Indigenous peoples

anthropological fieldwork will undoubtedly consist of a plethora of obstacles. At its foundation, fieldwork involves developing rapport with the indigenous people to acquire the access of legitimate and palpable knowledge pertaining to the specific culture being studied. Subsequently, social communication between the anthropologist and the indigenous people is an essential component to the entire nature of fieldwork. Yet at the same time, it is a root of the many problems an anthropologist can…

of various groups from around the world. These ethnic influences have been documented since the 1400s when Christopher Columbus sailed from Spain and came across the indigenous people of America. America was settled by the Spanish and the British with such settlements as Jamestown and Plymouth in the 1600s. When these various people of Spain and Britain settled America, they brought many different cultural influences, such as religious beliefs, family traditions and food. In the 1800s there was…

Minha terra tem palmeiras. Onde canta o sabiá. _____________________________________________________________________ This essay will investigate the construction of Brazilian identity based on founding myths and how society, in general, continues to define itself based on them. Analyzing the censorship of the exhibition Queermuseu – Cartografias da Diferença na Arte da Brasileira, I intend to demonstrate how in the Brazilian's imaginary, it remains alive the need to follow social, religious,…

The Clean Water Act was passed by the Congress in 1972. This Act protects all the “waters of the United States” and it still remains one of the most important tools that is used to try and protect our waters. This a good example of one public policy in place now that aims to improve some aspect of environmental sustainability because it regulates pollutant leaks into the water. With lots of streams at risk of pollution, our drinking water also is at risk with fish and wildlife species being at…

audience, genre, situation and medium. The first source that I will be exploring in this essay comes from the Journal of Sustainable Tourism. The article, entitled “Integrating Indigenous values with capitalism through tourism: Alaskan experiences and outstanding issues” focuses on the relationship between the indigenous people of Barrow, Alaska and the tourism that sustains a sizeable part of their economy. The…

left the indigenous population of the Marshall Islands with a permanently uninhabitable homeland and people who were infected in perpetuity. This review analyses Barbara Rose Johnston and Holly M. Barker’s 2008 book ‘Consequential Damages of Nuclear War: The Rongelap Report’…

I have little to no knowledge about indigenous culture; I am an international student and have not had any chance to study anything about the indigenous culture. I knew about the existence of aboriginals but that was about the extent of my knowledge. What I knew came from the internet when I came across it casually. I am very interested to learn more about indigenous culture and history. After the tutorial and lecture I have learned that all history here is “white washed with white culture” and…

The White Veil of Colonialism Europeans who practiced colonialism were motivated by the 3 C’s Culture, Capitalism, and Christianity, which determined the philosophy and the methods they used to conquer foreign lands and people. With each conquest, European colonist inflicted their perceived superior value systems with on their purpose of for colonization. Their cultural value system led to the idea that one’s race determined one’s rank in society. This is significant, because now we have this…

along the healing properties of plants located in countries where pharmaceuticals are a less likely form of medicine. Ethnoscientists are increasingly interested in TEK because it is regularly used to withstand indigenous people and preserve resources necessary for the survival of its people. 2. All over the world, plants have been used to treat and possibly…

Provincial Park. In 1900 the Canadian government previously wished to survey the land. The tribe resisted as the fear that the land would be misused and open the door of sales of their land and resources. (Holmes, 2004) It wasn’t until 1937 that the Indigenous people communicated with the government, expressing their concerns that the burial ground would be disturbed and that they had reservations only out of the need to protect the land. (Holmes, 2004) The tribe was offered a large sum for the…