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"This is a concise overview of Indigenous Peoples from pre-contact to the 21st century. The book is intended for any overview course in Native Studies. It examines key topics such as treaty processes, land claims, and contemporary socio-economic issues and features an emphasis on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission report and its "calls to action.""--

Describes the 2008 United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues which highlights the threats that changes in climate & bio-cultural resources are posing to the survival of peoples of the developing world. Representatives of mobile & nomadic peoples discussed the ways in which extreme weather events, reduced biodiversity, & new livestock diseases are jeopardizing the viability of their livelihoods & causing increased tribal conflict. The obligation for government & non-governmental organizations to acknowledge the special needs of mobile peoples is discussed. Adapted from the source document.

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This article investigates the processes of becoming Indigenous Peoples in Thailand by tracing the transnational relationships and influences of global Indigenous movements on the creation of the Network and the Council of Indigenous Peoples in Thailand (NIPT and CIPT). In addition, it examines the Indigenous Peoples' movement toward both internal and external recognition. I argue that in Thailand the Indigenous Peoples movement stems from the global movement and exists in relation to international organisations. Within Thailand, the movement represents a deterritorialisation of the ethnoscape, with those now identified as Indigenous Peoples previously being identified as 'tribal peoples', 'ethnic minorities', or 'Others' who threatened national security. Indigenous Peoples are also self-identifying as native and marginalised peoples whose basic rights must be recognised and who advocate for equal treatment as citizens. Yet, the Indigenous Peoples' movement in Thailand is developing through a process of ongoing negotiations with various internal and external sectors. As a Hmong anthropologist and long-time participant in the Indigenous movement in Thailand, in addition to secondary sources, I draw mainly on personal observations and interviews with key informants. (J Southeast Asian Stud/GIGA)

This article discusses the recent political mobilization & consequent incorporation of indigenous peoples in Latin America as a key influence shaping the quality of democracy. Indigenous peoples comprise some 11% of Latin America's total population of 540 million. Their inclusion in society denotes the opening of the political system to previously excluded & vulnerable sectors of the population. However, this change has also challenged the new & fragile liberal-democratic regimes & generated social & institutional conflicts within society. The discussion first focuses on the history of these indigenous peoples & their eventual incorporation into their respective societies & then addresses what the future holds for them & democracy in Latin America. Tables. J. Stanton

This article investigates the processes of becoming Indigenous Peoples in Thailand by tracing the transnational relationships and influences of global Indigenous movements on the creation of the Network and the Council of Indigenous Peoples in Thailand (NIPT and CIPT). In addition, it examines the Indigenous Peoples' movement toward both internal and external recognition. I argue that in Thailand the Indigenous Peoples movement stems from the global movement and exists in relation to international organisations. Within Thailand, the movement represents a deterritorialisation of the ethnoscape, with those now identified as Indigenous Peoples previously being identified as 'tribal peoples', 'ethnic minorities', or 'Others' who threatened national security. Indigenous Peoples are also self-identifying as native and marginalised peoples whose basic rights must be recognised and who advocate for equal treatment as citizens. Yet, the Indigenous Peoples' movement in Thailand is developing through a process of ongoing negotiations with various internal and external sectors. As a Hmong anthropologist and long-time participant in the Indigenous movement in Thailand, in addition to secondary sources, I draw mainly on personal observations and interviews with key informants.