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Violence in the Amazon - 1 Dead, Dozens Injured in Indigenous Protests
Society & Culture  (tags: Amazon, Equadorian, Indigenous Peoples, protest, state violence, Ecuador’s President Rafael, United Nations Declaration on the Rights )

Rosemary
- 58 days ago - republicoflakotah.com
Ecuadorian police have attacked peaceful Shuar Indigenous protesters near the town of Macas in the southern Ecuadorian Amazon, leaving at least one Shuar teacher dead. Please join Cultural Survival in condemning this state violence Continued>
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Ecuador's Amazonian Indian Confederation Faces Varied Threats
Society & Culture  (tags: indigenous peoples, indigenous rights, world, south america, news, society, rights, culture, environment, interesting, politics, religion )

Cal
- 113 days ago - indiancountrytoday.com
Approximately 100 representatives of Ecuador's Amazonian Indian nations recently gathered in the community of Union Base, near the southeastern town of Puyo, to celebrate the inauguration of new leadership for the Confederation of Indigenous Nations of th
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UN Calls for Peru Clashes Probe
Society & Culture  (tags: Peru, Indigenous Peoples, Human Rights )

Ben
- 164 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
The UN's envoy for indigenous people has urged Peru to launch an independent investigation into recent deadly clashes between police and protesters.
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Decades of Research on Native American Headpots Fill New Book From University of Arkansas Press
Society & Culture  (tags: Indians, American Indians, Native Americans, Indigenous Peoples, Arts, Literature, culture, society, interesting, humans )

Kat
- 185 days ago - dailyheadlines.uark.edu
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - In 1981, James F. Cherry began a quest to find any and every existing Native American headpot, a rare and mysterious pottery formed in the shape of a human head, from the Mississippian Indian Culture. The quest took him to museums...
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The Standing Proud Project Needs YOUR Help
Society & Culture  (tags: activists, children, culture, GoodNews, women, men, families, Indigenous Peoples, First Nations, Canada, self reliance, business )

Lauren
- 638 days ago - givemeaning.com
The Standing Proud Project is an initiative to positively address in a realistic manner some of the serious social issues affecting the First Nation people of Canada.
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