Indigenous

Peru suspends rights in jungle protest regions

pirate — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 05:24:30 -0400

The Associated Press Mon, Aug 18, 2008

Peru's government declared a state of emergency Monday in remote jungle regions where Indian groups are blocking highways and oil and gas installations to protest a law that makes it easier to sell their lands.

The 30-day decree published in the official gazette suspends rights to public gatherings and free transit in three northern provinces.

It follows nine days of protests by members of 65 Indian tribes and a clash Saturday in northern Peru between police and hundreds of spear-carrying Indians with painted faces. Lima newspaper El Comercio reported eight officers and four protesters were injured. read more »

How an Indigenous Community Defeated a Logging Giant

pirate — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 02:48:07 -0400

By Jessica Bell; June 23, 2008 - AlterNet

It was below zero degrees Fahrenheit on the night of Dec. 2, 2002, when sisters and young indigenous mothers Chrissy and Bonnie Swain from the Grassy Narrows First Nation drove from their reserve, located in the southern fringe of the vast Boreal Forest in northern Ontario, to the logging road just a few miles from their home. read more »

Leonard Peltier Statement for the 2008 Oglala Commemoration

pirate — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 19:23:43 -0400

From: contact@whoisleonardpeltier.info June 26, 2008

Greetings my relatives,

I say relatives because you are all my family. I am honored, greatly honored today that you would listen to my words and come together in this way so that our future generations' will not forget what happened here in this land.

You can't imagine how much I miss walking on the bare earth. Or brushing against a tree branch or hearing birds in the morning or seeing an antelope or deer cross my path. I have been here in federal prison for 32 years; if you could imagine being in your own read more »

Mexican troops and police threaten food supply in La Garrucha

rick — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 14:55:03 -0400

On June 4, 2008 some 200 Mexican troops and police engaged in aggressive actions against Zapatistas in the Patiwitz Canyon of the Lacandon Jungle. Specifically the heavily armed military / police convoy entered the corn and banana fields surrounding Zapatista communities. This threat to the communities' only food supplies provoked a desperate response by Mayan boys and girls, women, and men. read more »

Ohio Police Attack Long Walkers

pirate — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 01:28:48 -0400

By Brenda Norrell Narco news June 4, 2008

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Unprovoked Columbus, Ohio police attacked Long Walkers, by first pointing a taser at the head of Michael Lane and then forcing Luv the Mezenger to the ground and handcuffing him. read more »

8 arrested as Aborigines protest cull of kangaroos in Australia

pirate — Thu, 22 May 2008 00:56:49 -0400

May 21, 2008

CANBERRA, Australia: (AP) Kangaroos and Tasmanian devils are beloved Australian icons that are tugging the nation's heartstrings for very different reasons. While authorities are cutting the population of the former, they are struggling to prevent the latter from dying out altogether.

The juxtaposition underscores Australia's challenges, failures and differences in opinion on caring for its unique fauna. read more »

Police Attack Protest At Minnesota Sesquicentennial Event

pirate — Mon, 19 May 2008 14:55:08 -0400

ST. PAUL (WCCO ) During the Minnesota Sesquicentennial celebration in St. Paul, a protest by a couple dozen American Indians carrying nooses turned violent.

A protester hit a Minnesota State Trooper on the head as police tried to clear the area at the state capitol. Police arrested at least three people for disorderly conduct.

Demonstrators want the state of Minnesota to apologize for breaking Indian treaties and removing Indians from the land. read more »

Guelph, Ontario: Protesters Close Hanlon Expressway

pirate — Thu, 01 May 2008 02:09:59 -0400

Apr 30, 2008 14:39 GUELPH, Ontario

A group of non-native protesters blocked the Hanlon Expressway for about half an hour last night in a show of support for a group of Mohawks involved in a standoff near Deseronto, Ont.

About 20 young people stood in the southbound lanes below Paisley Road, near a small bonfire.

Three cars and a truck were stuck in the southbound lanes, between the intersection and the blockade.

Many other cars were temporarily caught in bottlenecks at the intersection. One man got out of his car to briefly push and yell at some of the protesters. read more »

Canada Tyendinaga Mohawk Aserakowa Direct Action to Shut Down Highway!

pirate — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 03:26:04 -0400

Latest: Tense native standoff ends; six protesters arrested

Canadian Press

April 25, 2008

DESERONTO, Ont. — Mohawk protesters and provincial police officers were involved in a tense standoff in Deseronto, Ont., on Friday after officers said they spotted at least one gun among the demonstrators.

Police say they saw a “long gun” being pointed at them from a location inside an occupied quarry, which protesters have controlled since March, 2007.

The protesters said they had no weapons at the quarry.

>> Read More read more »

Deganawidah-Quetzalcoatl UNIVERSITY STUDENTS AND ELDERS ARRESTED EARLY THIS MORNING

pirate — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 04:10:30 -0400

Monday March 31, 2008 PGA North America

Davis, CA- Student Leaders at Deganawidah-Quetzalcoatl are preparing a demonstration at 5:30 pm tonight in front of the Yolo County Detention Facility after a series of arrests that took place today on D-Q University campus early this morning around 9:30 am. Seventeen Youth and Elders were arrested, most without being given the option of leaving. The Board of Trustees, accompanied by the Yolo County Sheriff’s Department have attempted to remove all the students from campus and brought in a locksmith to replace all the locks. read more »