GEOG 1000 Lecture 29: Indigenous Afro-Descendant Peoples:Who is Indigenous?
6 May 2018
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GEOG 1000
January 29, 2018
Indigenous and Afro-descendant Peoples of Latin America
The Garifuna
● The Arawak, Carib
● Spanish colonize, find they are unable to control the indigenous
● Two ships full of African slaves ended up on an island and mixed with indigenous
people; then called the black Caribs
● British managed to take over the island, moved the black caribs to an island off of
Honduras, spread from these islands to Honduras
● Around 100,000 identify as Garifuna, 90,000 live on the coast
● Music strongly influenced by African music, very popular
What is Indigenous?
● Stereotypes
● What is Indigenous?
○ Ancestry
○ Distinctiveness (Tradition, lifestyle, language)
○ Territory and community
○ Recognition (recognized by a indigenous group)
● Joseph Boyden (unable to trace to a certain group or territory)
Indigenous became very organized
● Indigenous environmental network
● The United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
● The UN passed a declaration affirming the rights of Indigenous people
● The right to traditional territories
● Self-determination
● Free, prior, and informed consent (FPIC)
○ All countries signed on to this were responsible to uphold the law
○ Not Comfortable with this law: New Zealand, Australia, United States, Canada
○ Why? They did not like the part about FPIC; concern it would give Indigenous
people veto rights on land development
○ Liberals come in; Trudeau removes their objector status; may talk a lot of nice
things, not following through on the ground
○ Not ‘consent’ but consultation
● Languages, cultural practices, and sacred places
● Recognized as peoples
Geographies of Indigenous Peoples
● Make territories and territorial sovereignty
● Geographers often concern themselves with with environmental protection;
indigenous defend the livelihoods
● Modern Sovereignty: territorial, homogenous, singular, and exclusive
Document Summary
Spanish colonize, find they are unable to control the indigenous. Two ships full of african slaves ended up on an island and mixed with indigenous people; then called the black caribs. British managed to take over the island, moved the black caribs to an island off of. Around 100,000 identify as garifuna, 90,000 live on the coast. Music strongly influenced by african music, very popular. Joseph boyden (unable to trace to a certain group or territory) The united nations permanent forum on indigenous issues. The un passed a declaration affirming the rights of indigenous people. All countries signed on to this were responsible to uphold the law. Not comfortable with this law: new zealand, australia, united states, canada. They did not like the part about fpic; concern it would give indigenous people veto rights on land development. Liberals come in; trudeau removes their objector status; may talk a lot of nice things, not following through on the ground.
