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The Ainu and Japanese Modernity
By: Tyson Yunkaporta
How Japan's quest for modernity and uniformity has almost eradicated the Ainu peoples of the Hokkaido. more...
By: Tyson Yunkaporta
There are four tribes on India's Andaman Islands, for three of whom genocidal colonialism has proven devastating over the last 40 years. One holds its ground. more...
By: Tyson Yunkaporta
Catch 22. The Malaysian government has refused to grant land rights to the Sarawak Penan until they agree to settle in sedentary colonies, renouncing a nomadic lifestyle. more...
By: Tyson Yunkaporta
Officials plan to use Thai villages for a development project, displacing over 80 000 indigenous people. more...
By: Tyson Yunkaporta
Sri Lankan indigenous people were evicted from their traditional lands in the name of "wilderness conservation". more...
By: Tyson Yunkaporta
Indigenous people the world over have a tough time reclaiming native lands, even through freehold title. Check out this story from Mongolia's aborigines. more...
By: Tyson Yunkaporta
Indigenous people of the Philippines fought against colonisation by at least three different invaders for the best part of the last millennium. more...
By: Tyson Yunkaporta
There are considerable barriers to Indonesian indigenous rights. But are these blocks natural, or merely paternalism in disguise? more...
By: Tyson Yunkaporta
The west doesn't hold the monopoly on colonisation of indigenous peoples. Taiwan's aborigines suffer the same ravages of invasion as other first nations around the world. more...
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