Essays about: "tribal land"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words tribal land.

  1. 1. Mni Wiconi/Water is Life: A phenomenological approach for better understanding Native American views on nature; experienced mistreatments and acts of resistance at the Dakota Access Pipeline protests.

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

    Author : Jasmin Ashkani; [2022-09-01]
    Keywords : Dakota Access Pipeline; Native American; postcolonial; nature; tribal sovereignty; resistance; hermeneutic phenomenology;

    Abstract : The build of the Dakota Access Pipeline in 2017 caused collective protests within Native American communities as the pipeline was threatening the Sioux Nation’s access to clean water. In addition to this, the company building the pipeline, Energy Transfer, was violating treaty rights, and ignoring environmental assessment risks and tribal concerns. READ MORE

  3. 2. A comparative analysis of the Norwegian and Swedish states Sami politics 1980-1999 : An examination of the two states view of Sami identities and how Sami politics was legitimised

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Historiska institutionen

    Author : Amalie Drage Habbestad; [2021]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : This thesis will analyse the framework of ideas that legitimised the new Sami politics from 1980-1990, and utilises a comparative analysis to explore how and why the similar states of Norway and Sweden, developed dissimilar Sami policies and had dissimilar official views of the Sami during this period. Sami policy and the states’ official view of Sami identity will be examined through three chosen themes: attitudes towards reindeer herding Sami identity, the establishment of the Sami Parliaments, and the different attitudes to the International Labour Convention no. READ MORE

  4. 3. Indigenous Peoples and Internal Displacement: A Legal No Man's Land?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

    Author : Jack Musgrave; [2020]
    Keywords : Indigenous peoples; human rights; internal displacement; Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement; UNDRIP; ILO Convention no. 169; Colombia; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : “Cultural identity is closely linked to their ancestral lands. If they are deprived of them, by means of forced displacement, it seriously affects their cultural identity, and finally, their very right to life lato sensu... READ MORE

  5. 4. Echoes of the past : The legacy of the Herero-Nama genocide in Namibia

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Socialantropologiska institutionen

    Author : Jonatan Lyrefelt; [2020]
    Keywords : Genocide legacy; collective memory; narrative and silencing;

    Abstract : This thesis explores the legacy of the Herero-Nama genocide that occurred in 1904 to 1908 by examining the descendant’s narrative in contrast to the preeminent state narrative. I investigate both these narratives from the emic perspective of the Herero people in Namibia, who today are a minority group. READ MORE

  6. 5. Visions of justice and unequal realities: A study of the prioritization of land claimants in the South African Land Restitution Program

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Rebecca Sunnerås Jonsson; [2020]
    Keywords : South Africa; Land Reform; Land Restitution; Human Rights; Instrumental Development; Law and Political Science; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : South Africa is one of the most unequal countries in the world. The issue of land ownership highlights racial and economic inequalities as the country fights to overcome the enduring legacy of apartheid. The Land Restitution Program seeks to redress victims of land dispossession, addressing both national development and individual justice. READ MORE