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Article: Indigenous peoples struggle to survive
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- New Straits Times
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- August 9, 2003
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Melinda Moses
New Straits Times
08-09-2003
Indigenous peoples struggle to survive
Byline: Melinda Moses
Edition: The City Advertiser; 2*
Section: Focus
Memo: (STF) - Survival is tough for indigenous peoples the world over, and modernisation is not the least of the threats, writes MELINDA MOSES.
TODAY IS THE INTERNATIONAL DAY of the World's Indigenous People. The World Council of Indigenous Peoples defines them as "population groups who from ancient times have inhabited the lands where they live, who are aware of having a character of their own, with social traditions as a fundamental criterion for determining to whom its provisions should apply".
Such groups maintain a sometimes tenuous hold ...
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