Ingrid Washinawatok El-Issa Ingrid , also known as O'Peqtaw-Metamoh and Flying Eagle Woman, died on March 4th, 1999, along side two Hawaiian activists, Lahe’ena’e Gay and Terence Freitas. The three activists were victims of kidnapping and executed in Columbia by the Revolutionary Armed Forces while on a mission of solidarity with the U’wa tribe of the Andes. They were there to help set up a school to protect their culture and language, and to help them to defend their lands against oil exploration by Occidental Petroleum. Ingrid was 41 year old wife and mother of a 14-year-old son at the time of her death. Of her many achievements and contributions to the world was her work with the United Nations, the Fund for the Four Directions, the Native Americans in Philanthropy, the Indigenous Women’s Network, AICH, Sister Fund, and the National Network of Grantmakers . (Retrieved, May 15, 2008, http://www. ncccusa. org/news/99news61a.html; Retrieved, May 15, 2008, http://en.wikipedia. org/wiki/Ingrid_Washinawatok).
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Ingrid Washinawatok El-Issa Ingrid
Ingrid Washinawatok El-Issa Ingrid , also known as O'Peqtaw-Metamoh and Flying Eagle Woman, died on March 4th, 1999, along side two Hawaiian activists, Lahe’ena’e Gay and Terence Freitas. The three activists were victims of kidnapping and executed in Columbia by the Revolutionary Armed Forces while on a mission of solidarity with the U’wa tribe of the Andes. They were there to help set up a school to protect their culture and language, and to help them to defend their lands against oil exploration by Occidental Petroleum. Ingrid was 41 year old wife and mother of a 14-year-old son at the time of her death. Of her many achievements and contributions to the world was her work with the United Nations, the Fund for the Four Directions, the Native Americans in Philanthropy, the Indigenous Women’s Network, AICH, Sister Fund, and the National Network of Grantmakers . (Retrieved, May 15, 2008, http://www. ncccusa. org/news/99news61a.html; Retrieved, May 15, 2008, http://en.wikipedia. org/wiki/Ingrid_Washinawatok).
