Indigenous Peoples

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Indigenous Peoples

• World Indigenous Tourism Forum
• Lucerne, Switzerland
• Friday, October 12, 2012

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Indigenous Peoples

• Original inhabitants of a region
• Shared ancestry
• Collective social organization
• Distinct language, culture, spiritual beliefs

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Indigenous Peoples

• Inhabit ancestral lands and territories
• Intimate knowledge of natural world
• Minority population in a colonized state (or not)
• Majority population with tribal sub-groups

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Indigenous Peoples and Diversity

• More than 370 million Indigenous people
• Spread across 70 countries

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Indigenous Peoples and Diversity

• Indigenous peoples are 5 of the world population
• They represent 80 of the worlds cultural
  diversity

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Indigenous Peoples and Diversity

• Indigenous peoples occupy 20 of the worlds land
  surface
• Their ancestral lands contain 80 of the worlds
  biodiversity

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Indigenous Peoples and Diversity

• Indigenous peoples are the creators and
  conservers of biodiversity
• The worlds remaining forests or 200 global
  eco-regions with the highest biodiversity are
  linked with surviving Indigenous groups in the
  Americas, Africa, Asia, and Oceania Indigenous
  Peoples Diversity Network, 1997

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Indigenous Peoples Are

• An integral part of Mother Earths web of life
• As with Mother Earth, in frequent distress today
• Vulnerable to external disturbances

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Indigenous Peoples Are

• Suffering loss of language and culture
• Most often marginalized and oppressed
• Losing ancestral lands and territories
• Assimilating into dominant cultures

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