Survival International Essays

  • Morality of Conservation Refugees

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    they been moved from their home, but are also forced to start a different educational system. All of this change at once isn’t good for anyone and can lead to culture shock. Works Cited "Conservation Refugees." Conservation Refugees. Survival International, n.d. Web. 06 May 2014. Dowie, Mark. "Conservation Refugees." Orion Magazine. N.p., Nov.-Dec. 2005. Web. 06 May 2014. Rodgers, Paul. "Polar Bear Apocalypse." The Independent. Independent Digital News and Media, 11 June 2006. Web. 07 May 2014

  • Indian Tribal Culture

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    ruled that Vedanta ‘did not consider the impact of the construction of the mine on the tribe’s rights’. Their investigation concluded that ‘a change in the company‘s behavior’ was ‘essential’. The battle fought by the Dongria Kondh has attracted international attention and support. Their first success was finally achieved in 2010, when the Indian Ministry of the Environment halted the planned bauxite mining in the Niyamgiri Mountains. In a Palli Sabha, a village meeting, all adults from a total of twelve

  • Idle No More: Canadian Aboriginals

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    federal policy geared towards the recognition of past wrong-doings, Aboriginal court victori... ... middle of paper ... ...er-American Court of Human Right in Light of the United Nations Decleration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.”Wisconsin International Law Journal. Vol. 7 No. 1. Retrieved Nov 28th 2013 from http://works.bepress.com Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples 1996. Report of the Royal Commission on Aborigonal People, Volume 1, Looking Forward, Looking back, Ottawa: Minister of Supply

  • Understanding Indigenism: Building A Different Future for Us All

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    cultures is limited by terms of “cultural survival.” The ability of future generations to define themselves as Inuit or Kayapo is threatened as their natural environments and social integrity is hurt by government negligence: indigenous cultures must be protected under a political structure that allows the people to live as they choose to live, outside of the transformative power of established nation-states, and the assumptions of these powers. Thus, international organizations must actively ensure

  • The Indian Act In Canada

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    Kayla Schwab May 1st, 2014 NDG 4M Mr. Schroeder The Indian Act The Indian Act no longer remains an undisputable aspect of the Aboriginal landscape in Canada. For years, this federal legislation (that was both controversial and invasive) governed practically all of the aspects of Aboriginal life, starting with the nature of band governance and land tenure. Most importantly, the Indian act defines qualifications of being a “status Indian,” and has been the source of Aboriginal hatred, due to the government

  • Palliative Care In Palliative Care

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    Palliative care is an essential to the creation of a health and wellbeing continuum for Australians living with a chronic illness. It is an approach of care that seeks to improve the life of patients and family experiencing the effects of chronic illness. Palliative care centres on the relief of the symptoms and effects of disease and incorporate the physical, psychological and social dimensions of a person at the end of life. A recent focus for the delivery of palliative care by nurses to Indigenous

  • Indigenous Rights in Mexico and Central America

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    Indigenous Rights in Mexico and Central America Introduction The injustice surrounding the Indigenous populations in Mexico and Central America began with the Spanish colonies in the sixteenth century, and the struggle for their land and constitution rights has been an ongoing battle for hundreds of years. The indigenous people take up a large part of the population in Mexico and Central America. (See Table 1; Graph 1 below). Indigenous people make up of over 16 percent of the Mexican

  • Summary Of The Book 'Clearing The Plains'

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    lifestyle that Indgienous people became accustomed to where everyone had a role and the community worked together to survive. However, as time goes on the Indigenous populations becomes thrust into a disease stricken society where there is no hope for survival due to minimal resources. The author, James Daschuk goes on to argue the reasons for this

  • Unfair Treatment Of Indigenous People: The Unfair Treatment Of Indigenous People

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    The Unfair Treatment of Indigenous People Imagine living in a place where your roots started, and all of a sudden they are ripped away due to societies thinking they are more superior than you. This situation is currently happening to many indigenous groups around the world. Indigenous people are native to their country; they have been around before colonization occurred. They see their land as sacred, it is where their life and traditions were created. Their rich history all started from their

  • The Impact of Bill C-45, The basis of the Idle No More Movement

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    furthermore, feel united with, and are left exposed to potential contamination. As such, they have become deeply in tune with the environment, thus truly... ... middle of paper ... ...ved from http://www.culturalsurvival.org/publications/cultural-survival-quarterly/being-idle-no-more-women-behind-movement Foote, J. (2012, December 4). MP Judy Foote debates bill c-45 [Video file]. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Jr6uZt3eHk Idle No More. (n.d.). The vision. Retrieved from http://www.idlenomore

  • Indigenous Rights and Land Claims Around the World

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    Citizenship: Seeking Multiplicity in Rights, Identity, and Sovereignty in Canada." American Ethnologist 36.1 (2009): 66-78. Martinez, Juan Martin Arellano. "Indigenous Peoples’ Struggles for Autonomy: The Case of the U’wa People." Diplomat and International Canada 2012.12 (2012): 109-22. Larson, Soren C. "Promoting Aboriginal Territoriality through Interethnic Alliances: The Case of the Cheslatta T'en in Northern British Columbia." Human Organization 62.1 (2003): 74-84.

  • Susan Cloud Discrimination

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    The systematic racism and discrimination in America has long lasting effects that began back when Europeans first stepped foot on American soil is still visible today but only not written into the law. This racism has lead to very specific consequences on the Native people in today’s modern world, and while the racism is maybe not as obvious it is still very present. These modern Native peoples fight against the feeling of community as a Native person, and feeling entirely alone and not a part

  • The Importance Of Indigenous Media

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    The creation of indigenous media content has proven highly beneficial and important for indigenous audiences. Indigenous media is important because it allows a platform for indigenous audiences to present themselves in a way which is often either neglected or negatively portrayed in mainstream media. This is important to the identity work of indigenous cultures and extends to the culture and connection of the indigenous community and wider culture. In particular this essay will focus on the representation

  • JB The First Lady

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    Jerilynn Webster; also known as ‘JB The First Lady’, is an Indigenous Vancouver based beat-boxer, hip-hop artist, activist, aboriginal youth educator and a single mother (News, CBC). Jerilynn is a proud Indigenous member of the Nuxalk and Cayuga (Six) Nation (Jb the First Lady) who immensely contributes to her community. She was born in Moosejaw, Saskatchewan in an impoverished ‘single-parent, Christian home” (Warner). Upon her arrival to Vancouver; at the age of 14, she was flooded by a culture-shock

  • Essay On Indigenous Knowledge

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    Indigenous Knowledge (IK) can be broadly defined as the knowledge and skills that an indigenous (local) community accumulates over generations of living in a particular environment. IK is unique to given cultures, localities and societies and is acquired through daily experience. It is embedded in community practices, institutions, relationships and rituals. Because IK is based on, and is deeply embedded in local experience and historic reality, it is therefore unique to that specific culture;

  • Issues of Survival

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    Issues of Survival “We will only change if we survive, but we will only survive unless we change.” I believe that the Dalai Lama, in his book Ethics for a New Millennium, discusses many issues pertaining to the current state of our society that are of dyer importance if we hope to survive into the next few generations. Primarily, I am referring to his discussion of happiness as it relates to inner peace, the acknowledgement of universal responsibility, and the need to educate our children

  • Culture and Technology - Tools to Aid in Survival

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    Culture and Technology - Tools to Aid in Survival Culture: “the predominating attitudes and behavior that characterize the functioning of a group”. Technology: “the body of knowledge available to a society that is of use in fashioning implements, practicing manual arts and skills, and extracting or collecting materials”. Technology aids in the functioning of a group: it is what enables “predominating attitudes and behavior” to be acted upon. Therefore, initially, a culture must provide

  • Dynamic Characters and Survival in John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath

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    Dynamic Characters and Survival in John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath In the American epic novel, The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck, there are pivotal and dynamic changes that occur in the various significant characters of Jim Casy, Ma Joad, and Tom Joad. Steinbeck specifically uses these characters to show their common realizations about all of humanity, in order to demonstrate his underlying meaning about the importance of people coming together, helping each other out, and surviving

  • Cultural Change and Survival in Amish Society

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    Cultural Change and Survival in Amish Society I. Introduction Watching the Amish riding their horse drawn carriages through Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, you catch a glimpse of how life would have been 150 years ago. The Amish, without their electricity, cars, and television appear to be a static culture, never changing. This, however, is just an illusion. In fact, the Amish are a dynamic culture which is, through market forces and other means, continually interacting with the enormously

  • Survival And Adaptation

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    Survival and Adaptation Tom King and his family are not wealthy. In order for them to survive Tom had to box. Tom King was very old to be boxing. He had to change his way of fighting to even have a remote chance of wining. In Tracks by Louise Erdrich Eli and Nanapush had to learn to live with each other to survive. Nevertheless Tom King and Eli both did what they had to do too survive. They are good examples of strength and determination. Tom King was not a rich man but a poor one. Jack London writes