AlterNative Vol. 7, no. 3

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Published by: 
Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga
Volume: 
7
Issue: 
3
Frequency: 
1 volume / 3 issues per year
Publication Year: 
2011
Print ISSN: 
1177-1801
Online ISSN: 
1174-1740
In this Issue:
Article

The status of literacy education for the San of Botswana

Author: 
Lone Elizabeth Ketsitlile

The San are Southern Africa’s first indigenous peoples. They can be found in South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe and Namibia. The San peoples in Botswana still face discrimination especially in the education sector as their indigenous literacy and way of life are largely ignored.

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Article

The violence after “La Violencia”: The Guatemalan Maya and the United Nations-brokered peace accords of 1996

Author: 
Eduardo Jiménez Mayo

Arguably the longest civil war in modern Latin American history took place in Guatemala from 1960–1996, a period known as “La Violencia” (“The Violence”).

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Mana whenua kaitiakitanga in action: Restoring the mauri of Lake Ōmāpere

Author: 
Wendy Henwood
Author: 
Remana Henwood
Mana whenua (people with customary authority over land) have been grappling with the environmental collapse of Lake Ōmāpere in the north of New Zealand. The situation is of immense significance to us and Ngāpuhi-nuitonu (Northland tribes and sub-tribes).

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“We fought for our land”: Miskitu insurgency and the struggle for autonomy on Nicaragua’s Atlantic Coast (1981–1987)

Author: 
Luciano Baracco
This article re-examines the armed Miskitu insurgency conducted against the Sandinista revolutionary government on Nicaragua’s Atlantic Coast (1981–1987) and discloses the problematic relationship that developed between Miskitu fighte

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Article

Tino rangatiratanga and mana motuhake: Nation, state and self-determination in Aotearoa New Zealand

Author: 
Ropata Paroa, Teanau Tuiono and Te Ururoa Flavell
Author: 
in conversation with Charles Hawksley and Richard Howson
This article brings perspectives from three Māori activists, each promoting issues of selfdetermination in different ways.

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Contrast in the politics of recognition and indigenous people’s rights

Author: 
Asebe Regassa Debelo
The persistent claims of indigenous peoples across the world for recognition of their distinctive culture, ownership of land and empowerment of their traditional political institutions have been brought into international forums since the 1970s.

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Book Review

Lessons from a Quechua strongwoman: Ideophony, dialogue, and perspective

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Author: 
Nuckolls, Janis B.
Author: 
reviewed by Elena Mihas
Published: 
2010
The book by Janis Nuckolls, Lessons from a Quechua strongwoman: Ideophony, dialogue, and perspective, focuses on the communicative function of ideophone

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