March 21st, 2012, in front of the Canadian Embassy in Mexico City, Mexico, people protested against the murder of Bernardo Vásquez Sánchez who was an activist against the Canadian owned Fortuna Silver Mines operating in San José del Progreso, Oaxaca, Mexico. (Photo via Council of Canadians)
March 22nd, 2012, in downtown Leon in the Mexican state of Guanajuato, people protested against the imminent three-day visit of Pope Benedict XVI. The protest was staged to defend the country’s secular state and against the promotion of religion in public schools, local media reported. (Photo REUTERS/Tomas Bravo)
Near the international border fence in Tijuana, Mexico, on Friday July 1, 2011, people protested against the killing of a migrant, Jose Alfredo Yanes Reyes, by a U.S. Border Patrol agent on June 21st.
(AP Photo/Alejandro Cossio)
May 20th, 2011, in Guadalajara, Mexico, a woman from the Wixarica community takes photographs during a demonstration against First Majestic Silver Corporation, a Canadian mining corporation that plans to build a silver mine in San Luis Potosi in territory sacred to the Wixarica. (See: 1, 2, 3.)
(Photo REUTERS/Alejandro Acosta)
Women from the Wixarica community stand together in Guadalajara on May 20th, 2011, during a demonstration against the Canadian mining company First Majestic Silver Corporation that plans to explore and develop a silver mine in San Luis Potosi, a territory sacred to the Wixarica. (See: 1, 2, 3.)
(Photo REUTERS/Alejandro Acosta)
![November 18th, 2010, in Tuscon, Arizona, a panelist speaks during a Southern Border Indigenous Peoples Roundtable Symposium hosted by the Indigenous Alliance Without Borders/Alianza Indigena Sin Fronteras.
(Photo Brenda Norrell)
Topics included:
•Recent Changes to U.S. Immigration & Border Policies could erode or affirm indigenous peoples rights to maintain their cultural connections across the U.S. – Mexico border.
•Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative does not apply to Indigenous Mexican nationals who are culturally affiliated by blood relative, language, ceremonies and traditions.
•Effects of Racism and negative political climate in Arizona on indigenous communities
•Potential Regulatory Solutions and Strategies to promote Southern Indigenous Rights and Justice.
(Source: Brenda Norrell)
“In 2007, the United Nations adopted the Declaration [the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples]. However, four countries did not: the US, Canada, New Zealand and Australia. New Zealand and Australia later moved to adopt the Declaration. Although Canada endorsed the Declaration in November, it was a provisional endorsement.” “the US is now the only country in the world failing to act on the Declaration.” - Shannon Rivers, O’odham from the Gila River Indian Community
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November 18th, 2010, in Tuscon, Arizona, a panelist speaks during a Southern Border Indigenous Peoples Roundtable Symposium hosted by the Indigenous Alliance Without Borders/Alianza Indigena Sin Fronteras.
(Photo Brenda Norrell)
Topics included:“In 2007, the United Nations adopted the Declaration [the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples]. However, four countries did not: the US, Canada, New Zealand and Australia. New Zealand and Australia later moved to adopt the Declaration. Although Canada endorsed the Declaration in November, it was a provisional endorsement.” “the US is now the only country in the world failing to act on the Declaration.” - Shannon Rivers, O’odham from the Gila River Indian Community
•Recent Changes to U.S. Immigration & Border Policies could erode or affirm indigenous peoples rights to maintain their cultural connections across the U.S. – Mexico border.
•Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative does not apply to Indigenous Mexican nationals who are culturally affiliated by blood relative, language, ceremonies and traditions.
•Effects of Racism and negative political climate in Arizona on indigenous communities
•Potential Regulatory Solutions and Strategies to promote Southern Indigenous Rights and Justice.
(Source: Brenda Norrell)
Zocalo square in Mexico City, on October 2nd, 2010, indigenous girls play during a march marking the 42nd anniversary of the 1968 Tlatelolco square massacre. In 1968 dozens, maybe hundreds, of protesters were gunned down by the army in a brutal repression of the student movement. (Photo REUTERS/Eliana Aponte)
Supporters of ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya hold Honduran flags during a protest in front of the Honduran Embassy in Mexico City June 29, 2009. (photo REUTERS/Eliana Aponte)
