#Bolivia’s #IndigenousPeoples' Survivance: Operation Condor 2.0 (2019 US-Backed Coup), Lithium, More

"They went after dark-skinned people, anyone with #indigenous features - women in traditional polleras, the indigenous women's skirts of Quechuas & Aymaras, there were brutal beatings & killings, rapes. They targeted all the representative groups of the #MAS coalition.."

#KathrynLedebur

https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/bolivias-indigenous-peoples-survivance-operation-condor/id1514434283?i=1000627099361

#BolivianCoup #BolivianCoup2019 #EvoMorales #OAS #Áñez

#AmericanIndianAirwaves

Unearth the truth
:Multiple sites of possible secret or “clandestine” burials have been discovered on the grounds of one of the most violent and abusive institutions of the Stolen Generations era – Kinchela Aboriginal Boys’ Training Home on the north coast of New South Wales."
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/sep/07/kinchela-aboriginal-boys-training-home-secret-graves-burial-sites-stolen-generations-institution-children
#Kempsey #Christians #Kinchela #children #survivors #MidNorthCoast #AU #CA #IndigenousPeoples

fifty years of surface mining tragically polluted the waters, air, and ecosystems of the #NorthwesternGreatBasin.

At PeeheeMu'huh (#ThackerPass) the tactics are the same: short-sighted extractive industry authorized by federal and state agencies, who collectively disregard the interests and wellbeing of #IndigenousPeoples. The Cordero Mine was built on lands overseen by the Bureau of Land Management (#BLM); the Thacker Pass lithium mine is similarly situated on BLM lands.

5/10

extractive industry continues to treat the #earth and her ancient precious #minerals as little more than profit-potential. Meanwhile, this self-dealing too often entails the wholesale #exploitation of #IndigenousPeoples and the destruction of the #SacredLands and #ecosystems upon which our communities depend.

Indigenous Peoples across northern Nevada are no strangers to this paradigm. In our newest video installment documenting the #OxSamCamp resistance,

2/10

How 19th-century plantations turned Maui into a tinderbox

Hawaii/ Lahaina, the 18th century, “Venice of the Pacific”:
"A glut of natural wetlands nourished breadfruit trees, extensive taro terraces and fishponds that sustained wildlife and generations of Native."

"But more than a century and a half of plantation agriculture, driven by American and European colonists, have depleted Lahaina’s streams and turned biodiverse food forests into tinderboxes... The rise of plantation capital spawned the drying of the west side of Maui."

"Land privatization and water depletion set the stage for the Lahaina fire 150 years ago. ...Disaster capitalism at its finest”

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/aug/27/maui-wildfire-water-plantations-ecology
#colonial #monoculture #plantations #water #rights #logging #IndigenousPeoples #Lahaina #Hawaii #disasters #Australia #NativeForest #bushfires

Generation restore is collecting seeds to heal the land
Indigenous young people are restoring environment ravaged for generations.

"Generations of land clearing since colonisation has put an ancient ecosystem in southern New South Wales in danger. The ultimate goal is to create an environment suitable for native pines that have been over-harvested. Native trees such as the cypress pine were once prolific in the woodland, but were historically used for homesteads and fencing, which resulted in generations of clearing."

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-27/native-seed-harvesting-in-lake-cargelligo/102774546
#GenerationRestoration #ecosystems #NSW #IndigenousPeoples #ColonialLegacies #degradation #Landclearing #grazing #erosion

When they came and took the forest away... there was a civil uprising.
Pt.2
Cherán. 5 years of self-government in an indigenous community in Mexico
"Ordinary people decided to confront the criminal organizations that came down from the hill with several vans loaded with wood. That was the beginning. Its experience has inspired indigenous communities throughout Mexico, who seek respect for their rights, territory, institutions and culture."
https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/cher-n-5-years-of-self-government-in-indi/

Images: Confronting the cartel: Ritual Inhabitual depict a community’s fightback against corruption in Mexico
https://www.1854.photography/2023/07/ritual-inhabitual-ones-to-watch/

Can satellite imagery fight illegal logging in Mexico?
Between 2006 and 2012, researchers estimate that about 70 percent of Cheran’s forests were ravaged by organised criminals as locals staged protests to denounce police inaction.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/5/26/can-satellite-imagery-fight-illegal-logging-in-mexico

#Forests #biodiversity #trees #water #Cherán #IndigenousPeoples #uprising
#Logging #violence #trucks #cartels #corruption #IndigenousSelfRule #SelfDetermination #DecisionMaking #SocialMedia #protests #democracy #activism #resistance #PoliticalParticipation #fightback
#NewryStateForest #NSWLogging #Gumbaynggirr

"Negli ultimi 4 anni, ogni 60 ore, un bambino #Yanomami sotto i 5 anni è stato ucciso dalla fame, dalla dissenteria acuta o dalla malaria, per un totale di circa 600 morti."

#Brasile #HumanRights
#IndigenousPeoples #Lula #Bolsonaro #19agosto

https://www.labottegadelbarbieri.org/brasile-il-genocidio-del-popolo-yanomami/

@caramia200 gives us @cathywilcox #cartoon: #VoiceToParliament #Dutton apologised for walking out on #Apology to #StolenGeneration,
#CaraMia200: yet he hasn’t changed his abusive behaviour. Why apologise? He’s seeking to manipulate ppl. He lies about what the #Voice (simple proposition about listening to #IndigenousPeoples) means. #auspol #TheCathyWilcox #alttext

"La difesa dei loro diritti coincide con una migliore protezione dell'ambiente e del clima. Sebbene però siano considerate custodi delle risorse naturali, le tribù indigene spesso devono affrontare repressioni, discriminazioni e razzismo di massa. E pagano con la vita."

#IndigenousPeoples #HumanRights #11agosto

https://www.valigiablu.it/repressione-indigeni-lotta-diritti-ambiente/

Let’s explore what that means. Free, Prior, and Informed Consent ( #FPIC ) is a specific right granted to #IndigenousPeoples recognized in the #UnitedNationsDeclarationOnTheRightsOfIndigenousPeoples , aligning with our universal right to self-determination. FPIC allows Indigenous peoples to provide, withhold, or withdraw #consent, at any point, regarding projects impacting our #territories, and it provides us the opportunity to engage in negotiations

11/20

which make up 80 % of the globe’s #biodiversity are cared for and protected by #IndigenousPeoples.

The #ThackerPass #mining project, located within an area known for its rich lithium deposits, aims to extract this valuable metal used in rechargeable batteries for electric vehicles, smartphones, laptops, and renewable energy storage systems. The project plans to use an open-pit mining method to extract lithium-bearing clay resources, using unholy amounts of #water.

6/20

https://www.protectthackerpass.org/lithium-mining-mountains-of-water/

The #ClimateCrisis is upending the lives & livelihoods of many #indigenous communities worldwide.

Now, #IndigenousPeoples are turning to the courts to fight for their rights & the planet's future.

#IndigenousLivesMatter #conservation https://www.unep.org/news-and-stories/story/climate-crisis-alters-their-lands-indigenous-peoples-turn-courts

Persecuted, displaced, killed: How indigenous peoples fight for their rights and the conservation of nature

https://www.dw.com/en/persecuted-displaced-killed-how-indigenous-peoples-fight-for-their-rights-and-the-conservation-of-nature/a-66477245?maca=en-dipa_news_mstdn-34613-xml-mrss

#climateprotection #indigenouspeoples #Philippines #Australia #humanrights #Brazil #Aborigines #Amazonrainforest #mining

From Brazil to Germany: Marking Indigenous Peoples' Day

https://www.dw.com/en/from-brazil-to-germany-marking-indigenous-peoples-day/a-66475428?maca=en-dipa_news_mstdn-34613-xml-mrss

#TheInternationaldayoftheWorld'sIndigenousPeoples #Brazil #Indigenouspeoples #exhibition

‘Ecological grief’ for eradicated birds

"Despite the violent disruptions of colonisation, Māori and other Indigenous peoples around the world have continued to hold worldviews where biological beings are interlinked in a complex web of life."

"Expressions of ecological grieving, such as whakataukī (proverbs) mourning the loss of the moa, play an important role in maintaining these worldviews."

https://theconversation.com/call-of-the-huia-how-nzs-bird-of-the-century-contest-helps-us-express-ecological-grief-210698
#extinction #birds #worldviews #IndigenousPeoples #WebOfLife #EcologicalGrief #nature #MereStuff

please read this, friends #genocide #westernoppression #indigenouspeoples

https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2023/08/01/18857937.php

Due to historic and ongoing racism and exclusion, governments, NGOs, and others must collaborate with Indigenous Peoples on their own terms to improve access to and use of data for effective public health responses to COVID-19.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33869569

#NICHDImpact #COVID19 #Racism #PublicHealth #IndigenousPeoples

“Basically, we are taking tribal knowledge & blending it with today’s ecological science.”

#IndigenousPeoples #Forestry #RegenerativeCulture #Ecology #Conservation #Timber #Carbon #IndigenousKnowledge #Wildlife #Biodiversity

https://e360.yale.edu/features/menominee-forest-management-logging

Historical works on settler colonialism and genocide are voluminous, but there are relatively few, if any, works of synthesis geared to advanced high school and undergraduate students. #History #Colonialism #Genocides #IndigenousPeoples #HistoryFacts https://www.worldhistory.org/review/376/destroying-to-replace-settler-genocides-of-indigen/