Uncontacted Tribes Said to Face Genocide

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Uncontacted Tribes Said to Face Genocide

November 27, 2008 Niko Kyriakou,
OneWorld US


Uncontacted tribe photographed from an airplane near the Brazil-Peru border. © funai.gov.br via TravelingMan (flickr)

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 27 (OneWorld) - On the day established to remember early relations between North American colonists and Native Americans, indigenous rights groups are amplifying their efforts to protect the very last tribes who remain untouched by colonial influences.

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Good post TMI, but a sad one.
We are on the verge of seeing the end of indigenous living and with it the rain forests which help to sustain the balance of the ecological system, and for what, giving them and us a better life?
I guess this what some people call progress.

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Name:Amazon Alliance for Indigenous and Traditional Peoples of the Amazon Basin
Address:1367 Connecticut Ave, N.W Suite 400, Washington DC 20036, USA. Telephone: 1-202-785-3334
Fax:1-202-785-3335 Web:http://www.amazoncoalition.org
Email:amazon@amazonalliance.org
Description:The Amazon Alliance works to defend the rights, territories, and environment of indigenous and traditional peoples of the Amazon Basin. Category:Indigenous Peoples

Name:American Indian Movement Web:http://www.aimovement.org
Email:AIMGGC@worldnet.att.net
Description:Intend to raise questions in the minds of all, questions that have gone to sleep in the minds of Indians and non-Indian alike ...
Category:Indigenous Peoples

Name:Black Mesa Indigenous Support Address:PO Box 23501, Flagstaff, Arizona 86002. USA.
Telephone:(voice mail)+1 9287738086
Web:http://www.blackmesais.org
Email:blackmesais@yahoo.com
Description:Supporting the sovereignty of the indigenous people affected by mining activities on Black Mesa, who face forced relocation, environmental devastation, and cultural extinction.
Category:Indigenous Peoples

Name:Bristol ISM Web:http://www.bristol-ism.org.uk
Email:info@bristol-ism.org.uk
Description:Non-violent direct action against the occupation carried out by Palestinian communties wth support from Israelis and Internationals.
Category:Anti-Racism; Human Rights; Indigenous Peoples

Name:Centre For World Indigenous Studies Address:PMB 214, 1001 Cooper Point Rd, SW Suite 140, Olympia WA 98502-1107, USA.
Telephone:+1 360 754 1990
Web:http://www.cwis.org
Description:Non-profit research and education organization dedicated to wider understanding and appreciation of the ideas and knowledge of indigenous peoples Category:Indigenous Peoples

Name:ChiapasLink Address:PO Box 79, 82 Colston St, Bristol, BS1 5BB. Telephone:
Web:http://www.chiapasnews.ukgateway.net
Email:chiapaslink@yahoo.com
Description:Chiapaslink hopes to provide a link between the Zapatista struggles in Chiapas, Mexico and in the UK. Category:Anarchism; Anti-Capitalism; Indigenous Peoples

Name:Dark Night Press Address:P.O. Box 3629, Chicago, IL 60690-3629, USA Telephone:207 839 5794
Web:http://www.darknightpress.org
Email:darknight@igc.org
Description:Under-reported news and unheard voices from indigenous struggles worldwide.
Category:Indigenous Peoples; Media - Overseas

Name:Ejercito Zapatista de Liberacion Nacional (EZLN) Address:
Telephone:
Web:http://www.ezln.org
Description:The EZLN web provides reliable information on the Zapatista uprising and serves as the mouthpiece for the Zapatistas in cyberspace.
Category:Indigenous Peoples; Anti-Capitalism

Name:Environmental Rights Action (ERA)
Address:International Secretariat:
#214, Uselu-Lagos Road, Ugbowo
P.O. Box 10577, Benin City, Nigeria
Telephone:+234-52-600 165
Web:http://www.eraction.org/
Email:eraction@infoweb.abs.net
Description:A Nigerian advocacy non-governmental organisation founded on January 11, 1993 to deal with environmental human rights issues in Nigeria.
Category:Energy; Environment; Indigenous Peoples

Name:Free Tibet Campaign Address:1 Rosomon Place, London, EC1R 0JY Telephone:020 7833 9958 Fax:020 7833 3838
Web:http://www.freetibet.org
Email:mail@freetibet.org
Description: An independent membership organisation campaigning in support of the rights of the Tibetan people to freedom and independence.
Category:Human Rights; Indigenous Peoples

Name:Iraq Solidarity Campaign Address:The Iraq Solidarity Campaign (UK).
PO BOX 202, Manchester, M21 7WD, The UK
Telephone:07946 783 801
Web:http://www.iraqsolidaritycampaign.blogspot.com
Email:iraqsolidarity@lycos.com
Description:Founded in 1997 as the Coalition Against Sanctions and War on Iraq and transformed in 2003 into the Iraq Solidarity Campaign (UK), for the past several years we have worked tirelessly to assist the Iraqi people in their struggle for self-determination. Category:Anti-War; Human Rights; Indigenous Peoples; Workers' Rights

Name:La Petroleuse Address:OILWATCH SECRETARIAT – Casilla 17-15-246-C Quito, Ecuador
Web:http://www.oilwatch.org.ec
Email:ivonne.yanez@oilwatch.org.ec
Description:Oilwatch is a resistance network that opposes the activities of oil companies in tropical countries.
Category:Energy; Environment; Indigenous Peoples

Name:No New Oil Telephone:01865 241097
Web:http://www.nonewoil.org
Email:jo@risingtide.org.uk
Description:Oil, war and climate change gathering - Dismantling the Oil Economy. Category:Energy; Environment; Indigenous Peoples

Name:OPM Support Group (Free Papua Movement) Address:c/o 43 Gardner St, Brighton, BN1 1UN
Telephone:
Web:http://www.eco-action.org/opm
Email:opmsg@eco-action.org
Description:Direct action network to support Papuan peoples struggle for freedom. Videos talks and publications available to help start new groups.
Category:Indigenous Peoples

Name:Palestine Solidarity Campaign Address:Box BM PSA, London WC1N 3XX. Telephone:020 7700 6192
Web:http://www.palestinecampaign.org
Email:info@palestinecampaign.org
Description:Aim to build an effective mass campaign, organising protests, political lobbying and raising public awareness.
Category:Indigenous Peoples

Name:Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign Address:Peace & Justice Centre,
Princes Street,
Edinburgh EH2 4BJ
Telephone:0780 324 4739
Web:http://www.scottishpsc.org.uk
Email:secretary@scottishpsc.org.uk
Description:The Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign started in autumn 2000 in Edinburgh, Scotland, in response to the Palestinian second Intifada (uprising against Israeli occupation). Our main aim is to accelerate the massive shift already under way in favour of support for the human rights of the Palestinian people living under Israeli occupation or languishing in refugee camps around the region. With the appointment of the most extreme government in Israel's history the need for effective political pressure from outside is greater than ever.
Category:Anti-Racism; Anti-War; Human Rights; Indigenous Peoples; Refugees

Name:Solidarity South Pacific Address:c/o SDEF!,
Prior House,
6 Tilbury Place,
Brighton
E. Sussex
BN2 2GY
UK
Telephone:+44 (0)1273 695505
Web:http://www.eco-action.org/ssp/
Email:ssp@eco-action.org
Description:In active solidarity with indigenous and radical ecological struggles in the Pacific. Category:Indigenous Peoples

Name:Survival International Address:6 Charterhouse Buildings, London, EC1M 7ET Telephone:020 7687 8700
Fax:020 7687 8701
Web:http://www.survival-international.org
Email:info@survival-international.org
Description:Survival International is a worldwide organisation supporting tribal peoples. It stands for their right to decide their own future and helps them protect their lives, lands and human rights. Category:Indigenous Peoples

Name:Taiga Resue Network (TRN) Address:Box 116, Ajtte, S-962 23 Jokkmokk, Sweden,
Telephone:+46 971 17039
Fax: 46-971-55354
Web:http://www.taigarescue.org
Email:info@taigarescue.org
Description:The TRN is an international network of non-governmental organisations and indigenous peoples working for the protection and sustainable use of the world's boreal forests.
Category:Indigenous Peoples; Forests & Woodlands

Name:TAPOL, The Indonesia Human Rights Campaign Address:111 Northwood Rd, Thornton Rd, Surrey, CR7 8HW
Telephone:020 8771 2904
Fax:020 8653 0322
Web:http://www.gn.apc.org/tapol
Email:tapol@gn.apc.org
Description:TAPOL - which means political prisoner in Indonesian - is an English language authority on the human rights situation in Indonesia and East Timor. Category:Human Rights; Indigenous Peoples

Name:Tibet Foundation Address:1 St. James's Market, London SW1Y 4SB. Telephone:020 7930 6001
Fax:020 7930 6002
Web:http://www.tibet-foundation.org
Email:enquiries@tibet-foundation.org
Description:Non-political organisation working to preserve Tibetan Culture, and assist the Tibetan People across the world.
Category:Indigenous peoples