By Arianna Adirim-Lanza
Reposted with permission from Mongabay
by Mike Gaworecki
El encuentro internacional reunirá a delegaciones desde Argentina, Bolivia, Brasil, Colombia, Ecuador, México, Cuba, Perú y EE.UU.
It is no coincidence that eighty percent of the Earth’s most biodiverse zones overlap with Indigenous lands and territories. Slow Food, a global grassroots organization founded in 1989 to prevent the disappearance of local food cultures and traditions, argues, “from a holistic perspective, Indigenous Peoples’ food systems can provide answers to global issues such as climate change and food sovereignty.” The upcoming Indigenous Terra Madre for Peoples of the Americas conference is poised to add fuel to the ongoing awareness surrounding Indigenous knowledge and land rights.
En medio de un denso hermetismo se logra apenas saber de manera extraoficial que un grupo armado de aproximadamente 80 personas al que identifican como “el grupo armado Kukalón” irrumpió la tranquilidad de la comunidad Alal, Indígena Mayangna, en Bonanza, a 400 kilómetros al noreste de la ciudad capital, Managua.
According to early reports, an armed group of approximately 80 people who identify as “the Kukalón Armed Group” recently disturbed the peace of an Indigenous Mayangna village of Alal, Bonanza, 400 kilometers northeast of Managua, Nicaragua. On January 28, 2020, the group massacred 6 Indigenous Mayangnas, another 10 are reported missing, and several houses were burned. Five of the victims have been identified: Tránsito Mesa, Víctor Díaz, Juan Emilio Devis, Carlos Martín, and Miguel Dixon.
By Alexandra Carraher-Kang
On January 14, 2020, over 100 individuals, including members from other Indigenous Tribal Nations, stood with the Shinnecock Indian Nation in part of an ongoing protest against development on sacred burial grounds in New York. Located in Sugar Loaf, a designated critical environmental area, the development of a single-family, two-story residence with a three-car garage was approved by the town Southampton. However, the applicant did not inform the Shinnecock Nation of its plans.
Lokiaka Community Development Centre - Ogoni (Nigeria)
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
Reconocimiento de tierra
Reconocemos que nuestra sede está en la tierra de Massachusetts, en Cambridge, MA, y agradecemos a los administradores Indígenas pasados, actuales y futuros de este territorio.