in the World Social Forum 6 Indigenous Peoples and Social Forums

At the 2003 World Social Forum (WSF) in Porto Alegre, Brazil, Nilo Cayuqueo, a Mapuche activist from southern Argentina, protested that Indigenous issues become marginalized in mass movements of civil society.1 Rather than meeting alone as Indigenous peoples in a small room, Cayuqueo argued, they should have a platform at one of the massive plenary sessions so that their concerns would reach a larger audience. If they were not allowed a place on the main stage, perhaps they should organize their own event instead.