The treatment of indigenous and tribal peoples, the world's largest minority, is a major humanitarian issue. It shapes world history and raises profound questions about what it really means to be human. This book explains who these peoples are, how they live, why governments hate them, and why their disappearance is far from inevitable.
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Preface | i
Acknowledgements | v
Photo credits | vii
Who are indigenous and tribal peoples? | 1
What is people? | 3
Whose Bible | 5
A place of origin | 6
The limitations of "markers" | 8
Peoples within peoples | 10
One individual, several peoples | 12
What is indigenous? | 15
Indigenous peoples - a definition | 18
The "Amish error" | 20
What is Tribal? | 21
Tribal peoples - a definition | 22
Mistaking "tribal" and "indigenous" | 26
Indigenous, tribal, both? | 29
The problem of culture | 31
Genesis and exodus | 34
The problem of race | 41
Life-giving land | 45
Hunter-gatherers | 48
The hunt | 49
Gathering | 55
Herders and nomads | 57
Animals and plants for the human condition | 59
The crop-growers | 64
What's a name? | 70
Africa | 75
"Bushmen" | 76
Hunter-gatherers of East Africa | 79
"Pygmies" | 80
Pastoralists | 82
Asia | 86
Andamans | 87
Houses or "tents" | 91
War | 93
India | 95
Philippines | 97
Australasia and Oceania | 99
New Guinea | 100
Australia | 105
New Zealand | 111
North America | 114
Inuit | 114
American Indians | 117
Resistance | 122
The "Curtis device" | 125
Central America | 129
Columbus | 129
"Yanquis Out!" | 133
South America | 138
Orinoco and the plains | 140
The "elder brothers" | 145
Amazonia | 145
Europe | 150
Lifestyles - variations on a theme | 154
Naked, or not? | 155
Division of labour | 158
Lifespan - and barbaric practices | 159
Family | 168
Law and order | 171
Money and exchange | 173
Conflict, class, politics | 176
Language | 182
Drugs and plants | 185
Religion | 188
Art, artefacts, music, sport, games, laughter | 196
What are their problems? | 202
Slavery | 203
Violence | 205
Disease | 205
Land theft | 206
Resource theft | 207
Capitalism, communism, globalization | 209
Conservation, climate and carbon | 211
The world's response | 215
Governments and their clubs | 216
Far right and left | 220
National and international law | 221
Development | 230
Missionaries | 236
Non-governmental organizations | 242
Through a looking glass | 245
Cannibal? Noble savage? | 245
Anthropologists and museums | 255
Tourism | 260
Films and Television | 265
Books and plays | 270
What on earth do they want? | 275
Land | 275
Resources | 277
"Intellectual property" | 279
Self-determination and respect | 280
Should they have it? | 286
Who knows what? | 287
Old-fashioned romantics? | 294
Fundamental rights | 295
Conclusion | 297
About the author | 303
Why no references or bibliography? | 304
Index | 305