“We are now facing a difficult situation in Peru, where there are attempts to cut back the territorial rights of the indigenous peoples, including moves to divide, fragment and privatise our communal organisations. Now more than ever, it is a matter of urgency for us to consolidate our own indigenous alternatives for development.” MatterMovingDifficultSituationCuttingRightsDevelopmentIncludingAlternativesDividesFragmentsIndigenousUrgencyOrganisationIndigenous PeoplePeruDifficult SituationsTerritorial Author:Evaristo Nugkuag
“My family are doctors and pilots and people involved in indigenous First Nation land rights; not overtly artistic.” PeopleFirstsNationsRightsLandInvolvedMy FamilyDoctorsArtisticPilotsIndigenous Author:Deborah Kara Unger
“If one looks into the genealogies of many 'old families,' one discovers episodes of slave trafficking, bootlegging, gun running, opium trading, falsified land claims, violent acquisition of water and mineral rights, the extermination of indigenous peoples, sales of shoddy and unsafe goods, public funds used for private speculations, crooked deals in government bonds and vouchers, and payoffs for political favors.” IfsLooksGovernmentRunningPoliticalUsedWaterDealsRightsLandGunClaimsSlaveFavorsViolentFundGoodsEpisodesTradingSpeculationIndigenousAcquisitionCrookedMineralsOpiumIndigenous PeopleUnsafePayoffTraffickingGenealogyExterminationVouchersBootlegging Author:Michael Parenti
“Most governments in Latin America have failed to recognize the rights of indigenous people and their right to their own traditional territories.” PeopleGovernmentAmericaRightsTraditionalLatinTerritoryIndigenousLatin AmericaIndigenous People Author:Bianca Jagger
“One of the movements we have developed is to say that, just as intellectual property rights protect the inventions of individuals, common rights are needed to protect the common intellectual heritage of indigenous peoples. These are rights that are recognized through the Convention on Biological Diversity. We are working to make sure that they become foundations of our jurisprudence.” IndividualCommonRightsMovementNeededProtectDiversityIntellectualFoundationPropertyInventionHeritageConventionsIndigenousProperty RightsIntellectual PropertyIndigenous PeopleJurisprudence Author:Vandana Shiva