ANTHROPOLOGY 213:
HUMAN RIGHTS AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
INSTRUCTOR: JEFFREY D. ANDERSON
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COURSE DESCRIPTION:
Throughout
its history, anthropology has been committed to and active in maintaining the
rights of indigenous peoples against the destructive global forces of
nation-state power, racist ideologies, assimilation, and industrial resource
appropriation. To develop an informed,
up-to-date, and critical understanding of these issues, the course will offer
an overview of the contemporary state of indigenous peoples and then guide
students in pursuing on-line research of Internet sites established by
indigenous peoples themselves, anthropological groups, international human
rights organizations, world news services, national governments, and the United
Nations.
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
1. The course critically examines the cultural and political meanings
of concepts used to talk about human rights, especially considering the universalist versus relativist debate.
2.
Equally important, discrimination, prejudice, genocide, coercive assimilation,
and other patterns of domination will be placed in their cultural and global
contexts of understanding.
3.
The contradiction between globalization and local ethnic identity is thus
examined at a broader level of analysis.
4. Both the unique and general historical and social
conditions of the exploitation, destruction, disenfranchisement, and
underdevelopment of
5. A
survey of indigenous peoples in crisis throughout the world will be offered. Areas will include North America, Central America, South
America, Asia, Europe, and
6.
The concept of "human rights" will be discussed at an inter-cultural
level of analysis in order to move toward a culturally contextualized,
pluralistic definition.
7. Also to be critically examined are various
strategies available to indigenous peoples for organization, political action,
and legal mechanisms for resisting, reversing, and attenuating the destructive
effects of globalization.
COURSE TEXTS:
LaDuke, Winona. All
Our Relations: Native Struggles for Land and Life.
Gedicks, Al. Resource Rebels: Native
Challenges to Mining and Oil Corporations.
At
the Risk of Being Heard: Identity, Indigenous Rights, and Postcolonial States, B. Dean
and J. M. Levi, eds.
COURSE REQUIREMENTS:
1.
Attendance & Participation 20%
2.
Responses/Assignments (12 MAX/10 MIN) 40%
3.
Final Project 40%
(NOTE:
To download or print assigned library journal articles you must be logged into
the campus server somehow.)
ATTENDANCE POLICY: Two absences
are allowed without penalty. The instructor must be
informed at least one week in advance to be excused for any foreseen absences
due to travel for or participation in extracurricular activities. No excused absences are allowed for practices, rehearsals,
or other preparatory activities for extracurricular events. No
excused absences are allowed for assignments or examinations required in other
courses. Absences due to illness or healthcare
appointments are excusable if the instructor is informed within a reasonable
amount of time.
READING SCHEDULE:
2/5 INTRODUCTION TO THE TOPIC
2/7 DEFINING "HUMAN RIGHTS"
TEXT
P. Shipton, “Legalism and Loyalism:
European, African, and Human “Rights,” IN At the Risk of Being Heard (pp.45-79)
WEBSITES:
Universal
Declaration of Human Rights http://www.un.org/Overview/rights.html
An
Introduction to the Human Rights Movement http://www.hrweb.org/intro.html
A
Short History of the Human Rights Movement http://www.hrweb.org/history.html
2/12 INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
& HUMAN RIGHTS
WEBSITES:
Who
Are the World’s Indigenous Peoples? http://www.ciesin.columbia.edu/docs/010-000a/Year_Worlds_Indig.html
United
Nations Guide for Indigenous Peoples http://www.unhchr.ch/html/racism/00-indigenousguide.html
(READ: Leaflets 1-7)
U.N.
Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/unpfii/en/declaration.html
University of
2/14 DOCTRINE OF DISCOVERY
WEBSITES:
The
Bull Inter Caetera
(Alexander VI), May 4, 1493: http://www.nativeweb.org/pages/legal/indig-inter-caetera.html
The
Papal Bulls as Pertaining to the
The
Christianization of the
Bartoleme de Las Casas
http://justus.anglican.org/resources/bio/203.html
2/19 ANTHROPOLOGY & HUMAN RIGHTS
WEB
Messer,
Ellen. Anthroplogy and Human
Rights. Annual Review of Anthropology, Vol. 22
(1993), pp. 221-249. (On-line through JSTOR)
2/21 NATIONALISM & POSTCOLONIAL
IDENTITY
TEXT
B.
R.
R. B.
Lee, “Indigenous Rights and the Politics of Identity in Post-Apartheid
2/26 INTERNATIONAL LAW AND INDIGENOUS
RIGHTS
TEXT
WEB
WEBSITE:
2/28
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:
TEXT
WEBSITES:
Center for World
Indigenous Studies
Aboriginal Law and
Legislation
Indigenous Environmental Network
3/5 WORLD BANK/IMF
AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
WEB
Share
the Resources: The IMF,
World Bank, and WTO http://www.stwr.net/content/view/717/
World
Bank and Indigenous Peoples
http://lnweb18.worldbank.org/ESSD/sdvext.nsf/63ByDocName/AboutUs (READ THIS PAGE AND ALL THE LINKS AT THE
BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE)
World
Bank Evaluation Team Requests Written Input From
Indigenous Peoples and NGOs http://www.globalexchange.org/wbimf/inputRequest.html
3/7 THE UNITED STATES: TRIBES TREATIES,
& TRUST RESPONSIBILITY
WEBSITES:
A
Brief Historical Overview of the Relationship between the Federal Government
and American Indian:
From Colonial Times to the Present http://sorrel.humboldt.edu/%7Ego1/kellogg/NativeRelationship.html
U. S.
Constitution, Article I, Section 8 http://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/constitution.articlei.html
American
Indian Sovereignty: Now you See It, Now You
Don't," by Peter d'Errico: http://www.umass.edu/legal/derrico/nowyouseeit.html
Tribal
Sovereignty by Mark A. Chavaree http://www.ptla.org/wabanaki/sovereign.htm
3/12 MOHAWK & SEMINOLE STRUGGLES FOR
LAND AND LIFE
TEXT
3/14 STRUGGLES FOR LAND & LIFE IN NITASSININ & AT WHITE EARTH
TEXT
3/19
TEXT
3/21
WEBSITES:
Passamaquoddy
Tribe at Pleasant Point
http://www.wabanaki.com
Penobscot
Nation http://www.penobscotnation.org/
(Focus on "ISSUES" links)
4/2
RESOURCE EXTRACTION VS. INDIGENOUS RIGHTS
TEXT
WEBSITES:
Background
Material on the Ogoni http://www.halcyon.com/pub/FWDP/Africa/ogoni.txt
Analysis
of the Current Fighting and Its Relation to Famine http://www.reliefweb.int/w/rwb.nsf/480fa8736b88bbc3c12564f6004c8ad5/d5ebf4873782d33085256a0d0077de9b?OpenDocument
The
Challenges of Peace, Mr. Steven Wondu, SPLM http://www.usip.org/research/rehr/sudanconf/wondu.html
Millions
on Brink of Starvation http://www.peacelink.it/afrinews/60_issue/p3.html
4/4
TEXT
WEST
PAPUA:
WEB VIDEO
PROGRAM: CWIS:
West Papuan Self-determination vs. genocide http://www.cwis.org/media/video/yoman16-03-2005.rm
4/9
TEXT
4/11
INDIGENOUS RIGHTS VS. NONINDIGENOUS
ENVIRONMENTALISM
WEBSITES:
Social
Environmentalism and Native Relations by D. Orton http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/25b/005.html
My Path to Left Biocentrism: Part IV - Aboriginal Issues and Left Biocentrism by
D. Orton http://home.ca.inter.net/~greenweb/GW71-Path.html
The Makah Whale Hunt http://www.cnie.org/NAE/cases/makah/ (READ: all article links under “TABLE OF CONTENTS”)
Information
on Makah Whaling (READ:all
links)
Winona
LaDuke Position on Makah Whaling http://www.globalcircle.net/winonamakah.htm
Internet Guide to International
Fisheries Lawhttp://www.oceanlaw.net/netpath/page5-abo.htm#General%20information (Surf)
Activism:
Watching the Fur Fly http://www.highnorth.no/Library/Movements/General/ac-wa-t.htm
4/16 CULTURAL PROPERTY RIGHTS/LANGUAGE
RIGHTS
WEBSITES:
SOME
OBSERVATIONS AND CURRENT DEVELOPMENTS ON THE PROTECTION OF THE INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES Prof. Dr. Erica-Irene A. Daes
http://www.wipo.int/eng/meetings/1998/indip/daes.htm
Cultural
and Intellectual Property Rights http://www.ankn.uaf.edu/rights.html
NATIVE
AMERICAN GRAVES PROTECTION AND REPATRIATION ACT http://www.cast.uark.edu/other/nps/nagpra/DOCS/lgm003.html
National
NAGPRA Database http://www.cast.uark.edu/other/nps/nagpra/
Natives
Divide Shamanism http://www.arctic.net/~theblade/TOP8.HTM
Lakota
Declare War Against "Shamans" &
"Plastics" http://www.thepeoplespaths.net/articles/ladecwar.htm
4/18
TEXT
All Our Relations, pp.166-182.
WEBSITES:
Aloha! http://hawaii-nation.org/index.html
The
Hawaiian Kingdom http://www.hawaiiankingdom.org/
4/23 AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL RIGHTS &
MAORI OF
I. S.
McIntosh, “Reconciling Personal and Impersonal Worlds: Aboriginal Struggles for
Self-Determination,” IN At the Risk of Being Heard (pp. 293-323)
The
High Court Recognition of Native Title - The Mabo Judgement and Its Implications http://home.vicnet.net.au/~aar/aarmabo.htm
NATIVE
TITLE ACT 1993 - SECT 4 Overview of Act http://bar.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_act/nta1993147/s4.html
National
Native Title Tribunal http://www.nntt.gov.au/
The
Treaty of Waitaingi http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/category/tid/133
Quick
Guide A and Brief History of the Treaty of Waitangi http://aotearoa.wellington.net.nz/back/quick.htm
Bennett,
Maori
Independence Site http://aotearoa.wellington.net.nz/back/intro.htm
Maori
People of Aotearoa http://maaori.com/
4/25 MEXICO/CHIAPAS
TEXT
L.
Stephen, “Indigenous Autonomy in
J.
Levi, “Indigenous Rights and Representations in
WEBSITES:
Acción Zapatista http://www.utexas.edu/students/nave/
Break
the Chains of Neoliberalism http://www.utexas.edu/students/nave/neolib.html
Confederation
of Indigenous Nationalities of
4/30
TEXT
J.
M. Levi, “At the Margins of Power:
Gender Hierarchy and the Politics of Ethnic Mobilization among the Urarina,“ IN At the Risk of
Being Heard (pp.217-254).
WEBSITES:
CONAIE
http://conaie.nativeweb.org/brochure.html
CONFENIAE: THE CONFEDERATION OF THE
NATIONALITIES INDIGENOUS TO THE AMAZON OF
Amazon
Watch Mega-Project Alert: The New Heavy Crude Pipeline in
Asylum
sought for 2,500 Colombian Indians http://www.rose-hulman.edu/~delacova/colombia/asylum.htm
The Urrá hydroelectric project http://www.igc.org/colhrnet/newsletter/y1999/summer99art/urra.htm
Statement
from the Great Councils of Río Sinu and Río Verde http://www.igc.org/colhrnet/newscont/999urra.htm
5/2 SIBERIA & MALAYSIA
TEXT
M. M.
Balzer. “Hot
and Cold: Interethnic Relations in
K.
Endicott. “Indigenous Rights Issues in
5/7
Assyrians:
Indigenous People of
5/9
WEBSITES:
History
of
Karen
Human Rights Group: Latest Reports http://metalab.unc.edu/freeburma/humanrights/khrg/archive/latestreports.html
Human
Rights Violations Against Ethnic Minorities in
The
Mon Information Home Page http://cscmosaic.albany.edu/~gb661/
The Government
of
Why
FINAL
REPORT ASSIGNMENT
In a report of 12-16 pages, either (A) analyze a contemporary human rights
issue faced by indigenous peoples globally; (B) investigate the main issue(s)
faced by and strategies for solving them used by a particular indigenous
peoples; (C) examine the configuration of indigenous rights issues in one
nation-state context (e.g., Ecuador, Burma, China, etc.); or (D) analyze the
structure and progress of a major global NGO involved in indigenous rights
(e.g., UN, AI, OAS, etc.). Evidence is to be collected from published
sources and accepted internet sites. At least ten substantive sources are
required. Some questions to consider:
What forces or powers (e.g., nation-state, dominant group, or corporation) or
organizations are presently involved in this issue? What concepts or theoretical
approaches from readings in the course are relevant for understanding the
situation? How is the issue of identity involved? How are the
human rights issues defined and articulated? What is the historical
background to the issues? What strategies have been used to address
them? What contradictions or conflicting interests are entailed?
What can an anthropological perspective add to understandings of the
problem? What strategies have been or
will be most effective or least effective in resolving these? Why?
All students must confer with the professor on a topic before March 15.
An emailed abstract and revised copy, if needed, of a half to one page will
count as one of your ten required responses.
Rough drafts can be submitted for review until May 12.
The final product is due Wednesday, May 16 by 4:00 p.m. in Diamond 304.
Include a list of sites (a webliography) and
bibliography you have used in this report.
(NOTE: An in-class written final examination may be
substituted for the project).