Sami Radio
The President of the Saami Parliament, Sven-Roald Nystø, will not run for office next year. Consequently the stage is set for a change of power – for the first time in history, the President could be a woman. >> les mer more »
Categories: "indigenous people / minorities"
by lorenz on Oct 12, 2004 in indigenous people / minorities, Us and Them, Northern America, Native American
MSNBC / The Indian Country
Stannard, board member of the new American Indian Genocide Museum being established in Houston, said the most massive act of genocide in the world followed the arrival of Columbus in the Americas.
When Columbus first sigh… more »
Tibet Information Network has published a huge collection of pictures about different topics like Culture and Society, Education, Environment and Religion >> continue
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by lorenz on Sep 18, 2004 in indigenous people / minorities, Latin- and Central America, Native American
IPS News Service
Mexico's National Museum of Anthropology and History (MNAH), one of the ten most important institutions of its kind in the world, is celebrating its 40th anniversary with cocktail receptions and new exhibitions. Sadly, however, there… more »
Thursday, September 16, 2004, 14:44
UN Decade of Indigenous People Ending to Mixed Reviews
National Geographic News
2004 is the last year of the United Nations International Decade of the World's Indigenous People. The program's accomplishments… more »
National Geographic News
Imagine our world without chocolate or chewing gum, syringes, rubber balls, or copper tubing. Native peoples invented precursors to all these and made huge strides in medicine and agriculture.
They developed pain medicines,… more »
by lorenz on Sep 13, 2004 in indigenous people / minorities, Us and Them, Native American, anthropology (general)
Washington Post
No other museum in the world has, on such a scale, devoted itself to this fresh and unusual approach to the story of Native Americans. Its planners have created what they call a "museum different" that might make it very hard for museu… more »
by lorenz on Sep 7, 2004 in indigenous people / minorities, migration, Native American, persons and theories
Reuters
Anthropologists stepped into a hornets' nest on Monday, revealing research that suggests the original inhabitants of America may in fact have come from what is now known as Australia. The claim will be extremely unwelcome to today's native Ame… more »
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