Indigenous Reference Site Dene, Zuni, Paez, Kayapo (Southern), Taiwan Aborigines, hmong, 28 Source The Healthof indigenous peoples Compiled by Ethel (Wara) Alderete World Health Organization http://www.ku.edu/~insp/referencesite.html
Extractions: 1. Artic 8.Great Basin 12.Circum-Caribbean 14.Mato Grosso ASIA 21.Chittagong Hill 26. Kalahari Desert Aleut Shoshone Akawaio Borbora 19. North and Tract Peoples San Chipewyan Ute Bari (Motilones) Botocudo Central Asia Chakma Inuit Choquie Ge (Central) Ainu Marma 27. Ituri Forest Saami 9. Southwest Guajiro Guato Hui Tripura Efe Apache Karina Kaduveo Manchu Lese 2. Sub-Arctic Dine (Hopi) Kogi Kaingang Miao 22. South East Asia Mbuti Cree Navajo Otomac Karaja Mongolian Chin Dene Zuni Paez Kayapo (Southern) Taiwan Aborigines Hmong 28. Australia and Naskapi Yarawato Tupi Tibetan Kachin the Pacific Ojibwa 10. Pacific NW Coast Yukpa Uighur Karen Aboriginals Bella Coola 15. Gran Chaco Yi Kedang Arapesh North America Chinook South America Ache Zhuang Lisu Asmat 3. Eastern
Hmong National Development, Inc. Farms Report has a very strong interest in involving hmong students and to defendthe human rights and cultural autonomy of indigenous peoples and oppressed http://www.hndlink.org/hip.htm
Extractions: dayName = new Array ("Sunday","Monday","Tuesday","Wednesday","Thursday","Friday","Saturday") monName = new Array ("January", "February", "March", "April", "May", "June", "July", "August", "September", "October", "November", "December") now = new Date www.hndlink.org www.hndlink.org INTERNSHIPS Build Education Build Experience Build A Difference While there are many internship opportunities out there, the following programs are strongly recommended for Hmong students. HND can assist prospective interns. Organization of Chinese Americans National Asian Pacific American Legal Consortium Refugee International United States Department of Agriculture Office of Refugee Resettlement Association of American University Women Southeast Asian Resource Action Center Congressional Internships National Security Archives Farm Service Agencies Department of Energy Hmong National Development, Inc.
The World Bank - Indigenous Peoples provinces (Tay, Nung, Dao, Cao Lan, hmong, and Hoa into the decision making process,each indigenous ethnic group be confirmed by the Commune peoples' Council. http://wbln0018.worldbank.org/essd/essd.nsf/28354584d9d97c29852567cc00780e2a/a39
Hmong International Human Rights Watch the Rights of indigenous People says, indigenous peoples have the and relatives ofthe indigenous families are are continuously affecting the hmong people in http://www.hmongihrw.org/may21_2002.htm
Extractions: "For over 4 years, our organization has been requesting that the UNHCR recognize these serious crimes by the Lao government against humanity and provide protection for Hmong refugees - but nothing has been done. The Hmong refugee problem in Thailand and Laos has dramatically worsened over the past several years because the UNHCR has failed to recognize and to properly address the Hmong refugee crisis once and for all." The Indigenous people should not be treated differently from what has been proclaimed in the Draft Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. According to Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, "all human are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood." Further more, Article 1 of the Draft Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People says, "Indigenous peoples have the right to the full and effective enjoyment of all human rights and fundamental freedoms recognized in the charter of the United Nations, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and international human rights law."
Hmong International Human Rights Watch indigenous peoples and their right to development, including the right to participatein development affecting them , I would like to point out that the hmong http://www.hmongihrw.org/unip2001.htm
Extractions: Geneva, Switzerland Dear Chairperson, A recent example of the continuing Hmong refugee saga are the 40 Hmong families which were arrested by LPDR authorities at Tha Din Daeng village, Vientiane on September 16, 2000. They had fled from Saysomboun Special Zone because of the danger there. Boun Her Thao, a high level LPDR army officer working in Vientiane, had tried to intervene on their behalf but was later arrested and killed (October 26, 2000) by the Lao government because of his opposition to the way the Hmong were being treated. Another recent case occurred March 2, 2001, when Chao Yang and 8 other villagers were arrested at Tia Bla refugee camp near Muang Cha, Saysomboun Special Zone after refusing to be used as bait to lure the Chao Fa down from the mountains. LPDR soldiers shot and killed Chao's son in front of all the villagers to set an example for those Hmong who defy their authority. Chao Yang and 8 other villagers were then taken away never to be seen again. One villager, Moua Zeb, was able to escape to Thailand, where he is still in hiding waiting for UN protection and a country which will grant him political asylum.
E Law: INDIGENOUS PEOPLES AND LANGUAGE those peoples invaded by European colonial powers or their descendants are indigenous ,it seems clear that Asian hill tribes such as the Karen and hmong, and http://www.murdoch.edu.au/elaw/issues/v2n1/devarenn21.html
Extractions: E Law - Murdoch University Electronic Journal of Law, Vol 2, No 1 (April 1995) [This article is an extract from a much larger work soon to appear in 1995 with Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, in the Netherlands, titled "Language, Minorities and Human Rights". The author wishes to thank Lise Lorrain, of Moncton, Canada, Elizabeth Handsley of Murdoch University, Perth, Australia, Professor Rosalyn Higgins of the London School of Economics, London, England, and Dr Bruno de Witte of the Rijskuniversiteit-Limburg, Maastricht, Netherlands, for their kind counsel and assistance.] Language is a gift from the Creator. Embodied in aboriginal language is our unique relationship to the Creator, our attitudes, beliefs, values, and the fundamental notion of what is truth.[1] As with other individuals, members of indigenous peoples[2] may claim that they are treated in a disadvantageous manner if public authorities and the resources of the state are not responsive to their demands for equal treatment and non-discrimination in respect to language. Whether or not the state's behaviour should be deemed discriminatory will depend upon factors such as demographic considerations, whether the indigenous language exists in written form, the financial resources of the government, the type and level of services demanded in the indigenous language, etc. Moreover, it appears increasingly evident that indigenous peoples are entitled to preferential treatment in linguistic affairs, relative to that afforded to other individuals. This is due not to their position as a minority, which they may not necessarily constitute in some states, but to the acknowledgement in international law, as well as in some national jurisdictions, that they occupy a unique political and legal niche, with corresponding "privileges" not necessarily available to others.
World Cultures Tribes of Thailand Karens (Thailand) Lua (Thailand) Newar (Nepal) Pashtun (Afghanistan)hmong (Burma) Igorots indigenous peoples of Taiwan MalayoPolynesian http://www.indigenouspeople.net/world.htm
The Gustavian Weekly: Gustavus Leads In "Our Global Village" As Douglas mentioned, new populations of people, specifically hmong, Somali and Americanspecialist, is assisting with the indigenous peoples Globally course http://www.gustavus.edu/news/weekly/01-02/11/news/village.html
Extractions: Weekly Staff Writer Though Asssociate Dean of the College Mark Braun planned the Global Village theme for 2002's January Term nearly two years ago, the focus has been not only particularly timely but also quite successful in terms of participation. A quick look through the J-Term catalog reveals over a quarter of the classes offered this J-Term (29 out of 101) focus on the Global Village theme. Braun said he was "very gratified" about this level of interest from the faculty members: he challenged them to create 25 classes relating to the theme. The courses offered at Gustavus range from an Art Course in Shibori (Japenese Dyeing), an Economics course on Globalization, to the Religion Department's Islam and Culture. These are just a small sampling. Bob Douglas, professor of geography, is exposing his students first-hand this January to diversity issues in Minnesota. His course, appropriately titled "Global Diversity in Minnesota," took a trip on Wednesday to an English as a Second Language center in Mankato. "We're using this class as a vehicle for trying to understand diversity in southern Minnesota," said Douglas.
Indochina Document to cope with 10 million land mines in their country and hmong, Laotian, Vietnamese inthese countries or of the effect of the wars on the indigenous peoples. http://www.cmp.ucr.edu/site/exhibitions/indochina/3.html
Extractions: I realized that the wars didn't end at the date when the peace accords were signed. The residue of the wars continued until 1993 when half a million people who had been living in refugee camps in Thailand were repatriated to Laos and Cambodia. And the residue continues today as Cambodians try to cope with 10 million land mines in their country and Hmong, Laotian, Vietnamese and Cambodian peoples attempt to reconstruct their lives, either in their home countries or in countries where they were sent. Since 1979 there has been very little mention of this region in the American press and most people in the United States are ignorant of the recent history in these countries or of the effect of the wars on the indigenous peoples. I also realized how difficult it is to find books on this recent history. Books written in the 1980's go out of print quickly. And when I went to Cambodia I discovered that there were no books in Khmer on the history of Cambodia because they had been destroyed by the Khmer Rouge.
Argosynet Most indigenous nations are not demanding full reclamation of it before the last oftheir peoples are forced it best in his reflections on the hmong people of http://argosy.mta.ca/argosy98-99/031199/features/features8.htm
Extractions: Reflections from the WUSC Conference by Sarah O'Keefe It was just as people began to migrate towards the Cranewood wing that they began. For two hours on Friday, as Native singers joined the WUSC Conference on Indigenous peoples, four guys, a traditional native drum, and three thousand years of culture reclaimed Cranewood. It kicked off the second annual World University Services conference that saw lectures on the challenges of Natives in Canada, fair trade indigenous cooperatives, and a workshop on traditional South African gumboot dancing, to name but a few of the weekend's many events. From aboriginal land claims to armed Zapatista rebellions, the conference attempted to catch a glimpse of indigenous nations in today's world. It was informative, yet the most striking thing revealed was our own ignorance of the situation around us. In the sixteenth century, treaties were signed by the King of England and the Native nations of New Brunswick calling for peace and friendship. In none of the treaties did the Native nations relinquish any of Canada's land mass to the Europeans, and all documents remain valid in the current Supreme Court of Canada. In fact, many indigenous nations viewed this land as being "rented" to the Europeans, just as we allow the Americans to set off nuclear arms in our northern seas. In other words, the entire province of New Brunswick remains the rightful property of the Micmac nation. This is not a comfortable thought, but it is as correct as stating that the land of France is the property of the nation of France.
Argosynet of both indigenous culture and the issues that surround indigenous peoples throughinteractive presented a documentary on his research on the hmong people in http://argosy.mta.ca/argosy98-99/031199/news/news9.htm
Extractions: WUSC Mount Allison Hosts Conference on Indigenous Peoples by Argosy Staff Mount Allison University's local World University Service of Canada organisation held a conference from March 5 to March 7 on issues concerning the Indigenous Peoples of Canada and the rest of the world. The conference was entitled Akewekon, a Mohawk word meaning "all of us." It was the aim of the conference to raise awareness and understanding of both indigenous culture and the issues that surround indigenous peoples through interactive sessions. The conference began on Friday with a lecture and presentation by Mr. B. Christmas, the keynote speaker. Mr. Christmas is a lawyer from Nova Scotia who is involved extensively with the Micmac Assembly. Other speakers included Arlen Dumas, Mount Allison student and elected chief of his Manitoba Cree community, who examined issues of dealing with First Nations in Canada; Scott Elliot, a graduate in film and Anthropology from Amherst College in Massachusetts, who presented a documentary on his research on the Hmong people in Vietnam; Dr. Robert Adlam, who spoke on the effects of the pulp and paper industry on the native populations of the Miramichi region; along with Philip Dann and Allison Broadbent who spoke on the Bushmen people of Botswana. Other contributions to the conference included a native drumming session which accompanied a dinner hosted by Cranewood; a one-woman play about a Native woman's integration into contemporary culture, performed by Mount Allison student Erin Brubacher, and a traditional gumboot dancing workshop by South African student, Siphiwe Dube.
V91-3-39 Raajen Singh, Asia indigenous peoples Pact; The Ainu Association ofHokkaido; Homeland Mission 1950 for South Moluccas; hmong People. http://www.daga.org/urm/up9v/v91-3-39.htm
Extractions: On behalf of the indigenous, tribal and Aboriginal peoples of Asia, allow me to submit our common statement. We value the sessions of the subcommission and look forward to your continued support in our. struggle for justice against discrimination and genocide. We, the indigenous, tribal and Aboriginal peoples of Asia, although so diverse in cultures, share similar problems and aspirations. We may speak many languages, but we shout with one voice. We are peoples of the land. We assert our collective right to self-determination. A right by which we are allowed to freely determine our political status and freely pursue our social, economic and cultural development as a people. We want to bring to the attention of the sub-commission that some Asian governments deny the existence of indigenous peoples in our part of the world. This denial is a significant obstacle in the participation of our people in the deliberation of the Working Group on Indigenous Populations. This denial also seeks to withhold the benefits of the declaration and other conventions for the indigenous peoples. We demand that, in accordance with the International Labor Organization (ILO) practice, tribal and Aboriginal people in our area be treated as equivalent to the term "indigenous people." We would also wish to draw your attention to the fact that governments and many development agencies in our region are continuing to exert pressure on us to assimilate our peoples into alien cultures and value systems. In the process, they are forcing us to learn and speak alien languages and to violate our distinct identities and cultures. In addition, development programs that affect our people do not directly benefit us. In the name of development, these outside forces construct roads, cut trees, build dams, mine our lands, ravage our forests and displace our peoples. We demand that development programs for indigenous peoples in Asia be administered only with their full, free and informed consent and participation.
Part B - Indigenous Peoples And Biodiversity Conservation Aborigines, National Federation of the indigenous peoples of the Association of Hokkaido,Naga peoples' Movement for for South Moluccas and hmong People, argued http://www.bsponline.org/bsp/publications/asia/marcus/marcus_B.html
Extractions: This section of the report examines the situation of Indigenous Peoples in the whole of South and South East Asia with a focus on four countries: India, Thailand, Indonesia and the Philippines where PeFoR has developed its projects and which were visited as part of this review. Within this region, the politically marginal and ethnically distinct peoples who inhabit the forests of the Asia-Pacific are in a phase of rapid social change, characterised by accelerating deforestation, dispossession of their lands and rapid integration into the market. Deforestation has become a matter of global concern. Taken as a whole, the Asia-Pacific region, which has already lost more than half of its original forest cover, continues to suffer a startling rate of forest loss. The results have been a dramatic loss of biological diversity, a growing dependency in many countries on imported timber and other non-timber forest products, unpredictable and more severe floods and droughts, the loss of top-soil and farmland and the increasing vulnerability of forests to fires. Until recently international, environmental standard-setting aimed at curbing these losses has tended to focus on the technical dimensions of natural resource management, while the social, economic and political aspects of the forest crisis have received relatively little emphasis.
Education: A Guide To Resources aimed at anyone seeking more information about the hmong people to disseminate informationfrom and about indigenous nations, peoples, and organizations http://library.stritch.edu/multicultral.htm
Extractions: BANGKOK (ILO News) The worlds highest infant mortality rates, lowest income levels, most widespread illiteracy and slimmest access to health and social services are to be found among the worlds 300 million indigenous people, half of whom live in Asia. Wherever they may be, the 5,000 indigenous and tribal groups spread among some 70 countries around the globe tend to have one thing in common: they are the poorest of the poor. Speaking on the International Day of the Worlds Indigenous Peoples (9 August), Mr Yasuyuki Nodera, Asia-Pacific Regional Director of the International Labour Organization (ILO), underscored his Organizations concern for indigenous rights in the region. To this day, the ILO remains the repository of the only instrument of international law specifically safeguarding the rights of indigenous people, the Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989 (No. 169). That Convention provides, among other things, that indigenous and tribal peoples shall enjoy the full measure of human rights and fundamental freedoms without hindrance or discrimination. Over 60 years ago, the ILO became the first international organization to adopt standards wholly dedicated to protecting the institutions, persons, property and working conditions of indigenous and tribal populations.
Austral Ed Children's Books - The hmong of Southeast Asia. in this series which describe other aspects of the rainforestsbut this title concentrates on the indigenous peoples who live in http://www.australed.iinet.net.au/indigenous_peoples.html
Extractions: This is a short list of recommended children's books on Indigenous Peoples. I have not included books on Australian Aborigines or on the Maori people from New Zealand for separate lists has already been compiled. Please contact me if you would like copies. The books listed are for primary and secondary levels. Please take the recommended age levels as a rough guide. If you would like any of the books, send orders to Austral Ed by post, fax or email. Payment can be made preferably with bank cheques in Australian dollars or by credit card for individuals. Freight sent by the most economical method, depending on urgency. Recommended by Kate Shepherd Wayland Atlas of Threatened Cultures pb $26.95
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Extractions: Français Contact Us Help Search ... About Us Historic First Meeting of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues The inaugural meeting of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues was held May 13-24, 2002 at United Nations headquarters in New York. In his speech to the Forum, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan called the first session "historic", telling the world's indigenous peoples, "you have a home at the United Nations." The establishment of the Forum shows that indigenous issues have "taken their rightful place on the Organization's agenda." And the consensus among government, indigenous, and NGO participants was that the Forum was a resounding success, raising hopes for long-term progress on wide range of issues. A digeridoo opens the final afternoon of the Permanent Forum. The Permanent Forum is a new high level UN body whose mandate is to discuss indigenous issues relating to economic and social development, culture, the environment, education, health and human rights. It has the task of providing expert advice and recommendations on indigenous issues to the UN and its programmes, funds and agencies. It will therefore will serve as a focal point for Indigenous issues and will thus raise the profile of Aboriginal concerns within the UN system and in its member states. The Permanent Forum is unique in that representatives of Aboriginal peoples and UN member states participate in its work as equal partners. The core of the Forum is a panel of sixteen "members", who are experts in indigenous issues. Eight are drawn from UN member states and eight from indigenous organizations. Both member states and indigenous organizations elect their members by geographic region, ensuring that all parts of the globe are represented. See
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Extractions: "I did not know how much was ended. When I look back now from this high hill of my old age, I can see the butchered women and children lying heaped and scattered all along the crooked gulch as plain as I saw them with eyes still young. And I can see that something else died there in the bloody mud, and was buried in the blizzard. A people's dream died there. It was a beautiful dream... "The nation's hoop is broken and scattered. There is no center any longer, and the sacred tree is dead."
