81. Nobel Peace Laureates Conference | 1998 in Chimaltenango, guatemala, and attended by the indigenous leaders of many countries.She also organized the Second Summit of the indigenous peoples, which http://www.virginia.edu/nobel/laureates/bios/tum_bio.html

1992 Nobel Peace Laureate Nobel website Rigoberta Menchu Tum Foundation Transcript of Rigoberta Menchu-Tum's Conference Speech Discussion ... Questions and Answers In her 1982 "as-told-to" autobiography, , she said, "I started thinking about my childhood, and I came to the conclusion that I hadn’t had a childhood at all. I was never a child. I hadn’t been to school, I hadn’t had enough food to grow properly, I had nothing. I asked myself: ‘How is this possible?’" It was possible in part because of the political turmoil that had plagued Guatemala since the country gained its independence in 1821. Except for one 10-year stretch of representative government, which began in 1945, the nation had endured years of rig ht-wing dictatorships, insurgencies, coups, and periods of military rule. For her efforts on behalf of indigenous people worldwide, she was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1992. At age 33, she was the youngest person ever to receive this honor. "By maintaining a disarming humanity in a brutal world, Rigoberta Menchú Tum appeals to the best in all of us, wherever we live and whatever our background," said Francis Sejersted, chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, in conferr ing the honor. "She stands as a uniquely potent symbol of a just struggle. "There is a most urgent need to define the rights of aboriginal peoples and to respect those rights in a manner which makes it possible to live in peace and mutual understanding," he added. "To succeed in this, we need people like Rigobe rta Menchú Tum."

82. Opposition To Columbus Day International Indian Treaty Council (IITC), the Working Group on indigenous Peopleto move military leaders of the death squad governments of guatemala and the http://www.aimovement.org/moipr/columbus-oct00.html

PRESS STATEMENT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WORLDWIDE October 6, 2000 Ministry for Information, American Indian Movement Grand Governing Council Press Contact: WaBun-Inini, Ind-diz-Nikaz Anishinabe Ojibwe Nation aka, Vernon Bellecourt, National Representative Phone: 612-721-3914 Fax: 612-721-7826 aimggc@worldnet.att.net www.aimovment.org RE: Indigenous People's Opposition to Celebration and Glorification of Colonial Pirate Christopher Columbus As we enter the new Millennium on October 9 or 12, 2000, the settler governments and peoples of North, Central and South America, who occupy the lands of various Indigenous nations of peoples, will again celebrate with holiday parades and festivals the invasion of our sacred lands by the colonial pirate Christopher Columbus. Columbus was the beginning of the American holocaust, ethnic cleansing characterized by murder, torture, raping, pillaging, robbery, slavery, kidnapping, and forced removals of Indian people from their homelands. To our Italian American friends, we say that to celebrate the legacy of this murderer is an affront to all Indian peoples, and others who truly understand this history. It would be the same as if German people would celebrate and glorify Adolf Hitler and the rise of fascism, and the Nazi holocaust by holding parades through the Jewish communities of America and throughout the world. We unequivocally support the right of Indian peoples of all the Americas along with friends and supporters to peacefully hold demonstrations and vigils, and exercise firm and resolute civil disobedience against any groups, religious, other organizations, and governments who continue to insist on celebrating and glorifying the murderous Columbus with parades, festivals, and celebrations.

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Welcome to the online image gallery of photojournalism, reportage photography, travel photography, feature stories, photo essays and stock photography from destinations worldwide. This photography website features realistic photojournalism about humanity and our planet, travel, festivals, geography, indigenous cultures and rituals photography in this website is suitable for people of all ages including children interested in photojournalism featuring the World's diverse cultures, travel photography, adventure travel, exotic cultures, familiar cultures, festivals, and the Earth's geography. Contact Robert Leon to arrange image licensing or assignment photography for use in magazines, books, private photography collections, and websites where photojournalism, travel photography and location photography are required Robert Leon is a photojournalist and adventure travel photographer with 23 years of professional photography experience. He is based in Vancouver Canada and photographs reportages and feature stories around the World with the aim of creating awareness and understanding of the Earth, cultures and nature for both present and future generations. SiteMap photography SiteMap Site Map Robert Leon photographer : Location Photography Map ... Rajasthan photography, photographs Rajasthani indigenous people tribes Rajasthan India Rajasthan photography, photographs of Rajasthan India photography of Rajasthan photographs of Rajasthan India Rajasthan photograph Rajasthani indigenous people tribes Rajasthan India Rajasthan photography Rajasthan photographs Rajasthan India photography Rajasthan photographs Rajasthan India

84. LookSmart - Directory - Indigenous People In Guatemala indigenous People in guatemala Read anthropological papers, and find outabout groups working to strengthen the Mayan community in guatemala. http://search.looksmart.com/p/browse/us1/us317916/us559898/us560156/us560161/us5

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85. DPI Press Kit per capita. In guatemala, most indigenous people do not have accessto safe drinking water, sanitation or electricity. Less than http://www.un.org/rights/50/people

Indigenous people: Challenges facing the international community Growing public interest in indigenous people and a long process of international negotiations involving indigenous organizations prompted the international community to proclaim 1993 as the International Year of the World's Indigenous People, and then the period 1995-2004 as the International Decade of the World's Indigenous People, to focus on issues of concern to indigenous people. In addition, 9 August has since 1995 been celebrated as the International Day of the World's Indigenous People. Each of these steps has been important in the struggle for the recognition of the rights of indigenous people. These steps are all the more meaningful with the forthcoming anniversary of a landmark human rights document adopted by the United Nations 50 years ago, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The Declaration recognizes the inherent dignity of every human being and sets forth in detail the rights to be enjoyed by all "without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status". Within the framework of the World Public Information Campaign, launched by the United Nations in 1988, the Universal Declaration has been translated into more than 40 indigenous languages and widely disseminated among indigenous communities. The United Nations Decade for Human Rights Education (1995-2004) also focuses attention on the importance of human rights education for all, including indigenous people, in view of the problems encountered by indigenous communities.

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MSN Home My MSN Hotmail Shopping ... Money Web Search: logoImg('http://sc.msn.com'); Encarta Subscriber Sign In Help Home ... Upgrade to Encarta Premium Search Encarta Tasks Find in this article Print Preview Send us feedback Related Items ancient civilizations – Aztec ancient civilizations – Inca more... Magazines Search the Encarta Magazine Center for magazine and news articles about this topic Further Reading Editors' Picks Native Americans of Middle and South America News Search MSNBC for news about Native Americans of Middle and South America Internet Search Search Encarta about Native Americans of Middle and South America Search MSN for Web sites about Native Americans of Middle and South America Also on Encarta Editor's picks: Good books about Iraq Compare top online degrees What's so funny? The history of humor Also on MSN Summer shopping: From grills to home decor D-Day remembered on Discovery Switch to MSN in 3 easy steps Our Partners Capella University: Online degrees LearnitToday: Computer courses CollegeBound Network: ReadySetGo Kaplan Test Prep and Admissions Encyclopedia Article from Encarta Advertisement Native Americans of Middle and South America Multimedia 106 items Article Outline Introduction Culture Areas History Native Americans Today I Introduction Print Preview of Section Native Americans of Middle and South America , indigenous peoples of Middle America ( Mexico Central America , and the West Indies ) and South America . Native Americans were the first humans to inhabit these regions, arriving thousands of years before European explorers laid claim to the “New World.”

87. Indigenous People In Latin America 54.0 38 24 14 Ecuador 29.5 23 na 14 guatemala 42.0 26 79 socioeconomic conditionsof Latin America s indigenous population, see indigenous People and Poverty http://www.worldbank.org/html/extdr/hnp/hddflash/hcnote/hrn007.html

INDIGENOUS PEOPLE IN LATIN AMERICA HRO DISSEMINATION NOTES Human Resources Development and Operations Policy Number 8, June 7, 1993 Indigenous people make up a large and distinct portion of Latin America's population. There are about 40 million indigenous people in Latin America, or about 10 percent of the total population. In some countries, the majority of the population is indigenous. In Bolivia, for example, more than half of the total population is indigenous. It is well known that indigenous people are in an inferior economic and social position vis-a-vis the non-indigenous, or "mainstream," population. Yet not much documentation exists regarding their exact position. As a first step, obtaining reliable estimates of the indigenous population is a necessity. This would provide the vital information needed in designing strategies to target operations and to assist in designing poverty reduction strategies. Operationalization of the term "indigenous people" is a difficult task. A report recently published by the United Nation's Latin American Demographic Center (1992. Demo- graphic Bulletin. No. 50.) compiled summary statistics on indigenous people from the national census data collected in a number of Latin American countries. The CELADE report discusses the various approaches used, along with their strengths and weaknesses. The most commonly used approaches are: language spoken, self-perception, and geographic concentration. Guatemala Census

88. Base OF OF GENERAL REPORTS). 1. Report on the situation of human rights ofindigenous peoples in guatemala (1993). 2. Report on the situation http://www.cidh.oas.org/Indigenas/TOC.htm

OEA/Ser.L/V/II.108 Doc. 62 20 October 2000 Original: Spanish THE HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION OF THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE IN THE AMERICAS TABLE OF CONTENTS PREFACE INTRODUCTION CHAPTER I. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF THE RIGHTS ... Next

89. MediaRights the earlier Rights Alert ‘A Massacre Remembered’. Following thestruggle of the indigenous Maya Achi people of guatemala to http://www.mediarights.org/search/browse.php?cat_id=00056

90. Indigenous Cine And Video Festivals In Guatemala And Mexico Mexico. The Sixth American Festival of Film and Video of IndigenousPeoples took place in Quetaltenango, guatemala, last August. The http://www.laneta.apc.org/telemanita/bull11_art4.html

HISTORIA LOGROS VIDEO-RED MUJER ... inicio BULLETIN NO. 11 Indigenous Cine and Video Festivals in Guatemala and Mexico Women present in the festival included Magaly Meneses, Chilean filmmaker who is currently Academic Director of the International School of Communications and Television in Cuba, Carol Kalafatic, of the Film and Video Center of the National Museum of the American Indian in the US, and Mary Ellen Davis, of the Festival Terres en Vue, Canada. If you want to know more about this indigenous film and video festival, you can write to Maria Luisa Quezada or Ivan Sanjines en Bolivia: comaru@ceibo.entelnet.bo

91. Indigenous Cultures Of Costa Rica Was the raw material mined in guatemala and sent to the Chorotega and other indigenouscraftsmen across they have been created by people during one http://costarica.tourism.co.cr/indian2.htm

Huetar-Bribri-Cabecar-Guaymi-Chorotega-Boruca-Guatuso-Terraba 1. Guatuso Indian Reserve (Malekus) 2. Matambu Indian Reserve 13. Boruca Indian Reserve 5. Nairi-Awari (Barbilla) 16. Salitre Indian Reserve 17. Cabagra Indian Reserve 7. Bajo Chirripo Indian Reserve 8. Guaymi / Osa Peninsula 19. Telire Indian Reserve 9. Guaymi / Conte Burica 20. Cabecar -Talamanca 10. Guaymi / Coto Brus 21. Bribri Talamanca 11. Guaymi / Abrojos Montezuma 22. Kekuldi Indian Reserves (Cocles) Some information on the indigenous cultures The day Columbus landed on what is today called "Isla Uvita", in front of Puerto Limón, more than a quater of a million people and no less than eight different ethnic groups were living in the area. The northern cultures of Costa Rica (Chorotegas) had great influence from the Aztec and Maya culture, they were the southernmost culture of what is known as Mesoamerica. The Chorotegas spoke the Nahuatl language from the Mayas and Aztecs.

92. NDI - National Democratic Institute For International Affairs encouraged guatemala to safeguard its citizenry from human rights abuses andseek greater political participation by the country s indigenous people. http://www.ndi.org/worldwide/lac/guatemala/guatemala.asp

Bolivia Brazil Colombia Cuba ... Venezuela Regional Programs Programa de Liderazgo (Leadership Program) Civic Network Program for Regional Party Renewal Search here for: NDI publications on Guatemala NDI publications on Latin America and ... the Caribbean Latin America and the Caribbean: Guatemala Printer-friendly version Political Overview Since the United Nations sponsored the 1996 Peace Accords that brought an end to decades of civil war, Guatemalans have faced challenges in consolidating democracy. The implementation of the Accords has stalled, hampering political, economic and social reform. Citizens, particularly women and indigenous peoples, are largely disillusioned and removed from politics, leading to notably high rates of voter abstention. The 2003 general elections marked a critical moment in instilling citizen trust in Guatemala's fragile democracy. For the first time since democratic rule was restored in 1986, citizens expressed a lack of confidence in the administration of the elections, citing bias in the courts. Furthermore, political tensions increased when a 1985 constitutional provision that prohibits coup participants from seeking public office raised questions as to the application of a Constitutional Court ruling permitting retired General Efrían Ríos Montt to run as a presidential candidate. Analysts feared that the deteriorating political and electoral climate may further discourage citizens from voting.

93. UN Chronicle: Indigenous People Still Discriminated - UN Reported: News On The U indigenous people in guatemala still face racial, ethnic and cultural discriminationeven though the Government had signed a human rights agreement, reported http://articles.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1309/is_4_38/ai_87425142

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94. Latin America Trek: Time Machine -- Guatemala Toj from Defensoria Maya, the indigenous rights organization in guatemala City. Lookdeeper at the atrocities committed against indigenous people during the 36 http://www.worldtrek.org/odyssey/latinamerica/timeguat.html

Click on the update you want to explore. A new window will open, so you can always close it and come back here! United States to Guatemala Guatemala Guatemala to Peru Peru Peru to Argentina The Team in Guatemala (February 6 - March 6, 1999) Feb 6: Guatemala - Maya Civilization Jamila and Klaus begin exploring Mayan culture with a visit to tropical Coba, the ruins of a civilization. Visit a local school, tour a traditional Mayan home, and feed a crocodile. Sacrifice a cigar and beer to the Mayan god, Maximon. Stroll through the metropolis of Guatemala City with Abeja and glimpse its history and cultural diversity. Visit five Mayan sites including Tulum and Uxmal, site of the legendary Pyramid of the Soothsayer. Feb 10: Guatemala - Its Beauty and Its Pain The gang meets their homestay families in the mountain village of Todos Santos where the houses have dirt floors. Don't worry- even though there is no electricity, the team will do its best to stay in touch. Talk with Maria Toj from Defensoria Maya

95. Indigenous People Organise In Guatemala expressed the hope that solidarity, Christian and aid groups in Australia couldhelp people here to understand the plight of indigenous people in guatemala. http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/1994/132/132p18.htm

Recommend us to a friend Your name Friend's email Latest GLW Australian news International news ... Click here to visit the Socialist Alliance website Indigenous people organise in Guatemala By Robyn Marshall Sanic came to Australia to attend the World Indigenous People's Conference on education, which was held in Wollongong in December. Sanic told a meeting in Brisbane on February 1, organised by the Democratic Socialist Party, that education was the crying need of his people. The illiteracy rate in Guatemala is 75%. Sanic himself has never been to school. He had to teach himself Spanish language as well as learn to write his own language, of the Cakchiquel Mayan group, one of 23 indigenous languages in Guatemala. At the World Congress of Indigenous Peoples, there were four representatives from Latin America, Sanic plus others from Peru, Chile and Ecuador. They got together and issued a four-page document on their demands; they all face similar problems in their respective countries. There are fights between Congress and the president, and there are divisions within the government so that many indigenous people find the political situation very confusing. The constitution is violated every day, resulting almost in a state of anarchy. The country is still under the rule of the army and until the army is changed, nothing else will change. There have also been attempts by the Guatemalan government at peace negotiations with the URNG, the National Guatemalan Resistance Movement. Talks began in 1992 over 11 agenda items or demands of the URNG. Very quickly, the talks stalled over the first point, which concentrated on human rights.

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97. RFK MEMORIAL : Human RIghtrs Award 1990 Winners the access to justice at all levels for guatemala’s indigenous populace, CERJ’s a“scorchedearth” policy in which 200,000 people were assassinated http://www.rfkmemorial.org/human_rights/1990.htm

Overview During the November 2003 Journeys for Justice delegation Synergy Sustainability/Replicability/Lasting Effects The Investigation into the Murder of Guatemalan Bishop Juan Gerardi: A One-Year Update (April 1999) La Investigación del Asesinato de Monseñor Juan Gerardi en Guatemala (Abril de 1999) Back to Top

98. Diego Cevallos, Racism Thwarts Indigenous Rights, Says Menchu in several countries. She also pointed to efforts to clarify massacresof indigenous people in guatemala. But the scant progress http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/41/123.html

Documents menu From newsdesk@igc.apc.org Fri Aug 11 15:44:51 2000 Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 21:36:13 -0500 (CDT) Subject: POPULATION-LATAM: Racism Thwarts Indigenous Rights, Says Menchu Article: 102273 To: undisclosed-recipients:; X-UIDL: 6ff90c0cd4db2513ac63ff5e88d69218 Racism Thwarts Indigenous Rights, Says Menchu 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.

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100. Guatemala -- Culture Overview companies that have supported them. His work also idealizes the indigenouspeople of guatemala. A younger generation of writers, best http://expedition.bensenville.lib.il.us/CentralAmerica/Guatemala/culture.htm

Guatemala - Culture Overview Guatemala's rich cultural heritage includes great contrasts. The indigenous Maya groups were never brought completely under the control of the colonial Spaniards, and so an unusually large percentage of the descendants of the Maya have been able to resist integration into the world built by the descendants of the Europeans. Some of the most intense pressure on the Indian (Mayan) communities has come from the military governments of recent years, but many have been able to resist and survive. Today there is contact and exchange between the Indian highlands and the towns of the ladinos, a group that includes whites and mestizos. Their cultures have in many ways remained separate, however, divided like the population itself. Sources: Collier's Encyclopedia; Encyclopedia Americana; Guatemalan Embassy; Handbook of Latin American Popular Culture; Websites of the Embassies of Guatemala in Washington, D.C. ( www.aol.com/agremilusa/embassy.html

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