Indigenous Peoples and Human Rights

January 1, 2012

VIDEO O'odham 'A Voice in the Desert'






Ofelia Rivas, O'odham, describes how Border Patrol agents abuse O'odham in their homeland. Ofelia shares how O'odham carry on to protect O'odham homelands, the birthplace of their ancestors, while being interrogated and terrorized by Border Patrol agents.

A film by Jason Jaacks of Cordellera Productions -http://www.cordilleraproductions.com

This film details the story of the Tohono O'odham whose traditional lands are bisected by the US-Mexico border fence built in 2008. The fence and the subsequent militarization greatly impact the O'odham way of life.

Donate to O'odham Solidarity at:
http://www.solidarity-project.org/

Breaking News Jan. 2012: O'odham: Halt genocidal mining in ceremonial Quitovac, Sonora
 http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2011/12/traditional-oodham-halt-mining-genocide.html

Video featured currently at Intercontinental Cry:
http://intercontinentalcry.org/underreported-struggles-57-december-2011/

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