Today’s seminar on ethnic discrimination resonated with me, especially when they were presenting the information regarding indigenous peoples. While the ILO Convention and the United Nations have set laws to protect these people and their land, many of them still need our help.
I receive weekly emails from an organization called Survival International. Survival International works with the following tribes from around the world, helping to ensure their protection and fighting for their human rights. Please take a moment to visit their website and join the efforts to preserve the basic human rights of these people.
The Americas
- Akuntsu Brazil
- Arhuaco Colombia
- Awá Brazil
- Ayoreo Paraguay
- Brazilian Indians Brazil
- Enawene Nawe Brazil
- Enxet Paraguay
- Guarani Brazil
- Indians of Raposa–Serra do SolBrazil
- Innu Canada
- Nukak Colombia
- Uncontacted Indians of BrazilBrazil
- Uncontacted Indians of PeruPeru
- Wichí Argentina
- Yanomami Brazil
- Zo’é Brazil
Africa
- Bushmen Botswana
- Maasai Tanzania
- Ogiek Kenya
- Omo Valley Tribes Ethiopia
- Pygmies Central Africa
Asia & Australasia
- Aboriginal people Australia
- Batak Philippines
- Dongria Kondh India
- Jarawa India
- Jummas Bangladesh
- Khanty Russia
- Palawan Philippines
- Papuan Tribes Indonesia
- Penan Malaysia
- Siberian Tribes Russia
- Wanniyala-Aetto Sri Lanka
One tribe in particular is in desperate need of our help, the Jummas tribe of Bangladesh. Please visit this website, and send a letter to the Bangladeshi government, urging it to ratify ILO 169 immediately.
It is interesting to me that indigenous people have such a close connection to nature. They do not separate themselves from nature like we do in modern society. In fact, we have become so alienated from nature that we are even waging war on the environment on which we depend for survival. We ought to look to indigenous people as an example of how we can live at peace with the earth and ourselves.