For most of the past 500 years, to be an indigenous person in the Americas meant to be eliminated, assimilated or ignored. It is a story that makes for painful reading, but at last, that story is being told. As nations gain a deeper, more accurate understanding of what happened, they are finding ways to redress past wrongs. Indigenous peoples are beginning to receive new respect for claims to their rights, their land, and their identity.
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SPECIAL REPORT: INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
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“We Aymaras live in the city, we live in the country, but we continue being Aymaras.”
—Valentín Mejillones
Aymara Activist
ACROSS THE HEMISPHERE
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