From Anthropology News 44(9)

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Anthropology News 44(9)

The "Indigenous Peoples" Category in Russian Legislation
Sergei Sokolovski
http://www.aaanet.org/press/an/0312dia-comm1.htm

The major conceptual and ideological tropes underpinning decision-making
in indigenous affairs in Russia have not changed much since the
Russian colonization period of the 16-17th centuries.

Native Title and the Recognition of Indigenous Land Rights in
Australia
Katie Glaskin
http://www.aaanet.org/press/an/0312dia-comm2.htm

In seeking recognition of their rights to land under Australian
legislation that precludes taking post-contact history into account,
indigenous Australians face a particular irony.


UNESCO Votes New Intangible Cultural Heritage Convention
Richard Kurin
http://www.aaanet.org/press/an/0312pa-news.htm

UNESCO, the United Nations Education, Scientific, and Cultural
Organization, voted overwhelmingly at the biennial meeting of
its General Conference in Paris on October 17, 2003 for a new
international convention to safeguard "intangible cultural heritage"-defined
as epics, tales, music, rituals and celebrations, craftsmanship,
and systems of folk knowledge about medicine, astronomy, and
the natural world.

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