Sentence examples for indigenous struggles from inspiring English sources

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Ms. Fernandes said that big schisms persisted within the church in Brazil, between bishops in the Amazon who are focused on human rights, illegal deforestation and indigenous struggles, and the more conservative and traditional Catholic leadership in relatively prosperous southeastern Brazil.

"My job," she says, "is educating myself about indigenous struggles and educating people who look like me".

Indigenous struggles, where the U.S. sides with a non-democratic government (Vietnam, the Contras), can never be seen any other way, truth be damned to hell.

That year Marlon Brando rejected his Oscar for best actor in The Godfather and instead used the platform to protest inaccurate depictions of American Indians in film and other Indigenous struggles.

Wirikuta Fest was the answer; the result of more than a year of organizing, culminating in a powerful moment in the history of indigenous struggles with a lineup of superstars like Caifanes, Calle 13, Café Tacvba, Enrique Bunbury, Julieta Venegas and many more, it wasn't hard to fill the massive Foro Sol stadium with a standing-room only crowd.

That's because the indigenous struggle has been linked to the climate issue," he said.

PAGE A4 INDIGENOUS STRUGGLE IN PERU The indigenous Ashaninkas of Peru have struggled against encroachment from settlers and speculators, and a devastating war against Shining Path rebels a decade ago.

"Pakistan stands united with its Kashmiri brothers and sisters in their just cause and will continue to extend all moral, diplomatic and political support to their indigenous struggle against state-sponsored terrorism," he said.

The 1997 Acteal massacre was one of the worst mass killings of Mexico's recent history, and it remains a potent reminder of indigenous struggle in Chiapas, a state still suffering from widespread poverty, discrimination and political corruption.

In any case, it is clearly a home-grown indigenous struggle.