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Protection of the
indigenous rights is a
major issue for
indigenous peoples
around the world. This
barrier keeps outsiders
away from the kiva, an
underground religious
chamber at Taos Purblo
in New Mexico.

degree of self-government and were also paid over 1 bil- Orange, C. (1996). The treaty of Waitangi. Crawford: Paul & Co Pub
lion Canadian dollars for the use of their resources. Consortium. Australia.
Purich, D. (1992). The Inuit and their land: The story of Nunavut.
Toronto, ON: Lorimer Press.
Outlook Steckley, J. (2001). Full circle: Canada’s first nations. Toronto, ON:Pren-
tice Hall.
All in all, the situation for indigenous groups is improv-
Walker, B. L. (2001). The conquest of Ainu lands:Ecology and culture in Jap-
ing, though many will disappear anyway.Those that are anese expansion, 1590–1800. Berkeley: University of California Press.
strong enough have allies either in the country or outside Wanganeen, E. (1986). Justice without prejudice:The development of the
Aboriginal Legal Rights Movement in South Australia. Sidney, Aus-
it and, where there is democracy, have a chance of survivi- tralia: South Australian College of Advanced Education.
ng and even maintaining their culture as they change
with the times. In any case, the issue of indigenous rights
will not go away.
IndigenousPeoples
Erick D. Langer
Movements
See also Foraging Societies, Contemporary; Indigenous
Peoples Movements
ince the advent of humanity movements by indige-
Further Reading
Snous peoples have strived to have their rights recog-
Anderson, A. (1998). The welcome strangers: An ethno-history of south-
ern Maori, 1650–1850. Dunedin, New Zealand: University of Otago nized or their language preserved and defended their
Press. land against usurpation by a dominant ethnic group.The
Brown, D. (2001). Bury my heart at Wounded Knee:An Indian history of term indigenous peoples refers to those people who have
the American West. New York: Henry Holt.
Forsyth, J. (1994). A history of the peoples of Siberia: Russia’s north Asian become ethnically distinct minorities within their own
colony 1581–1990. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. territories as a result of the expansion of technologically
Hiatt, L. R. (1996). Arguments about Aborigines: Australia and the evo-
lution of social anthropology. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University more advanced peoples—a process that began when
Press. some people adopted herding and agriculture whereas
Kicza, J. E. (2000). The Indian in Latin American history: Resistance, others remained hunters and gatherers. Later, agricultural
resilience, and acculturation. Wilmington, DE: Scholarly Resources.
Langer, E. D. (Ed.). (2003). Contemporary indigenous movements in Latin peoples dominated each other, creating indigenous peo-
America. Wilmington, DE: Scholarly Resources. ples among the dominated.
Millward, J. A. (1998). Beyond the pass: Economy, ethnicity, and empire
in Qing central Asia, 1759–1864. Stanford, CA: Stanford University We often have difficulty distinguishing indigenous
Press. movements from peasant revolts or millenarian uprisings