Yaqui and O'odham unite to plan Zapatistas' summits

Posted by Brenda Norrell - August 19, 2007 at 9:30 am
Zapatistas from Vicam Pueblo and O'odham met in Sonora, Mexico on Friday to support one another's efforts and plan Zapatista summits for October.

Yaqui and O'odham reached out to the world's Indigenous Peoples, urging them to come to Mexico and let their voices be heard about the struggles in their own regions.

The meeting took place at Rancho el Penasco, south of the Arizona border, where the North American Continental Summit will be held Oct. 8 -- 9.

A delegation of a dozen Yaqui from Vicam Pueblo included Gov. Loreto Ramirez Mapoumea and Vicam Pueblo Mayor Florentino Buitimea Yoquihua.

"We are in solidarity with one another, and we want to be in solidarity with all of the Indigenous Peoples," Gov. Ramirez said during the reunion and planning meeting held Friday, Aug. 17.

The North American Continental Summit, Oct. 8 – 9, is one of four regional conferences. There are also Indigenous summits being held in Oaxaca, Oct. 4—5, Atlapulco, Oct. 6 –7 and Michaocan, Oct. 6 – 7, 2007.

Those culminate with the Intercontinental Indigenous Summit/Encuentro de Pueblos Indígenas de América, Oct. 11 -- 14 in Vicam Pueblo near Obregon.

O'odham in Mexico Lt. Gov. Jose Garcia thanked the Yaqui delegation for coming and the spirit of unity they are working in.

"I think the most important thing is working together in unity. They talked about respect, which is sometimes only a word," Lt. Gov. Garcia said, emphasizing the respect shown by the Yaqui delegation.
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Brenda Norrell has been a news reporter in Indian country for 29 years. She is publisher of Censored News, focusing on Indigenous Peoples, human rights and the US border. Now censored by the mainstream media, she previously was a staff reporter at numerous American Indian newspapers and a stringer for AP, USA Today and others. She lived on the Navajo Nation for 18 years, and then traveled with the Zapatistas. She covered the climate summits in Cochabamba, Bolivia, and Cancun, Mexico, in 2010.

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Brenda Norrell has been a news reporter in Indian country for 29 years. She is publisher of Censored News, focusing on Indigenous Peoples, human rights and the US border. Now censored by the mainstream media, she previously was a staff reporter at numerous American Indian newspapers and a stringer for AP, USA Today and others. She lived on the Navajo Nation for 18 years, and then traveled with the Zapatistas. She covered the climate summits in Cochabamba, Bolivia, and Cancun, Mexico, in 2010.