On March 8, 2012 several hundred Indigenous people began a two week march across Ecuador to call attention to their protest of a large-scale open-pit copper mine. Ecuacorriente, a Chinese company, has been authorized by the Correa government to develop a mine near El Pangui, Zamora-Chinchipe Province, in the southern part of the country.
By Byron Tenesaca (Kichwa Kañari, CS Staff)
In the Andes of southern Ecuador, Indigenous women, youth, and community organizations once again took their territorial defense to the streets of Guapondelig (Cuenca) with their flags, signs, voices, and bodies and with a clear message: water must be protected.
Por: Nacionalidad Waorani del Ecuador
Los Waorani somos un pueblo de reciente contacto. Hace 60 años fuimos forzados a entrar en relación con el mundo exterior. Sin embargo, mucho antes de la llamada “civilización”, ya teníamos nuestros propios sistemas de comunicación.
By Brandi Morin (Cree/Iroquois)
Nestled along the banks of the Bobonaza River in Ecuador’s Pastaza province is the “hidden,” thriving Kichwa community of Pakayaku. Located deep in the Amazon, reaching Pakayaku requires driving two hours from the city of Puyo to the river port, and then embarking on a nearly two-hour boat ride.
By Brandi Morin (Cree/Iroquois)
Photos by Julien Defourny
By Brandi Morin (Cree/Iroquois)
Photos by Julien Defourny
When thousands take to the streets to defend their livelihoods and territories, the world needs to bear witness.
Land Acknowledgement
We acknowledge that we are headquartered on Massachusett land, in Cambridge, MA, and we thank the past, current, and future Indigenous stewards of this territory.
