Articles related to "Indigenous Peoples"

Native groups have turned to the United Nations and international law to better protect their self-determination and group rights.

Most Indigenous children have a lower quality of education and health care. Poverty and the fact that many of them have to work out of necessity are other disadvantages.

The Native Title Report 2007 finds that native title is undermining the exercise and enjoyment of human rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

Assyrian Indigenous peoples in the Middle East have had half their population massacred or removed over the last century.

In tropical Bolivia, indigenous people are taking charge of wildlife conservation and scoring key victories.

Iraqis are not one undifferentiated culture, as perceived in the west. Here's a guest article from an indigenous Iraqi group - AINA.

Known locally as Bushmen, these clans were dispersed from deserts to coastal regions but are now mostly concentrated in the Kalahari desert.

Through their speech, songs and dances, Maori re-live their history and keep their culture alive. Written forms of the language help communicate important ideas.

A summary of some indigenous statements and declarations for aboriginal intellectual and cultural property rights and ethical standards from around the world.

The Frisians are the indigenous people of the Netherlands. They have successfully fought for the right to maintain the Frisian language, spoken there for millennia.

Travel to the Indian villages in the Reservations of Utiariti, Paresi and Ponte de Pedra, where Paresi Indians live near spectacular waterfalls and sell handicrafts.

Since 1999, the Australian Government has been on CERD's agenda of urgent business, but the government has categorically failed to acknowledge this.

Has there been any improvement in Australian Aboriginal rights since the UN condemned Australia's racism and descrimination record nearly ten years ago?

The doctrine of Manifest Destiny is one of America's greatest exports, killing off Indigenous peoples worldwide since the 1800's.

"Good Guys" part one. In the complex domain of Aboriginal rights, marxists sometimes find themselves working for the enemy.

Ever heard the word "Tundra"? An aboriginal language word of the Reindeer people of Scandinavia, the Indigenous Sami.

Section 35(2) of the Canadian Constitution 1982 defines Aboriginal people as Indian, Inuit and Metis. Each are a separate and distinct, with a unique culture and history.

The tiny South American country of Ecuador is a land of extreme cultural and ethnic diversity. The people have a unique heritage from European and indigenous cultures.

Sometimes a family can subvert aboriginal law for their own ends within the economy of the dominant culture. Kahentinetha Bear writes about the situation in Ganiekeh.

Mexican guest writer Michelle Capistran challenges the Mestizo Myth, and the construct of Mexican nationality.

In Australia a free trade agreement with the United States means bad news for Aboriginal communities, just as it was for First Nations in Mexico, Chile and Canada.

Assimilation of indigenous Imazighen in places like Algeria has disastrous results. But outsider definitions and labels can be equally damaging.

Cultural diplomacy describes a form of diplomacy that places an emphasis on cultural recognition and understanding as a basis for dialogue.

A wide variety of ethnic groups live in Ecuador's rainforest area. Many of these indigenous peoples allow tourists to visit their communities and see how they live.

The Howard Settler Government's invasion of the Northern territory is land-grabbing racism nothing more. Statement from activist Robbie Thorpe.

There are considerable barriers to Indonesian indigenous rights. But are these blocks natural, or merely paternalism in disguise?

Israel has the most successful and openly supported Native Title claim in the world. They get to be colonists and natives simultaneously!

Developers target area surrounding largest rainforest in Central America for hydroelectric dams. Endangered and endemic species as well as indigenous peoples affected.

A lack of medical infrastructure is the key problem, but nonindigenous doctors often fail to associate with the cultural symbols and worldviews of patients.

An art exhibit premiering in New Zealand raises important questions about the role of the artist in fighting climate change.

An excerpt from Keating's 1992 speech at Redfern, Sydney. The political climate around Aboriginal rights has certainly changed since then.

USAID fights for people's land rights and help reduce environmental damage in developing countries. Their environmental programs protect the earth's biodiversity.

Long before European contact, Canada's indigenous peoples' rituals and dramatic storytelling were as theatrical as those of minstrels and churchmen.

Native Siberians who wish to preserve their culture face challenges, not only because they are members of a minority population in Russia's eastern territory.

From a wide variety of indigenous groups that exist in Ecuador the Quichua people stand out because they are the largest group and are quite unique in several ways.

Negative representation of Aborigines in the media has been identified as a major cause of prejudice against Indigenous peoples in Australia.

Australian Aborigines suffer far higher rates of mental illness than non-Indigenous peoples. But who is causing this crisis, and more importantly, who is measuring it?

Colonists once claimed ancient Shona ruins as belonging to a "lost white civilisation". This myth was used to justify European occupation in Southern Africa.

In countering loss of culture and the exodus of indigenous Corsicans from their motherland, is Corsica marginalising its ethnic minority of Arab immigrants?

The nomadic Kazakhs of Russia have been colonised by Slavs, Cossacks, Stalinists, and Soviets. Result - famine, fallout, and an average age of 31.

The west doesn't hold the monopoly on colonisation of indigenous peoples. Taiwan's aborigines suffer the same ravages of invasion as other first nations around the world.

Australia Day is a contentious subject for the country's indigenous peoples. The current political debate is: should there be a change of date for Australia Day?

Is Indigenous ill-health a resource cultivated by an exploitative Aboriginal health service industry? Or is it the bigotry of health workers that keeps us sick?

Aboriginal circular time is considered part of dreamtime myths, while western linear time is considered to be the reality. But does western physics support this?

On the second Monday in October, educators across the continent tell children a story about the discovery of the Americas.

A critical examination of the way Aboriginal role models are presented in the media indicates that the aim is not inspiration, but assimilation.

The Basques, the most invaded indigenous group on the planet, are fortunate enough to have gained true self-determination as a separatist state.

Anti-Aboriginal propaganda, replete with graphic descriptions of child rape, have reached the UK. Let's critically examine words and images from an article in The Times.

Journey in Captain James Cook's footsteps as he discovers new lands and charts unknown waters during the 18th Century in this exciting documentary.

The record of John Howard's interaction with Australian Aborigines from 1996 to 2007 reveals an aggressive colonial agenda.