Articles by Kurly Tlapoyawa
Throughout the Americas and the world, the name of Chiapas, Mexico, has become synonymous with struggles for indigenous resistance. From the First Indigenous Congress held in
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September 23, 2013 // 0 Comments
We’ve heard the argument over and over. “Of course we’re in a post-racial society; racism is over; slavery is long gone; the president is black, etc.”
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September 23, 2013 // 0 Comments
The Wixarika People of Mexico and all others who hold Wirikuta to be sacred are celebrating a major legal victory with the announcement of the suspension of all work on
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September 19, 2013 // 0 Comments
When the US congress reconvenes this fall, it is expected to resume deliberations on immigration reform legislation. The House will continue to debate S.744, the bill that
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September 13, 2013 // 0 Comments
Within our indigenous community of Xoxocotla, we continue to hold the ancestral values we inherited. It never crosses our mind to leave them behind. Because in daily life we
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September 4, 2013 // 0 Comments
Lately, I’ve been hearing a lot of White people screaming about racism. I wish these were anti-racist ally White people who were speaking about the prison industrial
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August 24, 2013 // 0 Comments
Last December, tens of thousands of indigenous Zapatistas mobilized, peacefully and in complete silence, to occupy five municipal government office buildings in the state of
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August 14, 2013 // 0 Comments
On June 30th an unidentified black helicopter landed near Alto Cuen, a Bribri indigenous community of Talamanca in Costa Rica. The aircraft stayed in the area until 4th July,
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July 23, 2013 // 0 Comments
Against a backdrop of heightened tensions in the region and other worrisome developments, Wixarika leaders have filed an injunction to stop the illegal drilling in
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July 10, 2013 // 0 Comments
In “Guarda Bosques” (Forest Keepers), you will learn about a Purepecha community’s efforts to reclaim and defend itself from organized crime thugs teamed up with the
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June 5, 2013 // 1 Comment
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