PHYSorg.com: PHYSorg news tagged with: indigenous http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. Efforts to save endangered languages (PhysOrg.com) -- There are an estimated 6,500 languages in the world, with around fifty percent of them endangered and likely to cease to exist by 2100, but efforts are now being made to save them from extinction. http://www.physorg.com/news179999981.html Other Sciences Mon, 14 Dec 2009 10:10:01 EST news179999981 Researchers study genetic evolution of African dogs (PhysOrg.com) -- African village dogs are not a mixture of modern breeds but have directly descended from an ancestral pool of indigenous dogs, according to a Cornell-led genetic analysis of hundreds of semi-feral village dogs. http://www.physorg.com/news168619238.html Biology Tue, 04 Aug 2009 15:41:07 EST news168619238 Poor health among indigenous peoples a question of cultural loss as well as poverty The health problems of Indigenous peoples around the world are intimately tied to a number of unique factors, such as colonization, globalization, migration, and loss of land, language and culture. These factors remain even after the "typical" social problems facing the poor, such as inadequate housing, unemployment, and low education levels are addressed, according to Dr. Malcolm King, lead author of a paper to be published tomorrow in the Lancet. http://www.physorg.com/news165779600.html Medicine & Health Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:54:23 EST news165779600 Bolivia: Colonialism understood as a sickness When Evo Morales, Bolivia's first president of Indian origin, was appointed in 2006 he initiated a "decolonising revolution". In a new thesis in social anthropology at the University of Gothenburg, Anders Burman examines how the Government policy for decolonization has been interwoven with the rituals and cosmology of the indigenous population. http://www.physorg.com/news154958230.html Other Sciences Fri, 27 Feb 2009 11:58:28 EST news154958230 European ancestry increases breast cancer risk among Latinas Latina women have a lower risk of breast cancer than European or African-American women generally, but those with higher European ancestry could be at increased risk, according to data published in the December 1 issue of Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research. http://www.physorg.com/news147337377.html Medicine & Health Mon, 01 Dec 2008 07:02:57 EST news147337377 Indigenous Australian patients confused and frustrated by kidney disease New Australian research has shown that Indigenous Australians with kidney disease are confused, frustrated and feel poorly informed about their illness. http://www.physorg.com/news145532906.html Medicine & Health Mon, 10 Nov 2008 09:48:26 EST news145532906 Indigenous children don't need number words to 'count', says new study The study, by researchers from the University of Melbourne and University College London, is set to be published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. http://www.physorg.com/news138297778.html Other Sciences Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:02:58 EST news138297778 Oil and gas projects in western Amazon threaten biodiversity and indigenous peoples The western Amazon, home to the most biodiverse and intact rainforest left on Earth, may soon be covered with oil rigs and pipelines. http://www.physorg.com/news137825493.html Space & Earth Wed, 13 Aug 2008 05:51:33 EST news137825493