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Indigenous Struggles AlterLinks Topic Index Canadian First Nations, US-based Tribal Governments and Indigenous Advocacy Groups Endorse Mass Civil Disobedience Action to Protest Canadian Tar Sand Sources News Release Resource Type: Article Published: 2011 Canadian First Nations, American Indian Tribes, Territorial, Provincial and Federal First Nations Governments and Advocacy groups have added their support for a rally featuring a civil disobedience sit-in against the tar sands on Sept 26 in Ottawa. Connexions Library: Native Peoples/First Nations Focus Resource Type: Website Selected articles, books, websites and other resources on first peoples and aboriginal issues. Dene Nation Becomes Part of International Accord Opposed to Keystone XL Pipeline Sources News Release Resource Type: Article Published: 2011 Dene Nation Becomes Part of International Accord Opposed to Keystone XL Pipeline. Ecuador's Bitter Choice Resource Type: Article Published: 2014 Becker analyzes the politics behind the decision to extract petroleum from Ecuador's ecologically fragile Yasuní National Park. Expulsion of two Spanish journalists deals blow to freedom of expression Sources News Release Resource Type: Article Published: 2011 Spanish journalists Paco Gómez Nadal and Pilar Chato agreed under pressure to be repatriated yesterday, after being arrested during a demonstration by indigenous groups outside the parliament building in Panama City in protest against a mining law. Indigenous Communities in Guatemala Fight Against the Privatization of Sacred Sites Resource Type: Article Published: 2016 In recent years, the popular tourist attraction of Semuc Champey in the Guatemalan department of Alta Verapaz has become a point of social conflict for the indigenous Q'eqchi' Mayan communities surrounding the site. On February 8, tensions erupted and led to the occupation of the municipality building of Lanquín by over 200 members of the communities near the tourist attraction. Community members demanded the recuperation of the site. Since that day, residents have maintained management of the park. Indigenous Peoples A Report for the Independent Commission on International Humanitarian Issues (ICIHI) Resource Type: Book The provocative report is about the plight - and resilience - of some 200 million people spread out in all continents. They are the descendants of the original inhabitants of lands which boasted a rich culture and advanced civilization before they were ravaged by alien colonizers. The issues of direct relevance to their survival and welfare are concisely analyzed here in an objective yet compassionate manner. It is a compelling plea for action on the part of the world community. Indigenous Sovereignty & Socialism Resource Type: Book Published: 2018 The Last Frontier Fighting Over Land in the Amazon Resource Type: Book This richly detailed study of the Amazon region spells out the mismanagement, corruption, and resulting chaos and brutality of successive Brazilian government development schemes. The present situation in the Amazon and how it came about are vividly portrayed, often in the words of the people interviewed. We learn of the problems and resistance of the indigenous peoples, the conflicts between landowners and peasants, and the ecological damage large scale ranching and mining are causing. New Evidence Shows Main Chevron Witness Lied In $9.5 Billion Ecuador Lawsuit Resource Type: Article Published: 2015 A key witness has admitted under oath that he lied on behalf of Chevron, the California oil multinational, when the company sued to overturn a $9.5 billion verdict for pollution of the Ecuadorian Amazon. Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - November 21, 2015 Climate Change and Social Change Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical) Published: 2015 This issue of Other Voices spotlights climate change, the escalating crisis that the upcoming Paris climate conference is supposed to address. But climate change is not a single problem: it is a product of an economic system whose driving force is the need to grow and accumulate. Nor does it affect everyone equally: those with wealth and power can buy themselves what they need to continue living comfortably for years to come - everything from air conditioning to food to police and soldiers to protect their secure bubbles - while those who are poor and powerless find their lives increasingly impossible. A serious effort to address climate change therefore means social change and economic change. Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - March 26, 2016 Forests and trees Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical) Published: 2016 For countless centuries, forests, and the trees in them, have been seen as sources of life, livelihood, and spiritual meaning. For capitalism, however, forests are sites of extraction and profit-making, or obstacles in the way of 'development.' In this issue, we look at some of the threats to forests worldwide, and the ways in which people are resisting and defending the forests. Sacred fire at Queen's Park marks 10 years of the Grassy Narrows logging blockade Sources News Release Resource Type: Article Published: 2012 Grassy Narrows Blockaders and their supporters are celebrating the 10 year anniversary of what is now the longest running Indigenous logging blockade in Canada. They Came for the Children: Truth Commission Sheds Light on Canada's Genocide Against Indigenous Peoples Resource Type: Article Published: 2016 Imagine a village with all its children gone. For aboriginal peoples all across Canada, this was their lived reality, not the stuff of imagination. The story of what happened to the children -- who were forcibly removed from their families and sent to military-style camps that were euphemistically called "schools" -- has at last been told, compiled in the monumental six-volume Truth and Reconciliation Report on residential schools for aboriginal children released in 2015. Why does the language of journalism fail indigenous people? A journalist with indigenous roots reflects on the making of We Are Still Here: A Story from Native Alaska. Resource Type: Article Published: 2018 A journalist with Indigenous roots reflects on the difficulty of doing justice to the community she is filming a documentary about. Historical misrepresentation due to lack of cross-cultural understanding has led to a distrust of the media. A Window on Indigenous Life Intimate Indigeneities: Race, Sex and History in the Small Space of Andean Life (Book Review) Resource Type: Article Published: 2015 Book Review of Andrew Canessa's Intimate Indigeneities: Race, Sex and History in the Small Space of Andean Life.

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