Indigenous Knowledge & Cultural Survival

 

Recommended Reading:

The Bakairí Indians of Brazil: Politics, Ecology, and Change by Debra Picchi 2000

Biological and Cultural Diversity: The Role of Indigenous Agricultural Experimentation in Development by Gordon D. Prain (Editor), et al 1999

The Challenge of Human Diversity: Mirrors, Bridges, and Chasms by Dewight R. Middleton 1998

Culturicide, Resistance, and Survival of the Lakota ('Sioux Nation') by James V. Fenelon 1998

Ecology, Politics and Violent Conflict by Mohamed Sulimann 1999

The Indigenous People of the Caribbean by Samuel M. Wilson 1999

Intercultural Education and Literacy: An Ethnographic Study of Indigenous Knowledge and Learning inthe Peruvian Amazon by Sheila Aikman 1999

Nature Is Culture: Indigenous Knowledge and Socio-Cultural Aspects of Tree and Forests in Non-European Cultures by Klaus Seeland (Editor) Published 1997

The Paradox of Africa's Poverty: The Role of Indigenous Knowledge, Traditional Practices and Local Institutions - The Case of Ethiopia by Tirfe Mammo 1999

People of the Peyote: Huichol Indian History, Religion, & Survival Stacy B. Schaefer & Peter T. Furst (Editors) 1998

Rituals of Respect: The Secret of Survival in the High Peruvian Andes by Inge Bolin 1998

The Sacred Mountain of Colombia's Kogi Indians by G. Reichel-Dolmatoff & Gerardo Reichel-Domatoff 1990

Siberian Survival: The Nenets and Their Story by Gail Osherenko, et al 1999

The Tree That Bends: Discourse, Power, and the Survival of the Maskoki People by Patricia Riles Wickman 1999

 

Links:

  1. Andes: Culture, Etnography and Prehistory of the Andeas of South America.
  2. Abya Yala Net presents information on indigenous peoples in Mexico, and central and South America.
  3. The Cagaba: An Ancient Tribe is a page of cultural information on the Kogi of Colombia.
  4. Indigenous Cultures Reading List (Recommended)
  5. Indigenous Knowledge and Development Monitor promotes the exchange of information on indigenous knowledge as it relates to sustainable development.' Based in the Netherlands.
  6. Native Web - 'resources for indigenous peoples around the world'.
  7. The South and Meso American Indian Rights Center (SAIIC) - 'to ensure that the struggles of Latin America's Indigenous peoples for self- determination and respect are heard in the US and internationally, and to support Indigenous peoples' organizing.'
  8. Survival International is 'a worldwide organisation supporting tribal peoples. It stands for their right to decide their own future and helps them protect their lives, lands and human rights.'
  9. Tairona Heritage Studies Centre is devoted to the study of the indigenous groups which inhabit the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia, and has devolved from the work of the Tairona Heritage Trust, a small British-based NGO which, since 1990, has been working on behalf of Gonavindua Tairona.
  10. Tribes & Nations: short on-line ethnographies and bibliographic references for Native American cultures.
  11. TribaLink 'aims to preserve our past and provide a link between modern media and the diverse traditional cultures, lands and teachings of tribal people and their environment.' Based in the USA, this site contains a link describing a visit to the Kogi by American tribal elders.
  12. Yanomamo Indians: Links and references for one of the most threatened peoples on earth.