August - International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples - Cross-Cultural Competence Guide - LibGuides at Hagerstown Community College

Ebooks

Islands of Hope: Indigenous Resource Management in a Changing Pacific by Paul D’Arcy & Daya Dakasi Da-Wei Kuan
Scales of Resistance: Indigenous Women’s Transborder Activism by Blackwell, Maylei

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Inuit

Arctic and subarctic regions of Greenland, Labrador, Quebec, Nunavut, the Northwest Territories, and Alaska

Ansgar Walk, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Fijians

Fiji Islands

Portrait of two warriors photographed in Fiji in 1884 by Alfred Burton

Maori

New Zealand

"Maori Dance Performance" by cheetah100 is licensed under CC BY 2.0.

two women dancing in traditional Samoan attire

Samoans

Samoan Islands

"Samoan Protocol Ceremony 3" by Makuahine Pa'i Ki'i is licensed under CC BY 2.0.

Native Hawaiians

Hawaiian Islands

Huli wigmen in traditional attire and face paint

Huli tribe

Hela Province, Papua New Guinea

"Huli wigmen" by sussexbirder is licensed under CC BY 2.0.

Anindilyakwa

Groote Eylandt, Bickerton Island, and Woodah Island in the Gulf of Carpentaria in the Northern Territory of Australia

Dukwululuwawa, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Mapuche women dance in traditional clothing

Mapuches

South-central Chile and southwestern Argentina

"El Pueblo" by Fenanov is licensed under CC BY 2.0.

Tainos

Caribbean Islands

"Show Taino" by Avodrocc is licensed under CC BY 2.0.

Gunas

Panama and Colombia

Yves Picq http://veton.picq.fr, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Nahuas

Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua

Fernando Rosales, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Zapotecs

Oaxaca, Mexico

Adam Jones CC BY 2.0 via Flickr

Apache Nation

Southern Plains of North America

"Native American Woman" by marksontok is licensed under CC BY 2.0.

Cherokee Nation

Southeastern Woodlands of the United States

Foreign Office Minister Alistair Burt meeting a delegation from the Cherokee Nation in London, 19 June 2012.

Comanche nation

Southern Plains of the United States

The Maasai Tribe

Northern, central and southern Kenya and northern Tanzania

"Maasai Mara warriors jumping" by JaviC is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.

Komi people

Komi Republic, Perm Krai, Murmansk Oblast, Khanty–Mansi Autonomous Okrug, and Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug in the Russian Federation

Irina Kazanskaya from Moscow, Russia, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Ainu people

Hokkaido Island, Northeast Honshu Island, Sakhalin Island, the Kuril Islands, the Kamchatka Peninsula, and Khabarovsk Krai, Japan

Japanexperterna.se CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Chakma Tribe

Chittagong Hill Tracts region of southeastern Bangladesh; Mizoram, India and Arunachal Pradesh, India

Ckzz david, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Sindhis

Sindh province of Pakistan

FD productions, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Mosuo tribe

China's Yunnan and Sichuan provinces

Rod Waddington from Kergunyah, Australia, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Nubians

Northern Sudan and Southern Egypt.

Ernie R CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 via Flickr

Kikuyu dancers in traditional dress and face paint

Kikuyu tribe

Central Kenya

Collectie Wereldmuseum (v/h Tropenmuseum), part of the National Museum of World Cultures, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Uyghur children in traditional attire welcome Bill Clinton to Urumqi

Uyghurs

Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in Northwest China

"Uyghur kids welcome Clinton to Urumqi" by bryanrmason is licensed under CC BY 2.0.

Mongolian archer preparing for another shot in a competition during a Naadam celebrating the total solar eclipse of 2008.

Mongols

Mongolia, Inner Mongolia in China and the Buryatia Republic of the Russian Federation

"Mongolian Naadam - Archery" by Bernd Thaller is licensed under CC BY 2.0.

Yup'ik people

Western, southwestern, and southcentral Alaska and the Russian Far East

Hooper Bay youth

Buryat Tribe

Southeastern Siberia

KoizumiBS, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Armenians

Western Asia

"Armenian Dance" by backintothefuture is licensed under CC BY 2.0.

Tigray people on traditionally decorated wedding horses

Tigray Tribe

Northern Ethiopia

"Wedding Horses, Tigray" by Rod Waddington is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.

Resources on Indigenous People around the world

Unlearning Columbus Day Myths: Celebrating Indigenous Peoples' Day
Columbus was not the first foreign explorer to land in the Americas. Neither he nor those that came before him discovered America—because Indigenous Peoples have populated the Western Hemisphere for tens of thousands of years.
International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples - United Nations
In order to raise awareness of the needs of these population groups, every 9 August commemorates the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, chosen in recognition of the first meeting of the UN Working Group on Indigenous Populations held in Geneva in 1982.
Indigenous Peoples - Amnesty International
Amnesty International has worked to defend the rights of Indigenous peoples in all regions of the world and demands that states apply and develop urgently needed laws to protect their lands, cultures and livelihoods.
Indigenous Peoples and the Role of Geneva
In 1982, the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 9 August as International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples, commemorating the day of the first meeting of the United Nations Working Group on Indigenous Populations of the Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights, held in Geneva in 1982. 2022-2023 is proclaimed to be the International Decade of Indigenous Languages.
It’s Time to Rethink the Idea of the “Indigenous” - The New Yorker
Many groups who identify as Indigenous don’t claim to be first peoples; many who did come first don’t claim to be Indigenous. Can the concept escape its colonial past?
Recognizing Indigenous Peoples' Land Interests is Critical for People and Nature - World Wildlife Fund
By fighting for their lands, Indigenous peoples are fighting to save the planet. Although they comprise less than 5% of the world population, Indigenous peoples protect 80% of the Earth’s biodiversity in the forests, deserts, grasslands, and marine environments in which they have lived for centuries.

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Cross-Cultural Competence Guide: August - International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples

International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples