21. Amnesty International - Library - Americas Indigenous Peoples - in the American continent, the descendants of the continent's indigenous peoplesvocally reclaimed their In honduras, numerous indigenous leaders have http://web.amnesty.org/802568F7005C4453/0/80256AB9000584F680256C4E005B4BCD?Open

22. Indigenous People, Culture And Lifestyle Education (not only NGOs, but a list of organizations and schools offering classeson indigenous peoples and Rainforest GUATEMALA, BELIZE AND honduras http://www.nativeplanet.org/indigenous/indigenous.htm

Native Planet Indigenous Cultures Indigenous Peoples The Indigenous Peoples of the world are the exclusive guardians of large wilderness habitats upon which modern societies depend (plants, animals, climate, water). Their lifestyles are models for the practices of conservation and sustainable consumption of biological resources. Maintaining and understanding the earth's most biologically diverse areas is dependent on maintaining the cultural diversity and integrity of Indigenous peoples who live there. In the following pages we present: Human Rights Issues NGO's Discoveries: Cultures and Lifestyles Eco-Tourism and Local Guides and our Photo Gallery Indigenous People and Human Rights (Text) Why and How we should support the cause Who are the Indigenous people? Why should we help Indigenous people? What problems are they facing? In aid of the cause The role of our expedition in support of their cause Discoveries: Cultures and Lifestyles (Texts and Photographs) Mentawai (Indonesia, previous expedition)

23. NGO Indigenous People 1998, Guatemala Partners sent over $450,000 to fifty projects and organizationsin Guatemala, Chiapas and honduras, emphasizing indigenous peoples, women and http://www.nativeplanet.org/ngo/ngo1.htm

Native Planet Indigenous Cultures Human Rights Non-Profit CASKE 2000 Data Base of Non-Profit Organizations Supporting the Cause of Indigenous Peoples We will update this page regularly with new NGO recommendations. Native Planet and CASKE 2000 have no affiliations with any of the following NGO's. We research and investigate these organizations and connect our readers to a variety of opportunities to voice their support for indigenous peoples around the world. Cultural Survival 96 Mount Auburn Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, E-mail: csinc@cs.org http://www.cs.org/index.html Cultural Survival is a non-profit organization founded in 1972 to defend the human rights and cultural autonomy of indigenous peoples and oppressed ethnic minorities. Through research and publications we focus attention on violations of those rights and advocate alternative policies that avoid genocide, ethnic conflict and the destruction of other peoples' ways of life. Cultural Survival develops educational materials that promote tolerance and understanding of other cultures, and respect for indigenous peoples - the world's original stewards of the environment. *Very well organized, tightly defined mission and goals. Support a wide array of aid and education projects that involve and benefit local communities directly. Excellent system to match potential donors/volunteers with programs of interest.

24. HONDURAS BP.26 - Best Practices On Indigenous Knowledge landuse patterns to help indigenous peoples claim land The aim is to help indigenouspeople communicate Projects in honduras and Paraguay are described in http://www.unesco.org/most/bpik26.htm

Best Practices on Indigenous Knowledge MOST CIRAN HONDURAS BP.26 TITLE Participatory Research Mapping (PRM). Using maps of indigenous land-use patterns to help indigenous peoples claim land rights. DESCRIPTION The practice helps indigenous hunter-gatherers draw their own maps of the lands and resources required for their subsistence. The aim is to help indigenous people communicate their need for land to government authorities through their spatial knowledge of the landscapes and ecosystems they inhabit. We encourage people to draw progressively more complex maps of the sites and areas used for their subsistence. Projects in Honduras and Paraguay are described in this report. In Honduras, the project was co-ordinated by MOPAWI, a local NGO, and several indigenous organisations. The project aimed at developing a clearer understanding of indigenous land-use patterns so that an appropriate strategy could be designed to legally reclaim historic land rights. The project was funded by Cultural Survival. Indian 'surveyors' designed a questionnaire, which they then administered to all villages in the eastern Honduras region (population 40,000). The data was gathered through public meetings, and included oral and graphical descriptions of the sites and areas used by villages for their subsistence. The surveyors gathered the information, and professional researchers used the information to draw up 1:50,000 scale maps of the region. Circles were drawn around the sites identified to show the approximate extent of lands used. Village-level data was grouped into zones, and the resulting map was published at a scale of 1:500,000. The researchers included a vegetation overlay on the map to highlight the relationship between land-use and the landscape’s ecology.

25. Bill's Aboriginal Links: International A directory of Aboriginal links around the world.Category Society Ethnicity indigenous People...... Central American Development Studies indigenous peoples in Central America Maya peoplesin Mexico Belize) Introduction to honduras Archeological Sites http://www.bloorstreet.com/300block/aborintl.htm

Aboriginal Links International Latin America Australia New Zealand International ... Environment Latin America Latin American Network Resources Latin World WWW Virtual Library: Latin American Studies Abya Yala Net ... Spanish to English Automatic Translation Mexico Society and Culture of Mexico Map of Mexico LANIC: Mexico Links Latin World Mexican Links ... Bibliography: Books About Mexico Central America Central America Maps (Magellan) Institute for Central American Development Studies Indigenous Peoples in Central America Maya Peoples in Mexico and Guatemala ... Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (Panama) South America South America Maps (Magellan) GAIA Forest Conservation: South America WHA: Native Peoples in South America) Indigenous Literature (South America) ... Amanaka'a Amazon Network Australian Links Australia Maps (Magellan) WWW Virtual Library: Aboriginal Studies Koori Net The Term "Koori" ... OzWeb New Zealand Links New Zealand Maps (Magellan) New Zealand/Aotearoa on the Web Introduction to The Maori Maoritanga ... New Zealand Information Other Pacific Links WWW Virtual Library: Pacific Studies Maps of the Pacific (Magellan) South Pacific Information Network Pacific Island Report (News) ... Oceanian Governments Online International Links Hieros Gamos: Native Peoples Law News OneWorld: Land Rights Updates Center for World Indigenous Studies International Indian Treaty Council ... Court Upholds Border Crossing Right (1997, Can)

26. Indigenous Peoples In The Americas Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, honduras, Mexico, Paraguay andPeru) are State Parties to the indigenous and Tribal peoples Convention known http://www.maryknoll.org/GLOBAL/NEWSNOTES/xNEWSNOTES/newsnote09_01/indig_sept01.

27. Maya Chorti Of Honduras the government of honduras should act in a different way if not it will not onlybe repudiated by the indigenous and black peoples of honduras, but all the http://iaip.gn.apc.org/third/mayach~1.htm

home Third Conference Solidarity with the Maya Chorti of Honduras To: Mr. Carlos Roberto Reyna Constitutional President of the Republic of Honduras Mr. Carlos Flores Facusse President of the National Congress of Honduras Mr. Ubodoro Arriaga Director, INA Dear Sirs At this, the Third International Conference of the International Alliance of Indigenous-Tribal Peoples of the Tropical Forests, we have been informed of the grave situation facing our indigenous brothers the Maya Chortis, living in COPAN and Ocotopeque, concerning their demands for protection of their rights to own land in order to support their livelihoods. We are now in the Decade of Indigenous Peoples, and as the governments must assume not only respect for the human rights of indigenous peoples, but also help them to attain peace and consult them on every activity, the government of Honduras should act in a different way - if not it will not only be repudiated by the indigenous and black peoples of Honduras, but all the world. We therefore request you to intercede immediately and directly for the restitution and legal recognition of the territorial rights of the indigenous people of Maya-Chorti of Honduras, as well as the immediate liberation of our brother Isauro Acevedo who has been detained in prison on the instructions of the landowners of COPAN, Ruinas.

28. Welcome To The International Technical Assistance Homepage! indigenous peoples want to preserve their cultural identities by preserving nativeplant Reserve lacked legal boundaries, and the Government of honduras had no http://www.doi.gov/intl/itap/honduras.html

Honduras The Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve is the first and largest Man and the Biosphere Reserve (1980) in Central America. It also is a World Heritage Site (1982) and one of 22 sites on the List of World Heritage in Danger (1996). The Reserve is part of the largest contiguous undeveloped rain forest in Central America. The Reserve covers 815,000 hectares total. The indigenous zone, in which the U.S. Department of the Interior is working, is some 300,000 hectares. Four indigenous peoples the Miskito, Pech, Garífuna and Tawahka-Sumu – inhabit the Reserve. During the past 20 years, settlers from outside have forced many of these peoples from their traditional lands. This process has disrupted traditional economies and introduced a host of environmentally destructive land uses which have resulted in deforestation, environmental contamination and the trafficking of rare animal species. Indigenous peoples want to preserve their cultural identities by preserving native plant and animal communities, developing local economies, and curbing further settlement. When DOI began its work in 1995, the Reserve lacked legal boundaries, and the Government of Honduras had no institutional presence within the Reserve and no means of controlling illegal settlement or destructive land uses. DOI works to promote the conservation of biological diversity by direct actions in the indigenous zone of the Reserve and by helping the Government of Honduras to establish administrative controls throughout the Reserve. Since 1995, DOI has promoted:

29. Indigenous Peoples representing vital and prosperous cultures exist in honduras. the creation of theInter American indigenous Institute and the reality of these peoples is seen http://www.itpcentre.org/legislation/english/hondur-eng.htm

HOME BACK Honduras: The Development of Tourism in the Bahia De Tela Author: Roy Guevara Arzu Many different ethnic groups representing vital and prosperous cultures exist in Honduras. Nonetheless, the colonial domination has transformed them into cultures of resistance. The independence of this country in 1821 did not mean a positive change in position on the ladder of domination. In general, these peoples share a similar social and economic situation, deprived of even the most basic resources, especially referring to health and nutrition and they are faced with the lack of land due to the commercial agriculture that has usurped it. The life expectancy in these groups is lower than the average common Honduran, as are the levels of nutrition and literacy. Nevertheless, the culture and tradition that these peoples possess are still very rich even though they have not been valued by the Honduran Nation State (Guevara, 1996, p.1-2). These exact cultural attributes have contributed to the survival of its peoples and towards the end of the seventies, a process of reorganization with movements of different natures fought for political, social and economic reform. As a result the Honduran Constitution of 1980 took the small step of establishing Article 144 which stated the necessity to protect the indigenous population and their natural resources. On the international level, they approved the Convention 169 in 1992. Despite this, special regulations do not yet exist for the obligations established by the Convention, nor does any entity exist on the international level to impel the fates of ethnic groups, which contradicts the stipulations of another Convention signed by the government in 1940 during the creation of the Inter- American Indigenous Institute.

30. Indigenous Peoples EL SALVADOR Reality and Problems of indigenous peoples Author Amadeo Martinez.honduras The Development of Tourism in the Bahia de Tela Author Roy Guevara http://www.itpcentre.org/leg_index.htm

HOME CONTACT US Papers and Documents: El Derecho Indígena Consuetudinario y Positivo Argentino (Spanish) References to National Constitutions of the Americas on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and Environment Select Country: Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Costa Rica Cuba Ecuador El Salvador Guatemala Honduras México Nicaragua Panamá Paraguay Perú Uruguay USA Venezuela Binding Legal Frameworks Convention on Biological Diversity May 2000 Agenda 21: Chapter 26 International Labour Organization - Convention 169 June 1989 Pending for Adoption Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People In Drafting Process Organization of American States: Draft of the Inter-American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People September 1995 Other Declarations Indigenous Peoples' Seattle Declaration December 1999 Geneva Declaration on the Health and Survival of Indigenous Peoples November 1999 The Mataatua Declaration on Cultural and Intellectual Property Right of Indigenous Peoples Technical Consultation June 1996 CASE STUDIES ARGENTINA: Depletion in the region of Susquez, Jujuy

31. Hr-headlines@hrea.org - Americas: Indigenous Peoples -- Second-class Citizens In the descendants of the continent's indigenous peoples vocally reclaimed and excessiveuse of force * In honduras, numerous indigenous leaders have http://www.hrea.org/lists/hr-headlines/markup/msg00658.html

Americas: Indigenous peoples Second-class citizens in the lands of their ancestors Subject [headlines] Americas: Indigenous peoples Second-class citizens in the lands of their ancestors From owner-hr-headlines@hrea.org Date Fri, 11 Oct 2002 13:17:13 GMT Prev by Date: Israel/Palestinian Authority: Palestinian baby with critical heart condition refused access to hospital Next by Date: Montenegro: While extreme nationalism grows, no media law is functioning Previous by thread: Americas: Indigenous people at high risk Next by thread: Amnesty International calls on Israel to cooperate with UN inquiry Reply to this message Start a new topic Date Index ... HREA Home Page

32. Community Aid Abroad: Honduras So says Carlos Ling, Guatemalabased coordinator of our programs in Mexico, Guatemalaand honduras.The region’s indigenous peoples – already devastated by http://www.caa.org.au/world/latam/honduras/

Search/Site map Home Around the World Central America Honduras Honduras after Hurricane Mitch The aftermath of hurricane Mitch has literally paralyzed the country, affecting almost all parts of the territory including the capital, Tegucigalpa. The hurricane has brought untold devastation in terms of human lives, public infrastructure and agriculture. As of 10/11/98, official figures from the National Commission of Emergencies reported: 6,600 deaths, 8,052 disappeared, 11,918 injured, 1,393,669 homeless 541,892 living in temporary shelters 84 bridges destroyed. Salvador Suazo of CEDEC, our main counterpart organization in Honduras, acknowledges that these official figures reflect data collected from cities and those areas which can still be reached in spite of the Hurricane aftermath. Therefore, there is still little known about the extent of suffering experienced by Hondurans from more isolated and minority communities such as the Miskito, Tawahkas (Indigenous peoples) and the Garifunas (these communities form the focus of our program in Honduras). Suazo states the devastating impact on Garifuna communities in the Santa Rosa de Aguan region (a more accessible region) which, up to 10/11/98, had not received any humanitarian assistance: 80% of 20,753 families (ie. 16,600 families) have been seriously affected in one area alone. Data collected by CEDEC through Radio-aficionada (VHF) and people within the area indicate that all the Garifuna communities in the area are inundated, with many neighbourhoods literally wiped off the map.

33. Central America & Mexico: Oxfam Community Aid Abroad Community Aid Abroad supports local selfhelp development projects in Central America.Category Regional Central America Economic Development...... on the international community to provide debt relief to honduras and Nicaragua,two aims to support the rights of the region's indigenous peoples to determine http://www.caa.org.au/world/latam/

Search/Site map Home Around the World Oxfam Community Aid Abroad has worked in Mexico and Central America since the mid 1980's. We are now supporting programs in: Guatemala Honduras Mexico We have previously supported programs in: Belize Colombia El Salvador Nicaragua Emergency program Oxfam Community Aid Abroad was part of a coordinated Oxfam response to Hurricane Mitch, which devastated Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador and Guatemala in November 1998. In Honduras alone, the hurricane killed more than 7000 and left at least 2 million people homeless. Our immediate response concentrated on safe water and sanitation, to prevent the outbreak of water-borne epidemics like cholera and diarrhoea. Although Hurricane Mitch is long gone from the public gaze, it will take poor communities throughout the region decades to fully recover [ Find out more ]. Our follow-up work has included providing seeds and tools for replanting destroyed crops [ find out more ], as well as calling on the international community to provide debt relief to Honduras and Nicaragua , two of the poorest countries in the world, to give them some hope of rebuilding.

34. Honduras This Week Online Environmental -- Environmental NGOs Rehabilitate La Ce is going to be the next president of honduras. Most Hondurans European Economic Communityproject Wetlands, Biodiversity and indigenous peoples, Brus Laguna http://www.marrder.com/htw/special/environment/60.htm

ENVIRONMENT Welcome to the Honduras This Week Online environment section, a permanent collection of articles related to the Environment in Honduras. Click here to return to the weekly version of Honduras This Week Online. New Indian-run NGO appears in the Mosquitia By WENDY GRIFFIN In the Department of Gracias a Dios, also known as the Mosquitia, 91 percent of the inhabitants speak a native language such as Miskito, Tawahka, Pech or Garifuna. Edgardo Benitez, the Tawahka Executive Director of CIDCA, believes it is time that indigenous peoples are co-executors of development projects in their area. CIDCA is the Independent Commission for Development and Environmental Conservation, headquartered in Tegucigalpa. Its goals are to promote, support, coordinate, and implement projects that protect, conserve and develop the native cultures of the Mosquitia and their environment. The organization also acts as a voice against projects that threaten these cultures and their environment. The non-governmental organization (NGO) came about because of a felt need for an organization run by native professionals who could articulate the desires of the people of the Mosquitia and turn these into financeable projects. These native professionals are trying to change the role of indigenous peoples in development projects, in response to previous bad experiences.

35. Honduras This Week Central America the rights of indigenous peoples. For several years the ILRC have been helping indigenouscommunities in the La Moskitia region of Northern honduras to stop http://www.marrder.com/htw/2003jan/central.htm

CENTRAL AMERICA Monday, January 27, 2003 Online Edition 4 Indigenous Nicaraguans sue President By ROBERT SPAIN This situation may have some ramifications for the numerous indigenous groups populating many areas of Central America, including Honduras. Their rights are often summed up by locals with the refrain “they have no rights.” All over the country, business opportunities take precedence over the rights of indigenous peoples. For several years the ILRC have been helping indigenous communities in the La Moskitia region of Northern Honduras to stop logging forays on their lands. These areas include parts of the Rio Platano Biosphere Reserve - where it is already illegal to cut down trees - however it has not stopped the logging and colonization of the region. Should the action by the Mayangnga prompt Honduran peoples to launch their own suit, they have similarly little guarantee of results. Given that a Nicaraguan Ambassador is famously said to have defended his country’s imposition of a 35% import tax on Honduran products owing to the need to raise capital to fight land battles with Honduras in the Hague, one can only wonder what the internal financial repercussions will be from this - and similar - processes. For more Central American News, visit:

36. Protected Areas on the Lope Reserve; India indigenous peoples victims of protected areas; MalaysiaPenan indigenous people and honduras action to protect mangrove forests and http://www.wrm.org.uy/subjects/areas.html

Protected Areas ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN THE WRM BULLETIN OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION LINKS ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN THE WRM BULLETIN Guyana: Conservation International accused of "gross disrespect" to indigenous peoples Wilderness Parks or Community Conservation? Thailand: The racism behind the modern conservation paradigm Côte d'Ivoire: The sacred forest, a community protected area ... See also our "Defenders of the Forests" section OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION Wandering the Wilderness article published in Newsweek's Magazine edition of March 17 2003, on protected areas. Salvaging Nature: Indigenous Peoples, Protected Areas and Biodiversity Conservation by Marcus Colchester The Vth World Parks Congress will be held in Durban, South Africa, September 8-17, 2003. LINKS World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA) http://www.iucn.org/themes/wcpa/index.html

37. Rights Action > Urgent Actions/Campaigns > Repression In Honduras This arrests violate a Special Agreement between CONPAH (the Federation that representsnine indigenous peoples of honduras) and the Supreme Court of Justice http://www.rightsaction.org/urgent_com/u0700.htm

home education and outreach speaking tours articles ... delegations 12 July, 2000 Urgent Action Repression in Honduras Current Situation [below] Recent incidents of repression [right column] Demands Actions Rights Action sends this information in response to a recent escalation in violations of political and civil rights against the leaders of COPIN, the Civic Council of Indigenous and Popular Organizations, in Honduras. Some readers will remember that Bertha Caceres (a COPIN indigenous rights activist) came to the US in the fall of 1999 on a 6-week educational speaking tour, hosted by Rights Action. [Read on, for more information about repression against Bertha and her family.] Some readers will recall that on October 18, 1999, Rights Action circulated an urgent action appeal concerning State repression that took place last October 12, 1999, when police and soldiers open fired and seriously wounded dozens of peaceful indigenous and campesino marchers. [Contact our office to get copy.] Please copy and redistribute this information.

38. Rights Action > Urgent Actions/Campaigns peoples of honduras, brings together 9 different communitybased organizationsrepresenting different indigenous, Afro-Honduran and Garifuna peoples. http://www.rightsaction.org/urgent_com/c0900.htm

home education and outreach speaking tours articles ... delegations 14 September, 2000 Honduran repression against indigenous activists Please copy, redistribute and publish this information 1 Background (this page) 2 Update: Sept. 5, 2000 3 Update: Sept. 14, 2000 4 Action/Contact info Rights Action sends this information concerning a recent spate of repression (violations of political and civil rights) against indigenous and community human rights activistsmany are members of community-based organizations supported by Rights Actionwho had been rallying and protesting in favor of their rights to land and to numerous economic and social rights. For information about how to support the work of community-based organizations in Honduras and how otherwise to get involved working on these global human rights and development issues, click here . We produce here a compilation of articles written by Miguel Marsh, a colleague of ours who lives and works in Honduras. BACKGROUND Subject: "Honduran Indigenous Strikers Attacked by Police and Denied Medical Care" Date: Sat, 9 Sept. 2000 17:55:31 -0600

39. IMADR/News On Guatemala And Maya Indigenous Peoples/2003/No.6 facing corruption charges are Rafael Callejas of honduras (19901994 political leaders,reporters, clergy and leaders of indigenous peoples.'' ''Doctor Morales http://www.imadr.org/project/guatemala/news6.html

News on Guatemala and Maya indigenous peoples Compiled by IMADR Webmaster IMADR Guatemala Project No.1 No.2 No.3 No.4 No.5 No.7 Ex-paramilitary fighters, former members of president's security protest in Guatemala Apr 1, By SERGIO DE LEON, Associated Press Writer GUATEMALA CITY - Hundreds of former paramilitary fighters held an oil pumping station Tuesday in northern Guatemala, demanding that the government pay them more for fighting alongside the military during the country's 1960-96 civil war. Demonstrators took control of the station on Monday and began emptying oil from one of the pipelines in the nearby jungle village of Las Pozas, 110 miles (160 kilometers) north of Guatemala City. The station is owned by the French company Perenco. The paramilitaries "are still blocking all access and have refused to allow emergency officials inside," Energy and Mines Ministry spokesman Juan Carlos Ruiz said Tuesday. Ruiz said the seized pumping station connects oil wells in northernmost Peten province with a refining station in the port city of Santo Tomas. Guatemala exports 25,000 barrels of oil a day, nearly all of which flow through channels now controlled by protesters, Ruiz said. The protest is costing private investors as much as US$50,000 a day, he said. The government has agreed to pay ex-paramilitaries US$660 each in three installments - one this year, and two next year. But protesters want US$2,500 handed over in one payment.

40. IMADR/News On Guatemala And Maya Indigenous Peoples/ 2002/no.4 SANTIAGO, Oct 11 (IPS) indigenous peoples in the But abuses against indigenouscommunities and activists Canada, Chile, Colombia, honduras, Panama and http://www.imadr.org/project/guatemala/news4.html

News on Guatemala and Maya indigenous peoples Compiled by IMADR Webmaster IMADR Guatemala Project No.1 No.2 No.3 No.5 No.6 No.7 Note: IMADR Webmaster is solely responsible for the compilation of these news files. Protests against "Columbus Day" in Guatemala A Guatemalan farmers in front of a banner against Puebla-Panama Plan (PPP) takes part in a roadblock near the Mexican border at La Mesilla, northwest of Guatemala City, October 12, 2002. Thousands of farmers in Guatemala and Central America protested against the regional development outlined in the Puebla-Panama Plan, which marks the 510th Anniversary of Columbus' arrival in the Americas. The sign reads: No to the free trade agreement of the Americas. We decide our destiny by ourselves REUTERS/ Jorge Silva Indians block highways in Guatemala, southern Mexico to protest Columbus Day Oct 12 By JUAN CARLOS LLORCA, Associated Press Writer

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