The following statement was issued at the conclusion of a meeting of Indigenous representatives from 45 different Brazilian Indigenous Nations. The group convened at the invitation of Raoní Metuktire (Mẽbengokre), also known as Ropni, who was nominated for a Nobel Peace Award. Representatives met from January 14-17, 2020 in the village of Piaraçu in the Capoto Jarina Indigenous Territory.
Daniel Pascual speaking at March for “Dia de la Resistencia,” outside Guatemala’s Congress, October 2012. Photo By Danielle DeLuca
Indigenous and campesino organizations across Guatemala are on high alert as a case which has the potential to alter the course of freedom of expression in Guatemala begin hearings at Guatemala’s highest appellate court.
On December 31, 2019, the British Columbia Supreme Court issued an injunction to allow construction on the Coastal GasLink (CGL) pipeline, giving unlimited access to Wet’suwet’en lands. The Coastal GasLink pipeline is intended to be 416 miles long, stretching from northeast British Columbia to near Kitimat. Within this swath of land lies 22,000 square kilometers of unceded Wet’suwet’en land. In 1997, the Supreme Court of Canada confirmed that Indigenous claims to land in this area still exist, and the Wet’suwet’en Nation has vehemently opposed the pipeline’s construction.
By Laura Simpson Reeves
By Laura Simpson Reeves
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Cultural Survival se complace en presentar a nuestros jóvenes becarios de la ronda 2020 que forman parte de la Comunidad de Medios Comunitarios Indígenas, y del Programa de Subvenciones para Medios Comunitarios.
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.
