Indigenous peoples and colonialism : global perspectives

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The work Indigenous peoples and colonialism : global perspectives represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Waubonsee Community College. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

Indigenous peoples and colonialism : global perspectives

Title remainder

global perspectives

Statement of responsibility

Colin Samson and Carlos Gigoux

Creator

• Samson, Colin

Contributor

• Gigoux, Carlos

Author

• Gigoux, Carlos
• Samson, Colin

Subject

• Self-determination, National
• Indigenous peoples -- Colonization
• Indigenous peoples -- Ethnic identity
• Indigenous peoples -- Government relations

Language

eng

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 states and corporations. This timely book highlights significant colonial patterns of domination and their effects, as well as responses and resistance to colonialism. It brings indigenous peoples' issues and voices to the forefront of sociological discussions of modernity. In particular, the book examines issues of identity, dispossession, environment, rights and revitalization in relation to historical and ongoing colonialism, showing that the experiences of indigenous peoples in wealthy and poor countries are often parallel and related. With a strong comparative scope and interdisciplinary perspective, the book is an essential introductory reading for students interested in race and ethnicity, human rights, development and indigenous peoples' issues in an interconnected world. -- Provided by publisher

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

323.11

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

LC call number

JV305

LC item number

.S36 2017

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography