Indigenous groups meet ahead of Summit of Americas, demanding more rights

AP Worldstream;  October 28, 2005 ;     528 words ......together dozens of representatives of indigenous groups from North, Central and South America...combat the poverty endemic to many indigenous groups. "We're owners of this land, and...immigration policy to free trade issues. Indigenous groups fear that the push for hemispheric...

Venezuela's Chavez presents land titles to indigenous groups

AP Worldstream;  August 9, 2005 ;     530 words ......presented property titles to several indigenous groups Tuesday, recognizing their ownership...300,000 Venezuelans belong to 28 indigenous groups, and many of them live in the country...have made various efforts to grant indigenous groups legal ownership and control over...

Indigenous groups challenge U.S. drug company

NACLA Report on the Americas;  May 1, 1998 ;     507 words ......ayahuasca, a native plant sacred to indigenous groups who have cultivated it since pre...COICA), a group representing over 400 indigenous groups from eight countries. The conflict...has ignored repeated requests from indigenous groups to give up the patent. In response...

RIGHTS: INCREASED MEDIA ACCESS SOUGHT BY INDIGENOUS GROUPS

Inter Press Service English News Wire;  December 15, 2000 ;     700+ words ......Dec. 14 (IPS) -- Indigenous groups are proposing...accurate portrayal of indigenous groups by the media...pages of specific indigenous groups. Participants...major concern of indigenous groups. An emphasis was...intermediaries between national governments ...

Indigenous Groups Demand World Interest

AP Online;  May 28, 2005 ;     391 words ......and monks in saffron robes joined indigenous groups from around the world Friday in demanding...General Kofi Annan in September. Indigenous groups wanted to make sure that governments...violations against native peoples. Indigenous groups also must confront challenges that...

Environmental, indigenous groups picket oil companies on island in...

AP Worldstream;  January 26, 2005 ;     384 words ......Dateline: MOSCOW Environmental and indigenous groups picketed oil company construction...cubic meters of natural gas. Many indigenous groups and environmentalists say the drilling...home to the Evenkh, Nanai and other indigenous groups who rely on fishing and reindeer...

Indigenous groups demand world take their interests into account at U.N....

AP Worldstream;  May 28, 2005 ;     634 words ......28-2005 Dateline: UNITED NATIONS Indigenous groups from around the world agreed to a...General Kofi Annan in September. Indigenous groups wanted to make sure that governments...as the strongest of their kind for indigenous groups. "This mainstreams us into the U...

American Indigenous Groups Meet Pre-Summit

AP Online;  October 28, 2005 ;     331 words ......and fight poverty afflicting many indigenous groups. "We're owners of this land, and...immigration policy to free trade. Indigenous groups fear that the push for hemispheric...help to improve relations between indigenous groups and the mainstream society. "We have...

Brazilian indigenous groups block roads, demanding health care

Xinhua News Agency;  June 11, 2008 ;     193 words ...Brazilian indigenous groups block roads, demanding health...protesters, who were members of indigenous groups Caingangue and Guarani, used...with representatives of the indigenous groups. He said the funds for the...

RIGHTS: INDIGENOUS GROUPS HAVE MIXED FEELINGS ABOUT NEW FORUM

Inter Press Service English News Wire;  August 11, 2000 ;     700+ words ......NATIONS, Aug. 10 (IPS) -- Members of indigenous groups have welcomed plans to create a Permanent...according to the United Nations. Although indigenous groups welcomed the forum as a "step forward...greater representation in the U.N. for indigenous groups." The United States has ...

Venezuela's Chavez grants land titles to indigenous groups

AP Worldstream;  October 12, 2005 ;     656 words ......as he presented property titles to indigenous groups who he said had been robbed of their...Hundreds of people from various indigenous groups, some who had traveled days across...Christian missionaries working with indigenous groups, called the New Tribes Mission, accusing...

Government supporters level statue of Columbus to protest "genocide" of...

AP Worldstream;  October 13, 2004 ;     398 words ......While representatives of Venezuela's indigenous groups urged a mayor to bulldoze a statue...who is wildly popular among most indigenous groups, signed a decree in 2002 changing...of "indigenous habitats" and gave indigenous groups representation in the legislature...

Nepali gov't committed to ensure representation of all indigenous groups...

Xinhua News Agency;  May 16, 2008 ;     231 words ......committed to ensure representation of all indigenous groups in CA KATHMANDU, May 16 (Xinhua...the representation of all ethnic/indigenous groups in the Constituent Assembly. Koirala...to the " under- representation" of indigenous groups in the Constituent Assembly. NFIN...

BIODIVERSITY: INDIGENOUS GROUPS SHUT OUT OF KEY TALKS

Inter Press Service English News Wire;  April 4, 2006 ;     700+ words ......Marcos Terena, coordinator of the indigenous groups present at the 8th Conference of...representing more than a hundred indigenous groups around the world, protested their...rights are not respected in practice. Indigenous groups in all of the African countries maintain...

Fed: Indigenous groups question success of SRAs

AAP General News (Australia);  December 18, 2005 ;     166 words ...AAP General News (Australia) 12-18-2005 Fed: Indigenous groups question success of SRAs Indigenous groups have questioned the effectiveness of agreements struck between the federal government and Aboriginal communities .. describing them as...