INDEV101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Indian Act, Squaw, Finding Dawn

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: International Development
• Course: INDEV101
• Professor: Prateep Nayak

Document Summary

Week 6 indigenous people: a category in development (development issues in the global north) Principal factors shaping the definition of indigenous peoples. Context and history of the mobilization of indigenous peoples. Main issues surrounding claims from the perspective of indigenous people and the state. Variously called tribal peoples, first peoples, native peoples, indigenous peoples, aboriginal peoples. Approximately 370 million indigenous people in the world belonging to 5,000 different groups. In 90 countries worldwide, (cid:1010)% of (cid:449)o(cid:396)ld populatio(cid:374) yet (cid:1005)(cid:1010)% of the (cid:449)o(cid:396)ld(cid:859)s poo(cid:396) live in every region of the world, but about 70% live in asia. Any individual who identified himself or herself as indigenous and was accepted by the group or the community as one of its members was to be regarded as an indigenous person. If you have acceptance, you can declare yourself. What kind of development challenges does it offer?) U(cid:374)i(cid:448)e(cid:396)sal (cid:272)atego(cid:396)ies, (cid:858)i(cid:374)dige(cid:374)ous(cid:859) sig(cid:374)ifies (cid:374)ati(cid:448)e, a(cid:271)o(cid:396)igi(cid:374)al, auto(cid:272)htho(cid:374)ous. Of this very land, in contrast to from elsewhere (immigrants)