Indigenous

"Money can pass through your hands like water but the land is forever" "What are we going to leave for our children if we don't stand up and fight? This is a fight for survival!"

Of course a big part of decolonization is getting folks to realize that they have inherited a colonial system.

A small group of homeless people are living in a tent city in Wooster. But ODOT says the people are trespassing, and filed a lawsuit. Fox 8's Jack Shea explains...

Video and article: ODOT Sues Homeless Over Tent City in Wooster

(It appears the linked article above has been deleted. That's corporate news for you. That article was discussed at length by Free Radio Santa Cruz last night. I did manage to find a slightly older video covering this issue, linked below.)

Video: ODOT Suing Tent City

Here's the link:
http://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2011/03/photos-long-walk-3-northern-route....

Not enough could easily be said about the importance of Samuel Ruiz' legacy. From the time of the scorched earth campaigns in Guatemala when hundreds of thousands of Mayans fled into Chiapas, to the 1994 Zapatista uprising his efforts have been critical. He will be sorely missed. -Rick

By David Agren
Catholic News Service

http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/1100290.htm

MEXICO CITY (CNS) -- Retired Bishop Samuel Ruiz Garcia, known as the champion of the poor and indigenous in southern Mexico, died Jan. 24 of complications from long-standing illnesses. He was 86.

Here is an Al Jazeera report:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=GB&hl=en-GB&v=WxYUCkVTY64

Statement
presented by the Society for Threatened Peoples

Mr President,
distinguished delegates, ladies and gentlemen,

Thursday, September 16, 2010

This is from Brenda Norrell, Censored News:  

http://networkedblogs.com/7WZY5

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

Native Lens teaches digital filmmaking and media
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Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Illegal use of Native youths photo hate crime

Thursday, February 25, 2010

Photo: Tapachula prison in Chiapas near Guatemalan border.

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