Servicing Indian reserves: The Amerindian police

1992 ◽  
Vol 34 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 369-385
Author(s):  
Mary Hyde
Keyword(s):  
Author(s):  
Reinaldo Souza-Santos ◽  
Maurício VG de Oliveira ◽  
Ana Lúcia Escobar ◽  
Ricardo Ventura Santos ◽  
Carlos EA Coimbra

2004 ◽  
Vol 65 ◽  
pp. 210-213
Author(s):  
John M. Norvell

Racial Revolutions comes at a crucial time for indigenist policy in Brazil. Newly elected president Luís Inácio Lula da Silva takes over with several orders for the permanent protection of Indian reserves on his desk, completed but left unsigned by outgoing president Fernando Henrique Cardoso. Lula's party, the Workers Party, has a strongly progressive social platform on issues of racial discrimination but no track record or firm positions on Indian issues. Fundamental changes in Brazilian Indian law have been proposed and may come before Congress early this year. Three fatal attacks on Indians occurred in January 2003, the first month of Lula's presidency. One of these cases, the murder by youths of a seventy-seven year-old Indian man in Porto Alegre, recalls the fatal 1997 immolation of a visiting Pataxó leader while sleeping at a bus stop in Brasília, a well-publicized case with which Jonathan Warren opens his book. Finally, anthropologists who work with Indians in Brazil are still dealing with the repercussions of serious ethical charges involving research among the Yanomami Indians raised against senior Amazonianists by journalist Patrick Tierney in his book Darkness in El Dorado (2000).


Oryx ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 41 (4) ◽  
pp. 447-453 ◽  
Author(s):  
Saksit Simcharoen ◽  
Anak Pattanavibool ◽  
K. Ullas Karanth ◽  
James D. Nichols ◽  
N. Samba Kumar

AbstractWe used capture-recapture analyses to estimate the density of a tiger Panthera tigris population in the tropical forests of Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuary, Thailand, from photographic capture histories of 15 distinct individuals. The closure test results (z = 0.39, P = 0.65) provided some evidence in support of the demographic closure assumption. Fit of eight plausible closed models to the data indicated more support for model Mh, which incorporates individual heterogeneity in capture probabilities. This model generated an average capture probability $\hat p$ = 0.42 and an abundance estimate of $\widehat{N}(\widehat{SE}[\widehat{N}])$ = 19 (9.65) tigers. The sampled area of $\widehat{A}(W)(\widehat{SE}[\widehat{A}(W)])$ = 477.2 (58.24) km2 yielded a density estimate of $\widehat{D}(\widehat{SE}[\widehat{D}])$ = 3.98 (0.51) tigers per 100 km2. Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuary could therefore hold 113 tigers and the entire Western Forest Complex c. 720 tigers. Although based on field protocols that constrained us to use sub-optimal analyses, this estimated tiger density is comparable to tiger densities in Indian reserves that support moderate prey abundances. However, tiger densities in well-protected Indian reserves with high prey abundances are three times higher. If given adequate protection we believe that the Western Forest Complex of Thailand could potentially harbour >2,000 wild tigers, highlighting its importance for global tiger conservation. The monitoring approaches we recommend here would be useful for managing this tiger population.


1969 ◽  
pp. 243
Author(s):  
Richard H. Bartlett

Indian reserves comprise the only land left to the Indians of the Prairie Provinces. This paper endeavors to examine and explain the rights of ownership and administration held by the Indians and Governments in such lands. It endeavors to determine what the treaties between the Indians and the Crown promised and to what extent they have been fulfilled. Rights with respect to minerals and timber are examined in the course of the study.


2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandra Maria Glória da Silva ◽  
Pierre Canisius Kamanzi

<p>Entre as províncias canadenses, Quebec possui a taxa mais alta de jovens não diplomados no secundário, 11,5% em 2016. A pesquisa realizada visou: a) examinar o perfil desses jovens e mapear os motivos pelos quais eles não concluíram os estudos; b) analisar em que medida os programas governamentais implantados para prevenir e combater a evasão escolar são eficazes e equitativos. Realizou-se pesquisa bibliográfica nas bases de dados Scopus, Eric e Érudit. Foram consultadas ainda publicações oficiais do governo de Quebec. Notou-se que evasão é maior: entre homens que entre mulheres, na rede pública de ensino (18,4%) que na rede privada (7,6%). Nas escolas em reservas indígenas ela chega a 81,3%. A baixa escolaridade dos pais está entre as principais causas de evasão.</p><p><strong>Palavras-chave</strong></p><p>Evasão escolar em Quebec. Jovens e adultos. Ensino Secundário.</p><p> </p><p><strong>School dropout in Secondary Education in Quebec (Canada)</strong></p><p><strong>Abstract</strong></p><p>Among Canadian provinces, Quebec has the highest rate of youths without a secondary education degree, i.e., 11.5% in 2016. The study aimed to: a) examine the profile of these youths and map the reasons why they did not complete their course of study; b) analyze the extent to which government programs implemented to prevent and fight school dropout are effective and equitable. A bibliographic research was conducted with the Scopus, Eric and Érudit databases. Official publications of the Quebec government were also examined. School dropout was found to be higher: among males than among females; in the public education system (18.4%) than in the private system (7.6%). In schools in Indian reserves, dropout rates reach 81.3%. Parental lack of education is among the main causes of school dropout.</p><p><strong>Keywords</strong></p><p>School dropout in Quebec. Youths and adults. Secondary education.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Abandono escolar en la Enseñanza Secundaria en Quebec (Canadá)</strong></p><p><strong>Resumen</strong></p><p>Entre las provincias canadienses, Quebec posee la tasa más alta de jóvenes no graduados en secundaria, con un 11,5 % en 2016. La investigación realizada tuvo como objetivo: a) examinar el perfil de estos jóvenes y localizar los motivos por los cuales no habían concluido los estudios; b) analizar en qué medida los programas gubernamentales implantados para prevenir y combatir el abandono escolar son eficaces y equitativos. Se realizó una investigación bibliográfica en las bases de datos Scopus, Eric y Érudit. Se consultaron también publicaciones oficiales del Gobierno de Quebec. Se comprobó que el abandono es mayor entre hombres que entre mujeres, y en la red pública de enseñanza (18,4 %) que en la red privada (7,6 %). En las escuelas de las reservas indias llega al 81,3 %. La baja escolaridad de los padres está entre las principales causas de abandono.</p><p><strong>Palabras clave</strong></p><p>Abandono escolar en Quebec. Jóvenes y adultos. Enseñanza secundaria.</p>


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