Forced labor affects the most vulnerable and least protected people, perpetuating a vicious cycle of poverty and dependency. Women, low-skilled migrant workers,… — Wagner Moura Copy Share Image
The indigenous peoples never had, and still do not have, the place that they should have occupied in the progress and benefits… — Rigoberta Menchu Copy Share Image
We are now facing a difficult situation in Peru, where there are attempts to cut back the territorial rights of the indigenous… — Evaristo Nugkuag Copy Share Image
Any direct experience that I have with indigenous peoples and their plights may feed into the nature of the story I choose… — James Cameron Copy Share Image
I resolutely believe that respect for diversity is a fundamental pillar in the eradication of racism, xenophobia and intolerance. There is no… — Rigoberta Menchu Copy Share Image
Throughout every presidency since the heist of our country from indigenous peoples, the black American experience has been exceptional in its discomfort.… — Patrisse Cullors Copy Share Image
The Ocaina and many of the other indigenous peoples of the Amazon were nearly wiped out during the rubber boom in the… — Tom Cole Copy Share Image
Turkey tail mushrooms have been used to treat various maladies for hundreds of years in Asia, Europe, and by indigenous peoples in… — Paul Stamets Copy Share Image
“The indigenous peoples of the great tourist spots seem to lose their souls. All cultural, religious, and political efforts and ideals are… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“It is a common error to assume that the lack of a formal education means that shoemakers, weavers, peasants or indigenous peoples… — Oscar Guardiola-Rivera Copy Share Image
Cultural survival is not about preservation, sequestering indigenous peoples in enclaves like some sort of zoological specimens. Change itself does note destroy… — Wade Davis Copy Share Image
“It's been a relief to not have to fight so hard for at least a large group of us to question the… — Shellen Lubin Copy Share Image
And what they believe in real life is complicated. Theodor Koch-Grunberg wrote in his diary that indigenous peoples in the Amazon see… — Tom Cole Copy Share Image
If one looks into the genealogies of many 'old families,' one discovers episodes of slave trafficking, bootlegging, gun running, opium trading, falsified… — Michael Parenti Copy Share Image
As Indigenous peoples, we know there is more to the world. We know spirits exist. We know as women, because we're especially… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
Sensitivity to nature is not an innate attribute of indigenous peoples. It is a consequence of adaptive choices that have resulted in… — Wade Davis Copy Share Image
“It is a positive sign that a growing number of social movements are recognizing that indigenous self-determination must become the foundation for… — Harsha Walia Copy Share Image
“Cultivating an ethic of responsibility begins with nonnatives understanding ourselves as beneficiaries of the illegal settlement of indigenous people's land, and unjust… — Harsha Walia Copy Share Image
“Echoing right-wing racist rhetoric, liberal organizations routinely smear "illegitimate," nonpacifist resistance as senseless and the work of irrational "thugs." And yet it… — Tipu's Tiger Copy Share Image
“[T]he old stories of human relationships with animals can't be discounted. They are not primitive; they are primal. They reflect insights that… — Linda Hogan Copy Share Image
“All across Italy, as Parasecoli tells me, food is used to identify who is Italian and who is not. But dig a… — Mark Bittman Copy Share Image
We cannot allow some people to be left at the back of the human rights bus... We must ensure the rights of… — Matthew Coon Come Copy Share Image
“There is room on this land for all of us and there must also be, after centuries of struggle, room for justice… — Arthur Manuel Copy Share Image
“The global Indigenous cause reached a major milestone in 2007 when the UN General Assembly passed the Declaration on the Rights of… — Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz Copy Share Image
The idea of regularly acknowledging our indebtedness to the natural world and giving thanks for the many gifts we receive from it,… — Charlie Cook Copy Share Image
Nebraska was home to indigenous peoples for centuries. It became a state in 1867, and has produced an important literary figure, Willa… — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
Here's the reality. The image of a white Jesus has been used to justify enslavement, conquest, colonialism, the genocide of indigenous peoples.… — Tim Wise Copy Share Image
The provision of basic material needs is not sufficient to make minority groups and indigenous peoples feel they are truly part of… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
“Adams has shown a nearly inexhaustible desire, leavened with an equal amount of sheer talent- five decades' worth and counting- in an… — David E. Wilkins Copy Share Image
Food sovereignty is an affirmation of who we are as indigenous peoples and a way, one of the most surefooted ways, to… — Winona LaDuke Copy Share Image
“Of all of society's institutions, education has brought us to the current state of poor relations between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples; but… — Murray Sinclair Copy Share Image
“First perfected by Cortés in Mexico, it was based on the observation that the best way for the Spanish to subdue opposition… — Daron Acemoğlu Copy Share Image
One of the movements we have developed is to say that, just as intellectual property rights protect the inventions of individuals, common… — Vandana Shiva Copy Share Image
Look, you are interested in trying to make sure that governments keep a clean environment, have regard for the lifestyles of indigenous… — Mary Robinson Copy Share Image
I am deeply gladdened that 1993 has been delcared the International Year of Indigenous Peoples by the United Nations. It is the… — Rigoberta Menchu Copy Share Image
“Before Columbus, Holmberg believed, both the people and the land had no real history. Stated so baldly, this notion-that the indigenous peoples… — Charles C. Mann Copy Share Image
“The individual rights of many are at stake. The collective rights of many peoples to their culture are also at stake. I… — Sheila Watt-Cloutier Copy Share Image
The true essence of reconciliation is more than making friends with nonindigenous people. Our motto is united Australia, one that respects the… — Jackie Huggins Copy Share Image
“By comparison, the dispossession and destruction of Indigenous populations—which the Society, for one, consistently linked to slavery—was largely ignored by the public.… — Stefanos Geroulanos Copy Share Image
As it has for America's other indigenous peoples, I believe the United States must fulfill its responsibility to Native Hawaiians. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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