The Indigenous World 1997-98
This book provides an overview of the present situation and crucial developments in 1997 and 1998 among indigenous peoples in Asia, Africa, the Arctic, the Pacific and the Americas.
Indigenous Women: The Right to a Voice
"Indigenous Women: The Right to a Voice" contains a collection of articles and interviews focusing on the situation of indigenous women today. With a few exceptions, the articles have been written by female indigenous grass roots activists and academics from the Americas, Africa, Asia and
...Liberation through Land Rights in the Peruvian Amazon
This book is an attempt to reflect the process of implementing an ambitious project of territorial planning in the Ucayali region for the demarcation and titling of indigenous communities. The first section of the book, written by lawyer Pedro García Hierro, concerns the background of the
...The Indigenous World 1996-97
This book provides an overview of the present situation and crucial developments in 1996 and 1997 among indigenous peoples in Asia, Africa, the Arctic, the Pacific and the Americas.
Slaveri i 90erne. Gældbundne indfødte
Overalt i verden fratages indfødte folk deres jord. De bliver udnyttet økonomisk og ender ofte som gældsslaver. Med eksempler fra Bolivia, Peru, Paraguay, Indien, Nepal, Taiwan/Kina, Filippinerne og Indonesien beskrives nutidige former for slaveri. Det handler om gældbundne indfødte, der -
...'Life Is not Ours' - Land and Human Rights in the Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh - Update 3
Since the publication of Update 2 of 'Life Is Not Ours' in May 1994 the Awami League has returned to power in Bangladesh after 21 years, through parliamentary elections on 12 June 1996. 1 Sheikh Hasina Wazed has become the new Prime Minister. The Awami League has a majority in Parliament and
...Enslaved Peoples in the 1990s: Indigenous Peoples, Debt Bondage and Human Rights
The book describes and reveals how indigenous peoples suffer from slavery often in the shape of debt bondage and prostitution. The cases discussed cover indigenous peoples in India, Nepal, Taiwan/China, the Philippines and Indonesia in Asia. In South America cases from Peru, Bolivia and
...Honour Bound: Onion Lake and the Spirit of Treaty Six. The International Validity of Treaties with Indigenous Peoples
When the United Nations approved the Study on Treaties, Agreements and other Constructive Arrangements between States and Indigenous Peoples in May 1989, Treaty Six Chiefs invited the Special Rapporteur, Miguel Alfonso Martínez, to attend an Elders and Treaty Six Chiefs' meeting. The meeting
...Indigenous Heritage and Self-Determination: The Cultural and Intellectual Property Rights of Indigenous Peoples
This book aims to examine and critically analyse the possible legal mechanisms and processes which could be used by indigenous peoples in the protection and management of their cultural and intellectual property. This IWGIA document studies the historic and legal context in which the debate on
...An Indian Federation in Lowland Ecuador
The Akuriyo of Surinam: A Case of Emergence from Isolation
The Indigenous World 1995-96
This book provides an overview of the present situation and crucial developments in 1995 and 1996 among indigenous peoples in Asia, Africa, the Arctic, the Pacific and the Americas. Out of print!
Les Twa du Rwanda
Rapport d'évaluation de la situation des Twa et pour la promotion des droits des Twa dans le Rwanda d'après-guerre. Traduit par Jean-Claude Monod
Indigenous Peoples, Forests, and Biodiversity: Indigenous Peoples and the Global Environmental Agenda
This volume brings together the main statements and interventions made by the International Alliance of Indigenous-Tribal Peoples of the Tropical Forests at various international fora. The statements constitute a pooling of indigenous peoples’ views and experiences from all around the tropics
..."... VINES THAT WON'T BIND ..." Indigenous Peoples in Asia. Proceedings of a Conference held in Chiang Mai, Thailand, 1995
This book is a compilation of proceedings from a Conference on Indigenous Peoples in South and Southeast Asia. Contents feature chapters on: The Concept of Indigenous Peoples in Asia; Juridical Rights and the Relation with the State and the Non-Indigenous Populations; Indigenous Movements and
...Anxious North: Indigenous Peoples in Soviet and Post-Soviet Russia. Selected Documents, Letters, and Articles.
This book contains a compilation of texts about the Small Indigenous Peoples of the Russian North and Far East. The Selected documents, letters and articles concerning the numerically small peoples of the North and their association (Now: RAIPON) were compiled by Alexander Pika, scientist and
...The Indigenous World 1994-95
This book provides an overview of the present situation and crucial developments in 1994 and 1995 among indigenous peoples in Asia, Africa, the Arctic, the Pacific and the Americas.
The Twa of Rwanda: Assessment of the Situation of the Twa and Promotion of Twa Rights in Post-War Rwanda
Assessment of the situation of the Twa and promotion of Twa rights in post-war Rwanda.
The Explosion of Communities in Chiapas
This document is concerned with the transformations within Chiapas Mayan communities that make processes of change visible. The focus is the period from 1974 when the first hemispheric congress of indigenous people took place in San Cristobal de las Casas, to the Zapatista uprising and the
...The Indigenous World 1993-94
This book provides an overview of the present situation and crucial developments in 1993 and 1994 among indigenous peoples in Asia, Africa, the Arctic, the Pacific and the Americas.
'Life Is not Ours' - Land and Human Rights in the Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh - Update 2
In March 1992, the Chittagong Hill Tracts Commission published an Update of its May 1991 report 'Life Is Not Ours; Land and Human Rights in the Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh.' Since the publication of the Update the situation in the Chittagong Hill Tracts has reached a new stage. From
...Indigenous Peoples' Experiences with Self-Government: Proceedings of the seminar on arrangements for self-determination by Indigenous Peoples within national states, 10 and 11 February, 1994, Law Faculty, University of Amsterdam
Hawai'i: Return to Nationhood
IWGIA has published over the years on developments in Hawai 'i, with pieces by some of the contributors to the present document. This is the firs t full fledged attempt to present the Hawaiian situation to the international community. It covers both the his tory of Hawai 'i, the general
...Yearbook 1992
This book provides an overview of the present situation and crucial developments in 1992 among indigenous peoples.
"...Never drink from the same cup." Proceedings of the conference on Indigenous Peoples in Africa. Tune, Denmark, 1993
The present volume contains the papers that came out of a conference on "The Question of Indigenous Peoples in Africa" jointly organised by The International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs (IWGIA) and the Centre for Development Research (CDR) in Copenhagen. It is not the intention
...Where T'Boli Bells Toll: Political Ecology Voices Behind the Tasaday Hoax
Yearbook 1991
This book provides an overview of the present situation and crucial developments in 1991 among indigenous peoples.
'Life Is not Ours' - Land and Human Rights in the Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh - An Update of the May 1991 Report
When the Chittagong Hill Tracts Commission visited the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) in December 1990 1 the autocratic regime of President Ershad had just been overthrown by a popular uprising. After a short transitional period, under acting President Justice Shahabuddin Ahmed, parliamentary
...Out in the Cold: The Legacy of Canada's Inuit Relocation Experiment in the High Arctic
Indfødte Folk
Den 12. oktober 1992 var det 500 år siden Columbus kom til Amerika. Med Columbus' færd over havet var grunden lagt til koloniseringen af den oprindelige indfødte befolkning - indianerne i Nord- og Sydamerika. For 500 år siden tilhørte Amazonas regnskovsindianerne. I dag er indianerne i Amazonas
...Yearbook 1990
This book provides an overview of the present situation and crucial developments in 1990 among indigenous peoples.
'Life Is not Ours' - Land and Human Rights in the Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh
The Chittagong Hill Tracts Commission is an independent body established to investigate allegations of human rights violations in the hill region of southeast Bangladesh. In November 1990, the Commission received permission from the governments of India and Bangladesh to visit the Chittagong
...Between the Spice of Life and the Melting Pot: Biodiversity Conservation and its Impact on Indigenous Peoples
When the survival of the rainforest is under discussion, the rights of indigenous peoples are too often ignored, treated as a low priority or relegated to the footnotes of glossy report. Indigenous peoples have demonstrated that they are the best conservers of their environment which they use
...Arctic Environment: Indigenous Perspectives
This document is a presentation and an analysis of the present conflicts of interests between the anti-hunting movement and the indigenous peoples of the Arctic. The right of indigenous peoples to subsistence and economic development based on renewable resources in their homelands will be the
...Critical Issues in Native North America - Volume II
This document, the second of two volumes, is a collection of articles concerning the problems and issues confronting the indigenous nations of North America. Loss of lands and resources at the hands of contemporary nation-states such as the U.S. and Canada, as well as cultural
...Yearbook 1989
This book provides an overview of the present situation and crucial developments in 1989 among indigenous peoples.
Indigenous Peoples of the Soviet North
In the last few days of March 1990 indigenous peoples of the Russian Socialist Federal Soviet Republic met in the Kremlin to establish their first country-wide association. This document is from, and about, this meeting which resulted in the establishment of the "Association of the Small
...Indigenous Women on the Move
This first volume of "Indigenous Women on the Move" is composed of 9 articles written by indigenous women wherein they have attempted to show their distinct realities in their different areas of the world. But distinct realities, notwithstanding, and each with their own peculiarities,
...Yearbook 1988 - IWGIA 20 Years
This book provides an overview of the present situation and crucial developments in 1988 among indigenous peoples.
Ethnocide: Mission Accomplished?
This document describes the cultural genocide of the indigenous peoples of Paraguay by the New Tribes Mission. The fundamentalists missionaries of the NTM have been particularly destructive among the Ayoreode of the Chaco, and the document looks at how the destruction has increased over the
...Critical Issues in Native North America - Volume I
This document, the first of two volumes, is a collection of articles comparing the problems and issues facing the indigenous nations of North America. Loss of lands and resources at the hands of contemporary nation-states such as the U.S. and Canada, as well as cultural "assimilation" policies
...Tourism: Manufacturing the Exotic
The objective of this document is to outline the relationship between tourism and cultural minorities. It aims to understand the nature of the relationship, to point out its most serious and harmful effects and to make known some of the survival strategies which cultural minorities employ.
...Yearbook 1987 - Indigenous Peoples and Development
This book provides an overview of the present situation and crucial developments in 1987 among indigenous peoples.
Indigenous survival among the Barí and Arhuaco: Strategies and perspectives
This document is a collection of articles and material comparing the problems and issues facing the Barí and Arhuaco nations of Venezuela and Columbia. Loss of lands from invading companies and colonists is contrasted with threats to their culture from missionaries. The document not only charts
...Self determination and Indigenous Peoples: Sámi Rights and Northern Perspectives
Self-determination is a fundamental right of indigenous peoples. Although frequently discussed from a theoretical basis, it is less often discussed from a practical and applied perspective. This document looks at self-determination from the position of the indigenous peoples of Sámiland,
...Yearbook 1986 - Indigenous Peoples and Human Rights
This book provides an overview of the present situation and crucial developments in 1986 among indigenous peoples.
The Naga Nation and its Struggle against Genocide: A report compiled by IWGIA
This document is a general survey of the history and conditions of the Naga peoples who live in Nagaland on the borders of India and Burma. It is a collection of material from a variety of sources which an IWGIA editorial board has put together under guidance from several Nagas. Although the
...The Maasai and the State: The impact of rural development policies on a pastoral people in Tanzania
East Timor: The Struggle Continues
Genocide in the Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh
Between Zoo and Slavery: The Yagua of Eastern Peru in their present situation
National Revolution and Indigenous Identity: The Conflict between Sandinists and Mískito Indians on Nicaragua´s Atlantic Coast
"Violence" as an Economic Force: the process of proletarianisation among the indigenous people of the Argentinian Chaco, 1884-1930
Is God An American? An Anthropological Perspective on the Missionary Work of the Summer Institute of Linguistics
The Wycliffe Bible Translators (WBT)/Summer Institute of Linguistics (SIL), one of the largest missionary enterprises in the world, aims to bring »the Word« to the »Bibleless tribes«. In pursuit of converts, SIL missionaries have profoundly affected indigenous societies throughout the
...East Timor, Indonesia and the Western Democracies
I sold Myself, I was Bought
Multi-ethnicity in India: The Adivasi Peasants of Chota Nagpur and Santal Parganas
Himachal Science, People and Progress
Australian Aborigines: The Common Struggle for Humanity
Chile 1979: The Mapuche Tragedy
The Indian Liberation and Social Rights Movement in Kollasuyu (Bolivia)
Guatemala 1978: The Massacre at Panzos
Amazonian Ecuador: An Ethnic Interface in Ecological, Social and Ideological Perspectives
The Oppression of the Indigenous Peoples of the Phillippines
The Yanomami in the Face of Ethnocide
The Amuesha People of Central Peru: Their Struggle to Survive
The Aché: Genocide Continues in Paraguay
“The Aché Indians: Genocide in Paraguay” (IWGIA Document 11) documented the extermination of the Aché in Paraguay up to September 1972. At that time, a public scandal broke out in Paraguay over the Indian situation. The authorities promised an inquiry, one man was arrested, and there was hope
...The Dynamics of the Ye'cuana ("Maquiritare") Political System: Stability and Crisis
The Aché Indians: Genocide in Paraguay
The purpose of this article is to demonstrate how the basic human rights described in the United Nations Charter of Human Rights are denied to the Aché (Guayaki ) Indians of Paraguay, not through indifference or neglect , but by a deliberate Government policy of genocide disguised as
...Bibliography of the Indigenous Problems and Policy of the Brazilian Amazon Region (1957-1972)
This publication is a bibliography of the Brazilian Amazon region covering the period from 1957-1972. The publication refers to the entire Brazilian Amazon region, however most of the publications mentioned deal with its southeastern part, the Northern Mato Grosso, Goiás and Southern Pará. This
...The Situation of the Adivasis of Chotanagpur and Santal Parganas, Bihar, India
Report from Eritrea
Declaration of Barbados
