• 2020

  In 2020, the next step was taken for opening an ongoing coalition organizing protests and livecast programs on different themes concerning Indigenous resurgence. The first protest manifestation was a collaboration between MABIKAs Foundation NL, Free West Papua Campaign NL, Building the Baileo, Kamarasai K’alina and Aralez. Aralez coordinated the protest with Max de Ploeg and Chautuileo Tranamil as coordinators and Chihiro Geuzebroek as MC of the program. 

• 2021

  In 2021, the coalition extended to include Aralez, Free West Papua Campaign NL, MABIKAs Foundation NL, Sinchi Foundation, Indigenous Movement, Wasjikwa, GHRD Amazone, Kuryzara, and De Amerikaanse Holocaust. The manifestation was also supported by various climate and youth organizations. This was also the year of the first 1492 Tribunal putting colonial entities on trial through performance for their crimes committed since 1492. The tribunal was embedded in the manifestation program and modeled a part of (in)justice storytelling from the point of view of Indigenous people(s) from different territories.

• 2022

  In 2022, the coalition of decolonial and Indigenous partners not only organized a protest and 1492 Tribunal but also organized the October 12th festival of Indigenous Liberation. Partners included Wasjikwa, Free West Papua NL, MABIKAs Foundation NL and Arts of Resistance. The Indigenous Liberation festival at Pakhuis de Zwijger consisted of a program of speakers, a fundraising campaign for solidarity with a frontline community and diverse workshops and music and dance performances. This edition also produced the first exhibition of Indigenous Dreams where a series of portraits accompanied a series of interviews with Indigenous People (IP) living in the Netherlands about their personal/historical/political dreams.

• 2023

  In 2023, there was an introduction of a new name that came to stand for the alliance of Indigenous groups organizing: Indigenous Liberation Movement. The organizations involved to constitute Indigenous Liberation Movement were Aralez, MABIKAs Foundation NL, Free West Papua NL, Wasjikwa, Tribes Movement, NCIV, De Kring IKC. However the seven parties involved did not continue beyond the October 14th protest march and program under that banner.

  The organizing parties involved in the 2023 Indigenous Liberation protest and program were: Wasjikwa, Tribes Movement, De Amerikaanse Holocaust, Aweroekana Cultura and Aralez. This was also the last edition in which Aralez members Chautuileo Tranamil and Max de Ploeg coordinated the coalition events by facilitating production, administration and communication of the organized events between 2020-2023. Due to different perspectives on the working methods, goals and divergent visions on organizing the paths between Indigenous Liberation Movement and Aralez separated. 
  
  Aralez started to focus more on the subject of reparations and pan-decolonial organizing, in which Chautuileo continued under the banner of Indigenous Liberation Movement, no longer being a member of Aralez. In the process, the previously developed coalition structure with a collective decision & consultation structure with Indigenous organisations ceased to exist. However, after 2023, different informal collaborations continued to organize around the October 12th Indigenous Peoples Day in Pakhuis de Zwijger as well as the yearly protests by Indigenous Liberation Movement. 

• 2024

  In 2024, the coalition had to adjust to new situation addressing a split up  as well as a new landscape in which Indigenous people were asked increasingly by external partners to collaborate. The coalition and groups themselves had to evaluate their capacity and priorities. We gathered to tend to the needs of the different Indigenous groups and organizations involved and we collaborated to produce a smaller event in October, centering five themes that different groups identified as essential themes: 1) Ending Indigenous Genocide/Ecocide, 2) Legal rights and position of Indigenous Peoples worldwide, 3) Migration, belonging and living together from Indigenous perspectives, 4) Preserving Indigenous language, culture and identity, 5) Towards territorial economies of care and self-determination.

• 2025

  For 2025, a lot of emphasis is put on collaborating in an ongoing process with Indigenous Knowledge Center (IKC) De Kring to achieve a space for Indigenous organizations from which ongoing and structural work can be done to protect and revitalize Indigenous knowledge and practices in respectful collaborations. In October 2025, IKC will organize a conference as a follow-up to the Dutch apology on the history of slavery. Next, this year Tribes Movement and Wasjikwa will take the lead for a new public program in October. Different groups will support and collaborate.

LINK TO ADDITIONAL IP in NL

Additionally here are some names of Indigenous People who are active in cultural revitalization in the Netherlands. These are just a few people that we have collaborated with. There are more Indigenous people out there doing cultural work in the private and public sphere. The aim of such a list is not to be exclusive but to increase visibility of more Indigenous diaspora active in the lowlands. Below you find links to people based on territories and the nationstates that occupy their lands. Though she is no longer with us; we would like to give a shout out to Inge Pierre, Kalinya Trewuyu from Kaikoesie foundation who has paved the way for many Indigenous voices to take a stand for landjustice. Thank you for your courage and may you rest in power.