Asian Indigenous Peoples

How Japan's quest for modernity and uniformity has almost eradicated the Ainu peoples of the Hokkaido.

Jul 4, 2007 - Tyson Woorama

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.

Jun 21, 2007 - Tyson Woorama

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.

May 23, 2007 - Tyson Woorama

Officials plan to use Thai villages for a development project, displacing over 80 000 indigenous people.

Apr 18, 2007 - Tyson Woorama

Sri Lankan indigenous people were evicted from their traditional lands in the name of "wilderness conservation".

Mar 14, 2007 - Tyson Woorama

Indigenous people the world over have a tough time reclaiming native lands, even through freehold title. Check out this story from Mongolia's aborigines.

Feb 16, 2007 - Tyson Woorama

Indigenous people of the Philippines fought against colonisation by at least three different invaders for the best part of the last millennium.

Sep 19, 2006 - Tyson Woorama

There are considerable barriers to Indonesian indigenous rights. But are these blocks natural, or merely paternalism in disguise?

Sep 4, 2006 - Tyson Woorama

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.

Jun 20, 2006 - Tyson Woorama