Indigenous Affairs 3-4/97

Written by Toolmaster.dk on 10 March 1998.

Despite increased and ever more vocal participation by indig­enous peoples at the international political arena, the human rights situation of indigenous peoples remains criticaI.

A major threat to the lives, cultures and dignity of indigenous peoples is the rapidly ongoing loss of

The Indigenous World 1996-97

Written by Toolmaster.dk on 24 August 1997.

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.

Indigenous Affairs 2/97

Written by Toolmaster.dk on 10 June 1997.

I would love to open up the charter of the United Nations´s said one indigenous representative during the second United Nations workshop on the establishment of a permanent forum for indigenous peoples. It was held in Santiago, Chile, on 30 June to 2 July, 1997. and the Chilean government was

Slaveri i 90erne. Gældbundne indfødte

Written by Toolmaster.dk on 10 June 1997.

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

Written by Käthe Jepsen on 28 May 1997.

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

Written by Toolmaster.dk on 10 April 1997.

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

Written by Toolmaster.dk on 10 April 1997.

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

Written by Toolmaster.dk on 10 April 1997.

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

Written by Toolmaster.dk on 10 January 1997.

The history of frontier settlement in South America has been characterized by a rather uneven penetration towards the interior of the continent. At the time of the formation of South American repub­lics, the areas of dense demographic concentration were confined to the Coast-highland strip

The Akuriyo of Surinam: A Case of Emergence from Isolation

Written by Toolmaster.dk on 10 January 1997.

The Akuriyo of Surinam are a Carib speaking population which numbers at the moment about 60. Until 1970 they knew a completely nomadic way of life, hunting and gathering in the forests of Southeast Surinam, on the Oelemari, Litani and Loe rivers, or rather on the smaller tributary creeks.

Indigenous Affairs 3/96

Written by Toolmaster.dk on 10 November 1996.

In October, indigenous peoples once again travel the well-worn route to Geneva to participate in the second meeting of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights´openended Working Group which is discussing the draft Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Although a technical

The Indigenous World 1995-96

Written by Toolmaster.dk on 24 August 1996.

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!

Indigenous Affairs 2/96

Written by Toolmaster.dk on 10 June 1996.

The Saami call their territory Sapmi. Conceptually, the term encompasses the geographical area, the Saami territory and the Saami people, all in one. The land and the peo­ple are intrinsically united. During. the colonisation of Sapmi. the territory and the people were divided between

Les Twa du Rwanda

Written by Toolmaster.dk on 10 June 1996.

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

Written by Toolmaster.dk on 10 April 1996.

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

Indigenous Affairs 1/96

Written by Toolmaster.dk on 10 April 1996.

The first months of 1996 have been dominated by devastation facing the indigenous peoples of Brazil.

Justice Minister Nelson Johim in De­cree 1775. has opened up 344 reserves (57 percent of all indigenous territories in the country) to claims by any com­pany, local authority or

"... VINES THAT WON'T BIND ..." Indigenous Peoples in Asia. Proceedings of a Conference held in Chiang Mai, Thailand, 1995

Written by Toolmaster.dk on 10 April 1996.

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.

Written by Toolmaster.dk on 10 March 1996.

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

Written by Toolmaster.dk on 24 August 1995.

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

Written by Toolmaster.dk on 10 April 1995.

Assessment of the situation of the Twa and promotion of Twa rights in post-war Rwanda.

The Explosion of Communities in Chiapas

Written by Toolmaster.dk on 10 April 1995.

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

Written by Toolmaster.dk on 24 August 1994.

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

Written by Käthe Jepsen on 28 May 1994.

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

Written by Toolmaster.dk on 10 April 1994.

Indigenous peoples all over the world are nowadays struggling to recover their ancestral lands, to obtain redress for centuries of oppres­sion and even to establish some form of self-government as one, and only one, way of exercising their right to self-determination. Some would like to

Hawai'i: Return to Nationhood

Written by Toolmaster.dk on 10 April 1994.

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

Written by Toolmaster.dk on 24 August 1993.

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

Written by Toolmaster.dk on 10 April 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

Written by Toolmaster.dk on 10 April 1993.

Kinship, coincidences and the desire to do 'anthropology at home triggered our interest and involvement in the Tasaday hoax and subsequent study on the T'boli. In August 1986 Duhaylungsod attended the International Conference on the Tasaday Controversy and other Urgent Anthropological Issues at

Yearbook 1991

Written by Toolmaster.dk on 24 August 1992.

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

Written by Käthe Jepsen on 28 May 1992.

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

Written by Toolmaster.dk on 10 April 1992.

In March 1990, members of Canada's Parliamentary Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs listened to testimony presented by Inuit (Eskimos) who had been the subject of a 1950s government relocation experiment. The Inuit recounted years of suffering and neglect as a result of their

Indfødte Folk

Written by Toolmaster.dk on 10 February 1992.

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

Written by Toolmaster.dk on 24 August 1991.

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

Written by Käthe Jepsen on 28 May 1991.

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

Written by Toolmaster.dk on 10 March 1991.

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

Written by Toolmaster.dk on 10 January 1991.

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

Written by Toolmaster.dk on 10 January 1991.

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

Written by Toolmaster.dk on 24 August 1990.

This book provides an overview of the present situation and crucial developments in 1989 among indigenous peoples.

Indigenous Peoples of the Soviet North

Written by Toolmaster.dk on 10 April 1990.

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

Written by Toolmaster.dk on 10 April 1990.

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

Written by Toolmaster.dk on 24 April 1989.

This book provides an overview of the present situation and crucial developments in 1988 among indigenous peoples.

Indigenous Self-development in the Americas: Proceedings of the IWGIA Symposium at the Congress of Americanists, Amsterdam 1988

Written by Toolmaster.dk on 10 April 1989.

Proceedings of the IWGIA Symposium at the Congress of Americanists, Amsterdam 1988

Ethnocide: Mission Accomplished?

Written by Toolmaster.dk on 10 April 1989.

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

Written by Toolmaster.dk on 10 March 1989.

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

Written by Toolmaster.dk on 10 April 1988.

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

Written by Toolmaster.dk on 24 February 1988.

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

Written by Toolmaster.dk on 10 April 1987.

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

Written by Toolmaster.dk on 10 April 1987.

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

Written by Toolmaster.dk on 24 January 1987.

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

Written by Toolmaster.dk on 10 April 1986.

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 Health and Survival of the Venezuelan Yanoama

Written by Toolmaster.dk on 10 April 1985.

It is now generally agreed that, along with land invasion, the single most important factor in the extermination of the original peoples of the Americas has been disease. In South America, the rapid disappearance of Amazonian Indians, has been inextricably linked to the spread of infectious

The Maasai and the State: The impact of rural development policies on a pastoral people in Tanzania

Written by Toolmaster.dk on 10 April 1985.

This document examines the evolution of development policies in Tanzania and their impact on a pastoral people -the Maasai of northern Tanzania. At the most general level it deals with the relationship between the state and the peasantry in Tanzania. Rural development policies are seen as one

East Timor: The Struggle Continues

Written by Toolmaster.dk on 10 April 1984.

This book is a sequel to East Timor, Indonesia and the Western Democracies which was published by IWGIA in 1980 as Document No. 40. The earlier report covered the conflict from the Indonesian invasion in 1975 until the end of 1979, where­as this new report concentrates largely on

Genocide in the Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh

Written by Toolmaster.dk on 10 April 1984.

The Chittagong Hill Tracts are a "tribal area" in Bangla­desh where 12 different ethnic groups live. They number about 600 000 people and make up 0.7% of the total population of Bangladesh. After independence the tribal people accounted for 98% of the district's inhabitants. Today they are

Between Zoo and Slavery: The Yagua of Eastern Peru in their present situation

Written by Toolmaster.dk on 10 January 1984.

The purpose of this document is to provide as complete a picture as possible of the current situation of the Yagua by integrating all the sets of constraints to which they are victims. After more than three centuries, and with particular intensity in the last decades, the Yagua are suffering

National Revolution and Indigenous Identity: The Conflict between Sandinists and Mískito Indians on Nicaragua´s Atlantic Coast

Written by Toolmaster.dk on 10 April 1983.

Since July 1982 the situation on Nicaragua's Atlantic Coast has rapidly deteriorated. What before merely seemed possible is today a certainty. Open battles have begun in the Puerto Cabezas area between the Sandinist army and armed units of several thousand men who have invaded from Honduras.

"Violence" as an Economic Force: the process of proletarianisation among the indigenous people of the Argentinian Chaco, 1884-1930

Written by Toolmaster.dk on 10 April 1982.

When talking about the indigenous peoples of northern Arg­entina, one must use the past tense. Hunter/gatherer societies in that region have been constantly undermined since the late 19th century as indigenous resources of land and labour were pulled into the capitalist economy. Vestiges of

Is God An American? An Anthropological Perspective on the Missionary Work of the Summer Institute of Linguistics

Written by Toolmaster.dk on 10 April 1981.

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

Written by Toolmaster.dk on 10 April 1980.

The purpose of this collection of documents is to show three points: Firstly, Indonesian atrocities in East Timor; secondly, the responsibility of the Western democracies; and thirdly, the cover-up in the Western mass media.

The collection opens and closes with UN testimonies by

I sold Myself, I was Bought

Written by Toolmaster.dk on 10 April 1980.

A lot has been said about the development of the Bolivian Department of Santa Cruz; most assuredly, quite a bit has been achieved in this area. The establishment of new types of industry and the extension of existing ones have led to a demographic development which, percentwise, tops the list

Multi-ethnicity in India: The Adivasi Peasants of Chota Nagpur and Santal Parganas

Written by Toolmaster.dk on 10 April 1980.

Himachal Science, People and Progress

Written by Toolmaster.dk on 10 April 1979.

Fourth-world colonialism, by which I mean the coloniza­tion or exploitation of indigenous minorities whithin third­world or "developing" nations, is as pernicious - as damaging to the colonized - as any other kind of colonialism, the more so that it often goes unrecognized.

The Multinational Squeeze on the Amuesha People of Central Peru

Written by Toolmaster.dk on 10 April 1979.

In 1974 I published an article in the IWGIA Document series (Smith, 1974) in which I told of the struggle of one Amuesha community with a catholic Franciscan mission to retain control over a small area to which these Arnuesha had retreated. In 1976, the Peruvian government awarded this

The Yanoama in Brazil 1979

Written by Toolmaster.dk on 10 April 1979.

This paper is intended to first, report on the very critical situation of the Yanoama Indians in north Brazil who have been affected by the construction of the Perimetral Norte highway; second, to make public the events that led to the abrupt end of the "Yanoama Project", a plan designed by an

Australian Aborigines: The Common Struggle for Humanity

Written by Toolmaster.dk on 10 January 1979.

Despite so much that is common to the cultural heritage and colonial experience of the Australian Aborigines and American Indians, the present legal and socio-political position of the Aboriginal people in Australian society remains even worse than that of the Indians in the United States. The

Chile 1979: The Mapuche Tragedy

Written by Toolmaster.dk on 10 January 1979.

This short account of my people, the Mapuche, is written in the midst of a difficult period for the Chilean people, and I myself am a long way from the Araucanian territory. Life in exile leaves time for writing, reading, listening, and thinking, as well as drawing some conclusions concerning

Eastern Bolivia: The White Promised Land

Written by Toolmaster.dk on 10 April 1978.

The Indians of Bolivia, already exploited by a military dictatorship, will have to take up more of the white man's burden if South Africans and Rhodesians accept an in­vitation to colonise the country. White South Africans, ac­customed to the excesses of their own police, will find much

The Indian Liberation and Social Rights Movement in Kollasuyu (Bolivia)

Written by Toolmaster.dk on 10 April 1978.

The intention of this document is to give a general out­line to be considered by the "First Meeting of Anthropologists in the Countries of the Andean Region", of the most important aspects of the INDIAN LIBERATION AND SOCIAL RIGHTS MOVEMENT in Bolivia and its implications for the

The Integration of the Indigenous People of the Territory of Roraima, Brazil

Written by Toolmaster.dk on 10 April 1978.

In this report we attempt to:

1. present a profile of the indigenous population of the Territory of Roraima (Brazil), and
2. delineate the most common processes of integrat­ion involving the indigenous peoples and their land.

The results of integration to

Guatemala 1978: The Massacre at Panzos

Written by Toolmaster.dk on 10 April 1978.

News of the massacre at Panzós reached IWGIA in the beginning of June. We were about to issue our IWGIA NEWS­LETTER No. 19 and therefore barely managed to include a short report on the matter by Jens Lohmann.
However, we felt that the importance of the May 29th events, in all their

Amazonian Ecuador: An Ethnic Interface in Ecological, Social and Ideological Perspectives

Written by Toolmaster.dk on 10 January 1978.

i el Ecuador ha sido, es, y será, el país amazónico!
"Ecuador has been, is, and will be, the Amazonian country!" reads the national rallying cry frequently emblazoned on official stationary within the Republic of Ecuador. Ostensibly, the slogan is a political one which no party would dare

Ecuadorian Ethnocide and Indigenous Ethnogenesis: Amazonian Resurgence Amidst Andean Colonialism

Written by Toolmaster.dk on 10 January 1976.

In the moist tropics of South America, Native Americans -who are all too frequently referred to by Christopher Columbus' term "Indians" - are rapidly disappearing. Current literature documenting the rationality of the native peoples, together with detailed analysis of the processes of

The Oppression of the Indigenous Peoples of the Phillippines

Written by Toolmaster.dk on 10 January 1976.

This IWGIA Document contains three papers on the oppression of the native peoples of the Philippines. 

1. The Philippines: A Background Survey
2. Native Peoples Struggle Against U.S. Imperialism in the Philippines
3. The Filipino Muslims and their Struggle for

The Yanomami in the Face of Ethnocide

Written by Toolmaster.dk on 10 January 1976.

In Latin America - in Venezuela - of all the words ban­died about, there is no more hollow and misused term than "integration", but there is none which is greeted with such a large consensus. Everyone agrees, it is necessary to integrate the ethnic minorities into national life, it is an

The Brazilian Indigenous Problems and Policy: The Aripuana Park

Written by Toolmaster.dk on 10 March 1975.

The objective of this work is to report the experiences I had in Brazil during the five months of my stay with the Indians of the Ari­puanã Indigenous Park, from July to December, 1972, I went there as a physician and ethnologist, having previously spent some time in the Peruvian forest in

Indians of Eastern Bolivia: Aspects of their Present Situation

Written by Toolmaster.dk on 10 January 1975.

This article is an attempt to describe the present situation of Indians of Eastern Bolivia. Historical events will be referred to only when they are relevant to an understanding of the Indian cultures. Before proceeding with a systematic description, certain facts which are of general

Oppression in Argentina: The Mataco Case

Written by Toolmaster.dk on 10 January 1975.

The present report has a very clear purpose: to make known the situation in which an ethnic minority survives in the Ar­gentine part of the Great Chaco. Having chosen here the Mataco does not imply that this group lives under particular conditions, different from those of the Toba, M'bya,

The Araucanian Indian in Chile

Written by Toolmaster.dk on 10 January 1975.

The ARAUCANIANS are one of the larger of the native peoples of South America, and they include different ethnic sub-groups, some of which are now extinct. A relatively large population, once geographically spread extensively over the southern cone of South America, at present they are reduced

The Amuesha People of Central Peru: Their Struggle to Survive

Written by Toolmaster.dk on 10 January 1974.

In the year 1742, the national liberation movement lead by Juan Santos Atahualpa forced the missionaries of the Franciscan Order, their military back-up, and the Spanish colonists they brought, to leave the central montaña of Peru and allowed the Amueeha and Campa peoples of the area to

The Aché: Genocide Continues in Paraguay

Written by Toolmaster.dk on 10 January 1974.

“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

Native People in Areas of Internal National Expansion: Indians and Inuit in Canada

Written by Toolmaster.dk on 10 January 1973.

In the last few years there have been an increasing number of major development projects which have raised issues of native rights. The list includes the Bennett Darn, the Bighorn Darn, the James Bay project, the flooding of Southern Indian Lake, explora­tion and resource development in the

The Brazilian Indigenous Problem and Policy: The Example of the Xingu National Park

Written by Toolmaster.dk on 10 January 1973.

In 1971 a road linking Brasilia with Manaus was constructed so that it crossed the Xingu Park. In 1973 another road violation of the national park was on the way. The present publication illustrates Brazilian natives policy at the time of these violations and indicates the difficulty of solving

The Dynamics of the Ye'cuana ("Maquiritare") Political System: Stability and Crisis

Written by Toolmaster.dk on 10 January 1973.

The Ye'cuana or De'cuana, better known in the anthropologi­cal literature as Maquiritare1) , are approximately 1500 Carib­speaking, tropical-forest people. Their villages21 are scattered along the upper course of the Caura and Paragua Rivers, or bran­ches of the latter (Bolivar

The Aché Indians: Genocide in Paraguay

Written by Toolmaster.dk on 10 January 1973.

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

The Urgent Situation of the Cuiva Indians of Colombia

Written by Toolmaster.dk on 10 March 1972.

This publication documents how, after four centuries of struggle against the European invasion of their territory, the Cuiva are now threatened not only with cultural extinction, but also with physical ectermination at the hands of Colombian cattle herders. Between July 1968 and July 1970 the

Bibliography of the Indigenous Problems and Policy of the Brazilian Amazon Region (1957-1972)

Written by Toolmaster.dk on 10 January 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

Tribal Survival in the Amazon: The Campa Case

Written by Toolmaster.dk on 10 January 1972.

At the time of the release of this publication the Campa Indians of the Peruvian Amazon was experiencing steady shrinking of their homeland and being in the pathway of major economic development efforts, which threatened and still threatens the Campa Indians traditional way of life. The

The Forest Indians in the Present Political Situation of Peru

Written by Toolmaster.dk on 10 January 1972.

This publication focus on the subject of the tribal minorities og the Peruvian tropical forest from the point of view of the political circumstances and the general administrative conditions of Perú.

The Situation of the Adivasis of Chotanagpur and Santal Parganas, Bihar, India

Written by Toolmaster.dk on 10 January 1972.

Although Bihar has one of the largest industrial complexes of India and is rich in mineral resources, one of the poorest and most backward populations of India reside there. The total population of Bihar is
46 455 600. The "Tribal Belt" of Bihar, Chotanagpur Division and Santal Parganas

Tribal Survival in the Alto Marañon: The Aguaruna Case

Written by Toolmaster.dk on 10 January 1972.

The title of this IWGIA report is a permutation of Bodley's Tribal Survival in the Amazon: The Campa Case (IWGIA-DOCUMENT 5, 1972). However, the similarity between the two papers goes beyond
the title, The Jivaro-speaking Aguaruna and the Arawak-speaking
Campa both inhabit the

Report from Eritrea

Written by Toolmaster.dk on 10 April 1971.

Symptoms of Partiality
In "Aftonbladet" (ed. in Sweden) the Ethiopian minister of information
has adamently denied that reports on the massacres in Eritrea, given by one of the best friends of the Ethio­pian people, the Swedish missionaire Olle Hagner, have any foundation,

Declaration of Barbados

Written by Toolmaster.dk on 10 January 1971.