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Showing 1 to 20 of 67 for “"Indigenous groups"”.
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Rights to land, fragmentation and fairness: the problem of transnational legal governance for indigenous groups
… are discussed through a legal framework placing ‘Indigenous’ actors (regardless of whether they enjoy formal legal protection) at the analytical core and includes norms (state and non-state, contract and policy norms) on land rights. Evidence of Indigenous rights is identified in transnational …
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Environmental governance and implications of small-scale logging: the case of the indigenous groups in the Ampiyacu Basin in the northeastern Peruvian Amazon
Small-scale logging by indigenous people in Amazonia remains little studied despite the importance of this activity to forest communities and its relevance to the implementation of conservation initiatives. Previous studies in the region have given an overview of small-scale logging and the role of …
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Indigenous Sovereignty in State-Native Conflicts: A Comparative Study of Process and Outcomes
… the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, this study was designed to understand how indigenous groups assert their sovereign rights in conflict situations, and how they can be most successful in doing so.</p> <p>Two instances of indigenous-state conflict were analyzed …
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Transmission and Transformation of Traditional Ecological Knowledge in Indigenous Communities From the Amazon and the Peten: Cultural and Generational Variations
… aimed at the protection of TEK transmission in indigenous groups are also discussed.
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Prehistoric land use, site placement and an archaeological legacy along the foothills of the Colorado Northern Front Range
… area reflects mostly the ephemeral behavior of indigenous groups along with small diverse activity sites that date between the Folsom period and Protohistoric era, with most sites dating between the Early Archaic and the Early Ceramic periods. Environmental variables that could have played a …
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Political Representation for Indigenous Peoples in the Andes
… there has been a lack of representation for indigenous peoples in communities, and most importantly in parliament. This is a very common trait in the South American Andes, which houses the largest number of indigenous groups in the continent. This thesis focuses on Ecuador and Bolivia due to …
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The politics and policies of repatriating archaeological skeletal material : a case study into South Africa's indigenous past
… repatriation and return of skeletal material to indigenous groups. The second examines indigenous group claims for the repatriation and return of skeletal material from archaeological institutions in, and outside, South Africa. Two case studies form the basis for this inquiry. The first focuses …
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Reclaiming Indigenous Land and Livelihoods in North-East Cambodia
… over land between diverse actors, including the Indigenous populations that hold customary rights to these landscapes. In North-East Cambodia, the state has exerted its authority and control over resources and lands by zoning customary lands as protected areas or by granting land concessions to …
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Reclaiming Indigenous Land and Livelihoods in North-East Cambodia
… over land between diverse actors, including the Indigenous populations that hold customary rights to these landscapes. In North-East Cambodia, the state has exerted its authority and control over resources and lands by zoning customary lands as protected areas or by granting land concessions to …
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Taak in Sutik (I Want to Return)
… through movies, portray the Maya and other indigenous groups unfairly?</p> <p>* How have the descendants of the Maya coped with adapting to modernity while keeping their traditions intact?</p> <p>* How will the four protagonists ensure the protection of their language and their culture when …
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From recognition to representation : collective rights and democratic citizenship in the Philippines
… the recognition of self-determination rights for indigenous and tribal communities affect governance in modern democratic states? Nearly half of UN member states recognize indigenous groups in their constitutions, many devolving control over land and local governance functions. A dominant …
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The Changing Value of Food: Localizing Modernity among the Tsimané Indians of Lowland Bolivia
… Understanding contemporary articulations of indigenous identity and cultural constructions is increasingly important to small lowland indigenous groups throughout Latin America, but particularly in Bolivia, where indigenous groups are engaging in new claims over autonomy, land, and resource …
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Developing a framework for a minority language-based utility
… have been carried out for connecting ethnic groups to the Internet, few of them have been executed in developing countries, where lack of connectivity infrastructure prevents access of indigenous groups online, creating a less diverse World Wide Web where only few languages are present. Based …
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In the Image of Industry: Indigeneity and Migrant Labor in the Making of Filipino America
… conditions that displaced lowlands peasants and indigenous groups from Northern Luzon in the 19th century. It argues that the constellation of contradictory identities that constitute the “Filipino”—the indigenous “savage” and the industrious migrant worker—across the early 20th century Pacific …
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Negotiating community amongst spatial and identity boundaries : the case of "unity in diversity" in the transmigration settlement of Mopugad, Indonesia
… in instances of inter-communal conflict with the indigenous groups. This thesis examines the unusual transmigration settlement of Mopugad, in Northern Sulawesi. Here the locus of integration is between two groups settled in the same town, creating an opportunity to assess whether the shared …
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Discrimination, Social Exclusion and Vulnerability of the Garífuna Women in Guatemala; An Exploratory Study on Underlying Causes
… community forms a small part of the overall indigenous group in Guatemala alongside the Maya and the Xinca groups; however unlike the larger indigenous groups and the remaining non-indigenous population, the Garífuna are ignored and are not included in the groups in need of development …
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Modern Slavery: A Thorough Examination on Human Trafficking of Indigenous Women and Children in Mexico
… society, particularly vulnerable members such as indigenous women and children. This study examines human trafficking and forced labor in Mexico with a focus on indigenous women and children. It uses a mixed methodology composed of both qualitative and quantitative data. Qualitative data is used …
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Persistence in Aurora, Nevada: Survival Strategies of the Northern Paiute
… and cultural entanglement in relation to indigenous groups. Studies of agency explore the changes, or lack thereof, in material culture use and expression in response to colonial intrusion and cultural entanglement. Agency studies, based on dominance and resistance, use material and …
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Negative Social Perceptions and their Impacts on the Maya People
… to as afrodescendientes), while not addressing Indigenous groups. This project examines the social perceptions that non-Indigenous Mexicans hold towards Indigenous people, specifically the Maya people from the case of the Maya Train. I argue that the social perceptions of the people in the …
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(Un)Interrupted Histories, Continuous Feeling: Indigenous Identity Formation and Notions of Heritage in the Southeastern Caribbean
… heritage and identity formation among three Indigenous groups in the context of more than 500 years of colonialism in the Caribbean. The work asks: What is the relationship between heritage and Indigenous identity in the Southeastern Caribbean? The Caribbean region is a vibrant cultural …
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