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Rigoberta Menchu: Indigenous Struggle for Peace in Guatemala (part 1 of 2) Rigoberta Menchu: Indigenous Struggle for Peace in Guatemala (part 1 of 2)
Date: 5/4/1993Call Number: CV 022Format: Cass A & BCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
A program to honor Rigoberta Menchu and raise funds for the Menchu Foundation that helps the indigenous people in Guatemala and other parts of Latin America. Includes speeches and performances by various indigenious activists. Bilingual.
Rigoberta Menchu: Indigenous Struggle for Peace in Guatemala (part 2 of 2) Rigoberta Menchu: Indigenous Struggle for Peace in Guatemala (part 2 of 2)
Date: 5/4/1993Call Number: CV 023Format: CassetteCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Rigoberta Menchu speaks about the peace she hopes to bring to Guatemala. The program ends with the music video by Watchfire Production and a performance by "All Nations Drum." Bilingual.
Press Conference on Human Rights - Rigoberta Menchu Press Conference on Human Rights - Rigoberta Menchu
Date: 11/19/1993Call Number: CV 029Format: Cass A & BProducers: Chuy VarelaCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
In a press conference on November 19, 1993 Rigoberta Menchu, a human rights activist, speaks about creating a better future for indigenous peoples. While some indigenous groups have begun to regain their rights, others still have not. Menchu explains the struggles which confront indigenous peoples and ways to improve their conditions. Lastly, Menchu encourages civil society and citizens of the world to play a greater role in this struggle.
Carole Standing Elk & the American Indian Movement Carole Standing Elk & the American Indian Movement
Date: 10/1/1993Call Number: CV 043AFormat: Cass AProducers: KPFACollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Interview with Carole Standing Elk, a member of the American Indian Movement. She discusses prison rights, responsibility of tribal members, and the question of who is the American Indian Movement.
Interview with Jennifer Harbury Interview with Jennifer Harbury
Date: 11/12/1993Call Number: CV 049Format: CassetteProgram: KPFACollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Jennifer Harbury talks about her book, "Bridge of Courage: Life Stories of the Guatemalan Companeros and Companeras," which records the life stories of Guatemalans facing repressive conditions and genocide due to the ongoing civil war. Discussed are the Guatemalan Civil War and the torture tactics used by the army on the prisoners of war, returning refugees and civilians.
Third Committee - Rigoberta Menchu Third Committee - Rigoberta Menchu
Date: 11/19/1993Call Number: CV 193AFormat: Cass AProducers: United NationsProgram: United NationsCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Rigoberta Menchu addresses the Third Committee of the United Nations on indigenous issues.
Indian Chronicles Indian Chronicles
Date: 9/10/1993Call Number: CV 202BFormat: Cass BProducers: Chuy VarelaCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Author Jose Barriero discusses indigenous issues and his upcoming book "Indian Chronicles."
Los Nukak Maku: Los Ultimos Nomadas Los Nukak Maku: Los Ultimos Nomadas
Date: 6/6/1993Call Number: V 553Format: VHSProducers: Cine ColombianoProgram: Los Nukak Maku: Los Ultimos NomadasCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Documentary about the Nukak Maku, one of the last nomadic tribes in the Amazon, "discovered" in 1988.
Indigenous Stories Indigenous Stories
Date: 8/18/1993Call Number: V 607Format: VHSProducers: Global Vision, WNET-ThirteenProgram: Rights & Wrongs: Human Rights TelevisionCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Discusses the rights of indigenous people to protect their land and culture. History of US annexation of Hawaii and impact of displacement of native Hawaiians. Discusses the dispute between the US government and the people of Hawaii over land rights - Hawaiians displaced from their hometown of Papakolea. Homeless Hawaiians peaceful demonstration broken up by police. The impact of the gold rush on the Philippines. Current state of the Tasaday people and the media hoax about them in the 1970s and 1980s. Discusses the unregulated use of mercury in gold mining and its damaging effects. The UN Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), in Rio de Janeiro in June 1992, informally called the Earth Summit. Various indigenous groups perform.
Ka Ho'okolokolonui O Kanaka Maoli Ka Ho'okolokolonui O Kanaka Maoli
Publisher: Pro-Hawaiian Sovereignty Working GroupDate: 8/12/1993Volume Number: August 12-21Format: MonographCollection: Native Americans
The International Peoples' Tribunal-Hawaii- Document encourging people to attend the International People's Tribunal, and information about the colonization of the Hawaiian land.