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pt. I. Indigenous mobile technology adoption and theoretical perspectives -- pt. II. Self-determination for indigenous people through mobile technologies -- pt. III. Mobiles for health, education and development -- pt. IV. Cultural and language revitalization through mobile technologies.

Bourne, R.: Editorial : the Commonwealth's first peoples. - S. 319-323

Explores the impact of bioprospecting projects on the struggle for self-definition & self-determination among indigenous peoples. Bioprospecting is described as seeking natural compounds & genetic material for commercial pharmaceutical, agricultural, & industrial use by extracting traditional knowledge from indigenous peoples. Although the extractors claim their indigenous "collaborators" will receive an equitable share of the benefits if their knowledge contributes to a commercial product, indigenous people have protested against the appropriation of their environmental & natural resources. The intricate link between indigenous knowledge of medicinal plants, healing practices, & belief systems is explored. Many cultures consider medicinal knowledge a gift given to the healer rather than a "right," & the healer is bound by specific rites, rituals, & obligations. Removal of indigenous knowledge from its cultural context has led to various attempts by indigenous peoples to increase control over their land, resources, culture, & identities. Specific examples are described & attention is called to the distinction between indigenous peoples' self-definitions as stewards & the imposition of that role by outsiders. J. Lindroth

This chapter considers three issues: the nature of crime and victimisation in Indigenous rural and remote communities; the responses of the Anglo-Australian criminal justice system to Indigenous crime and justice issues; and the potential for developing and strengthening Indigenous responses to crime. In brief, the rural and remote nature of Indigenous communities influences the social and spatial dynamics of crime. Further, government responses have varied depending on the nature of the Indigenous and non-Indigenous community. In many respects remote Indigenous communities have tended to have less consistent intervention by justice and welfare agencies, while 'mixed' rural communities where Indigenous people comprise a significant minority have tended to have a much stronger law and order presence aimed at controlling Indigenous populations. A further dynamic has been recent work in Indigenous communities aimed at developing localised governance structures to enable communities to deal more effectively with crime prevention and more effective models of sanctioning and rehabilitation (often drawing on various alternatives seen to be more appropriate for Indigenous control).

The indigenous communities have become the center of the struggle for the environment in Latin America. This is true not only through their local actions in defense of rivers or forests against petroleum and mining multinationals, but also in that they propose an alternative way of life to that of neoliberal globalized capitalism. Indigenous peoples in particular may be the ones undertaking these struggles, but they quite often do so in alliance with landless peasants, ecologists, socialists, and Christianbase communities, with support from unions, left parties, the Pastoral Land Commission, and the Indigenous Pastoral Ministry. Adapted from the source document.

This study of the rights of indigenous peoples looks at the historical, cultural, and legal background to the position of indigenous peoples in different cultures, including America, Africa and Australia. It defines "indigenous peoples" and looks at their position in international law