Ink hmong Links A genocidal war has been conducted against these people in the last Most world indigenous peoples are still actively seeking recognition of http://thecouriermail.com.au/extras/headstart/activities_arch/being healthy__12_
Extractions: One World Aboriginal Connections www.aboriginalconnections.com/ A huge online portal that provides links to 2279 other aboriginal sites and a good source of information and starting place for research. Aboriginal Studies WWW Virtual Library www.ciolek.com/WWWVL-Aboriginal.html Lots of links to articles, journals and resources on the World Wide Web. Alaskool Central www.alaskool.org/ Alaska's Native people include Inupiaq, Yup'ik, and Cup'ik Eskimos, the Aleut, and Tlingit and Athabaskan Indians. This site features some of the greatest materials on Alaska Native history and culture available, and the tools to help teachers use them in the classroom. It includes an Interactive Curriculum Planner and Class Bookmarks as well as news and historical documents, photographs, and streaming audio and video recordings. Aleut People www.mnh.si.edu/arctic/features/croads/aleut.html The Aleut, or Unangan, as they call themselves, inhabit the Aleutian archipelago . Arctic Circle www.arcticcircle.uconn.edu/
Extractions: S ix to seven million of Vietnam's 73 million population comprise an estimated 54 ethnic groups divided into dozens of subgroups some with a mere hundred or so members, giving Vietnam the richest and most complex ethnic make-up in the whole of southeast Asia. Ethnic minority groups with members numbering upwards of 500,000 include the Tay (Tho), Tai (Thai), Hmong (Meo or Miao), Muong (Mol) and Nung. Other large tribes (over 250,000) include the Jarai (Gia Rai) and Ede (Rhade), while groups like the Bahnar (Ba-na), and Sedang (Xo-dang) have more than 100,000 members. The vast majority of Vietnam's minorities live in the hilly regions of the north, down the Truong Son mountain range, and in the central highlands - all areas which saw heavy fighting in recent wars. Several groups straddle today's international boundaries, spreading across the Indochinese peninsula and up into southern China. Traditionally, Viet kings demanded tribute from the often fiercely independent ethnic minorities but otherwise left them to govern their own affairs. This relationship changed with the arrival of Catholic missionaries, who won many converts to Christianity among the peoples of the central highlands - called montagnards rn the French. Under colonial rule the minorities gained a certain degree of local autonomy in the late nineteenth century, but at the same time the French expropriated their land, exarted forced labor and imposed heavy taxes As elsewhere in Vietnam, such behaviour sparked off rebellions, notably among the Hmong in the early twentieth century.
Human Organization, Summer 1997 Rights to the Benefits of Research Compensating indigenous peoples for their Intellectual Economic Transformation in a hmong Village of Thailand http://www.sfaa.net/ho/1997/summer1997.html
Extractions: "Participation" and "participatory development" have become mantras in contemporary development discourse. But certain cultural settings are better suited to local participation and collective action than others are. Participation works best when it is based in, rather than in opposition to, existing organizations. In northeastern Brazil, regional tradition and existing social, economic, and political structures pose strong challenges to horizontal social organization and thus to popular mobilization and participatory development. Although certain democratizing trends have weakened traditional authorities, prior organization still poses challenges, which must be recognized and systematically addressed in policy planning and in project design and implementation.
Extractions: Indigenous people still the poorest of the poor (8 August 2001) BANGKOK (ILO News) The worlds highest infant mortality rates, lowest income levels, most widespread illiteracy and slimmest access to health and social services are to be found among the worlds 300 million indigenous people, half of whom live in Asia. Wherever they may be, the 5,000 indigenous and tribal groups spread among some 70 countries around the globe tend to have one thing in common: they are the poorest of the poor. Speaking on the International Day of the Worlds Indigenous Peoples (9 August), Mr Yasuyuki Nodera, Asia-Pacific Regional Director of the International Labour Organization (ILO), underscored his Organizations concern for indigenous rights in the region. To this day, the ILO remains the repository of the only instrument of international law specifically safeguarding the rights of indigenous people, the Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989 (No. 169). That Convention provides, among other things, that indigenous and tribal peoples shall enjoy the full measure of human rights and fundamental freedoms without hindrance or discrimination.
World Cultures This web site is dedicated to the indigenous peoples of the world and to the enrichment it hmong (Burma) Igorots/Ifugao (Philippines) Persian Literature http://www.indigenouspeople.net/world.htm
Chinese Literature indigenous peoples of China. Chinese Nationalities and Their Populations The Miao People. Two terms, Miao and hmong, are both currently used to refer to http://www.indigenouspeople.net/ChineseLit/
Extractions: (in Chinese) Martial Arts Yuan-Ji/Tai Chi The Chinese are classified as the Mongoloid (the 'yellow' race) along with Korean, Japanese, Native Americans, Mongols, Eskimos, and so on. The Yellow race makes up 33% of the world population. The Caucasoid (the "white" race), including the Australian aborigines, Arabs, Indians, Polynesians, and so on, accounts for 59% of the world population, while the Negroid (the 'black' race) accounts for only 8%. It is believed the Negroid and Caucasoid are more closely related than the Mongoloid, which gave rise to the regionalism hypothesis whereby the Mongoloid has evolved from homo erectus while the Negroid and the Caucasoid have evolved from a common ancestor homo antecessor. The Mongoloid has dry earwax while others have wet earwax.
Amnesty International Canada - Indigenous News & Reports You are here Home Human Rights indigenous peoples News The hmong people have a long history of resistance and aspirations of independence from Lao http://www.amnesty.ca/IndigenousPeoples/news/view.php?load=arcview&article=1849&
Extractions: Officials of States governments, particularly those that are rushing to engage the New World War declared by US President George Bush should stop for a minute and think. States must recognize that they are entering a battle against a globalized movement that is reactionary in character. They must recognize that this movement seeks to use Fourth World nations against the state system. The violence being visited on innocents and combatants alike is intensifying the fear; the anger and the resolve for revenge and Fourth World nations are in the crossfire. Only one state in the world, the Netherlands, has undertaken to introduce policies toward the Fourth World into foreign policy and domestic policy considerations. One explanation for the increasingly ferocious attacks on civilians, commercial buildings, and government buildings as well as ships by commandos is the failure of states governments to develop a sophisticated Fourth World policy that serves their interests as well as the interests of the Fourth World. Where are Fourth World nations and who are the people included in them?
Extractions: Select a Discipline Anthropology Counseling Criminal Justice Deaf Studies / Deaf Education Education: ELL Education: Early Childhood Education Education: Foundations / Intro to Teaching Education: Instructional Technology Education: Special Education English: Composition English: Developmental English: Technical Communication History Humanities Interdisciplinary Studies Philosophy Political Science Psychology Religion Social Work / Family Therapy Sociology by Keyword by Author by Title by ISBN Advanced Search View Cart ABOUT THIS PRODUCT Description Table of Contents Features New To This Edition ... Appropriate Courses PACKAGE OPTIONS Valuepack(s) RESOURCES Course-Specific Discipline-Specific RELATED TITLES Cultural Anthropology (Anthropology) Peoples and Cultures of the Americas (Anthropology) Peoples and Cultures of Asia (Anthropology) Peoples and Cultures of Africa (Anthropology) ... Culture Change (Anthropology) Indigenous Peoples, Ethnic Groups, and the State, 2/E View Larger Image David Maybury-Lewis Harvard University
Extractions: Select a Discipline Anthropology Counseling Criminal Justice Deaf Studies / Deaf Education Education: ELL Education: Early Childhood Education Education: Foundations / Intro to Teaching Education: Instructional Technology Education: Special Education English: Composition English: Developmental English: Technical Communication History Humanities Interdisciplinary Studies Philosophy Political Science Psychology Religion Social Work / Family Therapy Sociology by Keyword by Author by Title by ISBN Advanced Search View Cart ABOUT THIS PRODUCT Description ISBN: 0205454291 This study examines one of our newest immigrant groups in America: the Hmong refugees from Laos. In ethnographic fashion, the author gives the reader an intimate portrait of Hmong family life in Wisconsin. The book first traces the stages of the Hmong refugee experience and then looks at how Hmong families are adjusting and adapting to their new lives in America. The primary focus is on daily life routines. From this perspective one gains an appreciation of Hmong kinship networks and community. Women's activities are woven throughout this study to highlight the roles they play in their family's social and economic adaptation. From a family centered focus, the reader gains an appreciation for how the Hmong see their own adaptational process and how they represent and define their Hmongness in America. Part of the
Indigenous Peoples Links Page Dalai Lama s Home Page Center for World indigenous Studies hmong Homepage Lakota Information Home Page Lenni Lenape Historical Society Museum http://www.anthro.umt.edu/links/an-indig.htm
About Indigenous Peoples Indigenous Development Gateway indigenous peoples on the Gateway a community promoting knowledge exchanges The group works with 14 hill tribes, including the Akha, Lau, hmong, Karen, http://topics.developmentgateway.org/indigenous/rc/BrowseContent.do~source=RCCon
Extractions: Advanced search About Indigenous Peoples At least 350 million people worldwide are considered to be indigenous ("indigenous ethnic minorities," "tribal groups" and/or "scheduled tribes"). The term indigenous peoples refers to the descendants of the original habitants of a region prior to colonization who have maintained some or all of their linguistic, cultural and organizational characteristics. In addition, self-identification is a fundamental criterion ... Add content to this Key Issue email this page 93 items. Page 1 of 7 Next Filter by: All Regions/Countries East Asia and Pacific Europe and Central Asia Latin America and Caribbean Middle East and North Africa North America South Asia Sub-Saharan Africa International Afghanistan Albania Algeria American Samoa Andorra Angola Anguilla Antarctica Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Aruba Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bermuda Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Bouvet Island Brazil British Indian Ocean Territory British Virgin Islands Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Cayman Islands Central African Republic Chad Chile China Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Colombia Comors Congo, Democratic Republic
Indigenous Peoples Highlights indigenous peoples on the Gateway a community promoting knowledge exchanges Photo Girls from the hmong hill tribe are refugees at Thailands Wat Tham http://topics.developmentgateway.org/indigenous/highlights/viewAllHighlights.do~
Extractions: Traditional medicine is gaining attention in countries with large populations of indigenous people as an effective and economical means of delivering public health. The United Nations University Institute of Advanced Studies in Yokohama, Japan, sponsors a project called âThe Role of Traditional Knowledge in Public Health.â Dr Mihaela Serbulea, a postdoctoral fellow at UNU-IAS conducting research on bioethics and traditional medicines, recently returned from Senegal, Cote dâIvoire and Nigeria where she met with traditional healers and national health authorities. Of an estimated 50 million births per year that are unregistered, children born into indigenous families are at particular risk of being denied citizenship. Without citizenship, children do not have access to basic human rights such as health care, education, the right to residence and travel, access to justice, and safety and physical well-being. When these children grow to adulthood, they frequently live on the margins of society, since they face significant barriers to basic freedoms like marriage, land ownership, voting, or opening a bank account.
Extractions: Addressing the Forum this morning, Carolyn Hannan, Director of the United Nations Division for the Advancement of Women, urged that concerted efforts be made to involve and support indigenous women in policy formulation and decision-making processes, to ensure their equal access to resources and to facilitate their contribution to their development of their communities and nations. Among remaining challenges was the gap between existing human rights legislation and the de facto situations confronting indigenous peoples.
Fourth Session Of The Permanent Forum On Indigenous Issues By World hmong People s Congress. Conference Room 8. 115 pm245 pm Panel discussion onIndigenous peoples and poverty reduction operationalizing a http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/unpfii/4session/sidevents05.htm
Extractions: Conchita Poncini, of International Federation Of University Women, opened the debate stating that Hmong indigenous populations of Laos are persecuted by the communist Laotian government since 1975. Charles Graves, of Interfaith International, specified the theme of the debate would be focused on the difficult living conditions of the Hmong populations. Two videos were presented during this meeting: -"a Helicopter Come from Nang Vieng", which portrayed the victims of an army's aggressions. They appealed the International Community for an immediate humanitarian intervention. Thus, we saw the consequences of the bombings: dizziness, paralysed peoples, headaches, children becoming blind and the urgent problem of the lack of medical treatment.
Indigenous Peoples And Environmental Issues An Encyclopedia By Thanksgiving Cycle Ecological Perspectives * Thailand o Introduction o indigenous peoples in the Power House o The Lahu and hmong Face an Inundation http://www.ratical.org/ratville/IPEIE/index.txt
Extractions: Indigenous Peoples and Environmental Issues: An Encyclopedia by Bruce E. Johansen Professor of Communication and Native American Studies University of Nebraska at Omaha Contents (2/4/2002) * Preface * Introduction * Argentina: o Introduction o The Kollas' Struggle for Land Tenure o The Argentine Mapuche and Oil Contamination o The Wichís' Opposition to Hydroelectric Development * Australian Aborigines: o Uranium Mining and Nuclear Testing o Aboriginals Oppose Gold Mining in New South Wales * Bangladesh: Gas Well Explosion * Belize: The Mopan and Kekchi Oppose Industrial-scale Logging * Biodiversity and Indigenous Environmentalism * Bolivia: Indigenous Peoples, Logging Concessions, Oil Exploration, and Toxic Spills * Botswana: End of the Line for the Khwe (Kalahari Bushmen) * Brazil: o Introduction o The Toll of Dam-building on Indigenous Peoples o Accelerating Deforestation in the Amazon Valley o Chico Mendes and the Indigenous Rubber Workers o The Apinaje, Kraho, Xerente, Tapuia, Awe, and Karaja, Logging, River Re-routing, and Fish Kills o The Apurina, Paurmari, Deni, and Juma Protest Oil-and-gas Pipelines o The Guaranis Assert Rights to Their Land Amidst a Wave of Suicides o The Kaiapo, Greenpeace, and Mahogany Logging o The Panara: Road-building, Imported Diseases, and Genocide o The Pataxo Take Back Their Land o Mercury Poisoning and Amazon Gold Mining o The Yanomami and the Gold Rush * Burma (Myanmar): o Forced Labor in the World's Last Teak Forest + Introduction + History of Burma's Junta and the Burmese Teak Harvest + Testimonies of Torture + The Junta Disowns Its Own Policies + Oil Corporations and Forced Labor * Cambodia: o Deforestation Spurs Indigenous Pressure o Protecting Resin Trees * Cameroon: The Pygmies Lose Their Homes to Industrial-scale Logging * Canada: o Introduction o The Crees and Hydro Quebec's Electric Dreams o The Pimicikamak Cree of Manitoba Imperiled by Hydropower o Dioxins' Destination: The Inuit and Persistent Organic Pollutants o The Inuit and Toxic Waste Dumps o The Lubicon, Land Rights, and Resource Exploitation o Uranium Mining Decimates the Dene o The Kanesatake Mohawks Debate Niobrium Mining o The Halfway River Nation of British Columbia Resists an Oil and Gas Pipeline, and Tourist Development o The Taku River Tlingit First Nation of British Columbia Resists Zinc, Copper, Gold, and Silver Mining o Labrador's Innu and Industrialism's Intrusions o Military Test Flights Ruin Innu Hunting o The Innu Weigh Hydroelectric Development and Aluminum Smelting o The Innu Battle a Sulfide Mine o Water Pollution Afflicts the Ouje-Bougoumou Cree o The Dogrib First Nation Questions Diamond Mining o The Ojibway Resist Black Bear Poaching * Chad: The Pygmies, and Others, Meet an Oil Pipeline * Chile: The Pehuenche, Mapuches, o Logging, Dam Building, and Land Rights * Climate Change and Indigenous Environmentalism: o Introduction o The First International Forum of Indigenous Peoples on Climate Change o The Inuit, in the Arctic o Small Island Nations: Waiting to Drown * Colombia: o Introduction o The U'wa: Mass Suicide as an Alternative to Oil Exploration o The Underside of U.S. Anti-drug Spraying o The Emberas' Conflicts with Dam Construction o The Tabaco and Coal Strip Mining * Congo Basin: Deforestation at "Alarming Rates" * Costa Rica: Several Indigenous Peoples Resist Central America's Largest Dam, Bauxite Mining, and an Aluminum Smelter * Dam Sites and Indigenous Peoples * Ecology, Native American Conceptions * Ecuador: Several Native Peoples o Oppose Oil Drilling in the Amazon Valley and an Oil Pipeline Over the Andes * Eritrea: The Tigre, Beni Amer, Hidareb, and Kunama Tribes Face Deforestation of Their Homelands * Fiji: The Namosi, Serua, Nadroga, and Rewa Fight a Proposed Copper Mine * Forest Stewardship Council * French Polynesia: o The Te Ao Maohi Moorea Rally a Canoe Blockade Against Dredging of a Lagoon * Ghana: Indigenous Peoples Suffer Gold-mining Tailings Spills * Guam: The Chamorros Face Military PCB Pollution * Guatemala: o Introduction o The Maya Achi Protest Hydroelectric Flooding o The Champericos' Wetlands Ruined by Shrimp Farming o Oil Exploration in the Mayan Biosphere Reserve * Guyana: o Introduction o The Isseneru Suffer Mercury Poisoning from Gold Mining o The Akawaio Nation Seeks a Land Base Before it is Logged Away * Honduras: o Murder Follows Protest of Dam Construction o The Spread of Gold-mining Concessions * India: o Introduction o Imported Diseases on the Andaman and Nicobar Islands o Uranium Poisoning in the Jharkand Tribal Belt of Bihar o Deaths in Protests of Bauxite Mining o Enron, Veldur, and Sky-High Electric Rates from Natural Gas o Saying "No" to the Narmada Dam Complex * Indigenous Environmentalism and Economic Development * Indonesia: o Introduction o Rapid Deforestation in Indonesia o The Penan Obstruct Logging o The Sojourn of Bruno Manser o Attack of the Sun Bears o The Ex-Headhunters' Bed and Breakfast o Armed Resistance to Development in East Kalimantan o Gold Mining and Water Supplies in East Kalimantan o The Dayaks Resist the Industrial Gold Rush o Traditional Dayak Gold-ming Practices o Submarine Tailings Disposal (STD) o Forest Management and Indigenous Peoples on Java o The Bataks Shut Down Pulp and Paper Manufacturing in North Sumatra o Allegations of Corporate Torture in Aceh, Sumatra o The Toll of Logging, Pearl Harvesting and Tourism on Togean * Irian Jaya/Papua New Guinea: o Introduction o Freeport's Grasberg Mine: Tidal Waves of Waste o Dam Development in West Papua o The Moi, Logging and Mining in West Papua * Kenya: o Introduction o The Kwale Object to Titanium Mining o The Maasai Fight Land Expropriation for Military Testing o The Ogiek "Honey Hunters" Forced From the Rift Valley * Marianas Islands: Indigenous Peoples and PCB Contamination * The Marshall Islands and Nuclear Testing * Mexico: o Introduction o The Maya and Oil Exploitation in Chiapas o The Huicholes Live With Pesticides Around the Clock o Silver Mining and Lead Poisoning Children o The Tepoztlan Golf Course "Water War" * Mother Earth, as Ecological Metaphor * New Zealand's Maori and the Western Worldview * Nicaragua's Mayagna(Sumo) Battle Illegal Logging and Catalogue Endangered Species * Nigeria: The Ogoni: Oil, Blood, and the Death of a Homeland o Repression by the "Kill and Go" o Oil Spills and Wastelands o The Death of Friday Nwiido o The Travail of Ogoniland Continues * Noble Savage, "the Ecological Indian" (As Ecological Image or Stereotype) * Pakistan: The Kafir-Kalashs' Land Sullied by Tourism * Panama's Ngobe Bugle Win Land Title While Resisting Mining * Peru: o Introduction o Indigenous Peoples, Gold Mining, and Mercury Poisoning o A Lead Smelter Fouls the Air at La Oroya o Indigenous Protests of Oil Exploration o The Urarina(Kachá), Oil Development, Disease Importation, and "Hippie" Tourists in the Peruvian Amazon o The Camisea Natural Gas Project o Illegal Logging Inundates the Nahua o The Aguaruna Take Their Land by Force * Philippines: o Introduction o Copper Mine Tailings Inundate Indigenous Villages o Damming the Ibalois' Sacred River o Gold Mining Amidst Poverty in Luzon's Cordillera o Mindanao's Lumads: Logging, Mining Wastes, and Evictions o Marinduque Islanders Cope with Copper-mining Tailings Spills o Nickel and Cobalt Mining and Midaro Island's Mangyan, Alangan, and Tadyawan Peoples * Russia (Siberia): o Introduction o The Evenk and the Khanty: Oil and Reindeer Don't Mix o The Environmental Legacy of Soviet-era Policies o The Nenets of the Yamal Peninsula: A Flood of Unwanted Natural Gas o The Oil Rush on Sakhalin Island * The South Pacific: o Introduction o New Caledonia's Kanaky Nickel Mine o The Mataiva, Nauru, and Banaba Islands: Sacrificed for Phosphate Mining o The Solomon Islands: Indigenous Peoples Relocated for Gold Mining and Logging * Sri Lanka's "Forest Beings" Face Hydro-power and Logging * Suriname: The Maroons of Nieuw Koffiekamp, Gold Mining, and Logging * Native American Thanksgiving Cycle: Ecological Perspectives * Thailand: o Introduction o Indigenous Peoples in the Power House o The Lahu and Hmong Face an Inundation of "Lowlanders" o The Karen and the Toll of Lead Poisoning * Tibet: o Introduction o China's Tibetan Railway o A Monk Pays the Price of Protesting Gold Mining * Turkey, the Kurds, and Dam Building * United States of America: o Akwesasne: The Land of the Toxic Turtles o Tribal Concerns Regarding the Great Lakes o The Penobscots Endure Organochlorine Contamination o The Yaquis: Borders Don't Stop Pesticide Contamination o The Point Hope Eskimos: An Atomic Harbor and a Nuclear Dump as a Neighbor o The Gwich'in, the Caribou, and Oil in the Arctic Wildlife Refuge o Don't Eat the Reindeer o Bombs Away in the Aleutian Islands o Uranium Mining, Havasupai Sacred Sites, and the Grand Canyon o Turning Black Mesa to Coal Slurry o The Quechans' Golden Future o A Village of Tents and Tipis Block a Nuclear Dump in California's Ward Valley o Florida's Seminoles: A Building Code as Assimilative Tool o Coeur d'Alenes Demand Cleanup of Mining Waste in Idaho o The High Price of Uranium in Navajo Country o The Navajo Medicine Men's Association, Lake Powell, and Carbon Monoxide Poisoning o Montana's Gros Ventre and Assiniboine, Gold Mining, and Cyanide Poisoning o The Northern Cheyenne Question Methane Gas Extraction o The Environmental Economy of Kitty-Litter Strip Mining o The Western Shoshone: "The Most Bombed Nation on Earth." o The Isleta Pueblo Tastes Albuquerque's Effluent o The Laguna Pueblo and Anaconda's Jackpile Uranium Mine o The Zuni, Sacred Waters, and Coal Strip Mining o The Oklahoma Cherokee Resist Dumping of Toxic Ash o Uranium Tailings Pollute South Dakota's Black Hills o Utah's Goshute Welcome Uranium Fuel Storage, for a Price o The Makah Test Their Whaling Rights o Fishing Rights: The Usual and Accustomed Places o Washington State's Yakamas and Hanford's Radioactive Legacy o Western Shoshone + Yucca Mountain: Nuclear Storage at the Serpent Swimming West + The Politics of Nuclear-waste Disposal o Wisconsin's Chippewas: Sulfide Mining v. Treaty Rights o Native Peoples Line up Against Yellowstone National Park's "Buffalo Cull" * Venezuela: o Introduction o The Pemon, Permission, and Power Transmission o Venezuela's Waraos Resist Oil Development * Yemen's Jahm Pierce Pipelines * Zambia: Blaming "the Poor" for Deforestation * Zimbabwe and Botswana: An Alliance with Wildlife
Tribe Of Tibetan Origin Facing Genocide In Thailand In Burma Modernization and indigenous people do not generally mix. even recognize the concept of indigenous peoples like the Akha, Shans, Karens, hmong, Nagas, http://www.fantompowa.net/Flame/levy_akha.htm
Extractions: Field Correspondent: Allen Hougland Jonathan Levy The Flag of the Akha People The Akha Heritage Foundation The Hilltribe People of Thailand www.akha.com ... A Tangled Web: A History of CIA Complicity in Drug International Trafficking The Akha are a people of Tibetan origin in live in the mountains of southern China, Laos, Myanmar (Burma) and northern Thailand. There are approximately 20000 Akha living in Thailands northern provinces of Chiang Rai and Chiang Mai. Every Akha village is distinguished by their carved wooden gates, presided over by guardian spirits. The tribe have suffered resettlement, has been widely exposed to the narcotics trade, civil war, extensive poverty and finally Christian Missionaries, who have imposed themselves on the poverty stricken Akha and have helped destroy their culture. Akha Children are often put into orphanages run by them. In what amounts to genocide, the Thai and Burmese government view the missions favorably as they weaken the hilltribes as an ethnopolitical entity Modernization and Indigenous people do not generally mix. Indeed whether it's called modernization, globalization, or imperialism, the net result may well be the same, cultural annihilation. While modernization may seem benign compared to the old colonial models, the net result for indigenous peoples can often be tragic. Imperialists sought to exploit and enslave indigenous people for profit. Modernizers may actually be doing more damage, more quickly, thanks to technology and the need for developing nations to generate income to pay for the infrastructure of modern statehood.
International Calendar Of Events Related To Indigenous Peoples TOPIC Exhibition on the indigenous peoples of the Amazon. CONTACT tel. +4122-4184550; 1st INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON THE hmong/MIAO IN ASIA http://members.aol.com/mapulink1/mapulink-1i/meeting-10.html
Extractions: 10 June - 18 October 1998 ADIEU L'AMAZONIE (GOODBYE AMAZON) VENUE: Ethnographic Museum, 65-67 boulevard Carl-Vogt, Geneva (Switzerland) TOPIC: Exhibition on the indigenous peoples of the Amazon CONTACT: tel. +41-22-4184550; opening hours 10-17, closed on Mondays 8 - 12 August 1998 ALOHA MARCH tel. +1-808-8212267, http://www.hawaiian.net/~cbokauai/butch.html 13 - 15 August 1998 BRIDGING TRADITIONAL ECOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE AND ECOSYSTEM SCIENCE VENUE: Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff (Arizona/USA) TOPIC: Indigenous knowledge and modern ecology CONTACT: Prof. Ronald Trosper, Native American Forestry Program, College of Ecosystem Science and Management, PO Box 15018, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff AZ 86011, USA.
