Lowland South America has long been a battle-ground between European colonization and indigenous survival. Initial waves of European colonization brought disease epidemics, slavery, and violence that had catastrophic impacts on indigenous cultures. In this paper we focus on the demography of 238 surviving populations in Brazil. We use longitudinal censuses from all known indigenous Brazilian so...

Indigenous people number over 300 million. They are inhabitants of practically each main biome of the earth and especially of the least disturbed terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems of the world. Based on an exhaustive review of recently published data, this chapter stresses the strategic importance of indigenous peoples in the maintenance and conservation of world's biodiversity. Four main link...

Geographical indication (“G.I”) is a designation that indicates the unique and original qualities of product originating from particular geographical location. The human factor (Indigenous people) plays big role in creation indication, addition to environmental factors. Preserving intellectual property rights Indigenous People through G.I will result more advantageous impact on their community,...

This article reviews attempts to develop multidimensional personality measures in Asia and their applications in clinical assessment. Indigenous personality assessment measures in India, Korea, Japan, the Philippines, and Taiwan are examined. These early attempts have not yielded a comprehensive personality measure that integrates a theoretical framework and an empirical program of validation. ...

special sites or areas that have one or more attributes which distinguish them as somehow extraordinary, usually in a religious or spiritual sense, are called sacred places. they tend to evoke a feeling of some awesome, mysterious, and transcendent power that merits special reverence and treatment. sacred groves are stands of trees or patches of forest that local communities conserve primarily ...