Tourism Opens New Doors, Creates New Challenges, for Traditional Healers in Peru
By Proctor, Rachel January 31, 2001 Cultural Survival Quarterly Issue 24.4 Mateo Arevalo, 43, was born into a family of traditional healers, or curanderos, in
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Shipibo Regional Organizational Workshop
Above: Enjoying a relaxing evening after the workshop. Village Earth was asked by some prominent Shipibo leaders a few months back to facilitate another regional
U.S. Government Offer of $7 Billion to Settle Native Lawsuits Rejected
by Mary Clare Jalonick Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) – The U.S. government has proposed paying $7 billion to partly settle lawsuits alleging mismanagement of native
Santa Teresita, Ucayali, Peru
The indigenous community of Santa Teresita lies on the shores of Cashibococha, a pristine lake near to Pucallpa. Jaime Flores Diaz invited Village Earth to
The History of “Competency” as a Tool to Control Native American Lands
David Bartecchi, Village Earth In a previous post I provided some basic facts and statistics on land for the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. However, provided
A Primer on the Status of Land on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation
The map above illustrates the “checkerboard” of different classifications of land on Pine Ridge. I get so many questions from individuals on and off the
Half the Peruvian Amazon Leased for Petroleum Development
Source: Environment News Service Half the Peruvian Amazon Leased for Petroleum Development WASHINGTON, DC, December 4, 2006 (ENS) – Conservation groups based in Washington warned
Exploitation of Shipibo Territory
As printed in the Village Earth Fall 2006 Newsletter: Above: Shipibo-managed hunting grounds. Below: Traditional Shipibo hunting grounds sold by the Peruvian government to a
Government may stop handling Indian trust
(Created: Friday, October 27, 2006 1:16 PM MDT) JENNIFER TALHELM Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON — The government would end its long and controversial responsibility for
Self-Determination through Artisan Cooperatives
The Shipibo-Conibo have one of the most elaborate and intriguing polychrome pottery designs in the world. The geometric designs are called quene, literally “symbols of