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Indigenous Rights
By Bob BozoNovember 1, 2014
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Indigenous People Have Rights• Indigenous people were the first
people to live in a region. They have mostly been pushed aside by conquering people. Their rights issue includes:– Economic and social development – Culture – Environment – Education – Health – Human rights – Gender and indigenous women – Children and Youth – MDG's (Millennium Development
Goals)
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Who Are Indigenous People?• Have an historical connection with a
territory.• Vulnerable today to more powerful
nations and ethnic groups controlling their lands.
• Today have rights guaranteed by organizations like the United Nations, but do not see them protected by the nations they live in.
• Many have intermarried or blend in with the majority groups, at the loss of their own heritage.
• Others have formed associations, live close together to preserve their heritage while living among the majority groups.
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Some Indigenous Groups
• There are thousands from region to region and country to country.
• Some notables:– Australian “Aborigines”– Hmong (SE Asia)– Assyrian (West Asia)– Yanomami (Amazon)– Taureg (Sahel, N Africa)– Zulu (S Africa)– Pygmy (Central and W
Africa)
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Chiapas• The wealthy southern Mexican
state is inhabited mostly by impoverished people, 30% of whom are of Maya background.
• They have suffered severe discrimination and privation.
• Rebellion, led by the Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional, broke out here when Mexico cancelled laws protecting indigenous lands from commercial development.
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Ainu
• Live mostly in Japan, • Discrimination has caused
many to deny their heritage, so how many are there, is hard to know.
• The Japanese Diet gave them official recognition in 2008.
• A small group in Hokkaido have formed the Ainu Party to promote and protect the Ainu people
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The Bushmen of the Namib• They live in the wilds of eight
southern African nations.• Modernization had forced them
to reduced their hunting/gathering lifestyle (to protect wildlife) in favor or subsistence farming.
• By using the courts of their nations and with the aid of Western legal experts, they have won more of their rights back (including patent royalties on a profitable plant used for dieting called hoodia gordonii)
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The Conflict
pro• Indigenous people were on
the land first.• Western law recognizes the
life and dignity of all people.• The indigenous culture
must be protected and taught to the young.
con• The conquering people
make the laws and must be obeyed by the indigenous people.
• The resources of the new nation must go to the majority first.
• Everyone in the new nation must adopt the new culture.
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Should the Indigenous Lifestyle be Protected?
Disadvantages• They are in the way of progress
for nations• They deny their children the
chance to have a modern living.• Some indigenous practices are
dangerous to others or the environment.
Advantages• They are people who have
survived well on the land• Humans need to know pride in
their ethnic heritage• Most indigenous groups have
ceased dangerous practices.
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How Are Indigenous Rights Being Asserted Worldwide?
• Organizations: (sample)– Amazon Defense Coalition.– First People of the Kalahari– Norwegian Sami
Association
– Yayasan Merah Putih– The United Nations:
– Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues• Declaration on the Rig
hts of Indigenous Peoples
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Evaluation of this work
Correct• Follows the ten-page template
correctly.– Title page– Intro page– Five sub-topic pages– Pos/neg (adv/disadv) page– Debate the world issue– Efforts toward the issue
• Basic requirements for each page MOSTLY met– Links to text– Links to images– picture
CoWrong (JK)• More than prescribed number of slides.• Some pages/text not linked• One page has horrible contrast, keep it
simple and readable.• Some missing links (one for text, one for
image)• Some links are browsers (google, yahoo,
etc.) not actual sites• Too wordy in places (keep bulleted; do
not plagiarize)• No special effects (do not worry about
sound)– Automation– Animation– Page transitions
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Other pointsDue when you get back from the holiday• File folder with research (MAKE
SURE IT’S A COPY AND YOU STILL HAVE ORIGINAL TO KEEP WORKING ON): – images, web page urls, – Also a STARTED PowerPoint so we
can see if it works on my computer.
• BTW, you can mail this folder to me:
• [email protected]• I will inspect it and give you a
research grade. = 12 pts– Due 12/1/2014
Project itself is due:• 12/8/2014
