon-Secure National Indian Park Territory (TIPNIS) met in San Bernardo and resolved to march on Trinidad to demand compliance with Supreme Decree 22610.

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

The Moseten Indians in Bolivia contend with logging companies for land previously deeded to them in 1880.

Answering the call for nation-wide mobilization in Mexico following the Zapatista uprising, the State Indigenous and Campesino Council of Chiapas (CEOIC) marched to and occupied the public plaza in Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas demanding territory,…

The Nucleus for Indigenous Rights in Brazil filed a suit to halt logging activities on Indigenous reserves.

Luis Macas of the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities in Ecuador and Matthew Coon Come of the Cree received the Goldman foundation Environmental Award grant. Macas’ acceptance speech pointed to the need for environmental protection against…

An annual 1992 report in Brazil shows that violence and disease are the cause of many indigneous deaths.

Zapatista Army of National Liberation rose up in Chiapas highlighting Indigenous rights and issues including the lauding of Indigenous culture and leaders in the past while ignoring the problems facing current indigenous populations and marginalizing…

SAIIC spoke with founding member of the State Indigenous and Campesino Council of Chiapas about the government's reaction, including detainment and torture, to the organization's peace and rights demands. He also speaks of the state of indigenous…

The 1993 Constitutional revision worries Indigenous groups in Brazil, in regards to demarcation of indigenous reserves and exploitation of natural resources on Indigenous lands.