Native America Calling

Aly Dominguez and Jairo Bonilla, founders of the Guapinol water defenders movement which was fighting against river contamination by a controversial open-pit iron oxide mine, were killed in January in broad daylight. (Photos courtesy: Guapinol Resiste)

Wednesday, May 10, 2023 – The ongoing threat to Indigenous environmental activists

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Indigenous activists in Central and South America are literally putting their lives on the line trying to protect their land and culture. Places like Brazil, Honduras, Colombia, and parts of Mexico are rife with murders and disappearances of Indigenous people speaking up to save their land and people from large scale mining operations, logging, and other extractive industries. In many cases, those responsible are never brought to justice. We’ll explore the factors that contribute to the threat to Indigenous people standing up against corporate development.

GUESTS

María Martin, award-winning multimedia journalist, founding executive director of Latino USA, and director of GraciasVida Center for Media

Nati Garcia (Maya Mam), capacity building manager for Cultural Survival

Edson Krenak (Krenak), Cultural Survival lead on Brazil

Américo Mendoza–Mori, scholar who teaches Indigenous and Latinx issues at Harvard University

 

Break 1 music: Mundo Enganador (song) Quetzal Guerrero (artist) Coiza Boa (album)

Break 2 music: Women’s Honoring Song (song) Red Hawk Medicine Drum (artist) New Beginnings (album)

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