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Assimilation

4th January 2015 Chapter 8 / Diversity, assimilation, transculturation and zooification

For this section, the reader is referred to the appropriate section of Chapter 8 in the book.

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Chapter 8

  • Indigenous issues and development
    • ILO Convention No. 169 on Indigenous and Tribal Peoples
    • 2007 UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
    • Indigenous statement on climate change
    • Guna Indians of Panamá Overcome Nike
    • Indigenous developments in Nicaragua: The OAS and Nicaragua – again
    • Indigenous communities in Panama succeed in holding World Bank to account
  • Indigenous territories in Central America
    • Indigenous territories of Central America [map]
    • Population estimates of indigenous groups in Central America
    • National indigenous populations, Central America
    • Costa Rica’s indigenous peoples
    • Belize’s national languages
    • Costa Rica’s national languages
    • National languages of El Salvador and Honduras
    • Guatemala’s national languages
    • Nicaragua’s national languages
    • Panama’s national languages
    • Panama’s ethnic groups
    • Map of all languages, Central America
    • The origins of Kuna militancy
    • The Kuna of Panama turn the tables
  • Land disputes and encroachments into indigenous territories in Central America
      • The Naso of Panamá
        • The Naso of Panama and their land demarcation struggles
        • The Naso’s Cultural Centre
        • Force used against the Naso
        • Testimony from the Naso, Panama
        • Panama: Situation Turns Critical for the Naso
        • Panama’s Supreme Court recognizes Indigenous Peoples’ land rights and role as guardians of the environment
        • Corte Suprema de Panamá reconoce derechos territoriales de los pueblos indígenas y su rol como guardianes del ambiente
      • The Ngäbe-Bugle of Panamá
        • The Ngöbe-Bugle and dam projects on the Río Changuinola
        • Damming the Ngäbe: Aftermath of an AES Power Project in Panama
        • Panama: Indigenous communities face imminent eviction: The Barro Blanco HEP dam
        • Panamanian indigenous organisations call for international investigation into rights violations caused by transmission line in Panama
      • The Garífuna of Honduras
        • The Garífuna of Honduras and Belize
        • Undermining Garífuna land rights in Honduras
        • Human rights abuses against the Garífuna
        • 216 years after Satuye’s death – Garífuna expulsions continue
        • ‘Canadian tourism mafia’ file trumped-up charges against Garífuna leader Miriam Miranda in Honduras’ corrupted legal system
        • The Garífuna Five
        • Garifuna community continue to suffer violence
        • Garifuna Rights Defender Receiving Death Threats in Honduras
        • Siege and threats against the life of Miriam Miranda, OFRANEH coordinator and Garífuna defender
      • The Lenca people of Honduras
        • The Lenca peoples’ struggle against hydro-electric projects in Intibucá, Honduras
        • Threats to and assassinations of COPINH members, 2016
        • “In all of Latin America there is resistance against dams” Gustavo Castro, ecologist
        • “En toda América Latina hay resistencia contra las represas” – Gustavo Castro, ecologista
        • Investors in Honduran dam opposed by murdered activist Berta Caceres are withdrawing funding
        • THE TRIAL OF THE MURDERERS OF BERTA CÁCERES
        • 4 Years Seeking Justice: Daughter of Assassinated Indigenous Environmental Leader Berta Cáceres Speaks Out
        • An audio clip of a 2010 interview with Berta Cáceres
        • Lenca Indigenous Journalist Pablo Hernández Is Gunned Down
      • The Ch'orti' of Guatemala
        • The visit of Domingo Vásquez of the CCCND (Guatemala) to Europe, October 2018
      • Other Central American indigenous land disputes
        • Costa Rican Indigenous Rights Defender Murdered
        • Following murder of Indigenous leader, Costa Rican government and Indigenous groups hold talks
        • Indigenous Costa Rican activist murdered
        • Jehry Rivera murder trial
        • Land disputes in southern Costa Rica
        • Maya Communities Respond to Land Predation and FPIC Violation in Belize
        • Women Environmental Defenders in Guatemala
        • Whаt dо Мауа сuѕtоmаrу lаnd rіghtѕ mеаn tо thе Мауа?
        • Mayans call for international action to halt violations of their rights
        • State Security Forces Open Fire on Q’eqchi’ Community in El Estor
        • Army and Police Move to Evict Indigenous Communities in Baja Verapaz
  • Conservation and indigenous peoples
    • The Mayangna of the Awas Tingni community, Nicaragua
    • Government cancels sales of communal lands
    • A note about conservationists and Indigenous Peoples
    • Agaisnt all odds: The Criminalisation of Land Rights Activists in Guatemala
    • CONTRA TODO PRONÓSTICO: LA CRIMINALIZACIÓN DE PERSONAS DEFENSORAS DEL DERECHO A LA TIERRA EN GUATEMALA
    • Indigenous groups rebut the statements of Carlos Alvarado at COP-26
    • Indígenas salen al paso de declaraciones de Carlos Alvarado en la COP-26
  • Diversity, assimilation, transculturation and zooification
    • Othering
    • Assimilation
    • Transculturation
    • Zooification
  • Conclusions
    • After Recognition: Indigenous Peoples Confront Capitalism

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