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Abya Yala News interviews Carmen Irnamberna, President of the Federation of Indigenous People and Campesinos of Imbabura, on challenges, issues, and possible repercussions of the Draft Declaration of Indigenous Rights being prepared by the UN Working…

Indigenous leaders from Nicaragua, Panama, and Canada give their thoughts on the Zapatista uprising and how it plays into a larger indigenous movement across the continent.

The Wichi people of Argentina are under constant threat of land takeover, thus instituting cultural upheaval. This article depicts the organizing of the Wichi, in their attempt to secure their land and culture.

Though there are histories and stories written about indigenous peoples, rarely do those stories place the indigenous groups at the forefront, rather favoring the outsider's encounter with and reaction to the people. The author reviews two books…

10 reasons why the Armed Movement "Manuel Quintin Lame" abandoned its guns.

On September 16, 1993, the Wichi Ka Puce Hi Cooperative of Argentina initiated a week long hunger strike in protest of the government's Land Commission until President Carlos Menem agreed to meet.

The Wichi, an indigenous people in Argentina, have experienced degrading environmental conditions and a refusal of the Argentinian government to grant them land rights. They have reacted by pursuing political recognition.

Solidarity Alliance of Latin Americans(ALAS) is program designed to encourage education, communication and leadership among indigenous youth.

Three men had been removing hardwood from Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau Indian territory for several months when members of the tribe shot at them with arrows, killing one and wounding the other two.