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Author : Thomas C. Greaves
Publisher : Greenwood
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015054169720
Surveys the threats to and responses of tribal and ethnic groups in the United States and Canada.
Author : Art Davidson
Publisher : Three Rivers Press
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Environmental degradation
ISBN : UOM:39015036060062
In honor of the United Nations' Year of Indigenous People, these inspiring essays by the author of In the Wake of the Exxon Valdez are presented with one hundred color photographs of native cultures threatened with extinction. 25,000 first printing. -- Amazon.
Author : Kara Rogers
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2015-10-22
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780816531066
The Quiet Extinction explores the reasons many of our native plants are disappearing, noting their significance to the continent's natural heritage. Kara Rogers captures the excitement of their discovery, the tragedy that has come to define their existence, and the remarkable efforts underway to save them.
Author : Fiona Reynoldson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Indians of North America
ISBN : 0431071977
Living through History is a history series with a difference. As well as giving you the historical narrative alongside source materials, it brings history to life by telling you many of the weird, wonderful and sometimes gory stories behind people and events. Native Americans is a lively source book for project work and for studying history topics in detail.
Author : Robert James Muckle
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Electronic books
ISBN : 1442686898
"Most books dealing with North American Indigenous peoples are exhaustive in coverage. They provide in-depth discussion of various culture areas which, while valuable, sometimes means that the big picture context is lost. This book offers a corrective to that trend by providing a concise, thematic overview of the key issues facing Indigenous peoples in North America, from prehistory to the present. It integrates a culture area analysis within a thematic approach, covering archaeology, traditional lifeways, the colonial era, and contemporary Indigenous culture. Muckle also explores the history of the relationship between Indigenous peoples and anthropologists with rigor and honesty. The result is a remarkably comprehensive book that provides a strong grounding for understanding Indigenous cultures in North America"--Publisher's website.
Author : Dave Alber
Publisher : Dave Alber
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2016-06-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781534785519
The Heart of Myth: Wisdom Stories From Endangered People by Dave Alber is a global anthology of myths from the living polytheistic traditions of six continents. The Heart of Myth unpacks the spirituality of the myths of each region in a local context, then traces connections and archetypes between regions so that world myth may be understood as both a communicative vocabulary and a grand cultural continuity. Dave Alber’s The Heart of Myth: • reveals the universal language of mythology, • explains the spiritual function of myth as expressed in collective archetypes, • tells about the ecological and sustainable vision of indigenous people, • describes the lives of living polytheistic communities, most of them endangered people from six geographic regions (North America, Central and South America, Arctic, Asia, Africa, and Oceana), • tells stories of myth, legend, and folklore from around the globe (American Mythology, Central American Mythology, South American Mythology, Arctic Mythology, Asian Mythology, African Mythology, and Oceanic Mythology) In the tradition of Joseph Campbell’s The Power of Myth and Edith Hamilton’s Mythology, Dave Alber’s The Heart of Myth: Wisdom Stories From Endangered People tells stories from the mythic world. David tells stories of Native American Mythology, Central American Mythology, South American Mythology, Arctic Mythology, Asian Mythology, African Mythology, and Oceanic Mythology. From Native America Dave Alber’s The Heart of Myth relates the myths of the Crow, Onodowaga, Zuni, Cree, and Chemehuevis. From the Arctic it covers the myths of the Chuckchi, Igloolik Inuit Eskimo myths, Inuit, and Buriyat. From Central and South America, David Alber tells myths from the Circum-Caribbean People of the Orinoco River Valley, Bororo, Yekuana, Aymara, Mapuche. From Africa Dave tells myths of San, Ogoni, Dinka, Masai, and Karanga. From Asia The Heart of Myth tells the myths of the Tharu, Kashmiri, Akha, Ainu, Karen, and Agta. From Australia and the Pacific Islands, The Heart of Myth speaks myths from Wurundjeri, Torres Strait Islanders, Hawaiian, Maori, and Samoan peoples. Samples from The Heart of Myth are at davealber.com.
Author : Leen D'Haenens
Publisher : University of Ottawa Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Canada
ISBN : 9780776604893
Images of Canadianness offers backgrounds and explanations for a series of relevant--if relatively new--features of Canada, from political, cultural, and economic angles. Each of its four sections contains articles written by Canadian and European experts that offer original perspectives on a variety of issues: voting patterns in English-speaking Canada and Quebec; the vitality of French-language communities outside Quebec; the Belgian and Dutch immigration waves to Canada and the resulting Dutch-language immigrant press; major transitions taking place in Nunavut; the media as a tool for self-government for Canada's First Peoples; attempts by Canadian Indians to negotiate their position in society; the Canada-US relationship; Canada's trade with the EU; and Canada's cultural policy in the light of the information highway.
Author : David Dobson
Publisher : Charlesbridge
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1997-02-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781607342052
Can we save endangered species? Yes, we can! The environment is constantly changing. People are building roads, houses, bridges, and cities. This development has damaged the natural habits of many native organisms. In this important book readers are introduced to a variety of these endangered species. Engaging text and stunning illustrations highlight the plight of these animals and plants and suggest ways to help restore their natural environments. From the beautiful cui-ui to the Puerto Rican parrot, readers will begin to understand how each living species contributes to our planet and how we can strive to save each of them.
Author : Susan C. Stonich
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2001-02-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780313016547
Latin America comprises varied biophysical environments and diverse populations living in widely disparate economic circumstances. Endangered Peoples of Latin America: Struggles to Survive and Thrive includes peoples hit hardest by the current globalization trend. Each chapter profiles a specific people or peoples with a cultural overview of their history, subsistence strategies, social and political organization, and religion and world view; threats to their survival; and responses to these threats. A section entitled Food for Thought provides questions that encourage a personal engagement with the experiences of these peoples, and a resource guide suggests further reading and lists films and videos and pertinent organizations and web sites. As the curriculum expands to include more multicultural and indigenous peoples, this unique volume will be valuable to both students and teachers.
Author : United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs
Publisher : United Nations
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2011-05-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789210548434
While indigenous peoples make up around 370 million of the world’s population – some 5 per cent – they constitute around one-third of the world’s 900 million extremely poor rural people. Every day, indigenous communities all over the world face issues of violence and brutality. Indigenous peoples are stewards of some of the most biologically diverse areas of the globe, and their biological and cultural wealth has allowed indigenous peoples to gather a wealth of traditional knowledge which is of immense value to all humankind. The publication discusses many of the issues addressed by the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and is a cooperative effort of independent experts working with the Secretariat of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. It covers poverty and well-being, culture, environment, contemporary education, health, human rights, and includes a chapter on emerging issues.
Author : Wurm, Stephen A.
Publisher : UNESCO
Page : 92 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2001-07-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789231037986
Close to half of the 6,000 languges spoken in the world are doomed or likely to disappear in the foreseeable future. The disappearance of any language is an irreparable loss for the heritage of all humankind. This new edition of the Atlas, first published in 1996, is intended to give a graphic picture of the magnitude of the problem and a comprehensive list of languages in danger.
Author : Finn Lynge
Publisher : UPNE
Page : 142 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2002-06
Category : Animal rights
ISBN : 1584652446
This analysis of animal rights movements from a native and northern viewpoint, focusses on Inuit groups and discusses 'cultural imperialism', endangered species and a philosophy of 'wise use' rather than 'no use' of natural resources.
Author : Susan Middleton,David Liittschwager
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1994-09
Category : Nature
ISBN : UOM:39015077649344
A collection of photographic portraits of one hundred plants and animals currently on the Endangered Species list of North America. These portraits bear testimony to the beauty, diversity, and sacredness of life on this planet.
Author : Dan Flores
Publisher : Basic Books
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2016-06-07
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780465098538
The New York Times best-selling account of how coyotes--long the target of an extermination policy--spread to every corner of the United States Finalist for the PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award "A masterly synthesis of scientific research and personal observation." -Wall Street Journal Legends don't come close to capturing the incredible story of the coyote In the face of centuries of campaigns of annihilation employing gases, helicopters, and engineered epidemics, coyotes didn't just survive, they thrived, expanding across the continent from Alaska to New York. In the war between humans and coyotes, coyotes have won, hands-down. Coyote America is the illuminating five-million-year biography of this extraordinary animal, from its origins to its apotheosis. It is one of the great epics of our time.
Author : Barry Lopez
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2011-09-14
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780307806468
Five hundred years ago an Italian whose name, translated into English, meant Christopher Dove, came to America and began a process not of discovery, but incursion -- "a ruthless, angry search for wealth" that continues to the present day. This provocative and superbly written book gives a true assessment of Columbus's legacy while taking the first steps toward its redemption. Even as he draws a direct line between the atrocities of Spanish conquistadors and the ongoing pillage of our lands and waters, Barry Lopez challenges us to adopt an ethic that will make further depredations impossible. The Rediscovery of North America is a ringingly persuasive call for us, at long last, to make this country our home.