International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs (IWGIA)
Negotiating Autonomy: Case Studies on Philippine Indigenous Peoples' Land Rights
1st Edition
Edited
By Augusto Gatmaytan
February 01, 2007
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. At its core are four case studies of different indigenous groups from various parts of the country; the Kankana-ey and Bago of the northern ...
Belonging to the Land: Life in the Communities of the Chaco Region of Salta
1st Edition
By Pablo Lasansky, Francisco Perez, Morita Carrasco
July 01, 2005
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 ...
The Indigenous World 2005
1st Edition
By Diana Vinding
April 01, 2005
This yearbook contains the most comprehensive update on the current situation of indigenous peoples and the human rights and other international processes related to indigenous peoples. With contributions from both indigenous as well as non-indigenous scholars and activists, The Indigenous World ...
Dreams Coming True: An Indigenous Health Programme in the Peruvian Amazon
1st Edition
Edited
By Soren Hvalkof
March 01, 2005
This is an unusual book about an unusual project in the Peruvian Amazon. It focuses on the extraordinary achievement the indigenous movement in the Upper Amazon has accomplished in establishing its own alternative health service. The work exposes a kaleidoscopic view of this fascinating process and...
Indigenous Peoples Rights in Southern Africa
1st Edition
Edited
By Robert Hitchcock, Diana Vinding
January 20, 2005
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. Although living in democratic countries like Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Botswana --and in ...
The Indigenous World 2004
1st Edition
By Diana Vinding
June 01, 2004
This yearbook contains the most comprehensive update on the current situation of indigenous peoples and the human rights and other international processes related to them. With contributions from both indigenous as well as non-indigenous scholars and activists, this volume of The Indigenous World ...
The Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
1st Edition
By Lola Garcia-Alix
April 01, 2003
This volume continues a tradition established in 1998 to prioritize the dissemination of information and analysis on indigenous issues. This handbook provides basic information on the nature of the new UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues.Lola Garcia-Alix is the human rights coordinator of the ...
The Indigenous World 2001/2002
1st Edition
By Diana Vinding
January 01, 2002
This book stands alone in its comprehensive presentation of current information affecting indigenous peoples in different regions throughout the world. With contributions from both indigenous as well as non-indigenous scholars and activists, it provides an overview of recent developments that have ...
Racism Against Indigenous Peoples
1st Edition
Edited
By Suhas Chakma, Marianne Jensen
July 01, 2001
Racism Against Indigenous Peoples documents and analyzes the many forms of racism that indigenous peoples all over the world are still facing at the beginning of the new millennium. Although many national constitutions prohibit racial discrimination, indigenous peoples are facing pervasive racial ...
Challenging Politics: Indigenous Peoples' Experiences with Political Parties and Elections
1st Edition
By Kathrin Wessendorf
April 01, 2001
Indigenous peoples all over the world find themselves part of political systems that are not their own but created and defined by governments with alien rules and led by politicians. Over the last centuries, indigenous peoples have gained experience in dealing with these imposed systems of politics...
Indigenous Autonomy in Mexico
1st Edition
By Cal Y. Mayor, Aracely Burguete
February 01, 2000
This important collection of essays is compulsory reading for all those who wish to gain a better understanding of the dynamic processes of change which Mexico and its indigenous peoples have undergone. The book relates different experiences and makes various proposals relative to the issue of ...
Human Rights and Indigenous Peoples: A Handbook on the UN System
1st Edition
By Florencia Roulet
January 01, 1999
A collection of fundamental information on the possibilities and limitations of the United Nations action in the field of human rights. The book gives detailed description of the existing international mechanisms for prevention and compensation of serious violations of the fundamental rights ...