Government Policies of Isolated Indigenous Peoples and their Successes and Failures

• Thesis title in Czech: Vládní politika izolovaných domorodých obyvatel, jejich úspěchy a neúspěchy
• Thesis title in English: Government Policies of Isolated Indigenous Peoples and their Successes and Failures
• Key words: globalizace, tradiční skupiny, politiky diskriminace, izolované kmeny, původní obyvatelstvo, Brazílie, Peru, Indie
• English key words: laws, isolated groups, uncontacted groups, indigenous, colonialism, rights, Brazil, Peru, India
• Academic year of topic announcement: 2019/2020
• Thesis type: Bachelor's thesis
• Thesis language: angličtina
• Department: Department of Political Science (23-KP)
• Supervisor: PhDr. Malvína Krausz Hladká, Ph.D.
• Author: hidden - assigned by the advisor
• Date of registration: 28.09.2020
• Date of assignment: 28.09.2020
• Date and time of defence: 26.01.2022 08:00
• Venue of defence: Pekařská 16, JPEK301, 301, Malá učebna, 3.patro
• Date of electronic submission: 04.01.2022
• Date of proceeded defence: 26.01.2022
• Opponents: PhDr. Jaromír Soukup, Ph.D.

Guidelines

This thesis will analyze the government policies regarding uncontacted primitive peoples and the results of them. This would mean an analysis of different laws in different countries and regions over time, focusing primarily on Latin America and the Indo-Pacific, and what the intent and results of those laws are in respect to their effect on uncontacted indigenous peoples. Examples of policies towards the indigenous peoples would include previous Brazilian policies of forceful contact and assimilation, compared with their current policies of almost absolutely no-contact, and the very recent cases of contact with indigenous peoples in Papua. Case studies of the effects of laws and contacts with primitive peoples would include the more famous North Sentinelese of India who live on an isolated island and are given a very protected status, the Yanomami of the Amazon Basin who are one of the largest uncontacted and semi-contacted tribes who live across multiple jurisdictions, and the peoples of the New Guinea Highlands who were not even discovered until the 1940s and are perhaps the most isolated uncontacted peoples.
The purpose of this is to learn about the ethical intentions of the different policies and what their practical effects are, such as if the policies successfully allowed them to retain their traditional way of life, or if it ruined them (such as through diseases or economic means), or managed to allow them to integrate with civilized society, or had some other effects, and how these policies developed over time.

References

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Seidel 23rd Nov 2018 8:35 AM 0 (function(w, Jamie. “The Mysterious Tribes Clinging to Their Ancient Ways.” The Chronicle, The Chronicle, 23 Nov. 2018, www.thechronicle.com.au/news/uncontacted-tribes-the-ancient-peoples-who-cling-t/3583204/.

Bonnemère, Pascale, and Pierre Lemonnier. “A Measure of Violence: Forty Years of ″First Contact″ Among the Ankave-Anga (Papua New Guinea).” Oceanic Encounters: Exchange, Desire, Violence, edited by MARGARET JOLLY et al., ANU Press, 2009, pp. 295–334. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt24h8jn.17. Accessed 16 July 2020.

Follis Lecturer, Karolina. “North Sentinel Island: Uncontacted Tribes' 'Right to Be Left Alone' Doesn't Gel with Broader Human Rights.” The Conversation, The Conversation, 7 Dec. 2018, theconversation.com/north-sentinel-island-uncontacted-tribes-right-to-be-left-alone-doesnt-gel-with-broader-human-rights-108313.

“Lost People and Distant Kin.” Victims and Warriors: Violence, History, and Memory in Amazonia, by CASEY HIGH, University of Illinois Press, 2015, pp. 98–120. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/10.5406/j.ctt13x1m0q.9. Accessed 16 July 2020.
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Wallace, S. (2012). The unconquered: In search of the Amazon's last uncontacted tribes. New York: Broadway Paperbacks

Preliminary scope of work

Outline

Ch .1: Intro/What/Who Are Isolated/Uncontacted Indigenous Peoples/Where are they?
Sub Ch.: Ethics of the issue/perspectives/international law
Ch. 2: Case Studies:
Sub Ch: Andaman Islands in India; Successes/Failures
Sub Ch: Case Study: Brazilian Policies
Sub Ch: Case Study: Peru? Or Colombia? (yet to research)
Ch. 3: Analyze and Compare/Contrast of Different Policies and their effects
Sub Ch: Conclusion