Advance Praise for:
The Amazon is burning - The flames of 21st-century resistance inspired by indigenous women. True tales from 25 years of Vigilante activities in defense of native peoples of Amazonia by the Caribbean's most radical indigenous rights activist.
"Damon Corrie tells the world a story of courage, determination, love for the land and the quest for Justice from Indigenous peoples' perspective. A story that has been intentionally ignored by the colonizers with their attempts to erase Caribbean Indigenous Peoples's place in history - but Damon's tenacity reveals that finally his peoples' story will be told."
Katsi'tsakwas Ellen Gabriel Wakeniáhton - Turtle Clan
Mohawk activist, artist, & official spokesperson for the people of the Longhouse during the 1990 Oka Crisis in Canada
"A warrior is called to sacrifice and activate liberation in all respects. Seek the sacred and chase the truth with humility".
Chase Iron-Eyes
American Indian activist, attorney, politician, and a member of the Oglala Sioux Tribe, USA.
"Refreshing, empowering...., the much needed non-apologetic stance of an Indigenous "Guaribo" Warrior in the 21st Century!"
Tai Pelletier
Human Rights, Indigenous Rights, & Environmental Rights Advocate, Puerto Rico, Caribbean
"As a young Chief of the Kalinago in Dominica 39 years ago, I experienced what it was like to become the target of an attempted coup by a hostile Caribbean Neo-Colonial government, just for re-asserting my peoples inherent rights as recognized under International Law, So I applaud brother Damon's noble and fearless efforts to bring justice to our oppressed peoples in Amazonia!"
Chief Irvince Auguiste
Most famous leader of the Kalinago Tribal Nation of Dominica island, Caribbean
Corrie, Damon: - "
Damon, like his 3 older siblings, was born on the Caribbean island of Barbados. His mother Audrey named Damon after the American author Damon Runyon, and from a very young age Damon exhibited a passion and love for writing; however, like most aspiring authors Damon found it impossible to share his manuscripts with a broader audience (until he discovered draft2digital), so for over 3 decades his many works in many genres gathered dust on his bookshelf of unfulfilled dreams.
Damon is a 4th generation descendant of the last traditional Hereditary Shaman Chief Amorothe Haubariria (Flying Harpy Eagle) of the Bariria Korobahado Lokono (Eagle Clan Arawaks) of Guyana, South America, Moreover, the grave of Damon's great grandmother is the only known burial site of a member of Lokono-Arawak nobility in the entire Caribbean - and with a tombstone written in both the English and Lokono-Arawak language, it has become a tourist attraction in the Westbury Cemetery in the capital city of Bridgetown Barbados.
Damon has the gift of premonition dreams and being able to see and communicate with deceased loved ones, and since he married back into the tribe at the age of 19 in 1992, Damon has become the most radical indigenous activists the Caribbean has produced in living memory, and his real-life escapades and supernatural experiences feature in his writings.
Damon was a member of the Caribbean Caucus on the Indigenous Peoples working group of the Organization of American States (OAS) from 2000 to 2016, and helped create the Declaration of The Americas on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, and he has been a registered participant of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) since 2007 (where he also co-mentors international students and writes for the Tribal Link Foundation), as well as being an autodidact journalist with news articles published in 4 continents, and a writer for the Last Real Indians indigenous media website.
Damon (46) and his wife Shirling (44) have 4 living children, sons Hatuey Francis (26) and Tecumseh Shawandase (23), and daughters Sabantho Aderi (20) and Laliwa Hadali, and all live in Barbados.
Damon can be followed in Instagram @eagleclanarawaks
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