Indigenous peoples and colonialism : global perspectives /

Indigenous peoples have gained increasing international visibility in their fight against longstanding colonial occupation by nation-states. Although living in different locations around the world and practicing highly varied ways of life, indigenous peoples nonetheless are affected by similar patte...

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Main Authors: Samson, Colin
Group Author: Gigoux, Carlos
Published: Polity Press,
Publisher Address: Cambridge, UK :
Publication Dates: 2017.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
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Summary: Indigenous peoples have gained increasing international visibility in their fight against longstanding colonial occupation by nation-states. Although living in different locations around the world and practicing highly varied ways of life, indigenous peoples nonetheless are affected by similar patterns of colonial dispossession and violence. In defending their collective rights to self-determination, culture, lands and resources, their resistance and creativity offer a pause for critical reflection on the importance of maintaining indigenous distinctiveness against the homogenizing forces of
Carrier Form: xvii, 252 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages [198]-236) and index.
ISBN: 9780745672526
0745672523
9780745672519
0745672515
Index Number: JV305
CLC: D066
Call Number: D066/S193
Contents: Identity -- Colonization -- Land -- Environment -- Rights -- Culture.