Por Cesar Gomez

Recientemente comunicadores y comunicadoras de varias países del continente de Abyayala  se reunieron en santa María Tlahuitoltepec, mixe, Oaxaca-México, para darle continuidad a una iniciativa que nace de las entrañas de los pueblos originarios, la segunda cumbre de comunicación indígena, con el objetivo de contribuir  al fortalecimiento y empoderamiento estratégico de los procesos  de comunicación de los pueblos indígenas de abya yala, en un marco de dialogo, intercambio, reflexión y propuestas.

On October 1, 2013 hundreds of Indigenous and non-Indigenous protesters gathered in Brazil’s capital, Brasilia, to challenge a constitutional change that would allow encroachment by agribusinesses and extractive industries on Indigenous owned land.

Myth: Native American mascots honor Native Peoples.

Reality: Native American mascots are racist, filled with stereotypical depictions of Native Peoples.

On the morning of September 28, 2013, a military helicopter hovered over the Q’anjobal community of Santa Cruz Barillas, Huehuetenango. Mynor Lopez, a community leader in the resistance against the Hidro Santa Cruz hydroelectric project was captured and taken into custody by the police.

By Ben Ole Koissaba

By Carole Reckinger & Antoine Lemaire

On the September 8, 2013 Cultural Survival's Community Radio team, along with a radio volunteer from Radio Ixchel, traveled across the country to visit the municipality of El Estor, Izabal, to discuss the possibility of opening a community radio. In the entire municipality of El Estor, where 85 percent of the population are Maya Q’eqchi’, there are no community radio stations. A large portion of the population only speak Q’eqchi’, and while many are bilingual, the majority of daily interactions in the region take place in Q’eqchi’.

On Thursday, September 12, 2013 the Honduran government granted more than 1.6 million acres of coastal lands to the Indigenous Miskito people, who occupy the northeastern corner of Honduras known as La Moskitia, which runs along the border with Nicaragua and the Caribbean coast, The Miskito consist of about 21,800 people in more than 100 villages and sparsely populated towns.

Reposted from First Peoples Worldwide

Idle No More is calling for an international Day of Action to be held in communities around the world on October 7^th, 2013.