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Kudal Park: A Landmark of Pride and Identity
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.pressenza.com/2026/09/kudal-park-a-landmark-of-pride-and-identity/
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‘This is colonialism for clicks’: the influencers attempting to meet and film the world’s most isolated tribes
By Elle HuntA new breed of adventurer is chasing internet fame by targeting uncontacted peoples. Critics say they are risking the wellbeing of these remote communities – and their own lives
#Indigenouspeoples #Worldnews #YouTube #TikTok #Instagram #Socialmedia #Digitalmedia #Lifeandstyle #Adventuretravel #Travel #Exploration #Youngpeople #Society #TheGuardian #ElleHunt
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‘This is colonialism for clicks’: the influencers attempting to meet and film the world’s most isolated tribes
By Elle HuntA new breed of adventurer is chasing internet fame by targeting uncontacted peoples. Critics say they are risking the wellbeing of these remote communities – and their own lives
#Indigenouspeoples #Worldnews #YouTube #TikTok #Instagram #Socialmedia #Digitalmedia #Lifeandstyle #Adventuretravel #Travel #Exploration #Youngpeople #Society #TheGuardian #ElleHunt
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‘This is colonialism for clicks’: the influencers attempting to meet and film the world’s most isolated tribes
By Elle HuntA new breed of adventurer is chasing internet fame by targeting uncontacted peoples. Critics say they are risking the wellbeing of these remote communities – and their own lives
#Indigenouspeoples #Worldnews #YouTube #TikTok #Instagram #Socialmedia #Digitalmedia #Lifeandstyle #Adventuretravel #Travel #Exploration #Youngpeople #Society #TheGuardian #ElleHunt
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Traditional owners say national park can 'breathe again' after handback
By Tim LittleA major tourist attraction in outback Queensland has been handed back to its traditional owners under a landmark agreement described as a long-awaited "homecoming".
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-04/boodjamulla-national-park-lawn-hill-gorge-handover/107102104
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Traditional owners say national park can 'breathe again' after handback
By Tim LittleA major tourist attraction in outback Queensland has been handed back to its traditional owners under a landmark agreement described as a long-awaited "homecoming".
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-04/boodjamulla-national-park-lawn-hill-gorge-handover/107102104
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Traditional owners say national park can 'breathe again' after handback
By Tim LittleA major tourist attraction in outback Queensland has been handed back to its traditional owners under a landmark agreement described as a long-awaited "homecoming".
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-04/boodjamulla-national-park-lawn-hill-gorge-handover/107102104
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Traditional owners say national park can 'breathe again' after handback
By Tim LittleA major tourist attraction in outback Queensland has been handed back to its traditional owners under a landmark agreement described as a long-awaited "homecoming".
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-04/boodjamulla-national-park-lawn-hill-gorge-handover/107102104
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Traditional owners say national park can 'breathe again' after handback
By Tim LittleA major tourist attraction in outback Queensland has been handed back to its traditional owners under a landmark agreement described as a long-awaited "homecoming".
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-04/boodjamulla-national-park-lawn-hill-gorge-handover/107102104
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Canada breaks ground on North Coast Transmission Line to deliver clean power and reduce emissions
PRINCE GEORGE, BC, Sept. 3, 2026 /CNW/ — In a time of global volatility, Canada is focused on…
#Canada #bc #British #britishcolumbia #BritishColumbiaCo-operative #BritishColumbiaCooperativeProsperityAgreement #Canadian #FirstNations #Indigenouspeoples #NationalElectricityStrategy #TheElectricVehicleAffordabilityProgram #theNorthCoastTransmissionLine
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RAPPLER | Philippine & World News | Investigative Journalism | Data | Civic Engagement | Public Interest [Unofficial] @[email protected] ·Non-Moro IPs select representatives to Bangsamoro Parliament ahead of polls
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RAPPLER | Philippine & World News | Investigative Journalism | Data | Civic Engagement | Public Interest [Unofficial] @[email protected] ·Non-Moro IPs select representatives to Bangsamoro Parliament ahead of polls
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RAPPLER | Philippine & World News | Investigative Journalism | Data | Civic Engagement | Public Interest [Unofficial] @[email protected] ·Non-Moro IPs select representatives to Bangsamoro Parliament ahead of polls
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RAPPLER | Philippine & World News | Investigative Journalism | Data | Civic Engagement | Public Interest [Unofficial] @[email protected] ·Non-Moro IPs select representatives to Bangsamoro Parliament ahead of polls
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RAPPLER | Philippine & World News | Investigative Journalism | Data | Civic Engagement | Public Interest [Unofficial] @[email protected] ·Non-Moro IPs select representatives to Bangsamoro Parliament ahead of polls
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#Indigenous at the United Nations Expose #AIDataCenters and #RaciallyBiased Misinformation
By Brenda Norrell, Censored News, July 14, 2026, Updated August 17, 2026
"#AI data centers are rapidly being constructed on the land of #IndigenousPeoples without free, prior and informed consent from us."
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2026/07/indigenous-at-united-nations-expose-ai.html
#Inuit #InformedConsent #Mong #CulturalPreservation #AIHallucinations #WorldPol #IndigenousPeople #RespectTheTreaties #NoDatacenters #NoAIDatacenters
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💁🏻♀️ ICYMI: 🏛️⛰️ Archaeologists Jonathan Till and Nate Thomas take a tour of protected archaeological sites across #Utah's #BearsEars National Monument.
Historic co-management by five #NativeAmerican Tribes preserves ancestral homelands and #ecosystems, including rock engravings at #NewspaperRock that span thousands of years.
👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/bears-ears-national-monument-archaeology-video
#americanhistory #history #archaeology #art #communication #conservation #culture #drawings #hiking #indigenouspeoples #monuments #museums #northamerica #petroglyphs #rocks #sandstone #tksst #video
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💁🏻♀️ ICYMI: 🏛️⛰️ Archaeologists Jonathan Till and Nate Thomas take a tour of protected archaeological sites across #Utah's #BearsEars National Monument.
Historic co-management by five #NativeAmerican Tribes preserves ancestral homelands and #ecosystems, including rock engravings at #NewspaperRock that span thousands of years.
👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/bears-ears-national-monument-archaeology-video
#americanhistory #history #archaeology #art #communication #conservation #culture #drawings #hiking #indigenouspeoples #monuments #museums #northamerica #petroglyphs #rocks #sandstone #tksst #video
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💁🏻♀️ ICYMI: 🏛️⛰️ Archaeologists Jonathan Till and Nate Thomas take a tour of protected archaeological sites across #Utah's #BearsEars National Monument.
Historic co-management by five #NativeAmerican Tribes preserves ancestral homelands and #ecosystems, including rock engravings at #NewspaperRock that span thousands of years.
👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/bears-ears-national-monument-archaeology-video
#americanhistory #history #archaeology #art #communication #conservation #culture #drawings #hiking #indigenouspeoples #monuments #museums #northamerica #petroglyphs #rocks #sandstone #tksst #video
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💁🏻♀️ NEW: 🏛️⛰️ Archaeologists Jonathan Till and Nate Thomas take a tour of protected archaeological sites across #Utah's #BearsEars National Monument.
Historic co-management by five #NativeAmerican Tribes preserves ancestral homelands and #ecosystems, including rock engravings at #NewspaperRock that span thousands of years.
👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/bears-ears-national-monument-archaeology-video
#americanhistory #history #archaeology #art #communication #conservation #culture #drawings #hiking #indigenouspeoples #monuments #museums #northamerica #petroglyphs #rocks #sandstone #tksst #video
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Monoculturalism and Project Invisibility
Silencing dissenting Indigenous voices"Project Invisibility is a sustained campaign to remove First Nations leaders from public boards and other senior government roles."
"We're going back to the [master] days, like you have your head bowed, you're too afraid to put your head up and speak your mind because you might be out the door."
"It means you'll have the same old Eurocentric version of the world in your policies, everything you're doing within government will be white, anglicised."
"They are eradicating, invisibilising us, and destroying our history and culture." >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-20/langbroek-remains-silent-over-aboriginal-leadership-changes/106817420
#IndigenousPeoples #FirstNations #IndigenousVoices #TruthTelling #invisibility #culture #monoculture #monoculturalism #SettlerSociety #EuropeanColonisation #governance -
RAPPLER | Philippine & World News | Investigative Journalism | Data | Civic Engagement | Public Interest [Unofficial] @[email protected] ·
Bridging worlds through the lens of Eduardo Masferré
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RAPPLER | Philippine & World News | Investigative Journalism | Data | Civic Engagement | Public Interest [Unofficial] @[email protected] ·
Bridging worlds through the lens of Eduardo Masferré
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RAPPLER | Philippine & World News | Investigative Journalism | Data | Civic Engagement | Public Interest [Unofficial] @[email protected] ·
Bridging worlds through the lens of Eduardo Masferré
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RAPPLER | Philippine & World News | Investigative Journalism | Data | Civic Engagement | Public Interest [Unofficial] @[email protected] ·
Bridging worlds through the lens of Eduardo Masferré
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#NativeAmericaCalling: Language teachers celebrate success on #IndigenousPeoplesDay
Monday, October 13, 2025
"After an intensive two-year adult immersion program, the number of fluent #SpokaneSalish language speakers nearly doubled.
"The success represents the work of the #SpokaneLanguageHouse, a non-profit that is funded and supported by the #Spokane Tribe in #WashingtonState. Now, some of the immersion program graduates will be hired on as full-time language teaching staff as the tribe expands its language revitalization efforts.
"Meanwhile, the #YuchiTribe in #Oklahoma has established the #YuchiLanguageProject. As part of the work, the tribe developed a unique partnership with an #AustralianAboriginal nation to exchange ideas for revitalizing both of their endangered languages.
"Tune into Native America Calling to hear about these two recent Native language success stories.
"Also, hear about a five-part talk show, '#RematriatedVoices', centered on #Haudenosaunee culture and principles. The first episode airs on Indigenous Peoples Day on New York #PBS affiliate #WCNY.
"Guests on Native America Calling
#SulustuBarryMoses (Spokane Tribe of Indians), program manager for adult fluency training and executive director of the Spokane Language House"#RichardGrounds (Yuchi and #Seminole), executive director of the Yuchi Language Project
"#MichelleSchenandoah (#Oneida), founder and executive lead of Rematriation"
#IndigenousPeoples #LanguageExchange #LanguagePreservation #CulturalPreservation
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Spirituality & Religious Studies @spiritualityreligiousstudies.wordpress.com@spiritualityreligiousstudies.wordpress.com ·St. Rose of Lima
She was born Isabel Flores de Oliva (April 20, 1586-August 24, 1617). She was a member of the Third Order of St. Dominic in Lima, Peru, Spanish Empire. She was known for her life of severe penance & her care of the poor of the city through her own private efforts.
Rose of Lima was born to a noble family & is the patroness saint of embroidery, gardening, cultivation of blooming flowers, florists, embroiderers, sewing lace, gardeners, people ridiculed or misunderstood for their piety, the resolution of family quarrels, against vanity, & the indigenous peoples of the Americas. She was the 1st person born in the Americas to be canonized as a saint.
As a saint, Rose of Lima has been designated as a co-patroness of the Philippines, along with Pudentiana. Both saints were moved to Second-class patronage in September 1942 by Pope Pius XII. But Rose remains the main patroness of Peru & the local people of Latin America. Her image was formerly featured on the highest denomination banknote of Peru.
Her nickname “Rose” comes from a story in her infancy: a servant claimed to have seen her face change into a rose. In 1597, Isabel was confirmed by the Archbishop of Lima, Toribio de Mogrovejo, who was also declared a saint. She then formally changed her name to Rose (Rosa in Spanish) at that time.
When she was a young girl, she copied Catherine of Siena. She started praying 3x a week & performed severe penances in secret. She was admired for her beauty. She cut off her hair & rubbed peppers on her face, to distract from her beauty. She was upset that men were starting to notice her, & not for her spirituality. She turned away all of her suitors. Her family wasn’t having any of that.
Much to her parents’ chigrin, Rose spent a LOT of time thinking about the Blessed Sacrament, which she received daily. This is rare, & odd, for the time. She wanted to take a vow of virginity. But her parents didn’t want that! Out of frustration, her dad gave her a room to herself at the family home.
In addition to fasting, she permanently abstained from eating meat. She helped the sick & hungry around her community. She would bring them to the room, her dad built, to take care of the sick. To help her family financially, Rose would sell fine needlework she made. She would also take flowers to the market to sell as well.
To help the poor, she would make & sell lace & embroidery. This was in addition to all the prayer & she did penance in a small grotto she’d built. She was otherwise a recluse. She only left her room to go to church.
She attracted the attention of the friars of the Dominican Order. She wanted to become a nun. But her dad wasn’t hearing any of that noise. So instead, she entered the Third Order of St. Dominic, while she was living in her parents’ home.
When she was 20, she started wearing the habit of a tertiary & took a vow of perpetual virginity. A tertiary is a lay member of a religious order’s Third Order, who lives in the secular (worldly) world while they strive for Christian perfection by following the spiritual way of life associated with that particular order. The First Order is the clergy, the Second Order is the religious women in the community (official nuns).
She allowed herself only 2 hours a night of sleep, at most, so she could have more time to devote to prayer. She also wore a heavy metal crown made of silver, that had small spikes on the inside. This was to imitate the Crown of Thorns worn by Jesus.
For 11 years, she lived like this. Throughout this time, there would be periods of ecstasy. She passed away on August 24, 1617, at the age of 31. She had been battling a long illness. It’s said that she prophesied her death date.
Her funeral was held in the cathedral. It was attended by all the public authorities of Lima. August 23 is her feast day. It’s August 30th in the Traditional calendar.
Rose was beatified by Pope Clement IX on May 10, 1667. She was canonized on April 12, 1671 by Pope Clement I. She was the first Catholic in the Americas to be officially declared a saint.
Her shine is inside of the convent of St. Dominic in Lima. The Catholic Church says that many miracles happened after her death: she cured a leper; & at the time of her death, the city of Lima smelled like roses; roses started falling from the sky.
Rose’s skull, surmounted with a crown of roses, is on public display at the Basilica in Lima, Peru.
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#10May1667 #12April1671 #1597 #20April1586 #24August1617 #Americas #ArchbishopOfLima #August23 #August30 #Basilica #Beatified #BlessedSacrament #Canonized #Cathedral #CatherineOfSiena #Convent #CrownOfThorns #CultivationOfBloomingFlowers #DominicanOrder #Embroidery #Embroilerers #fasting #FeastDay #FineNeedlework #Florists #Gardeners #Gardening #IndigenousPeoples #IsabelFloresDeOliva #Lace #LatinAmerica #Leper #Lima #Miracles #Nun #PerpetualVirginity #Peru #Philippines #Piety #PopeClementIX #PopeClementX #PopePiusXII #Pudentiana #Recluse #ReligiousEcstasy #Rosa #Roses #Saint #September1942 #SewingLace #Shrine #Skull #Spanish #SpanishEmpire #StDominic #StRoseOfLima #Tertiary #ThirdOrderOfStDominic #ToribioDeMogrovejo #TraditionalCalender #Vanity #VowOfVirginity
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One era ends (#FirstVoicesRadio), and another begins...
Launching Live '#RadioFreeSimnasho' in #WarmSprings
By #Brenda Norrell, #CensoredNews, July 3, 2025
"The local team at Radio Free #Simnasho in Warm Springs will be working on a play list and schedule this month.
"SIMNASHO, #WarmSpringsIndianNation -- Radio Free Simnasho launched today, bringing grassroots voices online, and honoring the #AmericanIndianMovement.
"Welcoming listeners, Quiltman and Govinda shared the sounds of John Trudell this morning. They'll be working on the solar panels to power the grassroots radio station."Source:
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2025/06/launching-live-radio-free-simnasho-in.htmlLive Now!
https://radiofreesimnasho.ismyradio.com/ (Click on Play)#IndigenousPeoples #HumanRights #IndigenousVoices #IndependentRadio
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Murders, #megaprojects and a ‘new Panama Canal’ in Mexico
#Activists suspect murders of 15 #Indigenous community members are linked to their opposition to a proposed megaproject.
By Eoin Wilson
Published On 13 Jul 2020Mexico City, Mexico – "The murders bore all the hallmarks of drug cartel executions. Fifteen victims – all members of the Ikoots Indigenous community – had been beaten, shot, and their bodies burned in a field just outside Huazantlan del Rio, a village in the municipality of San Mateo del Mar in Oaxaca, southern Mexico, in late June. An as-yet-unknown number of people were also 'disappeared'.
"At first the local government, headed by Mayor Bernardino Ponce Hinojosa, blamed the killings on a shadowy figure and an unnamed organised-crime group. Officials also acknowledged intra-community grievances and political infighting, caused by dissatisfaction with municipal elections and tension over last October’s mayoral election, which Ponce Hinojosa won.
"San Mateo used to be governed by an Indigenous 'popular assembly', which made decisions by consensus and served on a one-year rotation. But in 2017, this changed to a ballot-based electoral approach, leading to tensions that increased after the mayor’s disputed 2019 win.
"The Ikoots, most of whom consider the popular assembly to be the legitimate source of authority in the region, allege that the vote was fraudulent. They also accuse the mayor and a local businessman of being complicit in the wave of violence, sources told Al Jazeera, speaking on condition of anonymity for fear of reprisals.
"Meanwhile, a collective of 15 civil society and teachers’ organisations, the National Coordination of Education Workers (CNTE), has accused the Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generacion (CJNG) – one of Mexico’s most violent and territorially-ambitious cartels – of committing the murders.
"The allegations came in the same week that the CJNG was accused of the attempted assassination of Mexico City’s chief of police in an ambush with heavy weapons in which three people were killed.
"Although CNTE gave no evidence to support its accusation, many in San Mateo believe the claims because the cartel had already been active in their Istmo region, which boasts a wealth of mineral resources and a strategic location.
"The Istmo (or Isthmus in English) spans the states of Oaxaca and Veracruz at the narrowest point between the Pacific and the Atlantic. It is the site of the controversial 'Interoceanic' or 'Transistmico' corridor project, initiated by the government of Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador and opposed by many Indigenous communities."
https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2020/7/13/murders-megaprojects-and-a-new-panama-canal-in-mexico
#Ikoots #IndigenousActivists #MegaInfrastructureProjects #CarbonIntensive #MegaCorridors #SDGs #CIIT #GulfOfMexico #IMFLoanSharks #SacrificeZones #CulturalGenocide #CulturalErasism #EnvironmentalDegradation #EnvironmentalDamage #Capitalism #CorporateColonialism #IndigenousPeoples #CulturalSurvival #Oaxaca #Veracruz #IndigenousCulture #ExtractiveIndustries #InteroceanicCorridor #TransistmicoCorridor #Istmo #IsthmusOfTehuantepec #Tehuntepec
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From the Bretton Woods Project: Focus on #MegaProjects
"The [#WorldBank] ’s shift towards leveraging private sector finance for development (see Governance above), which has gained momentum since 2015, includes a particular emphasis on promoting ‘infrastructure as an asset class’, in order to crowd in institutional #investors. This policy initiative is highly dependent on mega-infrastructure projects – and, as noted by a letter sent by concerned economists in October 2018, currently lacks a framework for aligning such mega-projects with the Paris Climate Agreement or the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
"This is of major concern, given that many planned ‘mega-corridors’ in developing regions are predicated on building a new generation of carbon-intensive infrastructure. In many cases, the Bank continues to support such projects that, while not ‘fossil fuel investments’ per se, are part of such carbon-intensive mega-corridors (see Observer Autumn 2018)."
Paper: Infrastructure Megaprojects as World Erasers: Cultural Survival in the Context of the Interoceanic Corridor of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec
Author: Susanne Hofmann, November 8, 2024
"This article explores the meaning of infrastructural changes resulting from the Corredor Interoceánico del Istmo de Tehuantepec (CIIT) infrastructure project for the cultural survival
of Indigenous peoples resident in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec region through the lens of ontological justice. The CIIT is being promoted as a multimodal road and rail transport corridor that will link the Gulf of Mexico with the Pacific Ocean, speed up global trade and benefit local residents. Based on interviews with affected residents in the states of Oaxaca and Veracruz, this research found that there is a strong desire for the continuity of existing, collective life
projects, Indigenous languages, cultural identities, beliefs, spirituality, established political and legal systems, and solidarity economy. De facto, the CIIT infrastructure project functions
as a technology of erasure of other lifeworlds, imposing integration into the One-World World (Escobar, 2016) and assimilation of Indigenous peoples and Afrodescendant communities.
Contemporary legal frameworks are not sufficient to guarantee alterlivability (Hamraie, 2020). Therefore, infrastructural megaprojects based on modern/colonial-extractivist-
developmentalist premises continue to threaten the futurity of Indigenous and
Afrodescendant life projects.[...]
"An increasing number of infrastructure corridors, such as the Corredor Interoceánico, are currently being built across the globe (e.g. the Belt and Road Initiative/China, Corredor Bioceánico/Paraguay; Corredor Interoceánico/Chile-Bolivia-Brazil; The Northern Transport Corridor in East Africa/Kenya-Ethiopia-South Sudan – just to name a few). These projects are directed at reducing ‘economic distance’ –i.e. speeding up the transport of goods across
geographical distance whilst lowering the cost (Hildyard, 2016: 20). In the process, infrastructure megacorridors restructure whole regions into purpose-specific zones for export, logistics, transit, housing development, resource extraction, manufacturing etc."Thereby, they fragment geographic space, generating a distinctive reterritorialisation of the space to develop sites of capitalist growth. Megacorridors connect what Lerner (2010) called 'sacrifice zones' – geographic areas where processes of natural resource extraction cause permanent environmental damage – to global circuits of capital. Across Latin America the social and environmental impacts of extractive megaprojects and resistance against them has
been widely documented (Aguilar Rivero & Echavarría Cango, 2019; Domínguez, 2015, 2017;
Domínguez & Corona, 2016; Ibarra García & Talledos Sánchez, 2016; Pérez Negrete, 2017; Rodríguez Wallenius, 2015). This article explores the meaning of infrastructural changes resulting from the CIIT project for the cultural survival of Indigenous peoples resident in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec region through the lens of ontological justice."Original paper:
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0094582X241294080?journalCode=lapaPDF version:
https://eprints.lse.ac.uk/120254/1/SHofmann_infrastructure_megaprojects_as_world_erasers_LSE_eprint.pdf#MegaInfrastructureProjects #CarbonIntensive #MegaCorridors #SDGs #CIIT #GulfOfMexico #SustainableDevelopmentGoals #DeGrowth #IMFLoanSharks #SacrificeZones #CulturalGenocide #CulturalErasism #EnvironmentalDegradation #EnvironmentalDamage #Capitalism #CorporateColonialism #IndigenousPeoples #CulturalSurvival #IsthmusOfTehuantepec #OntologicalJustice #Tehuantepec #ExtractiveIndustries #Oaxaca #Veracruz #CorredorInteroceánico #BeltAndRoadInitiative #CorredorBioceánico #NorthernTransportCorridor #China, #Paraguay; Corredor #Chile #Bolivia #Brazil #EastAfrica #Kenya #Ethiopia #SouthSudan #IndigenousCulture #AfrodescendantCulture
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Causing major harms through development projects
"World Bank-funded projects have also continually been found to be in direct, serious violation of international human rights standards. Major recurring issues include mass evictions and the forced displacement of peoples and communities for major infrastructure and agricultural projects (see Observer Spring 2015), violations of the rights of indigenous and forest peoples, targeting of human rights defenders, triggering local food insecurity, and serious labour rights violations, such as child and forced labour reportedly being used in Bank-funded projects (see Observer Winter 2016). The IFC has also been shown on several occasions to have invested in companies that avoid or evade taxes (see Observer Autumn 2016). More recently, the Bank has also acknowledged that its projects can create an environment that can foster gender-based violence, including sexual abuse and the spread of HIV/AIDS (see Observer Spring 2017).
"To safeguard against risks like these, the World Bank launched its revised Environmental and Social Framework in 2018, although it applies only to its project lending and not to its DPF.
"Many in civil society remain unconvinced that the safeguards are fit for purpose if the Bank is to deliver on its mandate to implement policies that benefit the poorest, especially as the Bank is set to focus on more complex and difficult environments from 2018."
#ForcedRelocation #ForcedDisplacement #HumanRightsViolations #EnvironmentalDegradation #IndigenousPeoples #ForestPeoples #SaveTheForests #Exploitation #CorporateColonialism
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[Thread] What are the main criticisms of the #WorldBank and the #IMF?
Bretton Woods Project - Critical voices on the world bank and IMF
4 June 2019
"World Bank-funded projects have also continually been found to be in direct, serious violation of international human rights standards. Major recurring issues include mass evictions and the forced displacement of peoples and communities for major infrastructure and agricultural projects (see Observer Spring 2015), violations of the rights of indigenous and forest peoples, targeting of human rights defenders, triggering local food insecurity, and serious labour rights violations, such as child and forced labour reportedly being used in Bank-funded projects (see Observer Winter 2016). The IFC has also been shown on several occasions to have invested in companies that avoid or evade taxes (see Observer Autumn 2016). More recently, the Bank has also acknowledged that its projects can create an environment that can foster gender-based violence, including sexual abuse and the spread of HIV/AIDS (see Observer Spring 2017).
"To safeguard against risks like these, the World Bank launched its revised Environmental and Social Framework in 2018, although it applies only to its project lending and not to its DPF.
"Many in civil society remain unconvinced that the safeguards are fit for purpose if the Bank is to deliver on its mandate to implement policies that benefit the poorest, especially as the Bank is set to focus on more complex and difficult environments from 2018."
#HumanRights #HumanRightsViolations #IndigenousPeoples #ForestPeoples #Exploitation #IMFLoanSharks #CorporateColonialism #CorruptGovernments #BigOilAndGas #BigMining #SaveTheForests
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#ApacheStronghold: Prayer Journey to #SupremeCourt
By Apache Stronghold, #CensoredNews July 15, 2024
"The Apache Stronghold started the journey of prayer to the Supreme Court [#SCOTUS] to stop the shattering of human existence and to protect #MotherEarth. We begin our journey with our relatives from the #LummiNation, north of Seattle, Washington.
"We met with the elders of the nations and were given words of encouragement and support. #Adalitza, who leads the elder program for the Lummi Nation, spoke of the importance of this fight, saying it’s crucial to set the precedence for the younger ones because it’s the children who will be living in the world we are creating for them.
"She also spoke to us about continuing to teach our children what native people have lost and opening that with the world. Sharing what #IndigenousPeoples have is beautiful and allows us to understand one another. She thanked Apache Stronghold for protecting Mother Earth."Adalitza hopes for our children to know and spiritually connect to #sacred sites.
"In Adalitza’s words, 'We’re doing this to take care of the mind, body, and soul of our people because it’s all timely our Mother Earth is dying and she’s upset, so let’s take care of her and carry those words of protection, protection, protection, let her live, let us live, and that means for all people because #MotherNature keeps us all here.'"
Read more:
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#WabanakiStudies should be taught at all #MaineSchools
OpEd by Hope Carroll, December 26, 2023
"#Wabanaki history is ingrained across #Maine and has deep rooted cultural relationships with major natural landmarks that many of us see everyday. However, there is a concerning gap surrounding the important aspects of our state’s rich Wabanaki history and what little many students learn about it in Maine schools.
"Wabanaki studies need to be consistently incorporated into all Maine school districts. According to a 2022 report done by the #AbbeMuseum, the #MaineACLU, the Maine Indian Tribal-State Commission and the #WabanakiAlliance, the Wabanaki studies law passed by Maine in 2001 is not appropriately enforced across the state.
"The law 'requires schools to teach Maine K–12 students about Wabanaki territories, economic systems, cultural systems, governments, and political systems, as well as the Wabanaki tribes’ relationships with local, state, national, and international governments,' the report says.
"The Portland public school system recently incorporated a Wabanaki studies program into its curriculum. This will hopefully be a good example for other districts across Maine and encourage them to do the same.
"Teaching Wabanaki studies will help children gain a better understanding of the state. In time, this can help them develop a closer relationship with the #land and our responsibility to ensure that it is cared for and treated with respect.
"'Through #traditional stories representing the terrestrial and aquatic systems, important [Wabanaki] values are imparted that safeguard culturally significant resources from overuse and ensure the persistence of the people and culture,' says Natalie Michelle, interdisciplinary studies and research assistant of native environmental studies in climate change at the University of Maine.
"It is more important than ever that we look to native science as we face irreversible damage to our climate. We must prioritize implementing these ideals early into the educational careers of children so they go on to practice them throughout their lives.
"Western science and education has taught the ideals of dominance over nature for centuries. This is reflected in practices that have contributed to the #extinction of animals, rises in #NaturalDisasters, food and water shortages and the numerous other effects of #ClimateChange. Instead of connecting with #nature, we are often taught to distance ourselves from the #NaturalWorld. We are taught to use vague and nonspecific naming tools like 'it' to refer to any non-human being.
"'We use it to distance ourselves, to set others outside our circle of moral consideration, creating #hierarchies of difference that justify our actions — so we don’t feel,' says Robin Kimmerer, professor of environmental and forest biology at the State University of New York College of #EnvironmentalScience and #Forestry.
"Kimmerer talks of alternatives to using 'it' to put ourselves on the same level as other living beings, recognizing them as relatives by calling them by their name. But she says that this can be difficult for many of her students because they were not taught these alternatives until now.
"In my experience growing up in Maine and going to school, I never encountered a class focused on Wabanaki studies until college. I am grateful to have this opportunity now. But it has been difficult for me to implement these new ideals into my thinking toward the land around me because they seem so foreign.
"Using the word 'foreign' seems wrong when describing ideals that have been used in Maine since long before any of us were here. But Maine schools and communities have an opportunity to change this.
"Children who grow up in this state have the right and responsibility to know the history of the land around them. They have the right and responsibility to understand the negative implications of #colonization and #ForcedRemoval of the #WabanakiTribes and how despite horrible #historical events, the Wabanaki people have endured and developed their own #sovereign structures.
"In order to create more inclusive classrooms that incorporate all aspects of our state history and work towards building respectful relationships with Maine land, other communities should follow the exciting example being set in #PortlandMaine."
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