”We [the indigenous peoples in Sarawak] urge buyers to come into our back yard and to see personally by yourself the true situation of logging in Sarawak. I personally appeal to all you buyers of Malaysian timber please spare my old parents, young school children, innocent poor communities and our future generation from being displaced from mother earth please.”1 These desperate words of ...

The handbook provides basic information on the nature of the new UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues in Russian, the aim being to enable indigenous organisations to have greater influence within this new body. It covers the first four sessions of the Permanent Forum.

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This thematic issue of Indigenous Affairs examines the issues affecting indigenous youth across the world Contents: Editorial - by Alejandro Parallada and Kathrin Wessendorf Latinamerica section Argentina - The Mapunky and the Mapuheavy Voices from the Margins By MapUrbe Communication Team Colombia Terror in the Pacific By Jenzerá Work Group Buenaventura Declaration BoliviaWe are C...

Translated from the Spanish title: Pueblos Indígenas The book gives an overview of the status and plight of indigenous peoples in various regions of the world and in the Cordillera region in the Philippines. How do they define themselves, what sets them apart from other peoples? And why do we need to show interest for their specific problems? These and other questions are dealt with in this book...

Swedish version of Indianske Folk i Perus Andesbjerge originally written by Karsten Pærregaard & IWGIA, 2000. Information and education material about the world's indigenous peoples.   

This book is a co-production between the International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs (IWGIA) and the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights. It is a report drawn up by a working group established by the African Commission. It addresses the reasons why and the means by which the African Commission should deal with the protection and promotion of the human rights of indigenous peoples...

Eyes that Tell is an anthology of myths and traditions narrated and superbly illustrated by members of eight indigenous peoples of Peruvian Amazonia: the Ashaninka, Shawi, Uitoto, Shipibo, Awajun, Wampis, Tikuna and Matsés. The narrators illustrate the extraordinary events that took place in ancient times (and that still take place today) in an equally extraordinary manner. In their illustrations...

Engagement in mainstream political processes and seeking participation in local government is an option increasingly taken up by indigenous peoples in order to regain more control over their lives and their destiny. This volume presents the result of research on indigenous peoples' participation in local government in two Southeast Asian countries: the Philippines and Malaysia. The book compiles e...

By describing the fabric of relationships that indigenous peoples weave with their environment, this book attempts to define a more precise notion of indigenous territoriality. Beyond a natural environment from which they obtain the necessary natural resources for subsistence, the territory for indigenous peoples is a space made up of an intricate network of social ties which also interrelates wit...

This issue of Indigenous Affairs focuses on the issues surrounding shifting cultivation Contents: Editorial - by Christian Erni Swidden Agriculture in Thailand: Myths, Realities and Challenges, by Pinkaew Laungaramsri Seeds-songs. Reflections on Swidden Agriculture, Agro-biodiversity and Food Sovereignty, by Maruja Salas Shifting Cultivation and Wildlife Conservation: A Debate, edited by Elisabeth...

This issue of Indigenous Affairs focuses on education and indigenous peoples. Contents: Editorial - by Marianne Wiben Jensen Download the editorial as a PDF file here Education in the Canadian Arctic: What Difference has the Nunavut Government Made? - by Jack Hicks "We're going slowly because we're going far". Building an Autonomous Education System in Chiapas - by Stine Krøijer Indigenous Wisdom...

This Yearbook covers the period January-December 2004. IWGIA's Yearbook is issued every year in May. Its purpose is to provide an update on the state of affairs of indigenous peoples worldwide. Thanks to the contributions from indigenous and non-indigenous scholars and activists, The Indigenous World 2005 gives an overview of crucial developments in 2004 that have impacted on the indigenous peopl...

La Commission Africaine des Droits de l’Homme et des Peuples (CADHP) traite de la situation des droits humains des populations/communautés autochtones depuis 1999, vu qu’elles constituent l’un des groupes les plus vulnérables du continent africain. Depuis la 29ème Session ordinaire de la CADHP tenue en Libye en 2001, les représentants de ces communautés ont assisté à toutes les sessio...

Swedish version of De Indfødte Australiere originally written by Hanne Miriam Larsen & IWGIA, 2000. Information and education material about the world's indigenous peoples.   

Swedish version of Inuit: De Eskimoiske Folk i Arktis originally written by Frank Sejersen & IWGIA, 2000. Information and education material about the world's indigenous peoples.   

This issue of Indigenous Affairs focuses on the issue of land rights Contents: Editorial - by Marianne Wiben Jensen Governance, the Territorial Approach and Indigenous Peoples - by Pedro García Hierro Securing Land Tenure Rights for Cambodia's Indigenous Communities - by Jeremy Ironside Titling Ancestral Domains: The Philippine Experience - by Lourdes Amos Strenghtening Indigenous Peoples' Influe...

The indigenous peoples of the Arctic have achieved some of the most comprehensive self-government arrangements in the world. These are reflected upon in this collection of articles, based on discussions between indigenous peoples in Russia and other parts of the Circumpolar North. Decision-making and political participation are of major concern for indigenous peoples in all parts of the Circumpola...

This issues of Indigenous Affairs assesses the impact of the UN Decade of Indigenous Peoples on Indigenous peoples around the world. Contents: Editorial - by Lola García-Alix The UN decade on Indigenous Peoples - by Jens Dahl The Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues: Future Challenges, how do we meet them? by Victoria Tauli Corpuz The Indigenous Fellowship Programme at the Office of the ...

This issue looks at the issues affecting indigenous women highlighting the impact of external social pressures on traditional gender structures. Contents: Editorial by Kathrin Wessendorf Africa San women today: Inequality and dependency in a post-foraging world by Renee Sylvain Twa women in the great lakes region by Dorothy Jackson Female genital mutilation by Naomi Kipuri Tamachek women in the 21...

This book offers a historical and anthropological perspective from which to understand the fragility of isolated indigenous groups in the face of contact with outside society. It helps us appreciate the importance, in terms of cultural and biological diversity, of safeguarding their territories for both their future and that of the human race. Drawing on scientific and legal principles, internatio...

This book is concerned with the first peoples (those people who are considered indigenous by themselves and others) of Southern Africa such as the San, the Nama and the Khoi, and their rights. It analyses the civil and political rights situation, assessing the extent to which these people benefit from such rights as compared to the wider society. The rights to land and to natural resources - or th...

This Yearbook covers the period January-December 2003. As from this year, IWGIA's Yearbook will be issued every year in May. Its purpose is to provide an update on the state of affairs of Indigenous peoples around the world. Thanks to the contributions from indigenous and non-indigenous scholars and activists, The Indigenous World 2004 gives an overview of crucial developments in 2003 that have im...

This book is an ethnographic account of colonialism in the Andaman Islands, Bay of Bengal, India. It examines the links between colonialism and development under British and Indian administrations, and analyses how the different indigenous groups (the Andamanese, the Onge, the Jarawa and the Sentinelese) have responded differently and been affected in different ways by colonization and the everyda...

This issue of Indigenous Affairs focuses on indigenous peoples in Africa. Contents: Editorial by Marianne Wiben Jensen Central AfricaIndigenous Advocacy in Central Africa by Dorothy Jackson After the World Parks Congress:Rights of indigenous communities still at stake in Central Africa by John Nelson BotswanaStruggling for the right to return:The residents of the central Kalahari Game Reserve...

This is an unusual book about an unusual project in the Peruvian Amazon. It focuses on the extraordinary achievements the indigenous movement in the Upper Amazon has accomplished in establishing its own alternative health service. The book exposes a kaleidoscopic view of this fascinating process. It presents the voices of the indigenous shamans, herbalists, midwives and healers. It gives an accoun...

This book tells another story. A story being written from within that landscape by the indigenous peoples of the Chaco themselves. It is one of happiness rather than poverty, as seen through their bodies, their looks, their smiles. Just to look at them is to participate in the mysteries of life itself. A life of contradictions and combinations, yes, but a life worth living. Let's take a look, then...

This issue of Indigenous Affairs is an open issue. Contents: Editorial by Sille Stidsen InternationalShort-Circuiting Justice in the Name of Terror by Suhas Chakma AsiaAsserting Indigenous Peoples' Rights is not an Act of Terrorism by Windel Bolinget AfricaThe Impact of the Congolese Conflict on the Indigenous Pygmy Population by Ilundu Bulambu Stephan South AmericaThe Camisea Project and Ind...