Indigenous peoples
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The term indigenous people means people who where the first who lived in a certain region.
Other related terms for indigenous peoples include aborigines, native peoples, first peoples, first nations and autochthonous (this last term coming from Greek, meaning "sprung from the earth"). Indigenous peoples may often be used in preference to these or other terms, as a neutral replacement where these terms may have taken on negative or pejorative connotations by their prior association and use. It is the preferred term in use by the United Nations and its subsidiary organizations.
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[change] References
- United Nations Working Group on Indigenous Populations, from Study of the Problem of Discrimination Against Indigenous Populations, J. Martinez Cobo, United Nations Special Rapporteur (1987)
- FRITZ Jean-Claude, La nouvelle question indigène. Peuples autochthones et ordre mondial (en co-direction avec Frédéric Déroche, Gérard Fritz et Raphaël Porteilla), Paris, L'Harmattan, 2006.
- FRITZ Jean-Claude, L'humanité face à la mondialisation. Droit des peuples et environnement (en co-direction avec Charalambos Apostolidis et Gérard Fritz), Paris, L'Harmattan, 1997.
- Indigenous Peoples and Environmental Issues: An Encyclopedia, by Bruce E. Johansen. Westport, CT, Greenwood Press, 2003. 506p., ISBN 0-313-32398-4
[change] See also
The English Wiktionary has a dictionary definition (meanings of a word) for:
[change] Other websites
[change] Institutions
- UNEP Indigenous Knowledge Study
- Survival International
- Cultural Survival
- Rural poverty and indigenous peoples on Rural Poverty Portal, powered by IFAD)
- IFAD and indigenous peoples (International Fund for Agricultural Development, IFAD)
- UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UN PFII)
- Working Group on Indigenous Populations (WGIP)
- Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)- Indigenous peoples
- UNESCO Actions in favour of Indigenous Peoples
- International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs (IWGIA)
- Asia Pacific Indigenous Youth Network (APIYN)
- Development Gateway Indigenous Issues Topic Page
- Human Rights Internet- Indigenous issues
- Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organisation
- European Network for Indigenous Australian Rights (ENIAR)
- Indigenous Peoples' Center for Documentation, Research and Information (docip)
- Diplomacy Monitor - Indigenous Peoples
- IPS Inter Press Service News on indigenous peoples from around the world
[change] Indigenous studies
- UNEP Indigenous Knowledge Study
- University of Burgundy (France) Indigenous Studies (Formation Peuples Autochtones)
- WWW Virtual Library- Indigenous studies resources
- Center for World Indigenous Studies (CWIS)
- African Pygmies studies Anthropological fieldwork about Pygmies
- A History of Aboriginal Treaties and Relations in Canada This site includes contextual materials, links to digitized primary sources and summaries of primary source documents.
- Articles on Theory of Property Rights and the Environment
