http://intercontinentalcry.org For the People, the Land and the Truth Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:37:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en “Food security exists when all people, at all times, have physical and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food that meets their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life.” In this video, Indigenous people in northern Manitoba talk about their struggle for food security and the barriers of extremely high food [...]]]> http://intercontinentalcry.org/growing-hope-in-northern-manitoba-communities/ While Guarani communities in Brazil continue to reclaim their lands and face even more evictions—one leading to the disappearance of two indigenous teachers on Oct. 29—two days ago, more than 50 Guarani People occupied the headquarters of FUNAI, Brazil’s Federal Authority of Indigenous Affairs, in the southernmost state of Rio Grande do Sul. The move [...]]]> http://intercontinentalcry.org/indigenous-guarani-occupy-funai-headquarters/ In this month’s Underreported Struggles: Mexican Superior Court Orders Immediate Halt to Gold mine; Amazon mega-dams stoke new wave of Indian protests; Officer arrested over alleged killing of Awa Indians; Tahltan in Standoff over Hunting Rights; Police confront Indigenous peoples of the Didipio valley. Oct 31 – Mexican Superior Court Orders Immediate Halt to Gold mine [...]]]> http://intercontinentalcry.org/underreported-struggles-31-october-2009/ It is emerging that members of the Ogiek community will not be evicted from the forest after all. The Secretariat of Mau task force committee said last week that the Indigenous Ogieks will not be evicted from their ancestral land in Kenya’s Mau forest. As reported by NTVKenya, the announcement came as Prime Minister Raila [...]]]> http://intercontinentalcry.org/ogieks-will-not-be-evicted-from-the-mau-forest/ In July 2009, a group of 30 indigenous elders and leaders from Ampilatwatja, in Australia’s Northern Territory, walked away from their community to escape the Northern Territory Intervention and regain control over their own lives. 3 months later, the Ampilatwatja Walkoff continues. In October, Ampilatwatja’s spokesperson, Richard Downs, conducted a speaking-tour along the east coast of [...]]]> http://intercontinentalcry.org/the-ampilatwatja-walkoff-continues/ Continued aggressions of the Chilean state has led the Arauco Malleco Coordinator of Mapuche Communities in Conflict (CAM), a radical indigenous Mapuche organization, to formally renounce their Chilean citizenship and declared war on the government. The declaration was issued on Oct. 20, the same day that two trucks belonging to the El Bosque forestry corporation were [...]]]> http://intercontinentalcry.org/continued-aggression-leads-to-mapuche-declaration-of-war/ Reporting for theangle.org, Independent photojournalist Damian Baker examines life in Porgera Valley, a once-pristine region in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea—now ravaged through multinational gold mining. In late August, a coalition of indigenous groups and landowners in Papua New Guinea announced their plan to shut down the open pit gold mine on their territory, unless [...]]]> http://intercontinentalcry.org/life-in-porgera-valley-papua-new-guinea/ Some three hundred indigenous people from the Peruvian Amazon region of Madre de Dios are on their way to the town of Salvacion to evict the Texas-based company Hunt Oil from their ancestral territory. According to reports on mongabay.com, hundreds of Peruvian police officers are waiting in the town for their arrival. Last month, Indigenous leaders [...]]]> http://intercontinentalcry.org/amazon-natives-move-to-evict-u-s-oil-company/ The Aboriginal community of Fort Chipewyan is located downstream from one of the most polluting oil operations in the world – the tar sands. Downstream follows Dr. John O’Connor as he fights for the lives of residents who are dying from rare forms of cancer. In 2005, Dr. John O’Connor spoke out publicly about the unusually [...]]]> http://intercontinentalcry.org/tar-sands-documentary-downstream/ The Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN) is looking for ideas and suggestions on what stories they should cover for their recently-announced week on the environment, scheduled to air in March. The Executive Producer of APTN’s new investigative unit, Paul Barnsley, made the request in an email last week, saying they want to produce one four-minute piece [...]]]> http://intercontinentalcry.org/what-environmental-stories-should-aptn-cover/