This book stands alone in its comprehensive presentation of current information affecting indigenous peoples in different regions throughout the world. With contributions from both indigenous as well as non-indigenous scholars and activists, it provides an overview of recent developments that have impacted indigenous peoples in North America, Central America, South America, Australia and the Pacific, Asia, Africa, and elsewhere. The Indigenous World 2002-2003 contains the most recent information available on international human rights efforts in addition to movements and changes in the indigenous organizational landscape. This book serves as an update on the state of affairs of indigenous peoples around the world by region and country. It also updates the human rights processes and other international processes such as the african Commision on Human and People's Rights. Diana Vinding is an anthropologist and project coordinator at the International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs (IWGIA).

"The Indigenous World 2005 gives an overview of crucial developments in 2004 that have impacted on the indigenous peoples of the world."--BOOK JACKET.

This yearbook contains the most comprehensive update on the current situation of indigenous peoples and the human rights and other international processes related to them. With contributions from both indigenous as well as non-indigenous scholars and activists, this volume of The Indigenous World gives an overview of crucial developments in 2003 that have impacted indigenous peoples of the world. Region and country reports covering most of the indigenous world are included along with updated information on the processes within the UN system that relate to indigenous peoples such as: the Permanent Forum, the Draft Declaration on the Rights of the Indigenous Peoples, and the Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Indigenous Peoples. This volume also reviews other international processes, including news from the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights the Organisation of American States. Diana Vinding is an anthropologist and project coordinator at the International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs.

With a Foreword by Prof. Asbjørn Eide, a former Chairman of the UN Working Group on Indigenous Populations, Chairman of the UN Working Group on Minorities, President of the Advisory Committee on National Minorities of the Council of Europe Following the internationalization of the indigenous rights movement, a growing number of African hunter-gatherers, pastoralists and other communities have channelled their claims for special legal protection through the global indigenous rights movement. Their claims as the indigenous peoples of Africa are backed by many (international) actors such as indigenous rights activists, donors and some academia. However, indigenous identification is contested by many African governments, some members of non-claimant communities and a number of anthropologists who have extensively interacted with claimant indigenous groups. This book explores the sources as well as the legal and political implications of indigenous identification in Africa. By highlighting the quasi-inexistence of systematic and discursive – rather than activist – studies on the subject-matter, the analysis questions the appropriateness of this framework in efforts aimed at empowering claimant communities in inherently multiethnic African countries. The book navigates between various disciplines in trying to better capture the phenomenon of indigenous rights advocacy in Africa. The book is valuable reading for academics in law and all (other) social sciences such as anthropology, sociology, history, political science, as well as for economists. It is also a useful tool for policy-makers, legal practitioners, indigenous rights activists, and a wide range of NGOs. Dr. Felix Mukwiza Ndahinda is Associate Professor at the International Victimology Institute Tilburg (INTERVICT), Tilburg University, The Netherlands.

This Yearbook covers the period January-December 2006 and provides an update on the state of affairs of indigenous peoples worldwide through: region and country reports covering most of the indigenous world; and updated information on the international and regional processes relating to indigenous peoples. Thanks to the contributions from indigenous and non-indigenous scholars and activists, The Indigenous World 2007 gives an overview of crucial developments in 2006 that have impacted on the indigenous peoples of the world. The Indigenous World 2007 is a source of information and an indispensable tool for those who need to be informed about the most recent issues and developments within the indigenous world.

"This yearbook covers the period January-December 2005. IWGIA's yearbook is issued every year in May. Its purpose is to provide an update on the state of affairs of indigenous peoples worldwide." "Thanks to the contributions from indigenous and non-indigenous scholars and activists, The Indigenous World 2006 gives an overview of crucial developments in 2005 that have impacted on the indigenous peoples of the world."--BOOK JACKET.

Languages are not only tools of communication, they also reflect a view of the world. Languages are vehicles of value systems and cultural expressions and are an essential component of the living heritage of humanity. Yet, many of them are in danger of disappearing. UNESCO's Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger tries to raise awareness on language endangerment. This third edition has been completely revised and expanded to include new series of maps and new points of view.