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An estimated 300 million indigenous people are living throughout the world including the Maori people of New Zealand, the Maya of Mexico and Central America, the Inuit of the Canadian Arctic, and descendants of the Incas and Aymaras in South America. Indigenous or aboriginal peoples were living on their lands before colonizers and settlers from other cultural groups arrived. Due to colonialism [note: link to Understanding Colonialism and Imperialism], unfair government policies, corporate interests (in land and natural resources), and cultural imperialism, indigenous peoples have been forced to adapt to the dominant culture’s way of life.

Surviving the loss of land, resources, livelihoods and culture, many Indigenous peoples struggle today to access their human rights to... (more)


 
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