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Paradigm wars : Indigenous peoples' resistance to economic globalization: a special report of the International Forum on Globalization, Committee on Indigenous Peoples / edited by Jerry Mander and Victoria Tauli-Corpuz.

  • Title:Paradigm wars : Indigenous peoples' resistance to economic globalization: a special report of the International Forum on Globalization, Committee on Indigenous Peoples / edited by Jerry Mander and Victoria Tauli-Corpuz.
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  • Variant Title:Indigenous peoples' resistance to economic globalization
  • Related Title:Globalization: effects on indigenous peoples [map]
  • Other Contributors/Collections:Mander, Jerry.
    Tauli-Corpuz, Victoria.
    Xwi7xwa Collection
    International Forum on Globalization. Committee on Indigenous Peoples.
  • Published/Created:San Francisco, Calif. : International Forum on Globalization, [2005].
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  • Genre/Form:Collections.
  • Description:232 p. : ill. ; 31 cm. + map (111 x 85 cm. folded to 28 x 22 cm.)
  • Notes:Issued with a previously published map in back pocket: "Globalization: effects on indigenous peoples", depicting the negative impacts of economic globalization on indigenous peoples. Map also available online as a PDF file (865 KB).
  • Contents:Part 1. Culture clash
    1. Introduction: globalization and the assault on Indigenous resources / Jerry Mander
    2. Our right to remain separate and distinct / Victoria Tauli-Corpuz (Kankanaey-Igorot)
    3. Aspects of traditional knowledge and world view
    The people belong to the land / Winona LaDuke (Anishinaabeg)
    Subsistence and materialism / John Mohawk (Seneca)
    The whole planet is the holy land / Leslie Gray (Oneida)
    Indigenous ecological knowledge / Darrell Posey
    4. Community: "sharing one skin" / Jeannette Armstrong (Okanagan)
    Part 2. Globalization: rules of the game
    5. World Bank and IMF impacts on Indigenous economies / Victoria Tauli-Corpuz (Kankanaey-Igorot)
    6. How the WTO diminishes Native sovereignty / Victor Menotti
    7. High-tech invasion: biocolonialism / Debra Harry (Northern Paiute)
    8. TRIPs Agreement: from the commons to corporate patents on life / Vandana Shiva
    Part 3. Diverse impacts on Indigenous peoples
    9. Infrastructure development in South American Amazon / Janet Lloyd, Atossa Soltani, and Kevin Koenig
    10. Climate change in the arctic / Sheila Watt-Cloutier (Inuk)
    11. Global water wars / Antonia Juhasz
    12. Genetic pollution of Mayan corn / Suzanne York
    13. Sacred objects, art and nature in a global economy / Terri-Lynn Williams-Davidson (Haida)
    14. "Conservation Refugees" / Mark Dowie
    15. Mixed promises of ecotourism / Suzanne York
    16. The fall and rise of a Native language / E. Koohan Paik
    Part 4. Focus on extractive industries
    17. Ogoni people of Nigeria vs. big oil / Oronto Douglas and Ike Okanta
    18. Philippine Mining Act of 1995 / Tebtebba and IFG
    19. Briefing Reports / Tebtebba and IFG
    Part 5. Turning points
    20. Report from "The Heart of Earth" Second Continental Summit of Indigenous Peoples / Beverly Bell
    21. Bolivia's Indigenous Revolution / Suzanne York
    22. Indian country: "the Saudi Arabia of wind" / Winona LaDuke (Anishinaabeg)
    23. Indigenous brief to WTO: How the Denial of Aboriginal Title Serves as an Illegal Export Subsidy / Arthur Manuel (Secwepemc)
    24. The prospect ahead / Victoria Tauli-Corpuz (Kankanaey-Igorot)
    25. Epilogue: late news and final comments / Jerry Mander
    Appendix
    List of active groups and resources
    Important Declarations:
    U.N. Draft Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
    Seattle Declaration of Indigenous Peoples
    Cancun Declaration of Indigenous Peoples
    Mataatua Declaration on the Cultural and Intellectual Property Rights of Indigenous Peoples
    Kimberley Declaration
    Author Biographies
    Information about the International Forum on Globalization
    Acknowlegments and Thanks
    Map: IFG Indigenous Peoples' Project -Globalization: effects on Indigenous peoples
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