41. Indigenous Peoples Declaration Against Of United States Invasion Of Iraq The representatives of the indigenous peoples of the Americas gathered during the guatemala Abya Yala Nexus USA. Bachillerato Integral Comunitario Ayujk http://www.freepeltier.org/indigenous_declaration.htm

A Call to Action! Indigenous Peoples Declaration Against the United States Invasion of Iraq Submitted to NativeNews by: Elsbeth Vocat Ottawa - Canada - (Posted on Apr-01-2003) The representatives of the Indigenous Peoples of the Americas gathered during the second Annual Forum of Connectivity in Ottawa, Canada on March 24-26, 2003 and expressed the following: This genocide is a crime against humanity and violates international law as well as human and legal rights. This is a criminal invasion and it is killing innocent children, women and the elderly. It lacks any kind of legitimacy and cannot be justified as it violates all declarations to live in peace. It violates the self determination and sovereignty of peoples and the consensus reached by most states represented in the United Nations. The representatives of the Indigenous Peoples of the Americas strongly request that all those responsible for these criminal acts be brought to the International War Crimes Court and be condemned internationally. We urge the United Nations to call for an emergency meeting of the Security Council to condemn the United States government, and its allies decision to go to war and we call for an immediate cease fire, while re-establishing diplomacy to end this conflict. Furthermore, we reject any new government imposed by the United States as it will only justify its presence in Iraq to protect its own geo- political and geo-economic interests.

42. ResearchChannel: Programs Role of indigenous People in a Democratic guatemala, The. The Role of indigenousPeople in a Democratic guatemala. A leading advocate of indigenous peoples http://www.researchchannel.org/program/displayevent.asp?rid=1032

43. MSN Encarta - Native Americans Of Middle And South America This article uses the terms Native Americans, indigenous peoples, and native peoples It includes the Yucatán Peninsula; all of Belize, guatemala, http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_701509044/Native_Americans_of_Middle_and_Sou

MSN Home My MSN Hotmail Shopping ... Sign In Web Search: Encarta Subscriber Sign In Help Home ... Upgrade your Encarta Experience Search Encarta Upgrade your Encarta Experience Spend less time searching and more time learning. Learn more Tasks Find in this article Print Preview Related Items ancient civilizations – Aztec ancient civilizations – Inca more... Further Reading Editors' picks for Native Americans of Middle and South America Search for books and more related to Native Americans of Middle and South America Encarta Search Search Encarta about Native Americans of Middle and South America Editors' Picks Great books about your topic, Native Americans of Middle and South America ... Click here Advertisement document.write(' Native Americans of Middle and South America Encyclopedia Article Multimedia 106 items Article Outline Introduction Culture Areas History Native Americans Today I Introduction Print Preview of Section Native Americans of Middle and South America , indigenous peoples of Middle America ( Mexico Central America , and the West Indies ) and South America . Native Americans were the first humans to inhabit these regions, arriving thousands of years before European explorers laid claim to the “New World.”

44. RELIGION-LATIN AMERICA: Indigenous Peoples Divided By Faith Among the 40 million indigenous people who live in Latin America today, In guatemala and Bolivia, which along with Mexico, Ecuador and Peru are the http://www.ipsnews.net/new_nota.asp?idnews=28583

45. Probe International's Mining Campaign - Indigenous Peoples Solidarity Movement Presented Alcan t India, indigenous peoples Solidarity Movement Social Justice indigenous communities San Marcos, guatemala, struggling against Canadian http://www.probeinternational.org/pi/mining/index.cfm?DSP=content&ContentID=1283

46. Agreement On Identity And Rights Of Indigenous Peoples The Government of guatemala and the Unidad Revolucionaria Nacional Recognition ofthe identity of the indigenous peoples is fundamental to the http://www.c-r.org/accord/guat/accord2/identity.shtml

CR home Accord home Projects Accord series ... Search Agreement on identity and rights of indigenous peoples Considering That the question of identity and rights of indigenous peoples is a vital issue of historic importance for the present and future of Guatemala; That the indigenous peoples include the Maya people, the Garifuna people and the Xinca people, and that the Maya people consist of various socio-cultural groups having a common origin; That, because of its history, conquest, colonization, movements and migrations, the Guatemalan nation is multi-ethnic, multicultural and multilingual in nature; That the parties recognize and respect the identity and political, economic, social and cultural rights of the Maya, Garifuna and Xinca peoples, within the unity of the Guatemalan nation, and subject to the indivisibility of the territory of the Guatemalan State, as components of that unity; That the indigenous peoples have been particularly subject to de facto levels of discrimination, exploitation and injustice, on account of their origin, culture and language and that, like many other sectors of the national community, they have to endure unequal and unjust treatment and conditions on account of their economic and social status; That this historical reality has affected and continues to affect these peoples profoundly, denying them the full exercise of their rights and political participation, and hampering the configuration of a national unity which should adequately reflect the rich and diversified physionomy of Guatemala with its wealth of values;

47. BBC NEWS | Americas | Americas 'failing Native Peoples' In all of Latin America, and especially in guatemala, there have been no The study found that in Colombia indigenous people often find themselves http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/2318757.stm

NEWS SPORT WEATHER WORLD SERVICE ... A-Z INDEX SEARCH You are in: Americas News Front Page Africa Americas ... Programmes SERVICES Daily E-mail News Ticker Mobile/PDAs Text Only ... Help LANGUAGES EDITIONS Change to UK Friday, 11 October, 2002, 12:35 GMT 13:35 UK Americas 'failing native peoples' Governments have failed to implement agreements Governments throughout the Americas are failing to fulfil their commitments to the region's indigenous peoples, according to a new report. The human rights group Amnesty International says America's native peoples are still one of the most marginalised and poorest communities in the world, discriminated against and often exposed to grave abuses of their fundamental human rights. Many people are forced to sleep on the streets Amnesty published the report to coincide with Columbus or Native American Day, when several countries celebrate the continent's multicultural heritage and mark the arrival in the Americas of Christopher Columbus in 1492. "Basic rights of indigenous communities, including the right to land and to cultural identity in the use of language, education and the administration of justice are systematically violated," the report says. "Racism and discrimination entrenched in most societies make indigenous people more vulnerable to human rights violations including torture and ill-treatment, 'disappearance' and unlawful killings," Amnesty argues.

48. Current Action - Global Response - Environmental Action Education 169 Concerning indigenous and Tribal peoples (ratified by guatemala in 1996).Article 7 1. The peoples concerned shall have the right to decide their own http://www.globalresponse.org/gra.php?i=1/05&j=printable

49. Guatemala:unesco:humanrights:indigenous Human Rights and indigenous peoples in guatemala (19972000). Background.With more than 11 million inhabitants, guatemala is the most highly populated http://www.unesco.org/danida/guatemal.htm

Human Rights and Indigenous Peoples in Guatemala (1997-2000) Background With more than 11 million inhabitants, Guatemala is the most highly populated country in Central America. Situated in the heart of the Maya world more than 50% of the population is indigenous. After 36 years of armed conflict, a process of national reconciliation was initiated in 1990-91 and in December 1996 the Final Peace Agreement was signed. The Peace Agreements call for the implementation of human rights and the rights of indigenous peoples, strengthening of civil society as well as reform of the educational system among others, thus supporting the democratization process of Guatemala. In March 1997 the UNESCO/DANIDA Project on Human Rights and Indigenous Peoples in Guatemala was initiated with a view to strengthen the participation of indigenous peoples in the transition from a state of civil war to representative democracy. Summary Launched in March 1997, this project aims at contributing to the implementation of the Peace Agreements by creating human rights awareness and strengthening the capacity of local indigenous leaders in their work. It focuses on local human resources as a means of supporting the current democratization process and it provides participants with tools to facilitate dialogue and to reinforce participation specifically at a local level. This project on

50. Sextosol Center : Motozintla, Chiapas, Mexico This includes our efforts to further the interests of indigenous peoples. The people of guatemala are still reeling from 36 years of US sponsored, http://www.sextosol.org/indigenouspeoples.shtml

Home Our Approach Commitments Eco Concerns ... Image Gallery Please type in your email address and click "Submit" to subscribe to our email newsletter. We will not sell or redistribute your address. Indigenous Peoples, First Nations In this section we provide information on developments in the effort of First Nations around the world to regain their status as nations and progress toward creating right relations among the world's peoples. This includes our efforts to further the interests of Indigenous Peoples. The Sexto Sol Center was formed because of a commitment to assist refugees from Guatemala living in Chiapas. We are proud that our friends have now repatriated and are rebuilding their communities in the land of eternal spring. Our thanks to the NGO_ip_undecade@yahoo.com for the following information on the UN Working Group. The UN Working Group on Indigenous Peoples held its 23rd session on 18-22 July 2005 in Geneva, focusing its discussions on "Indigenous peoples and the international and domestic protection of traditional knowledge". Various papers and reports are available: http://www.ohchr.org/english/issues/indigenous/groups/groups-01.htm

51. WorldLII - Categories - Countries - Guatemala - Indigenous Law Text in Spanish of the Agreement on Identity and Rights of indigenous peoples.In PDF format (On Proceso de Paz en guatemala) http://www.worldlii.org/catalog/52111.html

Contributors: Indigenous Law Resources Databases Recent Additions Translate Add a Link ... Guatemala Find any of these words all of these words this phrase this document title this Boolean query World Law Help Boolean Operators Search: All WorldLII Catalog All WorldLII Databases Law on Google WorldLII: Feedback URL: http://www.worldlii.org/catalog/52111.html Generated: Thu Sep 22 02:44:24 2005

52. Canadian Dimension Indigenous Peoples Declaration Against United The representatives of the indigenous peoples of the Americas strongly request guatemala Abya Yala Nexus USA Bachillerato Integral Comunitario Ayujk http://www.canadiandimension.mb.ca/extra/d0408ip.htm

53. Education In The International Decade Of Indigenous Peoples: Bringing Education In guatemala the majority of indigenous People have no formal education only In guatemala, the Agreement on Identity and Rights of indigenous peoples http://www.wcc-coe.org/wcc/what/jpc/echoes-16-02.html

The Earth as Mother Education in the International Decade of Indigenous Peoples: Bringing education back into the mainstream of Indigenous Peoples' lives By Raymundo Rovillos They wanted us to go to school And to turn the pages of books... Why learn the language of books When the forest speaks to you? One cannot eat books, And pens and pencils are poor weapons To kill the deer of the mountains And the grunting boar... This poem aptly illustrates one of the issues raised by Indigenous Peoples against the system of education that was imposed on them by colonial and neo-colonial powers. It is a biting indictment of an educational system that is perceived as unsuitable to their needs. Indeed, Indigenous Peoples in many parts of the world identify education as a crucial factor in the historical process of their marginalization. The process started at the onset of western colonization and was carried over by nation-states after decolonization. A Handmaiden of Assimilation In their attempt to consolidate colonial power, and later, nation-states, the ruling elite imposed a policy of assimilation nay westernization. This policy was implemented by missionaries and schools that they set up in Indigenous communities. This resulted in the virtual obliteration of most of the Indigenous Peoples’ way of life their cultural practices, traditions, arts, languages. Some elements of their culture, those that were deemed acceptable to the "moral" (i.e., western, Christian and patriarchal) standards of the colonizers and ruling elite, were integrated into the dominant national culture.

54. PPJC: 5/5/05 - Free Trade And Resistance In Guatemala The rights of indigenous peoples in guatemala have been trampled on for hundredsof years. Now they are being told their land has been parceled out to http://peaceandjustice.org/article.php?story=20050506093616901&mode=print0

55. Report From Alvaro Cendeno - Strategimidler 2003 guatemalaThe peace process and its relationship to indigenous peoples indigenous peoples in guatemala make up a very high percentage of the http://www.sami.uit.no/oza/rapport/alvaro_cedeno.html

- NB! Senter for samiske studier har flyttet! Ny besøksadresse: 2. etasje, Hus 2, Teorifagbygget Universitetet i Tromsø Jus Realfag Medisin Marine fag ... Gammen STRATEGIMIDLER 2003 Project 200300843-19 Financial support to the project "Guatemala:The peace process and its relationship to indigenous peoples" we have decided to write our thesis on Indigenous Peoples in Guatemala. More specifically, what we have decided to research is the perceptions of civil society organizations in Guatemala about the role of MINUGUA (United Nations mission of verification of Human Rights for Guatemala) regarding Indigenous Peoples specifically. The Saami Center has provided us with funding to do the field work in Guatemala, which took place between June and September, 2003. The experience has been a very fulfilling process of coming closer to a nation that has been trying to rebuild itself after 36 years of Civil War. During this conflict, Indigenous Peoples have suffered very much from direct and structural violence. Tens of thousands died, and even more were displaced from their lands and even from their country, forced to cross the border with Mexico in search of better living conditions. Indigenous Peoples in Guatemala make up a very high percentage of the population. There are claims as high as 70%, and as low as 30%, which means that there are between 3 and 7 million Indigenous Peoples in this Central American country. The number depends basically on who provides them, and how Indigenous Peoples are counted. Besides, there are more than 20 different ethnic groups among them, which provides a very wide variety of cultural diversity in a country.

56. Oxfam - Guatemala: Programme Overview guatemala is a country with a strong indigenous culture and powerful identity . Peten Belize Development and Peace Among peoples http://www.oxfam.org.uk/what_we_do/where_we_work/guatemala/programme.htm

choose_stylesheet("/stylesheets/css_whatwedo") Other sites Oxfam International Generation Why Big Noise Music Control Arms Cool Planet for teachers Make Trade Fair Oxfam Publishing Oxfam Unwrapped UK Poverty Programme what we do Emergencies Where we work Guatemala Programme overview ... Fair Trade Guatemala: programme overview Guatemala is a country with a strong indigenous culture and powerful identity. In 1996 the country emerged from a 36-year-long civil war in which more than 200,000 people were killed or disappeared. Guatemalans live in one of the most unequal societies in the region, with about 75% of the population below the poverty line, living predominantly in rural areas in indigenous communities. In 2001 the World Bank estimated that two-thirds of Guatemalan children were living in poverty. Problems: Illiteracy, infant mortality and malnutrition are among the highest in the region, life expectancy is among the lowest and the country is one of the most violent in Latin America. Corruption is a major problem which has dampened investor confidence, among other serious problems. Oxfam's work in Guatemala Oxfam has been working in Guatemala since the late seventies. We work mostly through partner organisations and have engaged in both humanitarian aid programmes (eg. after Hurricane Mitch in 1998) and in development work.

57. Resource Centre For The Rights Of Indigenous Peoples for 12 percent of the total number of people killed in guatemala in 2004. During the counterinsurgency campaign, which largely targeted indigenous http://www.galdu.org/english/index.php?odas=500

58. Across The Americas, Indigenous Peoples Make Themselves Heard | 18/10/2003 In Ecuador and in guatemala, indigenous leaders arguably wield more The indigenous people will march into La Paz and an Indian will sit in the http://www.nadir.org/nadir/initiativ/agp/free/imf/bolivia/txt/2003/1018indigenou

Across the Americas, Indigenous Peoples Make Themselves Heard Across the Americas, Indigenous Peoples Make Themselves Heard (Reuters) October 18, 2003 By Hector Tobar , Times Staff Writer EL ALTO, Bolivia - Above the rocky bowl of La Paz, this vast township of brick and adobe homes stretches across a dry plain. This is where the Aymara Indians of western Bolivia come to live and work when their farms can no longer feed them. For the past week, the hardscrabble order of El Alto gave way to a fervor of rebellion. Armed with the traditional weapons of the Aymara people - sticks, slingshots and muscle - its residents fought the army, built barricades and derailed a train, cutting off and shutting down the capital below them. "We are not going to allow ourselves to be pushed around anymore," said Bernaldo Castillo Mollo, a 37-year-old Aymara bricklayer and jack-of-all-trades who was shot in the foot during the protests. "So that our children have a better life than us, we are willing to die." The Indian-led movement that brought down Bolivian President Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada last week was only the most recent and startling expression of a growing militancy and political assertiveness among the native peoples of the Americas. In Ecuador and in Guatemala, indigenous leaders arguably wield more influence in local and national affairs than in any time since the Spanish conquest. And in Chile and Mexico, resistance to the changes brought by the global economy are helping to feed a renaissance of indigenous organizations.

59. GLOBAL VISION : INTERVIEWS : RIGOBERTA MENCHU TUM indigenous peoples have always depended on their traditional wisdom and In the end, the people of guatemala are paying a very high price for all of this http://www.global-vision.org/interview/menchu.html

NOBEL PEACE LAUREATE RIGOBERTA MENCHU TUM A PLEA FOR GLOBAL EDUCATION Transcript of the Global Vision video interview produced, directed (and translated from the original Spanish) by Michael O'Callaghan BACKGROUND After fleeing the violence of her native country, she became an eloquent defender of indigenous peoples and other victims of government oppression around the world. She left Guatemala after her father, her mother and a brother were killed by its Government soldiers. Her 16-year-old brother Petrocinio was kidnapped, tortured and burned alive in 1979. When her mother demanded an explanation, Government soldiers abducted her mother, raped her repeatedly, cut off her ears, tortured and mutilated her, and left her to be consumed by maggots, vultures, and dogs. Her father was killed when the Spanish Embassy in Guatemala City, in which he and other leaders of the country's main peasant opposition group had protested human rights violations, was set on fire. Global Vision Director Michael O'Callaghan for the Sustainability THE INTERVIEW WHAT IS YOUR MESSAGE TO HUMANKIND?

60. International Monitor Institute The suits, however, claimed that the atrocities against indigenous groups were so and so systematically directed at guatemala s indigenous peoples, http://www.imisite.org/americas_news.php?id=190

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