Population Languages Extreme poverty Education Labor
People, communities and nation who are native to a particular area 370 million indigenous people in 90 countries Peru, Mexico, Bolivia and Guatemala from 4.6 to 8.4 million people Chile 500,000 and one million Nicaragua or El Salvador less than half a million
A thousand different indigenous languages. Such as Quechua Avmara Guarani Nahuatl Mayan 7,000 languages disappear
5 % of the world's population 15 % poor Bolivia and Guatemala half Ecuador 87 % reaches 96 % in rural highlands Mexico. in 2002 was 4.5 times higher than non- indigenous 2008 – Peru 39.3%
Peru 94.4 % of children between the ages of 6 and 11 are enrolled in school Gender or poverty level Rural areas enrollment higher by three-tenths Guatemala 69% Organizations is partnering with Guatemalan 175 community radio stations news, educational programming, health information, traditional music reinforcing Mayan heritage
1.3 million people in Latin America. Wage advances and other manipulations Debt Long hours Trapping Peru for illegal logging, in Bolivia for nut collection, in cattle farms and sugar plantations, and in Paraguay’s traditional cattle farms of the Chaco region.
World Wildlife Fund named 200 places with the highest biodiversity 95 % Indigenous territories Raided Minerals Timber Farmland Oil
Land linked to their identity and spiritual meaning.
2007 the UN General Assembly adopted the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Right live on and use their traditional territories self-determination informed consent before any outside project is undertaken on their land keep their languages cultural practices full government services treated as peoples