Community-based Geographic Tech Workshops
Land rights is a constantly recurring theme in our work with indigenous peoples throughout the world. And the Shipibo people have asked for our assistance
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Chief Alfred Red Cloud to Travel to Europe in June to Speak About Bison Project
Chief Alfred Red Cloud, 5th generation descendant of warrior/statesman “Makhpiya-Luta” (1822-1909), will be traveling to Luxembourg and France this June to speak about land recovery
Geographic Technology as a Tool for Indigenous Empowerment
There is only one month left before the monumental Indigenous Tribunal in the Ucayali region of the Amazon! As part of the Tribunal, Village Earth
Update from the Field
Thank you to Nerio Reategui, our Shipibo project partner and friend, for sending these photos. He works as a translator between Shipibo, Ashaninka, and Spanish
Protecting Indigenous Shipibo Territory Through Community-Based Mapping
“During the past 40 years, close to 20 percent of the Amazon rain forest has been cut down – more than in all the previous
View “THIS LAND IS OUR LAND” Online! VE’s Documentary Short About Land Recovery on the Pine Ridge Reservation
“THIS LAND IS OUR LAND” explores the complex issues which hinder the efforts of residents of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation to utilize their land
Village Earth/ EWB Partnership
Above: The people of Santa Rosa de Dinamarca and Village Earth representative, Kristina Pearson, dancing in the Umisha Festival. Kristina met with the community in
Oil Companies to Begin Drilling in Masisea
Above: This map shows the different exploration and exploitation blocks leased out by the Peruvian government to the oil companies. Below: A view of the
2120 More Acres Recovered for Bison on the Pine Ridge Reservation.
With your support, Village Earth and our community partners on the Pine Ridge Reservation have recovered 2120 more acres of reservation lands to be used
First Indigenous Tribunal of the Ucayali
As a follow-up and outcome to the Village Earth Regional Organizational workshop in January 2007, a group of Shipibo leaders have decided to hold the