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Poor health among indigenous peoples a question of cultural loss as well as poverty
Jul 02, 2009 |
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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 ...
Oil and gas projects in western Amazon threaten biodiversity and indigenous peoples
Aug 13, 2008 |
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The western Amazon, home to the most biodiverse and intact rainforest left on Earth, may soon be covered with oil rigs and pipelines.
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Indigenous Aussies have shorter lives
Aug 07, 2006 |
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Australia's top medical body wants the government to spend $1.5 million to boost primary health care services for the nation's indigenous population.
Drilling drives a wedge at climate change summit
Apr 25, 2009 |
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(AP) -- To drill or not drill for new oil and gas.
There is no such thing as 'the' Indian
May 08, 2008 |
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An increasing number of mayors in Guatemala are of Indian origin. Dutch researcher Elisabet Rasch went to find out what this development means and discovered that there is much more to building a multicultural democracy than ...
Indigenous children don't need number words to 'count', says new study
Aug 18, 2008 |
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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.
Indigenous Australian patients confused and frustrated by kidney disease
Nov 10, 2008 |
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New Australian research has shown that Indigenous Australians with kidney disease are confused, frustrated and feel poorly informed about their illness.
Bolivia: Colonialism understood as a sickness
Feb 27, 2009 |
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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 ...
U.S., Russia make pact about polar bears
Nov 12, 2005 |
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The U.S. Senate is expected to ratify an agreement with Russia on protection of polar bears in Alaska and eastern Siberia.
New animated films challenge false representation of Native Americans in the media
Jan 29, 2009 |
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Popular film and television shows have shaped the way Americans view American history - especially the frontier encounters between settlers and Native Americans. Examining the ways Native Americans are portrayed negatively ...
Mind the gap: Indigenous lives improving, but too slowly
Apr 17, 2008 |
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Ahead of this weekend’s 2020 Summit academics from The Australian National University are warning research shows significant changes need to be made to Indigenous affairs policy to ‘close the gaps’ but the “narrative of failure” ...
European ancestry increases breast cancer risk among Latinas
Dec 01, 2008 |
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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 ...
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