Conai: Costa Rican Indian Organization Report 1977-1979
Document written in Spanish with sections titled as follows: Breve relacion historica de Conai, nuewtro presupuesto, nuestros objectivos globales, revision organizacional de conai su puesta en marcha como insitucion, etc.
Read moreIndigenous Crisis in Central American and the Carribean Region, Nicaragua: Sandinistas, MISURASATA and the Rights of the Miskitos, Sumas and Ramas
This paper begins with a statement of the problems in Nicaragua and lists those problems in four different sections. It goes on to give the demographics of the reserve territory…
Read moreComunicado
Document written in Spanish beginning with, “Las Delegacioned del Gobierno de la Republica de Nicaragua y de la Organizacion Misurasata…”
Read moreMisurasata Unofficial Translation: Press Release
Unofficial translation of a press release in Nicaragua concerning the Indian War and MISURASATA. Includes a copy of the press release in the original languange and print.
Read moreA Statement from the People of the South Moluccas: A Human Rights Appeal
A statement in regards to invasion of ancestral land of the South Moluccas by Indonesian forces and the mistreatment of its people and land. Indigenous peoples are being chased out…
Read moreIndian Crisis in Central America: A Resolution Concerning the Urgent Situation of Central American Indian Peoples in the Face of Violence and Genocide, with particular References to the Situations in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Nicargua
Paper addressing the issue of the indigenous people of Central America and the poor treatment they are receiving from the government. The governments are not recognizing the natives as a…
Read moreThe Cheers Have Stopped for BPA
April 21, 1980. This article concludes a series ran on the Bonneville Power administration ? the federal agency originally in charge of supplying hydroelectric power and determining its market value….
Read moreBPA: Stonewalling by public utilities means shortages
April 20, 1980. This article, documenting what was an ongoing debate over electrical utilities in the Pacific Northwest, points to how expected energy shortages of the time were potential roadblocks…
Read moreBPA Memo Says Power Bill Won?t Prevent NW Shortage
April 18, 1980. This article cites an internal memo of the Bonneville Power Administration, which suggests that the BPA probably wouldn?t have enough power to service all its customers due…
Read morePuget Power charges questioned
April 15, 1980. This article charts some discrepancies that arose in the late 1970s between the amounts that the nation?s largest power companies charged for federal income taxes and the…
Read moreChief George Manuel Memorial Indigenous Library
The library is dedicated to the memory of Secwepemc Chief George Manuel (1921-1989), to the nations of the Fourth World and to the elders and generations to come.
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