Latin American History 161: Honors Project
Resources for the final honors research project.
Indigenous Leaders: Resources
Contemporary Indigenous Leaders
Máxima Acuña (Peru)
- Maxima Acuña
"Badass Grandma Standing Up to Big Mining" - 'I will never give up my land'Interview with Máxima Acuña
Máxima Acuña, 2016 Goldman Environmental Prize, South and Central America (5:03)
Berta Cáceres (Honduras)
- Who killed Berta Cáceres? Behind the brutal murder of an environment crusader
Extract from the book Who Killed Berta Cáceres? Dams, Death Squads, and an Indigenous Defender’s Battle for the Planet by Nina Lakhani - Honduras, a dam and the murder of Berta Cáceres (podcast episode)(20:00)Seven men have been convicted of the murder of an award-winning environmental activist in Honduras. But has justice been done for Berta Cáceres? The Guardian’s Nina Lakhani explores what the case says about the state of modern Honduras.
Berta Cáceres Acceptance Speech, 2015 Goldman Prize (3:19)
Francia Márquez (Colombia)
- How Francia Marquez aims to break barriers in Colombia
Longtime activist has faced challenges, achieved stunning successes in world’s most dangerous country for environmental defenders.
Includes video (2:37) - Colombia could elect first black female vice-president as poll leader names pickFrancia Márquez, 40, an environmental campaigner who has survived at least one assassination attempt, is leftist Gustavo Petro’s running mate
Francia Márquez acceptance speech, 2018 Goldman Environmental Prize (4:37)
Nemonte Nenquimo (Ecuador)
- This is my message to the western world – your civilisation is killing life on Eartharticle by Nemonte Nenquimo
Nemonte Nenquimo: The forest is our teacher. It's time to respect it (8:12)
Alessandra Korap Munduruku (Brazil)
Alessandra Korap Munduruku, 2023 Goldman Environmental Prize winner from Brazil (4:57)
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