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  1. A case study in multinational corporate accountability: Ecuador's indigenous peoples struggle for redress.: An article from: Denver Journal of International Law and Policy by Maxi Lyons, 2004-09-22
  2. Determining Insurrectionary Inclinations Among Indigenous Peoples of Ecuador
  3. Close to Nature.(an ecotourism lodge in Ecuador is trying to preserve the indigenous people's way of life)(Brief Article): An article from: E by Jennifer Bogo, Tracey C. Rembert, 1999-11-01
  4. Defining ethnodevelopment in operational terms: Lessons from the Ecuador indigenous and Afro-Ecuadoran Peoples Project (LCR sustainable development working paper) by Martien van Nieuwkoop, 2000
  5. The Globalization of Contentious Politics: The Amazonian Indigenous Rights Movement (Indigenous Peoples and Politics) by Pamela Martin, 2002-11-08
  6. Ethnopolitics in Ecuador: Indigenous Rights and the Strengthening of Democracy (North-South Center Press) by Melina Selverston-Scher, 2001-09
  7. ECUADOR: INDIGENOUS CABINET MEMBERS WALK TIGHTROPE BETWEEN ADMINISTRATION AND COMMUNITIES.: An article from: NotiSur - South American Political and Economic Affairs
  8. Growing from the grassroots. (Latin America: Ecuador - Indigenous Movements).: An article from: New Internationalist by Luis Angel Saavedra, 2003-05-01
  9. ECUADOR: PRESIDENT LUCIO GUTIERREZ HAS SHORT HONEYMOON.(indigenous peoples protest new economic policy ): An article from: NotiSur - South American Political and Economic Affairs
  10. Crude Chronicles: Indigenous Politics, Multinational Oil, and Neoliberalism in Ecuador (American Encounters/Global Interactions) by Suzana Sawyer, SuzanaSawyer, 2004-05
  11. Ecuador: The Secret Art of Precolumbian Ecuador
  12. Indians, Oil, and Politics: A Recent History of Ecuador (Latin American Silhouettes) by Allen Gerlach, 2003-02-28
  13. Oily trinkets and beads.(disagreement between Occidental Petroleum and indigenous communities of Ecuador): An article from: Multinational Monitor by Steve Kretzman, Aaron Freeman, 1996-10-01
  14. Fueling destruction in the Amazon. (interview with Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador president Luis Macas) (Interview): An article from: Multinational Monitor

61. Workshop 2
One of the important tasks in ecuador would be to concentrate on how to make theadvocacy work on indigenous peoples more effective than has been the case so
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Ulla Lehtinen: "Indigenous peoples and oil" events in Finland 1999 Olli Tammilehto: A civilised world or a bloodsucker of the earth? Background information on oil ... Workshop 1: The strategies of oil industry and the responses of indigenous peoples' movements Workshop 2: Networking of indigenous peoples threatened by oil and gas exploration Workshop 3: Northern Dimension Communique of the participants in the seminar "Indigenous Peoples and Oil" Internet links
Networking of indigenous peoples threatened by oil and gas exploitation
Chairs: Ms. Magda Lanuza, Oilwatch Mesoamerica - Nicaragua, Mr. Yehudi P.P. van de Pol, Oilwatch Europe - the Netherlands Notes: Mr. Jouni Nissinen, KEPA - Finland List of participants: It was noted that there was very little time for the workshop and more would have been needed. However, the group was resolved to do its best within the time constraints. The discussion began with an introduction of the members of the working group. The principles of the Oilwatch International were explained. It is a south-south network struggling against reckless oil exploration and production in the third world. The network does not take money from oil companies. Instead, its European branch does fund raising for southern non-governmental organisations (NGOs) involved in the activity. Other aspects of the work in Europe consist of lobbying and information dissemination. The general secretariat of the network is situated in Ecuador. After the round of introduction, some of the problems of oil exploration in the areas represented by the indigenous participants were discussed. It was generally agreed that indigenous peoples in different countries face different situations with different problems and solutions. Therefore it is difficult to find globally applicable solutions that fit all. However, it was noted that conflicts occur everywhere and affect all the peoples.

62. GTZ - Indigenous Peoples In Latin America & The Caribbean
The majority of Latin America’s indigenous peoples live in Bolivia, Guatemala,ecuador, Mexico and Peru roughly 90% of the total Latin American indigenous
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The indigenous peoples of Latin America and the Caribbean are those sectors of the population which are historically related to the pre-colonial peoples of the American continent, that is to say, the "original inhabitants of the sub-continent". The estimates of their percentage of the total population differ greatly. Numbers vary from 12.6% (World Bank) to 7.2% (Instituto Indigenista Interamericano in Mexico). Overview These differences are not only the result of diverse definitions of indigenous peoples but are also due to their self-definition and the different methods of population census. The majority of Latin America’s indigenous peoples live in Bolivia Guatemala Ecuador Mexico and Peru - roughly 90% of the total Latin American indigenous population. Uruguay is the only country in Central and South America today with no indigenous population.

63. Expert Seminar On Indigenous People And The Administration Of Justice
Mr. Suhas Chakma (India) indigenous peoples and administration of justice in the Mrs.Mariana Yumbay (ecuador) El ejercicio de la administración de justicia
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Publications The Rights of Indigenous Peoples (Fact Sheet #9/Rev.1) United Nations Guide for Indigenous Peoples
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Expert Seminar on Indigenous People and the Administration of Justice, organized by the OHCHR in cooperation with the Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia ( UNED
Madrid 12-14 November 2003 Background papers submitted by Experts Theme 1 : Discrimination against indigenous peoples in the justice system – examples,experiences, and governmental, administrative and judicial measures to ensure equitable justice system
Mr. James W. Zion (United States of America)

64. Traveljournals.net - Picture Of Saraguro Indigenous Peoples., Amazon Basin, Ecua
Picture of Saraguro indigenous peoples.. Taken 200307-08 in AmazonBasin, ecuador by traveler supernova. Click Here. Home Explore
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65. Traveljournals.net - Picture Of Indigenous Peoples, Loja, Ecuador
Picture of indigenous peoples. Taken 200308-08 in Loja, ecuador by travelersupernova. Click Here. Home Explore Pictures Stories
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66. Climate Alliance, Indigenous Peoples Project Cooperation, Examples
In ecuador, the high costs of ordnance survey mapping and registration by a Subsequently,the indigenous peoples representative body brought all nine of its
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Project Cooperation Project Examples Global thinking - active solidarity in Ecuador The first topographical map has been drawn up: on a scale of 1:1,500, it shows the cadastral plan of the land situated at the confluence of the Rio Pindo Grande and the Rio Puyo at the eastern foot of the Ecuadorian Andes. Here, on a mountain spur above these two rainforest rivers close to the town of Puyo, extending over 33.5 hectares, is the seat of CONFENIAE, the Confederation of the indigenous peoples of the Ecuadorian Amazon basin, which represents nine indigenous peoples (a total of around 150,000 people). The map and the notarial authentications signify that this area has been recognized as the property of CONFENIAE, a small but significant step in the effort to protect the rainforest in Ecuador. The road to reach this point was a long one: in early 2001, after lengthy discussions and negotiations, the organization Action Solidarité Tiers Monde based in Luxembourg signed a contract with CONFENIAE to secure their land rights. This took place in close consultation with the association VAMOS, which coordinates Climate Alliance activities in the Münsterland region of North-Rhine/Westphalia. The peoples of the Ecuadorian Amazon rainforest lay claim to approximately 50,000 square kilometres as indigenous territory; only just under half of this has been recognized and legalized by the government. The greatest threat to their territory is posed by the global demand (in other words, ours too) for timber, minerals and, increasingly, oil. As a result of this demand, a third of the rainforest has been destroyed in only one generation. As is the case with indigenous communities worldwide, securing traditional community land rights is their main demand. This gives indigenous village communities a legal means to prove their ownership of the land and mount resistance to the destruction of their homelands.

67. Diego Cevallos, Racism Thwarts Indigenous Rights, Says Menchu
She said the International Decade of indigenous peoples, declared amidst the as newinfluence and leadership roles won by ecuador s indigenous movement, the
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By Diego Cevallos, IPS, 9 August 2000
MEXICO CITY, Aug 9 (IPS) - There is not much to celebrate in the Americas on the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples, because the fight for the rights of native peoples continues to run up against a racist culture, Guatemalan Nobel laureate Rigoberta Menchº said Wednesday in Mexico. Deep down, government resistance to recognising the rights of indigenous peoples and to clearing the way for their development arises from racism and xenophobia, sentiments that are not wiped away by naming a world day in their honour, Menchº said in an interview with IPS. The International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples, proclaimed by the United Nations, is a time for reflection, rather than celebration, said the Guatemalan Indian leader, who was awarded the Nobel Peace prize in 1993. In some countries in the Americas, the day was commemorated Wednesday by cultural and academic events. But among the continent's indigenous peoples, the occasion went largely unnoticed.

68. Amnesty International - Library - Americas: Indigenous Peoples -- Second-class C
Atlantic and Pacific Ocean through sacred indigenous land in lands of the Embera Katíopeople, which some for the construction of an oil pipeline in ecuador.
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69. Indigenous Peoples In Latin America - LANIC
Federación Indígena y Campesino de Imbabura La INRUJTA-FICI;
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  • 70. Voices From The Earth, Vol. 3, No. 1
    Voices from the Earth Current Issue Table of Contents Oil s Grip on ecuador s indigenousPeoples Petroleum and ecuador s indigenous People Environmental Work
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    Look at the land. Our grandfather lived here. So do we. It is our land here, her we used to live. Stranger, touring around you will not come, you will not come. We lived over these hills, we still do, because the forest is our life. Huaorani chant translated by Laura Rival I want to stamp on the ground hard enough to make that oil come out. I want to skip the legalities, permits, red tape, and other obstacles. I want to go immediately and straight to what matters: getting that oil. Rick Bass, Petroleum Geologist

    71. New Internationalist: Growing From The Grassroots - Latin America: Ecuador - Ind
    Pachakutik, a new alliance of indigenous people with the urban andrural poor, is now part of the Government in ecuador. Luis Angel
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    Pachakutik, a new alliance of indigenous people with the urban and rural poor, is now part of the Government in Ecuador. Luis Angel Saavedra explains the background and the dilemmas an increasingly prominent indigenous movement now faces. ON 10 August 1979, after 10 years of military dictatorship, Jaime Rold6s was sworn in as Ecuador's elected President. He made his first speech to the National Congress in Kichwa, the main indigenous language. Politicians and landowners never forgave him, despite the use of indigenous icons such as Ruminahui, who led the fiercest resistance against the Spanish conquest for patriotic purposes. Rold6s died in suspicious circumstances an air crash in May 1981. In 1982 his successor, Oswaldo Hurtado, wore the presidential sash with words written in Shuar, another indigenous language, when he gave his end-of-year report to Congress and faced a political trial for doing so.

    72. ECUADOR-INDIGENOUS: Ransom Or Indemnisation?
    By Mario Gonzalez QUITO, Feb 25 (IPS) An agreement between ecuador s Achuar indigenouspeople and an Argentine oil firm has established the precedent that
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    ECUADOR-INDIGENOUS: Ransom or Indemnisation?
    By Mario Gonzalez QUITO, Feb 25 (IPS) - An agreement between Ecuador's Achuar indigenous people and an Argentine oil firm has established the precedent that companies interested in operating in the country's Amazon region are to negotiate directly with indigenous groups living there. But the Achuar decided to apply a peculiar form of pressure against the company, kidnapping last week five experts of the U.S. firm Walsh, contracted by the San Jorge General Fuel Company (CGC) of Argentina to carry out studies on the environmental impact in the stage of seismic prospecting. The group is demanding a ransom - which they term an ''indemnisation'' - for the experts' release. ''We cannot talk about a kidnapping,'' said Marco Hinojosa, general commandant of the Ecuadorian police, who has offered to mediate. ''It is more like an illegal retention.'' The indigenous group sees the move as an act of ''justice,'' because the experts had entered their territory without permission, through the use of subterfuge. ''They told us they were tourists who wanted to carry out a study to keep the oil companies from entering our territory,'' said Santiago Kawarim, president of the Interprovincial Federation of the Achuar Nationality of Ecuador.

    73. ECUADOR: Indigenous Groups Protest Privatisations, US Army Base
    ecuador s indigenous people who comprise an estimated 3.5 million of a totalpopulation of 11.5 million are well organised and wield significant
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    ECUADOR: Indigenous Groups Protest Privatisations, US Army Base
    By Kintto Lucas QUITO, Sep 14 (IPS) - Ecuador's indigenous movement is protesting a Supreme Electoral Court (TSE) ruling that rejected the signatures collected in an attempt to call a plebiscite against privatisations and the leasing of the Manta military base to the United States. Indigenous people and small farmers set up roadblocks Thursday in the Andean mountain provinces of Azuay, Cañar, Loja, Cotopaxi and Chimborazo. The protests were called by the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE), the National Coordinator of Peasant Farmers, and the Coordinator of Social Movements, which delivered more than one million signatures to the TSE in August. Ecuador's indigenous people who comprise an estimated 3.5 million of a total population of 11.5 million are well- organised and wield significant influence in the country. Last January, nationwide protests organised by indigenous and other social organisations and a group of armed forces officers led to the collapse of then-president Jamil Mahuad, who was replaced by President Gustavo Noboa. With a vote of six to one, the election authority rejected the petition that a plebiscite be held on the grounds of supposed irregularities and forged signatures.

    74. Economist.com | Indigenous People In South America
    That is long overdue indigenous people lacked representation. In ecuador, CONAIEset up a mainly Indian political party called Pachakutik (“reawakening
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    75. LookSmart - Directory - Indigenous People Inca
    indigenous People Inca Discover the traditions, language, and cultureof the people that are in Peru, ecuador, Bolivia, and Chile.
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    Read a comprehensive overview of Quechua, from influence on Spanish, to a basic grammar, to the sociolinguistics of Quechua use.
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    Learn about the enlightening music and culture of the Andes and find CDs to review and order. Also has Quechua stories, song lyrics, and poems.
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    Review documents, projects, and an overview that describes goals of a historic Quichua organization with origins in Ecuador. Done in English and Spanish. RICANCIE Obtain details on the Amazon area communities and programs of ten Quichua groups in the Upper Napo valley of Ecuador.
  • 76. ECUADOR: Indigenous Leaders Angry At Vargas Llosa's Remarks
    are offensive and insulting to the people of Latin America, said Iza, who calledfor respect for the diversity represented by ecuador s indigenous movement as
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    77. Celebrating Indigenous People -
    opening programme will feature the musical group Yumari of ecuador and singer Committeeon the International Decade of the World’s indigenous People, who was
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    AT UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS ON 13 MAY AND CLOSES ON 11 JULY 2003 Discover the banners of the exhibit (PDF format) Title banner Text panels Quotes panels Artists banners ... Visit the Photo gallery
    The exhibit contains artworks, sculpture, weavings, beadwork and traditional rock paintings by indigenous artists from Guatemala, Canada, United States, Mexico, Ecuador, New Zealand, Australia and the Kalahari Desert region of Southern Africa. From Africa, there are Nigerian paintings depicting indigenous scenes and customs by artist Ibiyinka Olufemi Alao, with the artist on hand for demonstrations, and traditional rock paintings by Bushmen from the Kalahari. From Latin America, there are crafts and basketry from Ecuador and textile pieces courtesy of the Cultural Institute of Mexico and the Permanent Mission of Mexico to the United Nations. From Australia, Cameron McCarthy will demonstrate Aboriginal painting, in addition to paintings displayed from the Jinta gallery in Australia. There will also be Maori paintings and crafted pieces. Many of the displays include demonstrations that encourage participation, especially of young people. Traditional Iroquois beadwork from North America and textiles from Guatemala will be demonstrated. In addition to the Native American totems on display, one is to be created at the exhibition.

    78. NATIVE-L (June 1994): Ecuador - Indigenous Mobilization!
    Next article (no name) ecuador indigenous people s mobilization ; Previous articleDale Blake Inuit autobiographyany articles? . MOBILIZATION FOR LIFE.
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    The last 2 weeks have seen an unprecedented mobilization of
    the indigenous people of Ecuador and a repressive response
    from the government of six to Dur n Ballen. So far at
    least 5 indigenous activivists have been killed, and many
    more hospitalized, mostly from gun shots. The number of
    jailed is unknown.
    The Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador
    (CONAIE) the National Ecuadorean Federation of Campesino
    and Indigenous Organizations (FENOC-I), and the Evangelical Federation of Indigenous Ecuadoreans (FEINE), called upon their grassroots communities to rise up in protest to the "Agrarian Development Law" presented by the Social Christian Party, and passed by congress without the 15 days of debate required by the constitution. Their main demand is that the law be overturned.

    79. Indigenous Confederation Demands Occidental Leave Ecuador | Project Underground
    denounced Occidental s inhuman and aggressive attitude towards indigenous peoplesand called for the company s definitive exit from ecuador and Colombia
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    Indigenous Confederation Demands Occidental Leave Ecuador
    CONAIE Holds Two Protests in Quito After Weekend Attacks on Colombia's U'wa
    Quito, Ecuador Ecuador's powerful indigenous confederation, CONAIE, today demanded that Occidental Petroleum leave Ecuador and Colombia. In a letter delivered to Occidental's Quito office by a delegation of fifty indigenous rights and environmental activists, CONAIE promised nonviolent direct actions against the company's facilities in Ecuador if Occidental does not abandon its proposal to drill on the land of the U'wa people of northeastern Colombia. After delivering their demands to Occidental, the demonstratorsled by Blanca Chancoso of CONAIE and including representatives of the international Oilwatch networkpresented a letter from the Confederation to the Colombian Embassy calling for the suspension of Occidental's drilling plans and the release of protesters detained over the weekend. Today's protests, which also included a demonstration at the Colombian Embassy in Quito, were prompted by the Colombian government's latest round of violence against peaceful U'wa protesters. On Saturday, some 300 anti-riot police and soldiers participated in a surprise attack against 200 U'wa blockading a road in northeastern Colombia. The police and soldiers removed the protesters with tear gas and physical blows. U'wa spokespeople report that twenty-eight people were injured, with some requiring medical attention. At least one U'wa man was treated for bullet wounds. On Sunday, another protest was attacked and as many as 70 protesters have been detained. The attacks came just days after the US Congress approved over $1 billion in aid to Colombia's military.

    80. U'wa Attacked; Indigenous Confederation Demands Occidental Petroleum Leave Ecuad
    operations. And finally, the U wa and ecuador s indigenous peopleshave developed strong ties through past struggles. The latest
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    U'WA ATTACKED; INDIGENOUS CONFEDERATION DEMANDS OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM LEAVE ECUADOR
    10 Things You Can Do for the U'wa Ecuador's powerful indigenous confederation, CONAIE (Confederacion Nacional Indigena de Ecuador), demanded on June 28 that Occidental Petroleum leave Ecuador and Colombia. In a letter delivered to Occidental's Quito office by a delegation of fifty indigenous rights and environmental activists, CONAIE promised nonviolent direct actions against the company's facilities in Ecuador if Occidental Petroleum (Oxy) does not abandon its proposal to drill on the land of the U'wa peoples of northeastern Colombia.
    Their demands came on the heels of a weekend of attacks on 200 U'wa peacefully blockading a road near the town of Cubara, Colombia. On June 24, some 300 Colombian anti-riot police and soldiers made a surprise, early morning attack using tear gas and physical force to break up the blockade. A local physician reports that one victim suffered bullet wounds and spokespeople for the U'wa say that 28 people were injured and some required medical attention. Another violent surprise sweep was made the next day and police detained 30 people. The United States government recently approved a US$1.3 billion military aid package to Colombia.
    CONAIE has a long history of effective mobilizations against the oil industry and for political change in Ecuador. In January they organized uprisings that brought Ecuadorian life to a halt and toppled the government of President Jamil Mahuad. Earlier mobilizations have prompted a rewrite of the constitution that increased recognition of indigenous rights.

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