ANTH 222 Lecture Notes - Lecture 37: Neocolonialism, United Nations General Assembly, International Work Group For Indigenous Affairs
4 Apr 2016
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Transnaional movement of indigenous people anth222 reading notes. Niezen, the origins of indigenisms, human rights and the poliics of idenity, chapter 2. Indigenous people and colonial powers relaions are internaional, since singing treaies, etc. In one form, indigenous people can be seen as minority groups. Views of indigenous a major impediment to their ability to ind redress of grievances against states that had failed to honour treaies. Willingness of internaional community to accommodate indigenous people have relaively progressed. Promise of self determinaion, an opportunity for the rights of indigenous people. However, the denial of unrepresented peoples to access the forum was inefecive. Indian act 1876 brought a patern of self government in the form of band councils. Objecive to eliminate tradiional governments less inclined to cooperate with federal iniiaives. September 1924, signed to request a small naion the opportunity at least to be heard.
