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Routledge Handbook of Indigenous Peoples in the Arctic

2023

Author(s): Koivurova T, Broderstad E G, Dorothée Cambou, Dalee Dorough, Florian Stammler

This handbook brings together the expertise of Indigenous and non-Indigenous scholars to offer a comprehensive overview of issues surrounding the well-being, self-determination and sustainability of Indigenous peoples in the Arctic.

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In this book, we explore the economic wellbeing of Indigenous peoples globally through case studies that provide practical examples of how Indigenous wellbeing is premised on sustainable self- determination that is in turn dependent on a community’s evolving model for economic development, its cultural traditions, its relationship to its traditional territories and its particular spiritual practices.

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The book demonstrates how tourism initiatives that center on indigenous cultural heritage and recognition do not self-evidently empower indigenous citizens, and may pave the way for extracting indigenous heritage as a national resource to the benefit of local elites and tourist visitors.

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This book offers an Indigenous supplement to the rich and growing area of visual legal scholarship. Organized around three narratives, each with an associated politico-poetic reading, the book addresses three major global issues: climate change, the trade in human body parts and bio-policing.

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Digital Mapping and Indigenous America

2023

Author(s): Hess JB

Employing anthropology, field research, and humanities methodologies as well as digital cartography, and foregrounding the voices of Indigenous scholars, this text examines digital projects currently underway, and includes alternative modes of "mapping" Native American, Alaskan Native, Indigenous Hawaiian and First Nations land.

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An engaging guide for future best-practice, this book provides an illuminating account of how the innovative programs of education and research at one Centre for Aboriginal Studies made a demonstrably positive difference in the lives of Indigenous students.

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This book identifies how indigenous science gender roles may be utilized to provide a more gender balanced and indigenous centered learning experience.

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Taiwan’s Contemporary Indigenous Peoples

2023

Author(s): Huang C, Davies D, Fell D

This edited volume provides a complete introduction to critical issues across the field of Indigenous peoples in contemporary Taiwan, from theoretical approaches to empirical analysis.

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The book employs interdisciplinary research and draws on the author's extensive collaboration with the leading Australian Indigenous children's organization for more than ten years to offer a comprehensive analysis of this global problem.

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Indigenous Religious Musics

2017

Author(s): Harvey G, Ralls-MacLeod K

This book offers readers the chance to further their understanding of indigenous religious musics by providing downloadable resources that include the discussed music and additional information on other available recordings.