Interview with Yolanda Cruz

2011 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 57-61
Author(s):  
Miroslava Chávez-García
Keyword(s):  
Indigenous Peoples ◽  
Indigenous Groups

“Interview with Yolanda Cruz” is a conversation with filmmaker Yolanda Cruz, a graduate of UCLA’s film school and 2011 Sundance Screenwriters Lab Fellow. The interview focuses on her filmmaking, indigenous origins as a Chatino (one of sixteen indigenous groups in Oaxaca, Mexico), and views of indigenous peoples in California and across the globe. The interview spends time on Cruz’s latest film, 2501 Migrants, which depicts the unique work of Alejandro Santiago, an indigenous artist from Oaxaca, who uses his artwork to bring attention to the migrants who have left the region and created what has been called “cultural and domestic abandonment.”

scholarly journals What Does Being a Settler Ally in Research Mean? A Graduate Students Experience Learning From and Working Within Indigenous Research Paradigms

2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 160940691877048 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathy Snow
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Narrative Inquiry ◽  
Indigenous Peoples ◽  
Doctoral Dissertation ◽  
Indigenous Research ◽  
Research Paradigms ◽  
Social Contracts ◽  
Indigenous Groups ◽  
Institutional Expectations ◽  
Conducting Research

Research with Indigenous peoples is fraught with complexity and misunderstandings. The complexity of negotiating historical and current issues as well as the misunderstandings about what the issues really mean for individuals and communities can cause non-Indigenous researchers to shy away from working with Indigenous groups. In conducting research for my doctoral dissertation, I was a novice researcher faced with negotiating two very different sets of social contracts: the Western Canadian university’s and my Indigenous participants’. Through narrative inquiry of my experience, this article explores issues of ethics, institutional expectations, and community relationships. Guided by Kirkness and Barnhardt’s “Four R’s” framework of respect, relevance, reciprocity, and responsibility, I aimed to meet the needs of both the groups, but it was not without challenges. What do you do when needs collide? This article shares my process of negotiating the research, the decisions made, and how I came to understand my role in the process as a Settler Ally. It closes with some implications for other researchers who are considering their own roles as Settler Allies.

scholarly journals Ecological research should consider Indigenous peoples and stewardship

FACETS ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 534-537
Author(s):  
Kyle A. Schang ◽  
Andrew J. Trant ◽  
Sara A. Bohnert ◽  
Alana M. Closs ◽  
Megan Humchitt ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South America ◽  
Indigenous Peoples ◽  
Terrestrial Ecosystems ◽  
Ecological Research ◽  
Indigenous Groups ◽  
Indigenous Group ◽  
Indigenous Territories ◽  
America South ◽  
The Relationship

The relationship between Indigenous peoples and the functioning of terrestrial ecosystems has received increased attention in recent years. As a result, it is becoming more critical for researchers focusing on terrestrial ecosystems to work with Indigenous groups to gain a better understanding of how past and current stewardship of these lands may influence results. As a case study to explore these ideas, we systematically reviewed articles from 2008 to 2018 where research was conducted in North America, South America, and Oceania. Of the 159 articles included, 11 included acknowledgement of Indigenous stewardship, acknowledged the Indigenous Territories or lands, or named the Indigenous group on whose Territory the research was conducted. Within the scope of this case study, our results demonstrate an overall lack of Indigenous acknowledgement or consideration within the scope of our review. Given the recent advancements in our understanding of how Indigenous groups have shaped their lands, we implore researchers to consider collaboration among local Indigenous groups as to better cultivate relationships and foster a greater understanding of their ecosystems.

scholarly journals Indigenous Labor and Land Resources: Guarani–Kaiowa’s Politico–Economic and Ethnic Challenges

Resources ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (7) ◽  
pp. 84
Author(s):  
Antonio A. R. Ioris
Keyword(s):  
Indigenous Peoples ◽  
Analytical Framework ◽  
Land Resources ◽  
Complex Situation ◽  
Mato Grosso ◽  
Indigenous Groups ◽  
Management Processes ◽  
Spatial Asymmetries ◽  
Lived Spaces ◽  
Mato Grosso Do Sul

The article deals with the meaning and the management of land-based resources by indigenous peoples, which are analyzed through an assessment of the lived spaces of the Guarani–Kaiowa indigenous people in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul. The discussion follows an analytical framework that is focused on land, labor and ethnicity. These interconnected politico-economic categories provide the basis for understanding the violence and exploitation perpetrated against indigenous groups, as well as their capacity to reclaim ancestral territories lost to extractivism and agribusiness development. Empirical results indicate that ethnicity is integral to labor and land management processes. In the case of the Guarani–Kaiowa, not only have they become refugees in their own lands due to racist discrimination, but also their labor has been incorporated in the regional economy through interrelated peasantification and proleterianization tendencies. The result is a complex situation that combines major socio-spatial asymmetries with the strategic, exploitative use of land and labor and the growing political contestation by the indigenous groups.

A social psychological examination of the empowering role of language in Indigenous resistance

2017 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 303-316 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa Droogendyk ◽  
Stephen C. Wright
Keyword(s):  
Collective Action ◽  
Indigenous Peoples ◽  
Psychological Theory ◽  
Sociocultural Factors ◽  
Social Psychological ◽  
Psychological Conditions ◽  
Collective Identification ◽  
Collective Control ◽  
Indigenous Groups

An understanding of how groups engage in sustained collective action over long periods of time (sometimes over multiple generations) must take into account sociocultural factors. We consider the role of Indigenous languages in motivating and sustaining collective action among Indigenous peoples, drawing on basic social psychological theory as well as insights from Indigenous writers. We contend that the knowledge and use of one’s Indigenous language can facilitate the psychological conditions shown to underpin interest in participating in collective action (i.e., collective identification, perceptions of injustice, collective control, and group boundary permeability). Our perspective highlights the fact that there may be unique predictors of collective action among Indigenous peoples. We discuss the importance of these ideas in light of the reality of language loss in many Indigenous groups, and call for social psychologists to increase their attention to issues of language and social justice, especially among Indigenous peoples.

‘They have not progressed enough’: Development's negated identities among two indigenous peoples (orang asli) in Indonesia and Thailand

2010 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 267-289 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nathan Porath
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Identity ◽  
Indigenous Peoples ◽  
Way Of Life ◽  
Indigenous Identity ◽  
Orang Asli ◽  
Cultural Discourses ◽  
Nation States ◽  
Indigenous Groups ◽  
Southern Thailand ◽  
Form Part

This paper is ethnographically concerned with two differentorang aslicommunities: the Meniq living in Southern Thailand and the Orang Sakai in Riau, Indonesia. The focus is on the different discursive rhetorics of development in the two nation-states. These rhetorics have been absorbed by the two indigenous groups to form part of their own modern cultural discourses within their respective countries. These rhetorics of development define the indigenous groups as somewhat lacking in culture and provide them with new understandings of themselves that devalue their customary way of life. The post-development indigenous identity work (such as the development of an ethno-cultural identity) will therefore usually be constructed through these negated developmental foundations.

scholarly journals As culturas do confinamento: um olhar da crise, a partir da realidade dos povos indígenas

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 143-157
Author(s):  
Antonio Hilario Aguilera Urquiza ◽  
Ana Keila Mosca Pinezi
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Indigenous Peoples ◽  
Vulnerable Populations ◽  
Indigenous Health ◽  
Health Policies ◽  
Vulnerable Groups ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Humanitarian Crisis ◽  
Brazilian Society ◽  
Indigenous Groups

O presente artigo objetivou desenvolver breve reflexão a respeito de como os povos indígenas brasileiros têm lidado com a pandemia pelo novo coronavírus e como têm sido afetados por ela. Ainda, pretendeu-se discutir o descaso do Estado brasileiro com os direitos humanos dessas populações mais vulneráveis. Em termos metodológicos, foram utilizadas pesquisas acerca do avanço do novo coronavírus entre etnias indígenas brasileiras, além de dados secundários de depoimentos em sites de ONGs e institutos especializados no assunto. A pesquisa nos mostra que a realidade da pandemia escancarou o quanto a sociedade brasileira é desigual em vários níveis e diferentes contextos, e como são tratadas deficientemente as questões de saúde de grupos vulneráveis, como os indígenas. Evidenciou, ainda, que não apenas cada comunidade tem sua maneira própria de conviver com a pandemia, mas também de que não há políticas de saúde adequadas e eficazes voltadas aos grupos vulneráveis que são os que mais sofrem perdas com esta crise sanitária e humanitária.   Confinement cultures: a look at the crisis, based on the reality of indigenous peoples This article aimed to develop a brief reflection on how different Brazilian indigenous groups deal with the pandemic caused by the new coronavirus, and how they have been affected by it. Furthermore, it intended to discuss the human rights’ neglect by the Brazilian State against those very vulnerable populations. In terms of methodology, the approach taken was based on evaluation of research data about the advancement of the new coronavirus among Brazilian indigenous ethnicities, in addition to secondary testimonial data from NGOs’ and subject matter specialized institutes’ websites. This research shows evidence of how the pandemic clearly revealed the inequalities within Brazilian society, in various levels and different contexts, and how deficiently handled health issues are among vulnerable populations, like the indigenous groups. In addition, it indicates that not only each community has its own way of dealing with the pandemic, but also that there are no adequate and effective health policies aimed at vulnerable groups, which are the ones that suffer the most from this health and humanitarian crisis. Keywords: Pandemic. Indigenous health. Human rights. Coronavirus.

scholarly journals Indigenous Peoples, Uncertainty and Exclusion in the Global South in Periods of the Pandemic

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Javier Lastra-Bravo
Keyword(s):  
Indigenous Peoples ◽  
Access To Health Care ◽  
Analytical Approach ◽  
Global South ◽  
Indigenous Groups ◽  
Access To Health ◽  
High Prevalence ◽  
The World ◽  
The Face ◽  
Resilience Factors

The indigenous peoples are distributed in all regions of the world, representing more than 6% of the world’s population. According to UN data, the pandemic has disproportionately affected indigenous groups, aggravating the structural inequalities and processes of widespread historical discrimination and exclusion present in the Global South, for example, high rates of extreme poverty, social exclusion, high prevalence of the disease, and limited and in some cases non-existent access to health care. Also, indigenous peoples have a great wealth of knowledge, traditional practices, cultural forms, and access to natural resources, as well as forms of collective social organization and community life that result in resilience factors in response to adversity and uncertainty. In this way, the chapter focuses from a descriptive-analytical approach on the situation of indigenous peoples and the pandemic, analyzing the forms of responses, their resilient action in the face of uncertainties and structural exclusions in the Global South.

The local translation of global indigeneity: A case of the Chittagong Hill Tracts

2019 ◽  
Vol 50 (1) ◽  
pp. 68-85
Author(s):  
Nasir Uddin
Keyword(s):  
Indigenous Peoples ◽  
Identity Politics ◽  
The Political ◽  
Local Translation ◽  
Chittagong Hill Tracts ◽  
International Support ◽  
Indigenous Groups ◽  
Public Debates ◽  
Indigenous Movement ◽  
Societal Relations

Indigeneity, a concept and construct, is increasingly gaining currency in academia, in the political sphere, and in public debates. Indigeneity as an active political force with international support has become a resource in identity politics. This article focuses on the dynamics of how the transnational idea of indigeneity has been nationally installed and locally translated within the context of the ethnohistory of an Indigenous movement that stemmed from local–societal relations with the state. The idea of indigeneity is seen as both local and global because it is globally circulated but locally articulated as well as globally charged but locally framed. Focusing on the Chittagong Hill Tracts, in the borderlands of South and Southeast Asia and home to 11 Indigenous groups in Bangladesh, the article argues that the local translation of global indigeneity is necessary for ensuring the rights and entitlements of Indigenous Peoples.

Unravelling the strings attached: Philippine indigeneity in law and practice

2019 ◽  
Vol 50 (1) ◽  
pp. 107-128 ◽  
Author(s):  
Noah Theriault
Keyword(s):  
Indigenous Peoples ◽  
Environmental Regulations ◽  
Indigenous Rights ◽  
Civil Case ◽  
Ecological Balance ◽  
Indigenous Groups ◽  
The World ◽  
Governmental Power ◽  
Conservation Interventions ◽  
Unexpected Consequences

After the fall of the Marcos regime in 1986, Philippine policymakers became the first in Asia to recognise indigeneity and Indigenous rights. By law, Indigenous groups throughout the archipelago now have priority rights to their ‘ancestral domains’, but in return they are expected to maintain an ‘ecological balance’ and cooperate with environmental regulations. As in many other parts of the world, the conditionalities of recognition mean that invocations of Indigenous rights often serve to initiate ever-deeper entanglements with governmental power. At the same time, however, Indigenous Peoples and their advocates do not approach the dilemmas of recognition as hapless bystanders; rather, they negotiate them in strategic and often unexpected ways. This article considers how members of Indigenous Palawan communities in the southwestern Philippines have used dominant policy assumptions to intervene in dispossessory processes. Specifically, I examine instances in which they have: (1) codified a ‘tradition’ of inheritance to influence legislative outcomes; (2) performed the policy narrative of ‘ecological balance’ to shape the outcome of conservation interventions; and (3) filed a civil case tacitly challenging official expectations that they govern themselves as homogenous collectivities. These examples, I argue, offer broader insights into the paradoxical and at times unexpected consequences of legislating Indigenous rights.

Archives of Native Presence: Land Tenure Research on the Grand Ronde Reservation

2017 ◽  
Vol 41 (4) ◽  
pp. 45-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ian Kretzler
Keyword(s):  
Historic Preservation ◽  
Indigenous Peoples ◽  
Land Tenure ◽  
Cultural Resources ◽  
Archival Research ◽  
Indigenous Groups ◽  
Scholarly Practice ◽  
Tribal Nations

Under the banner of indigenous and collaborative archaeologies, heritage professionals and indigenous peoples have developed new forms of scholarly practice. This work has begun to rectify the discipline's historical marginalization of indigenous groups but remains skewed toward academic projects. Less attention has been paid to the hundreds of Tribal Historic Preservation Offices within tribal nations. This article argues that tribal historic preservation provides needed insight to heritage managers of all stripes. Using the Grand Ronde Land Tenure Project as a case study, I discuss how tribally-driven archival research fosters new accounts of Native history and enhances tribes' capacity to care for cultural resources.

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