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The Plight of Indigenous Peoples

Indigenous peoples are located in all types of countries, but are often found in high numbers in the least developed countries. They usually are near or at the bottom of power hierarchies. What are some contemporary and historical examples of indigenous peoples? What are examples of their lifestyles? How are they typically treated? In what ways have they sought to increase their political influence?

Here are some articles to get you started. Find them through Keyword searches or by entering "indigenous peoples" in the Subject Guide and then going to relevant subdivisions.

UNICEF calls for action to protect indigenous children. (Medicine And Health Policy)(United Nations. Children's Fund) Xavier Bosch.
The Lancet March 6, 2004 v363 i9411 p789 (373 words)

Aboriginal violence against women. Neena Bhandari.
Contemporary Review Dec 2003 v283 i1655 p353(3) (1171 words)

Whose land is it anyway? Geographical dossier, impact of conservation on indigenous peoples Charlie Furniss.
Geographical Dec 2003 v75 i12 p30(9) (3868 words)

An indigenous world: how native peoples can turn globalization to their advantage. Missing Links Moises Naim.
Foreign Policy Nov-Dec 2003 i139 p96(2) (925 words)

Assigned territories, family/clan/communal holdings, and common-pool resources in the Taimyr Autonomous Region, northern Russia. John P. Ziker.
Human Ecology: An Interdisciplinary Journal Sept 2003 v31 i3 p331(38) (17056 words)

Miss Tessie Lavau's request: historian Donald Denoon traces the consequences of a Papuan woman's application to travel to Australia in 1958. (Essay) Donald Denoon.
Meanjin Sept 2003 v62 i3 p136(9) (2688 words)

Indigenous by definition, experience, or world view: links between people, their land, and culture need to be acknowledged. (Editorials) Chris Cunningham, Fiona Stanley.
British Medical Journal August 23, 2003 v327 i7412 p403(2) (1370 words)

UN policy fails to tackle health needs of indigenous people. (Health of indigenous people)(Brief Article) Upasana Tayal.
British Medical Journal August 23, 2003 v327 i7412 p413(1) (245 words)

Into the Amazon: deep in the jungles of Brazil, Indian rights advocate Sydney Possuelo races to save people he hopes never to meet: the uncontacted Flecheiros. Scott Wallace.
National Geographic August 2003 v204 i2 p2(26) (3743 words)

THE PAINTED DESERT. (Fitzroy Crossing in northwestern Australia) Geraldine Brooks. The New Yorker July 28, 2003 v79 i20 p060 (5501 words)

Endangered humans. (Human Rights Watch). (indigenous peoples) Bob Jones. The Humanist July-August 2003 v63 i4 p37(2) (1313 words)

How to be a responsible ecotourist. (Maasai tribespeople supplanted by safari tours and lodges) Earth Island Journal Summer 2003 v18 i2 pS5(1) (718 words)

ECUADOR: ILLEGAL LOGGING MAY HAVE LED TO MASSACRE. NotiSur - South American Political and Economic Affairs June 13, 2003 p0 (1567 words)

Beyond ground truth: GIS and the environmental knowledge of herders, professional foresters, and other traditional communities. Paul Robbins. Human Ecology: An Interdisciplinary Journal June 2003 v31 i2 p233(21) (7278 words)

The hunters are the hunted. (9th Conference on Hunting and Gathering (CHAGS)reviews status of communities the world over) Daniel Stiles. Geographical June 2003 v75 i6 p28(5)

Charting indigenous rights. (OAS). Janelle Conaway. Americas (English Edition) May-June 2003 v55 i3 p53(1)

Decolonizing Pacific studies: indigenous perspectives, knowledge, and wisdom in higher education. Konai Helu Thaman. The Contemporary Pacific Spring 2003 v15 i1 p1(19)

The health of indigenous peoples: depends on genetics, politics, and socioeconomic factors. (Editorials). Mason H Durie. British Medical Journal March 8, 2003 v326 i7388 p510(2)

ECUADOR: PRESIDENT LUCIO GUTIERREZ HAS SHORT HONEYMOON. (indigenous peoples protest new economic policy ) NotiSur - South American Political and Economic Affairs March 7, 2003 p0

Rabbit-Proof Fence: "a true story"? (critique of the truth of a film supposedly based on a true story) Keith Windschuttle. New Criterion March 2003 v21 i7 p12(6)

Contesting the curriculum in the schooling of indigenous children in Australia and the United States: from eurocentrism to culturally powerful pedagogies. (Guest Editorial Essay). Anne Hickling-Hudson, Roberta Ahlquist. Comparative Education Review Feb 2003 v47 i1 p64(27)

Dispatch from the Free Trade Area of the Americas ministerial: indigenous activists enter the Free Trade Agreement of the Americas meeting in Quito, Ecuador, then describe the effort in a letter to their allies worldwide. (Active Culture). Thatcher Collins. Dollars & Sense Jan-Feb 2003 p6(1)

Indigenous rights and intellectual property law: a comparison of the United States and Australia. Rachael Grad. Duke Journal of Comparative & International Law Wntr 2003 v13 i1 p203(29)

What makes an Aboriginal an Aboriginal? Drew Hayden Taylor. Wind Speaker Jan 2003 v20 i9 p10(1)

Portuguese conceptual categories and the "Other" encounter on the Swahili coast. Jeremy Prestholdt. Journal of Asian and African Studies Nov 2001 v36 i4 p383(24)

Environmental Change and Pastoral Perceptions: Degradation and Indigenous Knowledge in Two African Pastoral Communities. Michael Bollig, Anja Schulte. Human Ecology: An Interdisciplinary Journal Sept 1999 v27 i3 p493

Proud to be a people. (the Basters of Rehoboth, Namibia) Mark Downey. World and I April 1998 v13 n4 p224(8)

Konnurokusem: kinship and family in the history of the Oyoko K_K__ dynasty of Kumase. T.C. McCaskie. The Journal of African History August 1995 v37 n3 p357(33)

The vanishing African herdsman. John Galaty. UNESCO Courier Nov 1994 p29(5) Mag.Coll.: 76K3828.

On "Are East African Pastoralists Truly Conservationists?". (Brief Article) E. N. ANDERSON. Current Anthropology August-Oct 2000 v41 i4 p626

COMING TO TERMS WITH THE ARCTIC. Lisa Mastny. World Watch Jan 2000 v13 i1 p24

Mines and monsters: A dialogue on development in Western Province, Papua New Guinea. Alison Dundon. The Australian Journal of Anthropology August 2002 v13 i2 p139(16)

Zapatismo and the emergence of indigenous feminism. (Report on Race and Identity). (Brief Article) R. Aida Hernandez Castillo. NACLA Report on the Americas May-June 2002 v35 i6 p39(7)

LAND RIGHTS NOW ... ADVANCEMENT WHEN? JOHN REEVES. Quadrant Oct 1999 v43 i10 p32

The extinction of the Australian pygmies. (History). Keith Windschuttle, Tim Gillin. Quadrant June 2002 v46 i6 p7(12)

Mistaken identity: the massacre of Aborigines at Mistake Creek. (History). Rod Moran. Quadrant May 2002 v46 i5 p14(3)

Aboriginal economy and social process: the indigenous hybrid economy and its sustainable development potential. (social reconstructions). Jon Altman. Arena Magazine Dec 2001 p38(2)

`The wonderful beings they had captured': reading the exhibition of the Australian Wild Children (1). Lynette Russell. Journal of Australian Studies Dec 2001 p57(9)

Myth, moment and the challenge of identities: stories from Australians of indigenous and Chinese ancestry. Guy Ramsay. Journal of Intercultural Studies Dec 2001 v22 i3 p263(16)

A place at the table: the United Nations established a historic new forum for indigenous issues. What will it mean for Native peoples around the world? (Action). (Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues) Cristina Veran. Colorlines Magazine Fall 2002 v5 i3 p30(2)

The rights of indigenous peoples and their fight for self-determination. (Political Development in the Pacific) Abdulgaffar Peang-Meth. World Affairs Wntr 2002 v164 i3 p101(14)

Indigenous communities caught in the crossfire. (Update/Colombia)(Colombian Indian tribes) Mario A. Murillo. NACLA Report on the Americas July-August 1999 v33 i1 p10(2)

After massacre, wider trouble looms in Mexico. (crimes against indigenous peoples in Chiapas) John Ross. National Catholic Reporter July 17, 1998 v34 n34 p13(1) Mag.Coll.: 94L5902.

Breaking the silence. (violence against aboriginal woman and children) (Cover Story) Marilyn Fontaine-Brightstar. Canadian Dimension March 1992 v26 n2 p5(4) Mag.Coll.: 63M3643.

Centralization, resource depletion, and coercive conservation among the Tyua of the Northeastern Kalahari. Robert K. Hitchcock. Human Ecology: An Interdisciplinary Journal June 1995 v23 n2 p169(30)

Environmental NGOs, dispossession, and the state: the ideology and praxis of African nature and development. Bill Derman. Human Ecology: An Interdisciplinary Journal June 1995 v23 n2 p199(17)

Aboriginal burning for vegetation management in Northwest British Columbia. Leslie M. Johnson Gottesfeld. Human Ecology: An Interdisciplinary Journal June 1994 v22 n2 p171(18)