The No-Nonsense Guide to Indigenous People
Published on 10. April 2012
144 pages
978-1-78026-073-0 (ISBN)
Description
This guide looks beyond the exotic images tracing the story of different indigenous people from their first contact with explorers and colonizers to the present day. Much of this story is told by the indigenous people themselves and they present the issues behind the challenge to give them their own space in their own lands.
More details
Person
Lotte Hughes is a freelance journalist and historian, with a particular interest in the Maasai of east Africa and oral history. She has written about development and human rights issues for newspapers and NGOs and won the John Morgan Writing Award.
Content
- Intro
- Contents
- Introduction
- 1. Who are indigenous peoples?
- 2. Colonialism and conquest
- 3. Land and nature
- 4. Facing the problems
- 5. Fighting back
- 6. Music and magic
- 7. Development, justice and future challenges
- Contacts and Index
