Indigenous peoples

are just the tips of the iceberg. Many religious and social movements attempt to counteract our irresponsible intrusion into nature, and remind us all that, we should not act as plunderers, but protectors of this great planet. In this day and age, people should come to a realization for their demolition of the environment and thrives to save the Mother Nature. As the world already experiencing the dangers of environmental destruction wheatear it is the contamination…

The Sense of Art: A First Nations View by Carolyn Bereznak Kenny, Decolonizing the Lens of Power by Kerstin Knopf, and When Science Meets Aboriginal Oral History by Kate Allen all consisted of a similar main focus: the importance of Indigenous oral history and its comparison to modern Western culture. The Sense of Art introduced the wide variety that art has to offer, as well as its different meanings to several societies. Likewise, Decolonizing the Lens of Power discussed oratories and film,…

Indigenous religions can be traced back to the beginning of the earth. These religions are very different as they come from small groups of people that were secluded from others. They took place all over the world and was passed on by word of mouth. The Mayans and the Aztecs were the only ones to have a writing system to write their religion down. Like I stated as most people were isolated from others each Indigenous religions were very different. Environmentalist David Suzuki states that to…

decided to focus my interest on the medicinal and healing side of the Jivaroan people, and the group that I found the most information on was the Achuar people. They are one of the subgroups of the Jivaroan people, who are a community of some 18,500 individuals along either side of the border between Ecuador and Peru. Using plants as a form of medication is “an integral part of the subsistence strategies of indigenous peoples” and it has been for generations (Dufour and Warren 1994). Since they…

Sparring partner Marshall McLuhan said, “All media exist to invest our lives with artificial perceptions and arbitrary values”. Yet media is very important in how so many people get to know the world around them. For example, when the lower and middle class do not interact with the upper class, it is impossible for them to understand about the upper class. The only way most of the other classes understand the upper class is through media portrayal. Media is one of the biggest network in the…

deforestation continues. Loss of habitat, ruining indigenous peoples homes and their needs, and the effect on earth, are devastating things that come with deforestation. Even though deforestation may have profited, it can be very damaging. Economic benefits are shown throughout deforestation. “When land is empty more businesses get built and roads get made to help the economy” (17). Along with that, Amazon deforestation can help with the economy and can also help people…

myths, cultural motifs s and curandera customs like the gathering and use of medicinal herbs to show the readers how indigenous cultural traditions can influence people. Bless Me, Ultima is about the spiritual transformation of a young boy confused by the societal and cultural changes that took place during World War II. The novel succeeds in making people sensitive towards people…

become ever more de-territorialised and both jobs and people become commodities, countries become comprehensively linked via culturally diverse media (Hafez, 2007). Episode 16 (2016), of ABC’s Media Watch argued Australian TV is made up of ‘a sea of white’, yet when scrolling through a Foxtel (2016), channel guide that contains over 20 channels made up of news, documentaries or food programs from differing cultural backgrounds and a dedicated indigenous Australian media channel, the cultural…

inevitable part of daily routine”. The issue of monopolization of traditional knowledge in India began with the turmeric and from then on so many issues cropped up and have evolved into numerous other issues. Now this has become a huge menace as several indigenous customs revolve around traditional knowledge. Here the traditional knowledge takes a transformation from tradition to community. It is at this juncture…

avatar is people being ignorant about a planet they don't even know about. There are scientist who try to learn of the indigenous people by building schools learning their languages their ways of life the animals the trees. But the corporation could not care less about any of the they are ignorant that everything in that planet is living all the want is that mineral so they can sell it and make money it doesn't go as plan they don't get the mineral and the scientist stay with the indigenous…