41. Choike : Indigenous Peoples of indigenous Nationalities of ecuador (CONAIE) CONAIE is a representative bodyaimed at guaranteeing indigenous peoples of ecuador a political voice. http://chasque.choike.org/links/4/34/links.html

Home People Society Environment ... En Español Choike: A Portal on Southern Civil Societies Home People : Indigenous Peoples our directory NGO sites document.write(''); document.write('People'); document.write(description[0] + codigo[0]); document.write('Society'); document.write(description[1] + codigo[0]); document.write('Environment'); document.write(description[2] + codigo[0]); document.write('Communication'); document.write(description[3] + codigo[0]); document.write('Globalization'); document.write(description[4] + codigo[0]); document.write(''); feature Indigenous Peoples - Jueves 04/07/2002 Peruvian Farmers and Indigenous People Denounce Maca Patents document.write(''); Indigenous peoples' and farmers' organizations from the Andes and the Amazon gathered at the offices of the Ecological Forum in Lima, Peru on 28 June 2002 to formally denounce US patents on maca, the high-altitude Andean plant (of the Cruciferae [mustard] family) that has been grown for centuries by indigenous peoples in the Puna highlands of Peru. ETC Group recommended web sites Indian Law Resource Center ILRC is dedicated to the protection of indigenous peoples’ human rights, cultures, and traditional lands. The Center provides legal and technical support to indigenous communities working on these issues.

42. [Eco-list] LS: Declaration On Climate Convention And Indigenous Peoples (fwd) indigenous peoples As a result of the Quito Workshop on the Clean Development Mechanismand indigenous and local communities (convened May 46, Quito, ecuador) http://lists.isb.sdnpk.org/pipermail/eco-list/2000-June/000069.html

[Eco-list] LS: Declaration on Climate Convention and Indigenous Peoples (fwd) Zubair Faisal Abbasi zubair@isb.sdnpk.org Sat, 24 Jun 2000 15:55:16 +0500 (PKT) Previous message: [Eco-list] LS: Drought paralyses Xiaolangdi Dam (fwd) Next message: [Eco-list] INFOTERRA: Russia: To all environmental NGOs (fwd) Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ] Forwarded message Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 11:52:41 -0700 (PDT) From: owner-irn-wcd@netvista.net amazon@amazonalliance.org. Previous message: [Eco-list] LS: Drought paralyses Xiaolangdi Dam (fwd) Next message: [Eco-list] INFOTERRA: Russia: To all environmental NGOs (fwd) Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ]

43. Ecuador Facts And Figures, Ecuador History For more about ecuador's indigenous peoples, check out the Website of CONAIE, theConfederation of indigenous peoples of ecuador, Child from ecuador's southern http://www.goecuador.com/pages_home/aboutec.html

Home Tours eZine Calendar ... Classifieds Tour Activities Birdwatching Deep-Sea-Fishing Horseback Ride Jungle Exploration Mountain Climbing Scuba and Snorkeling Whale Watching Whitewater Rafting Yacht Tours REGIONS Amazon Andes, center Andes, north Andes, south Coast Quito about Ecuador about Go Ecuador travel tips Ecuador e-Village Introduction Ecuador is a magical "New" World country. Despite its small size (Ecuador is about the size of Nevada) the country is blessed with kaleidoscopic diversity in its topography, biology and people. N.B. Some local shamans claim that this nearness to the sun creates unique "cosmic" energies that are conducive to seeing God. There is, however, as of yet, no proof of this). Mt. Chimborazo

44. Best Indigenous Cultures Websites of indigenous Nationalities of ecuador has led the indigenous peoples of ecuadorfrom relative isolation to a position at center stage of ecuadorian society. http://www.care2.com/channels/ecoinfo/cultures

Email Search Login Home ... Eco-Info Cultures CULTURES Subjects Action Center Agriculture Animal Rights Bee Keeping ... Amazon International was formed and developed to help preserve Brazilian resources in an environmentally sound manner, benefiting the people of Brazil and the world. Rainforest Foundation supports indigenous peoples and traditional populations of the rainforest in their efforts to protect their environment and fulfill their rights. THE BEST CULTURES LINKS Recommended by Care2 Staff Amazon Alliance for Indigenous and Traditional Peoples of the Amazon Basin is an initiative born out of the partnership between indigenous and traditional peoples of the Amazon and groups and individuals who share their concerns for the future of the Amazon and its peoples. Amazon Conservation Team's Executive Director is Mark Plotkin, Ph.D., Ethnobotinist and author of Tales of the Shaman's Apprentice. The group works to conserve the Amazonian rainforest and knowledge of the indigenous shaman. Amazon International was formed and developed to help preserve Brazilian resources in an environmentally sound manner, benefiting the people of Brazil and the world. Amazon Watch works with indigenous and environmental organizations in the Amazon Basin to defend the environment and advance indigenous people's rights in the face of large-scale industrial development.

45. American Indigenous Peoples Canadian “first nations”; Native peoples of Chile; Native peoplesof Colombia; ecuador indigenous Flags; Qhishwa-Aymara; Inca; Native http://www.1uptravel.com/flag/flags/sam-nat.html

American indigenous peoples Last modified: by antonio martins Keywords: america indian native american ethnic group ... indigenous people Links: FOTW homepage search write us mirrors See: Canadian “first nations” United States Native Americans Olmec civilization Mexica civilization ... Guarani people’s flag (Paraguay) Other sites: Flags of Native South Americans (at the NAVA website)

46. Indigenous Peoples Fund - Publications January 2000. Defining Ethnodevelopment in Operational Terms Lessons fromthe ecuador indigenous and Afroecuadoran peoples Project. November 1996. http://www.gm-unccd.org/FIELD/Multi/IPF/pub.htm

Main Page Global Mechanism About FIELD Help ... Contact GM On-line Indigenous Peoples Fund Publications, Websites and Other Relevant Documents Date Description Costs of Discrimination in Latin America (PDF) (50 KB) January 2000 Defining Ethnodevelopment in Operational Terms: Lessons from the Ecuador Indigenous and Afro-Ecuadoran Peoples Project November 1996 Indigenous Peoples and Biodiversity in Latin America: A Survey of Current Information Indigenous Peoples Development Network/Red Indigena January 1996 Investing in Latin America's Indigenous Peoples: The Human and Social Capital Dimensions March 1994 Promoting the Development of Indigenous Peoples in Latin America The World Bank and Indigenous Peoples All publications Corporate Website:

47. Diego Cevallos, Racism Thwarts Indigenous Rights, Says Menchu She said the International Decade of indigenous peoples, declared amidst the as newinfluence and leadership roles won by ecuador's indigenous movement, the 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.

48. Amazon Watch Works With Indigenous And Environmental Organizations In The Amazon September 13, 2002 Author of World Bank Environmental Policies Says the OCP CrudePipeline in ecuador Threatens Amazon Biodiversity and indigenous peoples. http://www.amazonwatch.org/newsreleases02.html

News Releases Media Clips 2002 News Releases 2001 News Releases 2000 News Releases 1999 News Releases 1998 News Releases ... December 9, 2002 - Ecuadorian Indigenous Leaders Arrive in Bay Area to Urge ChevronTexaco to Clean Up Toxic Waste in Amazon Region December 3, 2002 Amazon Watch releases dramatic video of Cuiaba Pipeline Audit December 2, 2002 November 20, 2002 The Position of US Environmental Organizations in Respect to The Camisea Gas Project in the Peruvian Amazon November 20, 2002 Washington Post: "Texas Firms Line Up U.S. Aid in Peru Gas Project's Damage to Rain Forest Assailed" November 15, 2002 November 12, 2002 Residents and Environmentalists Paralyze OCP Pipeline Construction in MindoCommunity Members and International Observer Arrested October 31, 2002 Thousands Protest FTAA Summit in Ecuador Today as Trade Ministers Kick Off Talks on Controversial Accord October 1, 2002

49. Ecuador, OCP Pipeline Ancestral Territories From An Oil Invasion Many indigenous peoples of ecuador’ssouthern Amazon are saying no to oil development in their territories. http://www.amazonwatch.org/megaprojects/ec_imf_oil.html

December 2002 "We will say NO forever, we don't want to think about the possibility of oil in the future, we definitely want another kind of future." Achuar leader Santiago Kawarim. In early 2002, the government announced plans to carve out huge new oil blocks covering 5.9 million acres of globally renowned old growth Amazon rainforest in the ancestral homelands to the Shuar, Achuar, Shiwiar, Zapara, and Quichua peoples. US$2 billion in new investments is needed to build wells, service roads, and flow lines that will crisscross indigenous homelands. Defending Ancestral Territories From An Oil Invasion Many indigenous peoples of Ecuador’s southern Amazon are saying no to oil development in their territories. Following the official announcement of the new oil exploitation program, national and local indigenous groups joined to issue a categorical refusal to allow oil companies into their lands. As Achuar leader Santiago Kawarim declared, "We will say NO forever, we don't want to think about the possibility of oil in the future, we definitely want another kind of future." World Biosphere Reserve Targeted for Oil Exploitation IMF Gains, Forest Peoples Lose

50. PROBLEMS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES LIVING IN CITIES SHOULD BE ADDRESSED, PERMANENT F had taken up in earnest. A spirit of dialogue had been the guidingprinciple in ecuador’s relations with its indigenous peoples. http://www.un.org/rights/indigenous/hr4600.doc.htm

HR/4600 21 May 2002 PROBLEMS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES LIVING IN CITIES SHOULD BE ADDRESSED, PERMANENT FORUM TOLD (Reissued as received from a UN Information Officer.) NEW YORK, 17 May The Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues should discuss the situation of indigenous peoples living in urban areas, an indigenous representative told the Forum today, as it continued its review of United Nations activities relating to indigenous peoples. According to the representative from the Ainu Association of Sapporo (Japan), many Ainu had settled for economic reasons in industrial centres away from their native communities, where traditions were not handed down from the elders. A 1997 law to protect the Ainu culture mostly benefited Japanese scholars, while the Ainu culture was being ‘Japanized’, a cultural invasion that could be seen as a new form of colonization. Stuart W. Leslie (Belize), speaking on behalf of the 14 Member States of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), said the Permanent Forum should provide “critical advice” to the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). CARICOM members were aware of the contribution to sustainable development made by indigenous peoples, and realized the need to strengthen their human and institutional capacities to allow them to better participate in decision-making.

51. RIGHTS-LATAM/CARIBBEAN Indigenous Peoples Decry War And Oil Brazil, Colombia, ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela are members of the Coordinating Body for the indigenous peoples' Organisations http://www.oneworld.org/ips2/jan02/00_03_001.html

52. Campaign Page The rights of ecuador’s indigenous peoples have been laid out clearly in internationaland national law – but these rights have been consistently violated. http://advocacynet.autoupdate.com/cpage_view/amazonoil_introduction_17_58.html

home sitemap search campaigns home ... Kosovo A listing of all our past campaigns with synopses. Introduction Troubled History Poisoning the Amazon Risky Business ... profile: OPIP SUBSCRIBE! here for our monthly e-mail newsletter AdvocacyNet! Defending the Amazon INTRODUCTION: ENVIRONMENTAL ASSAULT AND GRASSROOTS RESISTANCE By Peter Lippman oil waste pond For thirty years, one of the richest bioregions on the planet has been under assault from international oil companies. In the Amazonian region that makes up the eastern half of Ecuador, catastrophic damage has already taken place. Not only have rivers, jungles, and wildlife been despoiled, but the health and culture of the indigenous and Mestizo communities of the Amazon are in critical danger. The grassroots human rights organizations of the Oriente (Ecuador’s Amazon) have resisted the destruction of their land by the oil companies. But in 2002 they face a heightened threat. The Ecuadorian government is preparing to lease off huge new tracts of pristine rain forest, for a new round of oil exploration. And construction of a new pipeline is underway across the country and through a dozen environmentally "protected zones." A new chapter is unfolding in the continuing corporate onslaught against the Amazon.

53. Hrip ecuador. Abya Yala Net indigenous peoples of ecuador. World History ArchivesNative American history in ecuador. The Declaration of Quito 1990. http://www.colby.edu/personal/jdanders/hrip.html

Colby College Instructor: Jeffrey Anderson E-mail: jdanders@colby.edu Back to Jeff Anderson's Home Page TOPICS ON THIS SITE: INTRO TO HUMAN RIGHTS INTRO TO INDIGENOUS PEOPLES INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS NORTH AMERICA ... TOP OF PAGE INTRODUCTION TO HUMAN RIGHTS Universal Declaration of Human Rights An Introduction to the Human Rights Movement A Short History of the Human Rights Movement INTRODUCTION TO INDIGENOUS PEOPLES Global Problems Reader: Indigenous Peoples, Ethnic Conflict and Nation-States Who are the World's Indigenous Peoples? The Human Rights of Indigenous Peoples THE UNITED NATIONS AND THE RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES UN Draft Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples UN Draft Declaration First Progress Report 1992 UN Draft Declaration Second Progress Report 1995 UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Indigenous Peoples ... REPORT ON THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE 17TH UNITED NATIONS WORKING GROUP ON INDIGENOUS POPULATIONS IN GENEVA, JULY 26TH - 30TH 1999 RIGHTS OF DISCOVERY AND CONQUEST The Bull, Inter Caetera (Alexander VI), May 4, 1493. The Spanish Origins of Indian Rights by Felix Cohen ... Papal Bulls Pertaining to the Americas NATION-STATES AND INDIGENOUS RIGHTS IN THE FOURTH WORLD Fourth World Nations: Conflicts and Alternatives by Bernard Q. Nietschmann

54. Amazonia . . ecuador One thousand indigenous peoples from the forests of ecuador gatheredin Quito to demand a share in ecuador's growing oil profits December 99. . . http://www.amazonia.net/Articles/371.htm

Ecuador: One thousand indigenous peoples from the forests of Ecuador gathered in Quito to demand a share in Ecuador's growing oil profits - December 99 ECUADOR: One thousand indigenous peoples from the forests of Ecuador gathered in Quito to demand a share in Ecuador's growing oil profits. Indian communities of Ecuador's southeastern jungle, where most of the country's oil is produced, are among the poorest people in the country and do not receive money from oil. A delegation of 25 leaders of the march were invited into a special session of Congress, where they voiced their demands. Crude oil exports are the country's money maker. Revenue from exports totaled about US$790 million between January and September of this year. Ecuador produces 360,000 barrels of oil daily, 320,000 of which are for export. (Associated Press, November 23, 1999) Volume 4, Number 20 December 11, 1999 Quickindex What is new ? Full Index COUNTRIES and REGIONS Guyana ... More... EWGA 1997

55. Amazonia ecuador One thousand indigenous peoples from the forests of ecuador gatheredin Quito to demand a share in ecuador's growing oil profits December 99. http://www.amazonia.net/Topics/Ecuador-18/

Ecuador Ecuador communities win national parks resource extraction ban - Feb. 7, 1999 Atacapi Tours World Bank expresses support for Ecuador - 16 March Ecuador: Occidental Petroleum want indigenous land for oil - 13 July, 1999 ... Ecuador: Heart of palm cultivation results in deforestation - April 2000 Quickindex What is new ? Full Index COUNTRIES and REGIONS Guyana ... More... EWGA 1997

56. Steven Geiger Arts and Craft of the Saguros (ecuador), (contributed to indigenous peoples).Pimienta de Cuetzalan, Puebla, (contributed to indigenous peoples). http://www.developmentgateway.org/indigenousrights/dg-directory/shared/community

57. /CORRECTION/RIGHTS Indigenous Peoples Of The World Unite For to consolidate a network of solidarity between rural and indigenous peoples. ecuador'sindigenous movement is considered the best organised and strongest in http://www.oneworld.net/ips2/apr01/01_34_010.html

58. Www.nadir.org/nadir/initiativ/agp/free/imf/ecuador/txt/2000/0119conanie.txt Date Tue, 18 Jan 2000 175714 +0100 From el desaparecido International Press Releasefrom the Confederation of indigenous peoples of ecuador (CONAIE) Quito http://www.nadir.org/nadir/initiativ/agp/free/imf/ecuador/txt/2000/0119conanie.t

[ecuador] press release CONAIE (indigenous movement) 16.1 Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2000 17:57:14 +0100 From: el desaparecido International Press Release from the Confederation of Indigenous Peoples of Ecuador (CONAIE) Quito - January 16th 2000 The National Parliament of the Peoples of Ecuador, democratically constituted with the participation of 21 Provincial parliaments and innumerable community, county and neighbourhood parliaments, has directly assumed the control of national sovereignty in order to save the Republic of Ecuador from the process of national dissolution started by the decision of Jamil Mahuad to renounce monetary sovereignty by announcing the substition of the sucre, our historical form of currency, for the (American) dollar. The decision to dollarize the economy is the latest attack against the peoples economy and the country's system of production executed by Mahuad with the sinister intent to protect a corrupt "bankocracy" and to transform Ecuador into an enclave for financial speculation and money- laundering. The dollarization implies the destruction of the system of production, the bankrupcy of industry and the loss of hundreds of thousands of jobs, and increasing expropriation of the tiny parcels of land that belong to the indigenous and rural people of the country. This colonial system is impossible to apply plus incoming dividends represent barely 15% of the Gross National Product, consequentially Mahuads obsession contains the reduction which will asphyxiate the country's system of production. After a series of indigenous uprising, rural campesinos strikes and workers general strikes none of their legitimate aspirations have been attended to or resolved. Instead his (Mahuads) privatisation programs in industrial petroleum, social security, telephone and electricity and his apparent course to destroy the rights of indigenous peoples, rural campesinos and workers has intensified. Bank deposits have been frozen and their devolution has been proposed for 10 years from now, at the same time as rampant corruption in the thousands of millions of dollars by bankers. In face of this situation the National Parliament of the People of Ecuador has convened a National Meeting on the Defence of our Sovereignty to replace Mahuad and the legislative and judicial powers and to install the sovereign exercise of power for the people and to found a Pluri-national state that will definitively eliminate the secular oppression of the majority indigenous population. The National Parliament of the People of Ecuador calls on all peoples organisations of the world and to all who are taking care of our world to come together in solidarity and actively defend the legitimate right of the people of Ecuador to directly exercise their sovereignty, demanding the public forces of Ecuador who are observing this exercise of the peoples sovereignty to not repress the peaceful mobilisation of millions of Ecuadorians and to subordinate themselves to the legitimate sovereignty that our people are asking for. Equally we implore them to recognise the obvious legitimacy of the National Parliament of the People of Ecuador and to demand (foreign) governments immediatly recognize us (the National Parliament). Attentively Antonio Vargas President of the National Parliament of the People of Ecuador More information from CONAIE The peoples uprising continues to increase due to governmental repression and lies The Confederation of Indigenous Peoples of Ecuador (CONAIE) wishes to issue an alert to all that the Government of Ecuador has started a mis-information campaign through the media to divide and restrict the advances of the popular-indigenous mobilisation. It is not true that Antonio Vargas has announced a stop in the mobilisation. The mobilisation will continue without stopping until it has achieved its objectives for the people of Ecuador. Without exception, all of the provinces, in addition to the actions that the mestizo population in the Coastal and Sierran regions have begun to signal their solidarity: markets have begun to close, the petroleum strike has begun and there have been road closures in the littoral and Sierran regions. Actions have been realised since midnight on Saturday as foreseen with large mobilisation s in Cannier, Azure, Nap, Moron Santiago y Bolivar.

59. Www.nadir.org/nadir/initiativ/agp/free/imf/ecuador/txt/2001/0220Indians_win_agai Its tool massive mobilization. ecuador's indigenous peoples do notgovern the country, not yet, but they can stop business as usual. http://www.nadir.org/nadir/initiativ/agp/free/imf/ecuador/txt/2001/0220Indians_w

Feb 21, 2001 Ecuador Indians win again A mandated increase of 100 percent in the price of domestic fuel, of major impact for the many far-flung Indigenous communities of Ecuador, generated the most recent example of Indian government-by-mobilization in that country. The Indigenous peoples of Ecuador - Indians of the Americas - have held this basis of political clout since a year ago when their national movement, Pachakutik, toppled a president and ushered in a new era of respect for the country's very large Indian population. In Ecuador (as in Peru, Bolivia, Guatemala and Mexico), Indian people are the mass, both in urban areas and in the countryside. In Ecuador, during the 1990s, this Indian mass of people (estimates put it at 40 percent to 60 percent of 12 million) from 12 specific nations organized throughout the four corners of the country into a national movement and have come to be reckoned a powerful force. The Ecuadorian Indigenous "democracy from underneath" marks a crystal moment in the political strategy developed by a highly discriminated range of Native nations, from the Andes mountains to the Amazon, the most populous of which are the Quechua, descendants of the Incas, in a national coalition that includes many lowland Amazonian tribes. Peaceful, discouraging the use of firearms and warlike violence, nevertheless this movement can shut down the highways of this South American country and literally paralyze its economy. Its method: coalition building. Its tool: massive mobilization. Ecuador's Indigenous peoples do not govern the country, not yet, but they can stop business as usual. Most interestingly, this Indian movement enjoys the overwhelming support of social and guild organizations, unions, churches and other modest sectors, including many among the rank and file of the Ecuadorian army, composed largely of Indigenous and working class recruits. It is important to take note of this remarkable fact: in Ecuador, the national "movement of conscience," which is attempting to assuage the terrible economic conditions afflicting the country, is led by the Indian national movement, which practically all progressive organizations support. This movement has keenly strategic Indian leadership. It has a well-developed intellectual tradition. It is very community-related. The movement-by-mobilization is not without sacrifice. In the 10-day mobilization of 6,000 Native people to the capital of Quito, important concessions were gained from the government, but not before six demonstrators were shot to death and dozens injured in the inevitable, if sporadic, clashes that erupted. After the deaths, 40 protesters launched a serious hunger strike in the capital of Quito that greatly dramatized the issue. That and the closing of highways, which had already cost the Ecuadorian Federation of Exporters some $50 million in lost export earnings, led to the signing of a formal accord between the president and a council of 80 Indigenous leaders led by Antonio Vargas, CONAIE (National Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities) president. The combination of tactics and elements make the Indian movement "a major powerbroker in the country," Reuters news agency reports. Last time, the Indian mobilization of Ecuador toppled a president; this time, it reversed the earlier mandated price rise and actually negotiated a drop of 20 percent from the present price of gasoline products, among other important concessions. Under pressure, the government promised to establish a people's gas distribution system, which would guarantee long term price stability. The main national Indian organization, CONAIE strategically addresses many national-level issues that transcend to the non-Native population. Among these is the serious concern by Ecuadorians that the war in neighboring Colombia could spill over to their country. CONAIE's demand that the government not participate in "Plan Colombia," part of the U.S. Drug War's multi-billion dollar military involvement in that troubled country, had overwhelming support and won just such a promise from the government. This oil-rich country, always struggling with a great deal of corruption in government, can do better by its Indigenous peoples, who might be as much as half of the total population. By imposing "economic austerity" measures, which fundamentally squeezed the poor sectors to pay for decades of corruption and theft by previous public officials, it made a desperate situation unacceptable. Indian people led the country in saying no to this approach to "globalization"; the government had to back down. Most importantly, once again, the Indian movement proved itself a continuous force from underneath. Its non-violent but forceful mobilization, once again concentrating a wide-ranging coalition, keeps it a viable leadership sector for social change. Throughout the mobilization, ceremonial fires, theater and dance were a constant among the demonstrators. Ecuador was reminded of its Indigenous core. Indigenous peoples everywhere, populations large and small, might pay attention. ©2000 Indian Country Today

60. CorpWatch.org - Research - Hot Links - Indigenous Rights World indigenous Studies By democratizing relations between peoples, nations and Confederationof indigenous Nationalities of ecuador CONAIE is http://www.corpwatch.org/research/PRL.jsp?topicid=27

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