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Language, Our Roots, and Justice
During most of the 20th century, national states in the US continent, almost without exception, developed policies of forced assimilation of Native peoples. The “democratic” obsession with equality ended by making invisible, and in many cases, lead almost to the extinction of Native peoples’ languages, cultures, and ethnic identities. Economic inequality generated an internalized colonization…
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Indigenous Women Sing to Fight for the Amazon and for their Way of Life
It was 1973 when the first barrels of Texaco oil was carried on a large military procession from the northern Amazon in Ecuador to the seacoast for its processing and export. The parade included sullen indigenous women sitting above a tank, taken from their territories and families, most likely forcibly. The promotional video shows people…
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Indigenous Women Sing to Fight for the Amazon and Their Way of Life
The first barrels of Texaco oil were transported in a large military procession from the northern Amazon in Ecuador to the coast for processing and export in 1973. The parade included two indigenous women sitting on top of a tank, taken, most likely, by force from their territories and families. The promotional video shows people…
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68 Voices, 68 Hearts: “No one can love what he does not know”.
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Standing Rock Sioux Tribe’s women water advocates
Históricamente, la Tribu Sioux de Standing Rock ha luchado con justicia y derecho en defensa de la tierra y sus territorios, como protectores del agua. Lamentablemente, ellos están siendo despojados una vez más de su forma de vida con la instalación del oleoducto Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) y sus eventuales efectos en el medio ambiente.…