Reply #7: Indigenous thinking about globalization and related issues [View All]

is subtle, complex, and deep in many cases. It is worth researching. John Mohawk and Oren Lyons are two outstanding spokespeople from the North American indigenous communities, but there are many others.

One wee sample:
http://victoria.indymedia.org/news/2003/09/16848.php

"The list of threats to indigenous peoples and their lands is a lengthy one. People who are interested in a global view of indigenous peoples and development are advised to obtain the International Forum on Globalization’s map, "Globalization: Effects on Indigenous Peoples," which locates issues in North, Central and South America, Greenland, Europe, Africa, Asia, the Middle East, the Pacific, and Australia.

"It is truly a monumental, if overdue, piece of work available online at http://www.ifg.org/programs/indig.htm. Although it is impossible in a short column to list more than a few resources, the Third World Network deserves mention (http://www.twnside.org.sg/) as well as its publication, Third World Resurgence, which is found at the same site. "