The goal of this book is to create a basis for initial concrete evaluations of the question of establishing a joint political body for the Saami Parliaments elected by the Saami people in the three Nordic countries. The first part of the report consists of general background material. These chapters contain a large part of the content of the total report, since knowledge about the past is necessary to be able to understand possible future solutions. The Saami Parliaments' political leaders: Pekka Aikio, Ole Henrik magga and Ingwar Åhren have been a reference group for this work.

Saami Parliamentary Co-Operation: An Analysis (International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs (IWGIA))

Politics & Social Sciences

Henriksen, John

Anthropology

International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs

In recent years the situation of the Hadzabe of Tanzania has become a cause of concern for a number of human rights organizations, development agents and individuals who have observed the ongoing marginalisation and erosion of land rights of this group of African hunter-gatherers. This book provides background information and experiences of the Hadzabe with government and development agents, relations with neighbouring communities, church and NGO-organizations.

The Hadzabe of Tanzania: Land and Human Rights for a Hunter-gatherer Community (International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs (IWGIA))

Madsen, Andrew

Heading Towards Extinction documents and discusses the case of the Twa, so-called "pygmy" people, of the Kahuzi- Biega forests, South Kivu Province in Eastern Congo. Their case is presented in the African context as well as in the context of emerging and established international norms and principles of indigenous peoples' rights. Heading Towards Extinction? is a plea for recognition of the legal rights that the Twa are entitled to as an indigenous people. The book calls for the reform of the assimilationist approach taken by the Congolese government, as well as the agencies involved in managing the Kahuzi-Biega National Park. Albert K. Barume is a completing his graduate studies in the Department of Law/Human Rights Center of the University of Essex, United Kingdom.

Heading Towards Extinction? Indigenous Rights in Africa: the Case of the TWA of the Kahuzi-Biega National Park, Democratic Republic of Congo (International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs (IWGIA))

Barume, Alberto Kwokwo

Social Sciences

This volume continues a  tradition  established in 1998 to prioritize the dissemination of information and analysis on indigenous issues. This handbook provides basic information on the nature of the new UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. Lola Garcia-Alix is the human rights coordinator of the International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs.

The Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs (IWGIA))

Garcia-Alix, Lola

Vines That Won't Bind: Indigenous Peoples in Asia (International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs (IWGIA))

Concerning the transformations within Chiapas Mayan communities that make processes of change visible, the focus of this book is the period from 1974 when the first hemispheric congress of indigenous people took place in San Cristobal de las Casas, to the Zapatista uprising and the turbulent forces released by it. It takes into account the continuities and disjunctures in community organization and regional relations in preconquest, colonial and independence times that provide dues to central beliefs and values affecting social control, the ordering of social relations by class and ethnicity, the control of resources, and the degree of autonomy in relation to the region and state in contemporary villages and townships.

The Explosion of Communities in Chiapas (International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs (IWGIA))

Never Drink from the Same Cup (International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs (IWGIA))

Out in the Cold: The Legacy of Canada's Inuit Relocation Experiment in the High Arctic (International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs (IWGIA))

Marcus, Alan R.

Belonging to the Land: Life in the Communities of the Chaco Region of Salta (International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs (IWGIA))

This book tells another story. A story being written from within that landscape by the indigenous peoples of the Chaco themselves. It is one of happiness rather than poverty, as seen through their bodies, their looks, their smiles. Just to look at them is to participate in the mysteries of life itself. A life of contradictions and combinations, yes, but a life worth living. Let's take a look, then, at what this story has to offer.

Arts & Photography

Pérez, Francisco

Lasansky, Pablo

Carrasco, Morita

Photography & Video

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