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Bazaar Artist: Felicia Huarsaya Vilasante Weaving Futures by Hand

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Hope Ross
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 36, no. 2, 40 Years of Advocacy, June 2012, p. [?]
Description
Brief articles discusses the connection between venues selling local vendors crafts as well as being a forum to increase global understanding of Indigenous rights, cultures, and concerns.
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Campa Cosmology: The World of a Forest Tribe in South America

Alternate Title
Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History ; v. 52, pt. 5
E-Books
Author/Creator
Gerald Weiss
Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History
Description
Forms part of Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History, v.52 (p.219-588).
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The City as a "Space of Opportunity": Urban Indigenous Experiences and Community Safety Partnerships

Alternate Title
National Research Conference on Urban Aboriginal Peoples, 2011
Well-being in the Urban Aboriginal Community: [Fostering Biimaadiziwin]
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Vivien Carli
Description
Discusses challenges faced by Indigenous populations and identifies some of the local, national and international initiatives underway to address these issues. Excerpt from Well-being in the Urban Aboriginal Community: Fostering Biimaadiziwin edited by David Newhouse, Kevin FitzMaurice, Tricia McGuire-Adams, and Daniel Jetté. Originally presented at the 2011 National Research Conference on Urban Aboriginal Peoples.
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Contact, Mediation, and Myth in Early Latin American Literatures

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Joanne van der Woude
Early American Literature, vol. 48, no. 1, 2013, pp. 201-212
Description
Book review essay of: Colonial Latin American Literature: A Very Short Introduction by Rolena Adorno. Indigenous Writings from the Convent: Negotiating Ethnic Autonomy in Colonial Mexico by Mónica Díaz. On the Wings of Time: Rome, the Incas, Spain, and Peru by Sabine MacCormack. The Art of Being In-Between: Native Intermediaries, Indian Identity, and Local Rule in Colonial Oaxaca by Yanna Yannakakis.
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Contested Territories: Water Rights and the Struggles Over Indigenous Livelihoods

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rutgerd Boelens
Bibiana Duarte
Rossana Manosalvas
Patricio Mena
Tatinana Roa Avendaňo
J. Vera
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 3, no. 3, Water and Indigenous Peoples, 2012, pp. 1-15
Description
Studies the challenges to Indigenous water rights in Ecuador, Colombia and Peru due to hydro-power development, diverted water for mega cities, and large scale irrigation projects.
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The Cost of Discrimination in Latin America

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Harry Anthony Patrinos
Studies In Comparative International Development, vol. 35, no. 2, Summer, 2000, pp. 3-17
Description
Statistics reveal inequalities exist in Bolivia, Brazil, Guatemala, Mexico, Paraguay and Peru among both Indigenous peoples and linguistic minorities.
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"EnCountering" Colonial Latin American Indian Chronicles: Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala's History of the "New" World

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ralph Bauer
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 25, no. 2, Spring, 2001, pp. 274-312
Description
Article examines the journal of a 17th century Andean writer and its appropriation of European literary traditions as a means of subverting settler-imposed notions of history and making visible those histories kept by Indigenous peoples.
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Governance, the Territorial Approach and Indigenous Peoples

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Pedro García Hierro
Indigenous Affairs, no. 4, Land Rights: A Key Issue, 2004, pp. 8-13
Description
Summarizes issues most problematic with territories of the Amazonian Indigenous peoples in the Andean area. To access this article, scroll to page 8.
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Healing Hidden Wounds

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Nieves Gomez
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 31, no. 3, Reparations for Indigenous Peoples, Fall, 2007
Description
Comments on the necessity of a reparations program that will address the psychosocial affects of abuse, although the atrocities will never be forgotten.
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An Inca Account of the Conquest of Peru

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Jonathan D. Steigman
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 22, no. 2, Summer, 2010, pp. 86-89
Description
Book review of: An Inca Account of the Conquest of Peru by Titu Cusi Yupanqui ; translated by Ralph Bauer. Entire issue on one pdf. To access review, scroll to page 86.
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Indian Notes [Vol. 7, no. 4, October, 1930]

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Frank G. Speck
Reginald Pelham Bolton
William C. Orchard
Gladys Tantaquidgeon
Rudolf Schuller ... [et al.]
Description
Quarterly magazine published by the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation. Numerous articles on various topics including notes on the nation of the Mistassini and a report on a visit to a Chert quarry.
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Indian Record (Vol. XXIV, No. 1, January 1961)

Documents & Presentations
Description
"National publication for the Indians of Canada". Focus on Indigenous issues, events at residential schools and legal decisions. Previously published as Indian Missionary Record. Articles reflect the attitudes and polices of the time.
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Indigenous Communities and Mineral Development

Alternate Title
Mining, Minerals and Sustainable Development ; no. 59
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Janeth Warden-Fernandez
Description
Looks at answers to the question 'what will be the best, fairest and most equitable approach catering for all the interests involved'?
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