Indigenous Peoples Appreciation
Background: Who are Indigenous Peoples?
The Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention applies to:
Tribal peoples in independent countries whose social, cultural and economic conditions distinguish them from other sections of the national community, and whose status is regulated wholly or partially by their own customs or traditions or by special laws or regulations;
Peoples in independent countries who are regarded as indigenous on account of their descent from the populations which inhabited the country, or a geographical region to which the country belongs, at the time of conquest or colonization or the establishment of present state boundaries and who, irrespective of their legal status, retain some or all of their own social, economic, cultural and political institutions."
C169 - Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989
Books- EHS Library Indigenous Peoples Titles (left). Check out EHS book collection.
Articles- document with vetted resources (left) Read and Research peer vetted scholarly articles and newspaper articles.
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Researchers can find information relating to American Indians from as early as 1774 through the mid 1990s
Federal government Indian affairs website.
The NCAI Resource Library offers a wide array of searchable resources to support and inform tribal leaders and citizens, and to educate the general public and media.
Interactive Stories
Digital Maps
Invasion of America: How the United States Took Over an Eighth of the World
Scholar Claudio Saunt created this digital project using maps originally created by the Smithsonian's Bureau of Ethnology in 1899. The project documents the dynamics of dis-appropriation of Native lands between 1776 and 1887, as the United States engaged in seizing 1.5 billion acres from America's indigenous people by treaty and executive order, mapping each such action taking place in this period. It also includes present-day federal Indian reservations.Aboriginal-Australian Maps
Previously called "Aboriginal bark paintings," scholars are increasingly realizing how graphic productions by indigenous Australians read as maps. This site explains Aboriginal mapping techniques.Yu'pik Environmental Knowledge Project Atlas
For over a decade, the Calista Elders Council in Southwest Alaska worked with elders from varied Yu'pik communities to document Yup'ik place names for a mapping project. The project was initiated and encouraged by CEC's Board of Elders and community members, and funded by the National Science Foundation. It forms part of the larger Yu'pik Environmental Knowledge Project.