For two weeks, we've been telling you about the animosity brewing in the Village of Indian Creek over Flora and Fauna International's purchase of the Bodden Creek property - a sprawling 12,871 acres in the Toledo District.
The story has been in the news, the villagers say they only received last week. Their response came this weekend when the Alcaldes sent out village police to summon community members to a meeting for villagers to vent their concerns and to declare publicly that they will not relinquish what they feel are communal lands, lands they say are integral to their children's future.
It may seem abstract to the average urban dweller, but for the villagers of Indian Creek, who take their livelihood from their traditional lands, it is elemental. Cherisse Halsall went down to Indian Creek on Saturday and Sunday and has this report:
And tomorrow night we'll take you back to Indian Creek where villagers spoke out against pioneering Maya land rights activist turned government official Greg Choc.
