Anth 4309/6309 Indigenous Rights

Spring 2008 Fondren Science 155 Tuesday and Thursday 3:30 p.m. to 4:50 p.m.

Prof. Robert V. Kemper phone: 214-768-2928 email: rkemper@smu.edu

Schedule

Week/Day

Topics

Assigned Readings (beyond the required/recommended textbooks)

Week 1

Tuesday -- 15 January

Introduction to the Course

Preview

Week 1

Thursday -- 17 January

Human Rights, Culture, and Cultures: A Review of Key Concepts and Structures

“Universal Declaration of Human Rights” (1948)

International Labour Office Geneva, Convention No 169, “Convention concerning Indigenous and Tribal Peoples in Independent Countries” (1989)

“Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious or Linguistic Minorities” (1993)

U.N. Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights

Week 2

Tuesday -- 22 January

NO CLASS

Week 2

Thursday -- 24 January

Indigenous Peoples in the World: Past and Present

L. James Dempsey, "Status Indian: Who Defines You?" pp. 33-38 in Duane Champagne, Karen Jo Torjesen, and Susan Steiner (editors) (2005) Indigenous Peoples and the Modern State. Walnut Creek, CA: AltaMira Press.

"Discussion of Indigenous Identity and the State," pp. 39-46 in Duane Champagne, Karen Jo Torjesen, and Susan Steiner (editors) (2005) Indigenous Peoples and the Modern State. Walnut Creek, CA: AltaMira Press.

Bartolomé de Las Casas, “In Defense of the Indians” (1550)

Michel de Montaigne, “Of Cannibals” (1580)

Thomas Jefferson, “Indian Addresses,” (1781-1805)

Indian Removal Act (1830)

U.N., “Draft Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples,” Doc. E/CN.4/Sub.2/1994/2/Add.1 (1994)

U.N., “Declaration On The Rights Of Indigenous Peoples,” adopted by the Human Rights Council on 29 June, 2006

U.N., The International Year for the World's Indigenous People. “Who are the world's indigenous peoples?” (1992)

“Indigenous Peoples in Latin America,” LANIC, UT-Austin

"Agreement on identity and rights of indigenous peoples" (1995)

Week 3

Tuesday -- 29 January

MAP QUIZ

Rights to Territory and Natural Resources

Duane Champagne, "Rethinking Native Relations with Contemporary Nation-States," pp. 3-23 in Duane Champagne, Karen Jo Torjesen, and Susan Steiner (editors) (2005) Indigenous Peoples and the Modern State. Walnut Creek, CA: AltaMira Press.

Stephen J. Crum, "Border Crossings/Crossing Borders: Native Americans and the Issue of Border Crossing," pp. 24-32 in Duane Champagne, Karen Jo Torjesen, and Susan Steiner (editors) (2005) Indigenous Peoples and the Modern State. Walnut Creek, CA: AltaMira Press.

Ali, M. Emran and Toshiyuki Tsuchiya, “Land Rights of the Indigenous People of the Chittagong Hill Tracts in Bangladesh,” (2002)

“Map of Indian Reservations in the United States,”

Omer C. Stewart, “Kroeber and the Indian Claims Commission Cases,” KAS Papers 181-191 (1961) [in Fondren Library]

Revisiting the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA)

Gatmaytan, Augusto (ed.), Negotiated Autonomies: Case Studies on Philippine Indigenous Peoples Land Rights, IWGIA 2007 [forthcoming]

Ben J. Wallace, "Reclaiming Ancestral Lands: A By-Product of Agroforestry Research in the Philippines," Practicing Anthropology 22(3):43. (summer 2000).

“Logging and Indigenous Peoples,” Indigenous Affairs 2006(4)

“Shifting Cultivation,” Indigenous Affairs 2005(2)

Week 3

Thursday -- 31 January

Case Study: Native Americans and Oil

Brandon Yoder, “Indigenous People and Oil Production In Ecuador's Oriente,” (2002)

Ecuadorans put Chevron on Trial (2003)

William Langewiesche "Jungle Law" (2007)

“Oil and 2 ways of life in Alaska: Native villagers divided over drilling debate,”

“Oil and Gas Development in the Arctic,” Indigenous Affairs 2006(2/3)

Week 4

Tuesday -- 05 February

Video: "Trinkets & Beads" (IVS 05493; 53 minutes;1996)

Summary: Documents the lives of the Huaorani, a small tribe of Ecuadorian Indians who, after 20 years of pressure from foreign oil companies, agreed to allow oil-drilling on their land. Focuses on the introduction of massive environmental pollution and cultural change, and the tribe’s subsequent efforts to regain control of their lives and lands.

Quiz #1

Jerome M. Levi and Bartholomew Dean, "Introduction," pp. 1-44 in Bartholomew Dean and Jerome M. Levi (editors), At the Risk of Being Heard: Identity, Indigenous Rights, and Postcolonial States. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.

Parker Shipton, "Legalism and Loyalism: European, African, and Human 'Rights'," pp. 45-79 Bartholomew Dean and Jerome M. Levi (editors), At the Risk of Being Heard: Identity, Indigenous Rights, and Postcolonial States. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.

Richard B. Lee, "Indigenous Rights and the Politics of Identity in Post-Apartheid Southern Africa," pp. 80-111 in Bartholomew Dean and Jerome M. Levi (editors), At the Risk of Being Heard: Identity, Indigenous Rights, and Postcolonial States. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.

Week 4

Thursday -- 07 February

Rights to Cultural Heritage

Taipei Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, (1999)

Indigenous Australia, “What is Cultural Heritage,” (2004)

DeBeers Group, “Indigenous Peoples and Cultural Heritage,” [3 case studies]

“Traditional Knowledge, Genetic Resources and Traditional Cultural Expressions/Folklore”

“Principles and Guidelines for the Protection of the Heritage of Indigenous People” (1995)

Week 5

Tuesday -- 12 February

Case Study: NAGPRA and Native Americans in the U.S.

Index and Map of Indian Reservations in the Continental U.S.

Bureau of Indian Affairs Indian Entities Recognized and Eligible to Receive Services from the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs; Notice (Federal Register, Vol. 72, No. 55, Thursday, March 22, 2007)

http://www.nps.gov/history/nagpra/INDEX.HTM

FEDERAL HISTORIC PRESERVATION LAWS Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (FHPL-NAGPRA)

NAGPRA Brochure (2006)

Week 5

Thursday -- 14 February

Rights to Language and Literacy

SIL, Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 15th edition (2005)

Khubchandani, Lachman M., Self-Articulation of Indigenous People through Language: Exploring Tribal Linguistic Heritage in South India

“The Indigenous Languages of Latin America,” AILLA

Week 6

Tuesday -- 19 February

Case Study: The Maya

June Nash, "The Mayan Quest for Pluricultural Autonomy in Mexico and Guatemala," pp. 121-143 in Duane Champagne, Karen Jo Torjesen, and Susan Steiner (editors) (2005) Indigenous Peoples and the Modern State. Walnut Creek, CA: AltaMira Press.

“Agreement on identity and rights of indigenous peoples,” (1995)

“Uk’iyal Uwachil ri Paxil [Guatemala Multicultural]” (2003) [note: this link did not work on 18 January 2008]

Guatemala “Ley De Idiomas Nacionales” (2003)

Mayan Languages and Books, Fundación PLFM

Week 6

Thursday -- 21 February

Video: "In Good Hands: Culture and Agriculture in the Lacandon Rainforest " (IVS 04369, 28 minutes, 1993)

Summary: This film Explores the sustainable agriculture of the Lacandon Maya of southern Mexico. Hosted by James D. Nations.

Quiz #2

Marjorie Mandelstam Balzer, "Hot and Cold: Interethnic Relations in Siberia," pp. 112-141 in Bartholomew Dean and Jerome M. Levi (editors), At the Risk of Being Heard: Identity, Indigenous Rights, and Postcolonial States. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.

Kirk Endicott, "Indigenous Rights Issues in Malaysia," pp. 142-164 in Bartholomew Dean and Jerome M. Levi (editors), At the Risk of Being Heard: Identity, Indigenous Rights, and Postcolonial States. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.

Benedict R. Anderson, "Nationalism and Cultural Survival in Our Time: A Sketch," pp. 165-190 in Bartholomew Dean and Jerome M. Levi (editors), At the Risk of Being Heard: Identity, Indigenous Rights, and Postcolonial States. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.

Week 7

Tuesday -- 26 February

Review

Review all readings and lectures to date

Week 7

Thursday -- 28 February

Mid-term Examination

Week 8

Tuesday -- 4 March

Rights to political Representation, Autonomy, and Self-determination

Brian Callious, "The Culture of Leadership: North American Indigenous Leadership in a Changing Economy," pp. 47-68 in Duane Champagne, Karen Jo Torjesen, and Susan Steiner (editors) (2005) Indigenous Peoples and the Modern State. Walnut Creek, CA: AltaMira Press.

Conference On Indigenous Peoples’ Self-Determination And The Nation State In Asia, “The Baguio Declaration ,”Baguio City, Philippines, (1999)

“Self-Determination,” Indigenous Affairs 2001(3)

IWGIA “Self-Determination,” (2001)

Week 8

Thursday -- 6 March

Video: "The Kayapo: Out of the Forest" (IVS 01872, 52 minutes, 1989)

Summary: Documents the opposition of the Kayapo Indians of central Brazil to the construction of a hydroelectric dam at Altamira. Includes the demonstration by 600 Kayapo against the proposed dam and their success in stopping its construction.

[no quiz]

Lynn Stephen, "Indigenous Autonomy in Mexico," pp. 191-216 in Bartholomew Dean and Jerome M. Levi (editors), At the Risk of Being Heard: Identity, Indigenous Rights, and Postcolonial States. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.

Bartholomew Dean, "At the Margins of Power: Gender Hierarchy and the Politics of Ethnic Mobilization among the Urarina," pp. 217-254 in Bartholomew Dean and Jerome M. Levi (editors), At the Risk of Being Heard: Identity, Indigenous Rights, and Postcolonial States. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.

Jerome M. Levi, "Indigenous Rights and Representations in Northern Mexico: The Diverse Contexts of Rarámuri Voice and Silence," pp. 255-292 in Bartholomew Dean and Jerome M. Levi (editors), At the Risk of Being Heard: Identity, Indigenous Rights, and Postcolonial States. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.

Week Tuesday -- 11 March

SPRING BREAK

Week Thursday -- 13 March

SPRING BREAK

Week 9

Tuesday -- 18 March

Rights to Education

Carlisle Indian Industrial School (1879-1918)

“Education,” Indigenous Affairs 2005(1)

Stavenhagen, Rodolfo, “Indigenous Education,” (2005), UN Human Rights Document G0510157

Week 9

Thursday -- 20 March

Rights of Women and Children

“Beijing Declaration of Indigenous Women” (1995), NGO Forum, UN Fourth World Conference on Women Huairou, Beijing

“Women,” Indigenous Affairs 2000 (3)

“Women,” Indigenous Affairs 2004(1/2)

“Rights of Indigenous Children,” (2003)

Week 10

Tuesday -- 25 March

NO CLASS--SfAA Annual Meeting (Memphis)

Cora Voyageur, "Doing Our Share: Employment and Entrepreneurship in Canada's Aboriginal Community," pp. 69-85 in Duane Champagne, Karen Jo Torjesen, and Susan Steiner (editors) (2005) Indigenous Peoples and the Modern State. Walnut Creek, CA: AltaMira Press.

"Discussion of Culture and Economics," pp. 86-96 in Duane Champagne, Karen Jo Torjesen, and Susan Steiner (editors) (2005) Indigenous Peoples and the Modern State. Walnut Creek, CA: AltaMira Press.

Week 10

Thursday -- 27 March

NO CLASS--SfAA Annual Meeting (Memphis)

Sylvia Marcos, "We Come to Ask for Justice, Not Crumbs," pp. 97-108 in Duane Champagne, Karen Jo Torjesen, and Susan Steiner (editors) (2005) Indigenous Peoples and the Modern State. Walnut Creek, CA: AltaMira Press.

Patricia A. McCormack, "Competing Narratives: Barriers between Indigenous Peoples and the Canadian State," pp. 109-120 in Duane Champagne, Karen Jo Torjesen, and Susan Steiner (editors) (2005) Indigenous Peoples and the Modern State. Walnut Creek, CA: AltaMira Press.

"Discussion of Trilateral Exchanges between Canada, the United States, and Mexico," pp. 155-158 in Duane Champagne, Karen Jo Torjesen, and Susan Steiner (editors) (2005) Indigenous Peoples and the Modern State. Walnut Creek, CA: AltaMira Press.

Week 11

Tuesday -- 1 April

Intellectual Property Rights

Barbara Tedlock, "Indigenous, Cosmopolitan, and Integrative Medicine in the Americas," pp. 144-154 in Duane Champagne, Karen Jo Torjesen, and Susan Steiner (editors) (2005) Indigenous Peoples and the Modern State. Walnut Creek, CA: AltaMira Press.

“Collective Statement of Indigenous Peoples on the Protection of Indigenous Knowledge”

“The Mataatua Declaration on Cultural and Intellectual Property Rights of Indigenous Peoples” (1993)

“WIPO and Indigenous Peoples,” Leaflet No. 12

Week 11

Thursday -- 3 April

Religious Rights: Little and Great Traditions

“American Indian Religious Freedom Act,” Public Law 95-341

“American Indian Religious Freedom Act Amendments of 1994,” Public Law 103-344

Week 12

Tuesday -- 8 April

Video: "In Light of Reverence" (IVS 07687; 73 minutes, 2001)

Summary: This film explores American culture’s relationship to nature in three places considered sacred by native peoples: the Colorado Plateau in the Southwest, Mt. Shasta in California, and Devils Tower in Wyoming.

Quiz #3/4

Ian McIntosh, "Reconciling Personal and Impersonal Worlds: Aboriginal Struggles for Self-Determination," pp. 293-323 in Bartholomew Dean and Jerome M. Levi (editors), At the Risk of Being Heard: Identity, Indigenous Rights, and Postcolonial States. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.

David Maybury-Lewis, "From Elimination to an Uncertain Future: Changing Policies toward Indigenous Peoples," pp. 324-334 in Bartholomew Dean and Jerome M. Levi (editors), At the Risk of Being Heard: Identity, Indigenous Rights, and Postcolonial States. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.

Week 12

Thursday -- 10 April

The Role of NGOs and the United Nations

The International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs – IWGIA

Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous peoples - Mr. Rodolfo Stavenhagen

Week 13

Tuesday -- 15 April

Case Study: Cultural Survival, Inc.

Cultural Survival, Inc.

Week 13

Thursday -- 17 April

Development Programs: Big Dams and Big Diamonds

World Council of Indigenous Peoples, “Transnational Corporations And Their Effect On The Resources And Lands Of Indigenous Peoples” (1981)

“The International Cancun Declaration Of Indigenous Peoples,” Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico, (2003)

“Botswana: Diamond Mining To Be Developed In The Central Kalahari Game Reserve (CKGR)”, IWGIA Update, June 2007

“Sustainable Development,” Indigenous Affairs 2001(4)

M. Colchester, Dams, Indigenous Peoples and Ethnic Minorities (2000)

Stavenhagen, Rodolfo, “Large-Scale Development Projects,” (2003)

Ellen Lutz, "Dam Nation [Ngobe of Panama]" (2007)

Week 14

Tuesday -- 22 April

Development Programs: Global Tourism

http://www.indigenoustourism.com/

Globalization, Tourism & Indigenous Peoples: What You Should Know About the World's Largest "Industry"; by Lee Pera and Deborah McLaren (1999)

Primack, Richard B. et al. (editors), Timber, Tourists, and Temples: Conservation and Development in the Maya Forest of Belize, Guatemala, and Mexico Washington, DC: Island Press. [various chapters]

Week 14

Thursday -- 24 April

Team Student Presentations 1, 2, 3, and 4

Reports based on regions/countries discussed in the IWGIA Indigenous World annual report for 2007

Week 15

Tuesday -- 29 April

Indigenous Human Rights: Toward the Future

U.N. Second International Decade of the World’s Indigenous Peoples – 2005-2014

Stavenhagen, Rodolfo, “Indigenous Issues,”(2002)

Stavenhagen, Rodolfo, “The situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous people,”(2004)

U.N. “Declaration On The Rights Of Indigenous Peoples,” adopted by the Human Rights Council on 29 June, 2006

Lutz, Ellen L. 2007 “Home Stretch” [On Passing the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples]. Cultural Survival Quarterly 31(1), March 15, 2007