From: saiic@igc.org (SAIIC)
Date: 25 Oct 91 16:31 PDT
Subject: RESOURCES FOR ORGANIZING, 1992
Message-ID: <1563600062@igc.org>

October 1991

The South and Meso American Indian Information Center  (SAIIC)
P.O. Box 28703 Oakland, CA 94604 ph. 510-834-4263 fax:
510-834-4264 email:peacenet:SAIIC

Nilo Cayuqueo, Coordinator

Newsletter, English and Spanish editions

ISSN: 1056-5876
Editors: Peter Veilleux, SAIIC Staff Frequency: 2 to four times a
year Price: $3.00 per issue, or subscription with membership SAIIC
Membership: Includes the Newsletter, Human Rights Bulletins, and
other
	special mailings on Quincentennial activities or special
	projects.  USA:  $15, individual   $25, organization
	International:  $25, individual $35, organization

Reprint rights available through contacting the office, and citing
the organization in the reprint.   Some back issues available.

SAIIC promotes Peace and Justice for Indian People by:

%  Providing information on the struggles of Indian people of
South and Meso-America to the public, and to environmental, human
rights and solidarity groups in northern countries,

%  Facilitating exchange and promoting direct communication
between Native American people of the continent,

%  Issuing emergency Human Rights Action Alerts to mobilize
international response,

%  Supporting the efforts of Meso and South American Indian
organizations to achieve their goals by providing technical
assistance and information on resources available to them in the
North,

%  Supporting the right to self-determination for Indian people by
promoting the Indigenous perspective to NGOs and policy
institutions whose work affects Indigenous people.

Newsletter exchanges are available upon request.  Please contact
the office for more information.  Bundles of 25 copies or more are
also available for distribution.  See brochure for other resource
available from SAIIC.

Other Resources:

*AMAZONIA: Voices from the Rainforest*

A Resource and Action Guide sponsored by SAIIC and the
International Rivers Network, and published by Rainforest Action
Network, Amazonia Film Project, 1990.  Spanish Edition, 1991.
US$ 8.50

*The First Continental Conference on 500 Years of Indian
Resistance, Quito Ecuador*

Includes goals and perspectives of the Commissions on Women,
Self-Determination, 500 Years of Resistance, Education, Culture
and Religion, Territory and Natural Resources, Indigenous Law,
Human Rights and Political Prisoners, Non-Indigenous Solidarity.
US$5

*Video of the Quito Conference*

Includes interviews, footage of commissions, music and cultural
footage.  US$25,  available for rental in December of 1991.

*500 Years of Resistance, Resources for Action Packet*

Includes an resource directory, an international calendar of
quincentennial activities, a bibliography, resources for media
work, organizing and networking, graphics for local organizing,
and information about resistance activities in South and Meso
America.  Available late November 1991.

*500 Years of Resistance Poster* The winning colorful poster from
an Indian poster contest sponsored by the Movimiento Indio Tupac
Katari de Liberacin in Bolivia and SAIIC.   US$10

**PLEASE SEND ALL ORDERS FOR MEMBERSHIP OR OTHER PUBLICATIONS TO
OUR POST
OFFICE BOX.  DO NOT SEND ORDERS OVER EMAIL.  THANK YOU.**

History:

	SAIIC was founded in 1983 with the main purpose of
re-establishing the lines of communication between Indian peoples
and organizations throughout the American Continent.  SAIIC
provides educational information and support to the Native people
of the Americas in their struggle for physical, cultural and
spiritual survival.  SAIIC maintains an all Indian Board of
Directors.
	SAIIC networks with organizations that represent 22
million Native people in the Americas, and provides translation
and dissemination of information reflecting their concerns.  We
believe that one of the most effective means for Native people to
achieve sovereignty, cultural revitalization and rediscovery is
through broader organizing and access to wider communication.

SAIIC Program Objectives:

	%  To build an international network of support for South
	an Meso
American Indian People.  The general purposes of the network are
to (a) educate and inform public and NGO agendas and direct
attention in media, community and academic arenas toward the above
goals;   (b) strengthen alliance between Indian, environmental and
human rights organizations in the North with Indian people in the
South;  (c) achieve quick and widespread responses to political
and ecological threats to Indian people and their lands;  (d) to
solicit direct technical or financial support for and in the
communities requiring assistance.

	%  To publish and produce written and audio-visual
	materials
concerning Indian people from the South, and to disseminate these
materials to a broad audience able to act in support of these
issues.  These materials offer the direct perspective of Indian
people living in often isolated communities.  SAIIC is able to
publicize unique perspectives and strategies on social justice,
ecological and international political issues.  These materials
provide universities, community activists, church groups and NGO's
with unique organizing tools for their advocacy work.