Latin American Indigenous Peoples
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By: Tyson Yunkaporta
The Tarahumara have retained a traditional lifestyle and resisted colonisation over three and a half centuries of European contact. Now tourism threatens their existence. more...
Bolivian Indigenous Revolution
By: Tyson Yunkaporta
In Bolivia, there is a neo-conservative backlash against Andean aboriginal peoples who are seeking to build a pluralist state in which native peoples have autonomy. more...
By: Tyson Yunkaporta
Of all the myths and legends surrounding Easter Island, Western accounts of the "stranded and starving" Rapa Nui are the most far-fetched. more...
By: Tyson Yunkaporta
A tiny remnant of the Ashininka in Peru have fled and secured land rights in Brazil. But there are rumours of a secret return to the hidden Peruvian interior... more...
Argentina's Kolla Native Title
By: Tyson Yunkaporta
The Kolla, whose sovereignty has never been broken, whose Native Title is part of Argentina's constitution, still only have provisional Aboriginal Land Rights. more...
By: Tyson Yunkaporta
Mexican guest writer Michelle Capistran challenges the Mestizo Myth, and the construct of Mexican nationality. more...
By: Tyson Yunkaporta
The Nukak people of the Amazon have managed to avoid colonisation for hundreds of years, ironically by conforming to colonial stereotypes. more...
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