November 21, 2009
ICT Global
Shipibo-Konibo elects first tribal council in Peruvian Amazon
On Oct. 18, the Shipibo-Konibo elected its first tribal council, consisting of an Apo (Chief) and four officers. The election was the culmination of the 2nd Congress of the Shipibo-Konibo held Oct. 16 – 18 at the Institute of Bilingual Education of Yarinacocha outside of Pucallpa, Peru.
Squamish-Lilwat Cultural Centre will welcome the world
WHISTLER, British Columbia – The Squamish-Lilwat Cultural Centre, an imposing and dramatic building set against snow-capped mountains, has become a landmark in Whistler, British Columbia, since it opened in July 2008.
Nk’Mip Cellars
OSOYOOS, British Columbia – The Okanagan Valley slices through the mountains of south-central British Columbia, Canada for about 145 miles. The valley is blessed with warm, dry weather and a long, cool lake.
Wind farm health and environment
Headaches, dizziness, sleep disturbances, nausea, irritability, rapid heart rate, problems with concentration and memory, ringing in the ears; it may be “Wind Turbine Syndrome.”
Venezuelan ambassador in Alaska to promote cultural, commercial exchange
WASHINGTON – When Bolivian President Evo Morales expelled the U.S. ambassador last fall for allegedly inciting violence in the streets of Bolivia, a series of tit-for-tat diplomatic expulsions occurred, including the Bush administration’s expulsion of Venezuela’s ambassador to Washington.
Economist de Soto angers Peru Natives, experts with documentary
Hernando de Soto, a renowned Peruvian economist, has upset Natives as well as the foremost local experts on Peruvian Natives and Amazon issues with a documentary critics see as another attempt to strip Peruvian Natives of their lands so they can be transferred to oil and lumber companies.
Native community reclaims history of Alutiiq masks
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) – For more than 100 years, more than 70 Alutiiq ceremonial masks were housed in a museum in France, honored as art yet completely cut off from their original cultural context.
Akwesasne Mohawk retrieve Olympic Flame from Greece
AKWESASNE, Ontario – Aronhiaies Herne, a 23-year-old teacher and cultural program coordinator from the Mohawk community of Akwesasne, has been selected as one of 11 aboriginal youths that will have the job of a lifetime over the next few months – running with the Olympic Flame as its guide and protector to ensure it keeps burning bright on its cross-Canada journey.
First Nations Studies course ends on a high note
PRINCE RUPERT, British Columbia – With the help of Coast Tsimshian elders and Order of Canada recipient and ethnobotanist Dr. Nancy Turner, students enrolled in an ethnobotany course put their new knowledge into practice in a moving cultural exhibit in August.
Indigenous Hondurans face persecution and great risk after coup
The coup government of Honduras is severely repressing opposition, curtailing constitutional rights, allowing excessive police violence which could be linked to several deaths, beatings and disappearances.
