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Resource Extraction in the Territories of Indigenous Peoples: The Quest for Cultural Rights
Author(s)
Apparao Thamminaina
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DOI:10.17265/2328-2177/2017.04.003
Affiliation(s)
National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, India
ABSTRACT
The rapid industrial growth amidst the resource-rich habitats of indigenous people results in an unprecedented and inescapable influence of the other. Most often, such interactions are exploitative for the indigenous communities. Besides this, the development induced displacement escalate the fear of loss of “cultural practices” among the indigenous peoples. The “official” argument often confines to the fact that the people are displaced with better facilities to a place few kilometres away from the original habitat. Such an argument forces to establish harmony between development and the displaced and ignores cultural rights and customary boundaries. In such cases, indigenous peoples negotiate for the protection of cultural rights with the corporate establishments and statutory bodies using a variety of means. This idea is explored in the context of the resistance movement organized by the indigenous Kondhs of Niyamgiri region of Odisha, India.
KEYWORDS
indigenous peoples, cultural rights, identity, development, Kondhs
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