scholarly journals From the Chair

2021 ◽  
Vol 49 (1) ◽  
pp. 4
Author(s):  
Lynda Kellam
Keyword(s):  
Indigenous Peoples ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
Economic Research ◽  
Indigenous Lands

The following were the Chair’s remarks at the GODORT General Membership Meeting on January 14:Welcome GODORT members, guests, and hopefully some future members. My name is Lynda Kellam. I am the Chair of GODORT and in my daily life the Senior Data Librarian at the Cornell Institute for Social and Economic Research. I begin this meeting by acknowledging that Cornell and Ithaca, NY are located on the indigenous lands of the Cayuga Nation and we recognize the indigenous peoples who have and continue to live here. I have a few prepared remarks and I know this might be unprecedented in GODORT, but I hope you will have patience with me as I believe this is necessary.

A Study on the works of Elizabeth Cook-Lynn with reference to Indian Genocide

IJOHMN ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (6) ◽  
pp. 31-43
Author(s):  
V. Padmanaban
Keyword(s):  
Native American ◽  
Indigenous Peoples ◽  
Native American Studies ◽  
American Government ◽  
White American ◽  
Political Status ◽  
The People ◽  
Indigenous Lands ◽  
Westward Movement ◽  
Wounded Knee

This work is a study on the works of Elizabeth Cook-Lynn who is proficient scholar and hails from South Dakotas and Sioux nations and their turmoil, anguish and lamentation to retrieve their lands and preserve their culture and race. Many a aboriginals were killed in the post colonization. Elizabeth Cook-Lynn grieves and her lamentation for the people of Dakotas yields sympathy towards the survived at Wounded Knee massacre and the great exploitation of the livelihood of the indigenous people and the cruelty of American Federal government. Treaty conserved indigenous lands had been lost due to the title of Sioux Nation and many Dakotas and Dakotas had been forced off from their homelands due to the anti-Indian legislation, poverty and federal Indian – white American policy. The whites had no more regard for or perceiving the native’s peoples’ culture and political status as considered by Jefferson’s epoch. And to collect bones and Indian words, delayed justice all these issues tempt her to write. The authors accuses that America was in ignorance and racism and imperialism which was prevalent in the westward movement. The natives want to recall their struggles, and their futures filled with uncertainty by the reality and losses by the white and Indian life in America which had undergone deliberate diminishment by the American government sparks the writer to back for the indigenous peoples. This multifaceted study links American study with Native American studies. This research brings to highlight the unchangeable scenario of the Native American who is in the bonds of as American further this research scrutinizes Elizabeth’s diplomacy and legalized decolonization theory which reflects in her literature career and her works but defies to her own doctrines.

scholarly journals Environmental Threats over Amazonian Indigenous Lands

Land ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 267
Author(s):  
Ana C. Rorato ◽  
Michelle C. A. Picoli ◽  
Judith A. Verstegen ◽  
Gilberto Camara ◽  
Francisco Gilney Silva Bezerra ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cluster Analysis ◽  
Indigenous Peoples ◽  
Forest Degradation ◽  
Forest Loss ◽  
Mining Activities ◽  
Buffer Zones ◽  
Environmental Preservation ◽  
Environmental Threats ◽  
Indigenous Lands ◽  
Arc Of Deforestation

This study investigates the main threats related to environmental degradation that affect Amazonian Indigenous Lands (ILs). Through a cluster analysis, we group ILs according to the set of common environmental threats that occur within and outside their limits. The results show that most of the 383 ILs are affected internally by a combination of different environmental threats, namely: deforestation, forest degradation, fires, mining, croplands, pastures, and roads. However, the ILs affected by multiple and relatively severe threats are mainly located in the arc of deforestation and the Roraima state. The threats related to forest loss (deforestation, forest degradation, and fires) are more intense in the ILs’ buffer zones than within, showing that ILs effectively promote environmental preservation. In the cluster analysis, we identified seven clusters that are characterized by common environmental threats within and around their limits, and, based on these results, we have outlined four environmental policy priorities to be strengthened and applied in Amazonian ILs: protecting ILs’ buffer zones; strengthening surveillance actions, and combating illegal deforestation, forest degradation, and mining activities in ILs; preventing and fighting fires; and removing invaders from all ILs in the Amazon. In this study, we warn that the threats presented make the Indigenous peoples in the Amazon more vulnerable. To guarantee indigenous peoples’ rights, illegal actions in these territories and their surroundings must be contained, and quickly.

scholarly journals ARKTISKE FOLK SOM STATISTER OG AKTØRER PÅ DEN GLOBALE SCENE

1996 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frank Sejersen
Keyword(s):  
Indigenous Peoples ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Extreme Pressure ◽  
Political Work ◽  
The World ◽  
Cultural Processes ◽  
Arctic Communities ◽  
The Right

Frank Sejersen: Arctic people as by-standers and actors at the global stage For centuries, the indigenous peoples of the Arctic have been perceived as isolated from the rest of the world. The article argues that secluded Arctic communities do not exist and that Arctic peoples are integrated into numerous political, cultural and economic relations of a global extent. The pre-colonial inter-continental trade between Siberia and Alaska and the increased militarization the whole circumpolar region are but two examples. Throughout history, indigenous peoples of the Arctic have been players on the global stage. Today, this position has been strengthened because political work on this stage is imperative in order to secure the welfare and possibilities of local Arctic communities. To mention an example, Arctic peoples’ hunting activities have been under extreme pressure from the anti-harvesting movement. The anti-harvesting organizations run campaigns to ban hunting and stop the trade with products from whales, seals and furbearing animals. Thus, political and cultural processes far from the homeland of Arctic peoples, have consequences for the daily life of many Arctic families. The global stage has become an important comerstone in indigenous peoples’ strive to gain more control over their own future. The right to trade, development and self-determination are some of the rights they claim.

scholarly journals Desenvolvimento participativo de produtos turísticos em terras indígenas na Amazônia brasileira

2015 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alessandra Helena Schneider ◽  
Fernanda Alvarenga
Keyword(s):  
Indigenous Peoples ◽  
National Policy ◽  
Brazilian Amazon ◽  
Mato Grosso ◽  
Indigenous Lands ◽  
Management Plans ◽  
Participative Approach ◽  
Amazonas State ◽  
Participative Planning ◽  
Indigenous Land

O artigo apresenta a metodologia criada e experimentada para o planejamento participativo de produtos turísticos em terras indígenas e os principais resultados de sua aplicação. O turismo foi identificado pelos indígenas como uma atividade econômica alternativa ao desmatamento durante o desenvolvimento dos Planos de Gestão Territorial na Terra Indígena Sete de Setembro (RO/MT) do Povo Paiter-Suruí e na Terra Indígena Nove de Janeiro (AM) do Povo Parintintin. Com o objetivo de propor princípios e procedimentos para visitação turística ordenada, o processo de planejamento participativo buscou garantir que, além de ser uma alternativa economicamente viável, o turismo seja também um instrumento de resgate e valorização cultural, que respeita a diversidade, mitos, cosmovisão e modo de vida atual indígena. A metodologia utilizada para o desenvolvimento dos produtos turísticos envolveu uma série de atividades como oficinas de turismo, intercâmbio, inventários, planejamento de roteiros, propostas de infraestrutura e estudos de mercado específicos para cada uma das etnias. Como resultado obteve-se propostas de operações turísticas viáveis e adequadas ao mercado, mas que também atendem às expectativas e possibilidades dos indígenas. Estas experiências também resultaram em uma metodologia de desenvolvimento de produtos turísticos estruturada na relação entre o saber científico e tradicional, portanto em uma dinâmica participativa, que poderá contribuir para a regulamentação da atividade turística em Terras Indígenas, adequando-se à Política Nacional de Gestão Ambiental e Territorial Indígena. Participative development of tourism products in indigenous lands located in the brazilian Amazon ABSTRACT The article presents the methodology created and experimented for participative planning applied in the development of tourism products in indigenous lands and the principal results obtained. During the development process of the Territorial Management Plans for the Sete de Setembro Indigenous Land, belonging to Paiter-Suruí People (States of Roraima and Mato Grosso) and for the Nove de Janeiro Indigenous Land, belonging to Parintintin People (Amazonas State), tourism was identified by the indigenous peoples themselves as being a viable alternative economic activity to deforestation. With the aim of proposing standards and procedures for organized guided tours, this project sought to guarantee that, in addition to representing a viable economic alternative, tourism should also function as a means of valuing and reviving traditional indigenous culture, in a way that respects the diversity, mythology, worldview and the way of life of tribal peoples today. The methodology of development of tourism products involved a series of activities, such as tourism workshops, interchange, register, planning tourist routes, proposals related to infrastructure and market studies specifically designed for each ethnic group. The results of this work are proposes of viable tourism operations, those also fulfils the expectations and possibilities of the Indigenous peoples themselves. These experiences resulted in a methodology of developing tourism products based on a relationship between scientific and traditional knowledge, consequently using a participative approach, which may be useful when regulating tourism activities in Tribal Lands, in accordance with Brazil’s National Policy for the Territorial and Environmental Management of Indigenous Lands. KEYWORDS: Tourism in Indigenous Lands; Participative Planning; Sustainability; Tourism Goods; Brazilian Amazon.

Medicines at Standing Rock: Stories of Native Healing through Survivance

2020 ◽  
Vol 44 (4) ◽  
pp. 59-78
Author(s):  
Selma Hedlund
Keyword(s):  
Drinking Water ◽  
Collective Action ◽  
North Dakota ◽  
Social Movement ◽  
Indigenous Peoples ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Indian Country ◽  
Indigenous Lands ◽  
Clean Drinking Water

In 2016, a historically large gathering of Indigenous peoples, tribal nations, and allies took place at the Standing Rock reservation, North Dakota, in response to the proposed construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL). Under the assertion of Mni Wičoni (Water Is Life), a social movement emerged with the purpose of protecting clean drinking water and Indigenous lands. Drawing on Gerald Vizenor’s theoretical framework that emphasizes storytelling and active presence over settler resistance, this study argues that Indigenous water protectors’ collective action in the movement, as well as their stories and remembrance of Standing Rock, are acts of survivance, in which they are able to denounce othering and challenge the colonizer’s gaze. While water is often described as a first medicine by Indigenous peoples, the water protectors’ stories in this essay suggest that the movement itself represented another remedy as well. Specifically, this movement represents a pivotal moment of cultural revitalization and community across what participants refer to as “Indian country,” in which individuals are able to engage in large scale grassroots decolonizing praxis rooted in spirituality and ceremony, and suspend genocidal traps of victimry that they have long battled.

Born the Year after the Flood

2019 ◽  
Vol 118 (4) ◽  
pp. 921-927
Author(s):  
Jeremie Caribou
Keyword(s):  
First Nations ◽  
Indigenous Peoples ◽  
Ecological Integrity ◽  
Indigenous Rights ◽  
Indigenous Identity ◽  
Indigenous Lands ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Right ◽  
Political Governance ◽  
Gain Access

This essay reveals the true history of my people. It demonstrates our highly developed social, spiritual, and political governance structures. Our use of the water systems underscores the ecological integrity of sustainable development that we fostered for thousands of years. Yet, due to colonization and oppressive policies designed to destroy Indigenous identity, culture, and history, Indigenous knowledge and governing systems have been put in jeopardy. Colonial policies intended to dispossess and oppress First Nations by depriving us from Indigenous lands, controlling all aspects of our lives, which created dependence by limiting Indigenous peoples’ abilities to provide for themselves. Furthermore, these policies had no Indigenous input or representation and were designed to eradicate or eliminate Indigenous rights, titles, and the right to self-determination to easily gain access to Indigenous lands for development and industrialization, such as in the case of the massive hydroelectrical dams that continue to alienate my home community today.

scholarly journals Análise do Cenário do Fogo e da COVID-19 em Terras Indígenas com Contratação de Brigadas Florestais em 2020

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 2586
Author(s):  
Sara Limeira de Santana Epifanio ◽  
Ananda Santa Rosa ◽  
Kamila Vieira Moraes ◽  
Ruth Elias de Paula Laranja ◽  
Rafael Rodrigues Franca
Keyword(s):  
Indigenous People ◽  
Indigenous Peoples ◽  
Fire Risk ◽  
Fire Spread ◽  
Monthly Precipitation ◽  
Strategic Plans ◽  
Indigenous Lands ◽  
Public Resources ◽  
Risk Areas ◽  
The Media

 Para 2020, o temor das instituições ambientais e da sociedade civil, quanto a possibilidade da ocorrência de queimadas, foi amplificado em razão das notícias veiculadas nos meios de comunicação. Prognósticos da propagação do fogo associados às avaliações climáticas e ambientais são necessários para evitar interpretações equivocadas, o uso indevido do recurso público e o adentramento desnecessário de pessoas nas terras indígenas, quando há uma epidemia no país que pode elevar o risco de contágio com os povos indígenas. Neste sentido, o objetivo deste artigo foi analisar anomalias de precipitação, o risco de fogo e a vulnerabilidade dos povos indígenas à COVID-19 frente às operações de combate aos incêndios florestais em terras com atuação de brigadas do Prevfogo. Para isto, analisou-se as taxas mensais de contagiados, as áreas de risco de fogo alto-crítico e a climatologia de precipitação até 30 de junho de 2020. Excetuando zonas que abrangem o Pantanal e parte do Brasil Central, as áreas estão com registros de risco de fogo e de chuvas dentro da normalidade. Já a curva de contágio está ascendente na maioria dos locais. Em caso de incêndios e da necessidade de estabelecimento de operações de combate com entrada de pessoas nas terras indígenas, as taxas de contágio entre os povos podem ser agravadas, sendo aconselhado evitar ao máximo o não contato. Por isto, recomenda-se ao Ibama e a Funai a formulação de planos estratégicos para mitigar impactos socioambientais.Palavras-chave - COVID-19,  Risco de fogo, povos indígenas, políticas públicas. Analysis of the Fire Scenario and COVID-19 in Indigenous Lands with The Hiring of Forest Brigades in 2020 A B S T R A C TFor 2020, the fear of civil society and environmental institutions regarding the possibility of fire occurring was amplified due to the news published in the media. Predictions of fire spread associated with climate and environmental assessments are necessary to avoid misinterpretation, waste of public resources, and unnecessary entry of people into indigenous lands while there is a pandemic that could increase the risk of contagion in indigenous people. The purpose of this article was to analyze the monthly precipitation, the fire risk, and the vulnerability of indigenous peoples to COVID-19 in case of operations to combat wildfires in indigenous lands with firefighters hired by Prevfogo. For this, the monthly rates of COVID-19 contagious, the high-critical fire risk areas, and the climatology of precipitation were evaluated until June 30, 2020. Except in the zones that cover the Pantanal and part of Brasil Central, the other areas have normal fire risk and rain records. The contagion curve is increasing in most places. In the event of a fire that needs to establish combat operations with firefighters entering in the indigenous lands, rates of contagion with indigenous peoples may increase, suggesting non-contact. For this reason, Ibama and Funai are recommended to formulate strategic plans to mitigate socio-environmental impacts.Keywords - COVID-19, Fire risk, Indigenous people, public policies.

scholarly journals Indigenous Lands at Risk: Identifying Global Challenges and Opportunities in the Face of Industrial Development

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christina M. Kennedy ◽  
Brandie Fariss ◽  
James R. Oakleaf ◽  
Stephen T. Garnett ◽  
Álvaro Fernández-Llamazares ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Indigenous Peoples ◽  
Industrial Development ◽  
National Level ◽  
Ecological Integrity ◽  
Central Africa ◽  
Ecological Condition ◽  
Indigenous Lands ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
The Face ◽  
Development Outcomes

Abstract Indigenous Peoples’ (IP) stewardship has helped conserve biodiversity and maintain healthy ecosystems worldwide. Among many challenges to this role are mounting pressures from industrial development. By assessing the current ecological condition of Indigenous lands with their potential for future industrial development, we show that the ecological integrity of 22% (8.6 million km2) of Indigenous lands is highly threatened across five continents and 37 countries. We further find that the risk to Indigenous lands is greatest across West and Central Africa because of their high ecological threat and greater obstacles for Indigenous Peoples to realize self-determined and culturally-responsive development outcomes. Using a novel national-level framework that examines the security of IP’ rights and authority over their lands, their capacity to engage in decision-making, and support for facilitating sustainable development, we highlight potential challenges and opportunities for strategic investments and interventions to help IP safeguard their futures and rights, as well as the ecological integrity of their lands.

Protecting Indigenous Rights from Mining Companies

Sibirica ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 92-108 ◽  
Author(s):  
Violetta Gassiy
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Indigenous Peoples ◽  
Indigenous Rights ◽  
Indigenous Communities ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Mining Companies ◽  
Indigenous Lands ◽  
Compensation Methods ◽  
Fair Compensation ◽  
Regional Authorities

The Arctic is one of Russia’s treasures. However, Arctic economic development means that business is invading lands that are sacred to indigenous peoples. As a rule, regional authorities are interested in tax revenues from subsoil users, prompting them to decide the culture-or-mining dilemma in favor of the latter. But this does not mean that the price of this encroachment on indigenous lands remains uncalculated. Since its establishment in 2010, Yakutia’s Ethnological Expertise Committee has developed a tool for assessing the damage caused to indigenous communities by subsoil users. The problem of getting businesses to compensate indigenous communities has yet to be solved. This article seeks answers to the problem of fair compensation methods and explores modes of partnership and cooperation on traditional lands.

The Roles of Settler Canadians within Decolonization: Re-evaluating Invitation, Belonging and Rights

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
Deanne Aline Marie Leblanc
Keyword(s):  
Indigenous Peoples ◽  
The State ◽  
Indigenous Lands ◽  
Alternative Approach ◽  
Liberal Citizenship

Abstract This article, grounded within the argument that liberal citizenship and recognition-based approaches to decolonization are inappropriate responses to Indigenous calls to decolonize, proposes an alternative approach premised on re-evaluating non-Indigenous understandings of invitation, belonging and rights within the Canadian settler state. I suggest that non-Indigenous peoples consider themselves “foreigners” in need of invitation onto Indigenous lands and that, as colonial denizens, non-Indigenous Canadians take up an ethos that encourages them to re-evaluate their lives and relations with Indigenous peoples, Indigenous lands and the settler state. Such re-evaluations would encourage settlers to question the sovereignty of the state and their daily relations, as well as encourage them to place responsibilities to others above inwardly focused rights. I contend that identifying and acting upon such an ethos can provide a way through which non-Indigenous peoples can appropriately and seriously meet Indigenous peoples’ calls for change.

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