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First Indigenous Tribunal of the Ucayali
As a follow-up and outcome to the Village Earth Regional Organizational workshop in January 2007, a group of Shipibo leaders have decided to hold the first ever ‘Indigenous Tribunal’ as they call it....
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Protecting Shipibo Territory
“During the past 40 years, close to 20 percent of the Amazon rain forest has been cut down – more than in all the previous 450 years since European colonization began.”* Yet, the Shipibo have...
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Geographic Technology as a Tool for Indigenous Empowerment
There is only one month left before the monumental Indigenous Tribunal in the Ucayali region of the Amazon! As part of the Tribunal, Village Earth was asked to facilitate community mapping workshops...
View ArticleShipibo Radio Project
As one of the eight parts of the Shipibo peoples’ plans for their self-determination and the “development” of their region, radio as a means of communication was of utmost importance. The Village...
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KRFC Radio Program – Shipibo, The River of Life
To listen to the recent radio program on KRFC FM, independent community-based radio in Fort Collins, Colorado, click on the file link below: Track01.cda Limber Gomez, a Shipibo leader, was invited to...
View ArticleFor Peru’s Indians, Lawsuit Against Big Oil Reflects a New Era
By Kelly Hearn Special to The Washington Post Thursday, January 31, 2008; NUEVO JERUSALEM, Peru — Tomás Maynas Carijano strolled through his tiny jungle farm, pinching leaves, shaking his head. The...
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