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New IWGIA publications in English

UTIMUT - Past heritage - future partnerships

Edited by Mille Gabriel and Jens Dahl. This book identifies a need to move beyond discussions of ownership, power and control in favour of exploring new kinds of partnerships between museums anf the peoples or countries of origin, partnerships based on equitability and reconciliation. The authors explore a wide variety of different cooperative approaches such as knowledge sharing, capacity building, and physical as well as virtual repatriation.

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Indigenous Affairs 1-2/08 - Climate Change and Indigenous Peoples This issue is a double issue focusing on climate change and indigenous peoples. Its content is based on the input and papers from the IWGIA held conference in February 2008. It contains tree international articles and articles from Africa, Arctic, Asia, Latin America and the Pacific. This Indigenous Affairs is edited ny Christina Nilsson and Mark Nuttall and the editorial is written by Mark Nuttall. Read more

Annual Report and Accounts 2007 The Annual Report 2007 is a status report that describes the activities of IWGIA in 2007. You can order a copy through: iwgia@iwgia.org or download it below. Download the Annual Report 2007 (pdf)

Indigenous Peoples - Keepers of our past - Custodians of our future By Erica-Irene A. Daes. This book is Erica Daes’ personal record on more than twenty years of efforts to promote the cause of indigenous peoples and the recognition of their fundamental rights by the UN system. Through this account of her own experince, the author commemorates the suffering, oppression and discrimination experienced by indigenous peoples, and outline their continuing struggle for freedom and for cultural, and physical survival. Read more

Frontier Encounters. Indigenous Communities and Settlers in Asia and Latin America Edited by Danilo Geiger. Poverty and the maldistribution of land in core areas of developing countries, together with state schemes for the colonization of unruly frontiers, have forced indigenous peoples and settlers into uneasy co-existence. Presenting material from various Asian and Latin American countries, Frontier Encounters examines factors that make for conflict and accommodation, studies the role of policy frames, and looks at promising mitigation strategies. Read more

Report from the African Commission's Working Group on Indigenous Populations/Communities Mission to the Republic of Niger - February 2006 From 14 - 24 February 2006, Working Group on Indigenous Populations/Communities (WGIP) undertook a mission to the Republic of Niger. The delegation of the Working Group comprised: Ambassador Kamel Rezag Bara - Member of the African Commission and Chairperson of the Working Group, and Mr. Mohammed Khattali - Member of the Working Group. The African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights adopted this report at its 40th Ordinary Session, 15 - 29 November 2006. This publication is both in French and English. Read more

Report from the African Commission's Working Group on Indigenous Populations/Communities Mission to the Republic of Namibia - July - August 2005 The African Commission's Working Group on Indigenous Populations/Communities undertook a mission to the Republic of Namibia from 26 July - 5 August 2005. The delegation of the Working Group comprised: Commissioner Andrew Ranganayi Chigovera - member of the African Commission and chairperson of the Working Group, and Dr. Naomi Kipuri - member of the Working Group. The African Commission on Human and peoples' Rights adopted this report at its 38th Ordinary Session, 21 November - 5 December 2005. This publication is both in French and English. Read more

Report from the African Commission's Working Group on Indigenous Populations/Communities Mission to the Republic of Botswana - June 2005 The African Commission's Working Group on Indigenous Populations/Communities undertook a mission to the Republic of Botswana from 15 - 23 June 2005. The delegation of the Working Group comprised: Commissioner Andrew Ranganayi Chigovera - member of the African Commission and chairperson of the Working Group, and Dr. Naomi Kipuri - member of the Working Group. The African Commission on Human and peoples' Rights adopted this report at its 38th Ordinary Session, 21 November - 5 December 2005. This publication is both in French and English. Read more

The Indigenous World 2008 The Indigenous World 2008 is out and was launched in New York Tuesday April 22 2008 at the 7th session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII). This volume includes 60 country profiles and 5 reports on international processes. The Indigenous World 2008 is edited by Kathrin Wessendorf. Order a CD-ROM or a printed version by mailing iwgia@iwgia.org or download it for free from our download section. Read more

Negotiating Autonomy - Case Studies on Philippine Peoples' Land Rights Edited by Augusto B. Gatmaytan. This book is based on some of the presentations made at the 2005 National Conference on Indigenous Peoples' Land Rights held in Quezon City, the Philippines. It serves as a starting point for discussions on indigenous peoples' rights vis-á-vis the state in the Philippines, and in Southeast Asia. Read more and order

Indigenous Affairs 4/07 This issue of Indigenous Affairs focuses on social suffering. It brings articles about issues such as diabetes among indigenous peopels, the situation of the San people in Southern Africa, the situation in Lao PDR, suicide among the Inuit youth, and the aboriginal affairs in Australia. The editorial is written by Jack Hicks, and the editors are Jack Hicks and Sille Stidsen. Read more or download

Other recent publications Indigenous Affairs 3/07 - Migration Tribal Land Alienation in Northeast India: Laws and Land Relations Indigenous Peoples and the Local Government: Building Good Governance in the Philippines Language of the Land - The Mapuche in Argentina and Chile Indigenous Affairs 1-2/2007