7/26 Rights of Indigenous People
6:30pm in the MU Student Center
Reading:
1.The Last of the Tribe: The Epic Quest to Save a Lone Man in the Amazon by Monte Reel. I read this book earlier this summer. It is really amazing. It is a story about a group of guides who spent 15 years trying to protect one man and their journey. The following link is a 'look inside the book' [http://www.amazon.com/Last-
2. who is who? This explains some basics about indigenous people http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
3. The Gods must be crazy. This film was directed by Jamie Uys came out in 1980. It has sense been watched by so many people. This link has the first 15minutes, but you can find the whole movie on YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?
4. National Geographic interview with Alona Yefimenko about indigenous people of the Arctic Council about food and conservation struggles. http://newswatch.
5. Democracy Now covered a story on Zapatista in Mexico. In South America, some countries have had small triumphs for their indigenous people, but for the most part governments tend to suppress their rights among them land.
6. Housing: There are a lot of obstacles facing indigenous people, one being housing. Partners in Health is building houses for Twa in Rwanda. The programs such as these, intending to assimilate indigenous people into society, have been heavenly criticized and are usually not likely to succed. http://www.youtube.com/watch?
Online resources
a. http://www.indigenouspeople.
b. http://
Questions to ponder
1. What is civilization?
2. How is one civilized?
3. What role do societies play in cultural evolution?
4. How are non-indigenous societies endangering/harming the lives of indigenous people
6:30pm in the MU Student Center
Reading:
1.The Last of the Tribe: The Epic Quest to Save a Lone Man in the Amazon by Monte Reel. I read this book earlier this summer. It is really amazing. It is a story about a group of guides who spent 15 years trying to protect one man and their journey. The following link is a 'look inside the book' [http://www.amazon.com/Last-
2. who is who? This explains some basics about indigenous people http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
3. The Gods must be crazy. This film was directed by Jamie Uys came out in 1980. It has sense been watched by so many people. This link has the first 15minutes, but you can find the whole movie on YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?
4. National Geographic interview with Alona Yefimenko about indigenous people of the Arctic Council about food and conservation struggles. http://newswatch.
5. Democracy Now covered a story on Zapatista in Mexico. In South America, some countries have had small triumphs for their indigenous people, but for the most part governments tend to suppress their rights among them land.
- http://www.democracynow.org/
2004/1/2/the_zapatista_ uprising_1994_2004_a - http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=CUpcuM95t5M
6. Housing: There are a lot of obstacles facing indigenous people, one being housing. Partners in Health is building houses for Twa in Rwanda. The programs such as these, intending to assimilate indigenous people into society, have been heavenly criticized and are usually not likely to succed. http://www.youtube.com/watch?
Online resources
a. http://www.indigenouspeople.
b. http://
Questions to ponder
1. What is civilization?
2. How is one civilized?
3. What role do societies play in cultural evolution?
4. How are non-indigenous societies endangering/harming the lives of indigenous people
