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  • The Voice of Ckuri: The Revitalization of the Kunza Language in the Salta Puna Region, Argentina

    We agreed to meet at a linguistics conference in the city of Salta. Our common interests were joining the sessions on glottopolitics and sociolinguistics and scant opportunities to discuss current research on the country’s indigenous languages. We wondered whether the topic had made it on the research and academic linguistic event’s agenda, after the United…

  • Marcha en Temuco de los pueblos

    Historic march of the Mapuche Nation in Temuco, Chile

    SOURCE: Periódico Fewla (independent Mapuche community newspaper), translated to English by Awasqa. Photos and video: Radio Kvrruf The call for action represents the support of the Lof [community leaders] and communities in resistance, and of the different Mapuche organizations, to the process of mobilization of the Chilean society that seeks for equity and justice. The…

  • K-luumil X’Ko’ olelo’ob: Land of Women

    Interview with Alika Santiago Trejo, October 18, 2019 I think the important thing, how we look at each other now, is to understand that our collective of indigenous women is, in itself, a necessary political action, an organization born from us, with autonomy and independence of thought. What is the K-luumil X’Ko ’olelo’ob Collective? Our…

    The Khĩsêtjê People in Brazil: Dance, Celebration and Resistance

    In Wawi Indigenous Land (MT), Khĩsêtjê sing and dance until dawn to celebrate 20 years of their traditional territory retaking. Published originally on their blog by Instituto Socioambiental (ISA). Author: Isabel Harari, journalist. Photos: Christian Braga / ISA; Videos: Kamikia Kisedje y Fred Mauro / ISA. The Instituto Socieambiental is an organization that was established…

  • “I Will Return and Become Millions” The Greatest Legacy of Tupak Amaru

    Editors Note: This essay was originally published by Salvador Quishpe Lozano on October 12, 2019, as a call and response to the great repression suffered to the indigenous-led protests against IMF-sponsored neoliberal policies. It places the protests in a historical context of indigeous resistance. References have been added by Awasqa for English speakers. Today, October…

    Ten Years After Coup in Honduras, Mobilizations of Native and Black People Persevere, Make Demands

    Ten years after the coup d’etat that brought down President Manuel Zelaya’s government, the consequences lived in the country still generate serious conditions for social coexistence, legality and even the viability of functions of the national state. Members of the Indigenous and Black Organizations of Honduras (COPINH / OFRANEH), have suffered the most from the…

    Argentina: The Rebellion of Native Flowers

    On October 9, an initiative of Self-Convened Women from 13 nations from Argentina, decided to request a hearing with the Minister of the Interior, to propose an agenda of demands, in defense of water, against extractive and development projects in indigenous territory. When they were not received, they decided to wait there, until they were…

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    Ecuador: Activists Hold Funeral, Seek Justice During Popular Assembly

    In an unparalleled demonstration of resistance, defiance, and power, indigenous people in Ecuador held a popular assembly all day Thursday, October 10, to reject police/military repression to the protests that began eight days ago to pressure the Ecuadorian government to end FMI’s neoliberal economic policies tied to a US$4.2 billion fund.  Repression was the norm…

  • Indigenous people walk towards Quito. Photo credit: Radio Iluman

    Indigenous nations in Ecuador declare “state of exception,” denounce neoliberal and extractivist policies on sovereign lands

    In a stunning act of defiance, the largest indigenous organizations in Ecuador—CONAIE and CONFENIAE—declared a “state of exception” on sovereign indigenous lands, to reject military and policie presence on their terrorities and the right to detain such forces if they were to illegally enter or use repressive tactics on their lands. They did so after…