Indigenous

Venezuela: Bari Indians Speak at Landmark Supreme Court Hearing

Submitted by rick on Sat, 03/13/2010 - 20:17.

Thirteen Bari Indians of the Sierra de Perijá mountains in
western Venezuela attended an historic hearing at the Supreme Court in
Caracas last week, to defend their right to own their ancestral land.

Venezuelan
law guarantees indigenous peoples the right to own their land and the
Constitution stipulates that all indigenous land must be demarcated by
2001. However, the Bari are still waiting for their land title to be
granted.

It was the first time that the Bari have been allowed
to speak at such a hearing, despite having pushed the courts to listen
to them for the past ten years.

At last week’s hearing, a Bari
leader said, "Sabaseba, our god, ordered us to look after our  read more »

Native Lens It is time to Tell Our Stories

Submitted by rick on Sat, 03/13/2010 - 19:47.

Native Lens teaches digital filmmaking and media
skills to indigenous youth as a form of self-expression, cultural preservation,
and social change. We believe in Native youth telling their own stories
about life, culture, and community, and understand the power of this process
to change peoples’ lives. Native Lens is engaged in strong partnerships
with multiple tribes and Native organizations/schools to offer on-going
workshops to Native youth both on and off reservations. In addition we
offer consultations and workshops for teachers, schools, and organizations
interested in utilizing digital storytelling and youth media in their
community.  read more »

Illegal use of March Point photo is hate crime

Submitted by rick on Sat, 03/13/2010 - 19:41.

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Illegal use of Native youths photo hate crime


Native leaders in U.S and Canada demand protections for Native youth, following "extraction service" advertisement

From Tracy Rector
Longhouse Media
http://www.longhousemedia.org/
SEATTLE
-- Longhouse Media Executive Director Tracy Rector today condemned the  read more »

O'odham Ofelia Rivas Imprisoned in Mexico

Submitted by rick on Fri, 02/26/2010 - 23:57.

Thursday, February 25, 2010


O'odham Ofelia Rivas imprisoned for four days in southern Chiapas while supporting Zapatistas

By Brenda Norrell

Human Rights Editor
UN OBSERVER & International Report

Photo: Tapachula prison in Chiapas near Guatemalan border.

TUCSON  read more »

Dine' Medicine Men's Association halts bill to regulate ceremonies

Submitted by rick on Sat, 02/13/2010 - 02:39.

Thursday, February 11, 2010


Dine' Medicine Men's Association said Arizona legislation could open the door to state control of Native American ceremonies

Statement from Sen. Albert Hale, Navajo, regarding Native American practices bill
Censored News
http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com

STATE
CAPITOL, Phoenix – A bill to regulate the use of traditional Native  read more »

Video Link: Andrea Smith - Conquest: "Sexual Violence & American Indian Genocide"

Submitted by rick on Wed, 12/23/2009 - 03:10.

http://blip.tv/file/3006807  read more »

Chomsky on the USA and Latin America

Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 12/21/2009 - 00:45.


Oaxaca Solidarity Alert: Teacher Assassinated in the Loxicha Region

Submitted by rick on Thu, 12/17/2009 - 13:16.

Central Penitentiary, State of Oaxaca, December 16, 2009

TO THE SOCIAL ORGANIZATIONS
TO HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE GROUPS
TO THE DEMOCRATIC TEACHERS OF SECTION 22, SNTE, OAXACA, OAX.
TO THE LOCAL, NATIONAL, AND INTERNATIONAL NEWS MEDIA
TO THE PEOPLE OF OAXACA, MEXICO, AND THE WORLD  read more »

Indigenous Uranium Forum Denounces Mining, Militarization, and Hate Crimes in Indian Country

Submitted by rick on Fri, 11/06/2009 - 14:43.

Brenda Norrell | November 4, 2009

Indigenous
Peoples from Bolivia, Alaska, and throughout Indian country gathered at
the 7th Southwest Indigenous Uranium Forum and told the same story:
Uranium mining is a hate crime in Indian country.

"Leave it in the ground," said Native Americans whose parents,
brothers, sisters, aunts, and uncles died from cancer, respiratory
diseases, and brain tumors resulting from uranium mining.  read more »

Threat of Genocide: US Military Mapping Against Mexico’s Indigenous

Submitted by rick on Tue, 11/03/2009 - 12:06.

Originally published in Left Turn July/Aug 2009
By Simon Sedillo

The facts are clear: indigenous communities in Mexico are being
preyed upon by the US military with the help of Kansas University
geographers. In 2005, the Department of Geography at Kansas University
received $500,000 in Department of Defense funds to map communally-held
indigenous land in the Mexican states of San Luis Potosi and Oaxaca.
With the help of the US Foreign Military Studies Office (FMSO), located
at Fort Leavenworth Army base in Leavenworth, Kansas, geography
professors Peter Herlihy and Jerome Dobson ploughed ahead with the
“Mexico Indigena” project, a part of the larger mapping project, the
Bowman Expeditions.

   read more »

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