The Ethnocide Committed by the Bolivian State against the Yukí Indigenous People

BY ERWIN MELGAR ORTÍZ FOR INDIGENOUS DEBATES

During the second half of the 20th century, the Yukí people were forcibly contacted by the New Tribes Evangelical Mission. The rapid process of their acculturation rendered them highly vulnerable to encroachments by external actors. This Amazonian people now face the advance of settlers from the Altiplano who cultivate coca, head illegal logging operations, and bring violence associated with drug trafficking. In the absence of adequate support from the Bolivian State and amid land usurpations by other Indigenous groups, their territorial rights are being rapidly eroded. Urgent measures are needed to prevent the disappearance of the Yukí people.

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Bolivia: The Energy Transition and Indigenous Peoples’ Rights in the Face of Critical Mineral Extraction

By MIGUEL VARGAS DELGADO FOR INDIGENOUS DEBATES

As attention remains focused on lithium extraction, Indigenous Ayoreo, Chiquitano, and Guarayo communities are facing a new threat to their territories: the expansion of rare earth and critical mineral mining. These projects, which are presented as essential to a so-called green energy transition, risk deepening the extractivist model. There is an urgent need to restore effective safeguards and to guarantee the implementation of Free, Prior and Informed Consent processes, in full respect of Indigenous Peoples’ right to self-determination.

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The Friends of the Attawapiskat River and Indigenous Grassroots Advocacy for a Just Transition in Treaty 9 Territory

MICHAEL KOOSTACHIN AND KERRIE BLAISE FOR INDIGENOUS DEBATES

Through a single legislative act, Bill 5 seeks to deliberately amend or repeal numerous laws to advance mining interests. This proposal threatens the taiga and wetlands where many Indigenous Peoples live. Guided by Natural Law, the Oji-Cree, Ojibway, and Omushkegowuk communities have pledged to protect the waters that give them life and to resist the greed that poisons their rivers, endangers their children, and devastates their communities.

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Indigenous Peoples and the Energy Transition: Mining and Pollution in Argentina

BY SANDRA CEBALLOS FOR INDIGENOUS DEBATES

For over 50 years, through their steadfast activism, the Indigenous movement has played a key role in the international arena, achieving recognition of our collective rights as peoples within nation-states. Today, climate change — which threatens all of humanity and our Mother Earth — demands that we continue to hold States accountable. Indigenous Peoples are without doubt among those most severely affected by global warming. The energy transition required to address climate change must respect the human rights of Indigenous Peoples, incorporate our ancestral knowledge, and align with the goals of sustainable development.

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