Life is also territory: an interview with Amazonian anthropologist Alberto Chirif

BY RENATO PITA FOR DEBATES INDÍGENAS

Alberto Chirif Tirado (Lima, 1943) is a prominent Peruvian anthropologist who has devoted his life to the Amazon and the Amazonian Indigenous Peoples. His work and diverse interests are attested to in a large number of research projects and books on Indigenous Peoples' rights, territories, memory and history, regional vocabulary, Indigenous cuisine and Amazonian literature. An exceptional witness to the Amazon and the history of Peru, Alberto’s career has encompassed the differing moments that have marked the transformations and course of his country, of Amazonian anthropology and of the Amazonian Indigenous movement.

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Kenyan government continues to forcibly evict hundreds of Ogiek

It’s been one week since Kenyan authorities forcibly evicted more than 700 Ogiek children, women and men, including the elderly, from their homes and land in Sasimwani village, Narok County, and they are not stopping.

Beginning on 2 November, Kenya Forest Services and Kenya Wildlife Service rangers demolished and burned dozens of homes rendering families homeless; their personal effects (those that have not been burned) strewn across their traditional land in the Mau Forest.

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700 Ogiek made homeless as Kenyan authorities destroy dozens of homes

IWGIA has just received news that authorities from Kenya Forest Services and Kenya Wildlife Service rangers are currently destroying and setting fire to dozens of homes in Sasimwani village, Narok County. 700 Ogiek women, children and men have now been forcibly evicted and made homeless.

“We have nowhere else to go. This marks the end for us. Where will we put the children?” an Ogiek said standing amidst the ruins of her home.

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Chilean Presidential Commission for Peace and Understanding: a real opportunity or more of the same?

BY HERNANDO SILVA NERIZ FOR DEBATES INDÍGENAS

In recent decades, conflicts over Mapuche ancestral lands have intensified in the southern central part of the country. At the same time, the policies promoted by the State have proven to be insufficient, and the territory has been militarized. Within this context the Commission is presented as a possibility to open a social dialogue through institutional channels, to determine the real demand for land and to propose mechanisms for the solution of conflicts to achieve peace.

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White-collar miners: who is devastating the Amazon?

BY LUIS SALAS RODRÍGUEZ FOR DEBATES INDÍGENAS

While miners are blamed for the destruction of the forests, this gold fever would not exist without the lavish consumption of sheikhs, influencers, rappers, footballers, brokers, Hollywood actors and famous singers. Following the rise in the price of gold during Covid-19, Central Banks and speculators have further boosted this demand. In Brazil and Venezuela, the land area affected by mining is increasing rapidly and the presence of gold miners threatens the indigenous communities living near the deposits.

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