Protecting Indigenous Knowledge and Heritage: A Global Challenge

Marie Battiste; James Youngblood (Sa'ke'j) Henderson

Published by University of British Columbia Press 2000

Protecting Indigenous Knowledge and Heritage

A Global Challenge

Marie Battiste and James Youngblood (Sa'ke'j) Henderson

In the series Purich's Aboriginal Issues Series

https://doi.org/10.59962/9781895830439

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About this book

Whether the approximately 500 million Indigenous Peoples in the world live in Canada, the United States, Australia, India, Peru, or Russia, they have faced a similar fate at the hands of colonizing powers. That has included assaults on their language and culture, commercialization of their art, and use of their plant knowledge in the development of medicine, all without consent, acknowledgement, or benefit to them.

The authors paint a passionate picture of the devastation these assaults have wrought on Indigenous peoples. They illustrate why current legal regimes are inadequate to protect Indigenous knowledge and put forward ideas for reform. This book looks at the issues from an international perspective and explores developments in various countries including Canada, the United States, Australia, New Zealand, and also at the work of the United Nations and all relevant international agreements.

Author / Editor information

Dr. Marie Battiste is a Mi’kmaq from Unama’kik (Cape Brenton, NS), a professor at the University of Saskatchewan, and a United Nations technical expert on the guidelines for protecting Indigenous heritage.

James (Sa’ke’j) Youngblood Henderson is Chickasaw and Research Director of the University of Saskatchewan Native Law Centre.

Reviews

Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, United Nations Working Group on Indigenous Populations:
Indigenous peoples have the right to practice and revitalize their cultural traditions and customs ... as well as ... the restitution of cultural, intellectual, religious and spiritual property taken without their free and informed consent or in violation of their laws, traditions and customs.

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Front Matter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	1
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	9
The Lodge of Indigenous Knowledge in Modern Thought
Eurocentrism and the European Ethnographic Tradition Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	21
What Is Indigenous Knowledge? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	35
Towards an Understanding of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples to Their Knowledge and Heritage
The Concept of Indigenous Heritage Rights Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	59
The Importance of Language for Indigenous Knowledge Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	73
Decolonizing Cognitive Imperialism in Education Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	86
Religious Paradoxes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	97
Paradigmatic Thought in Eurocentric Science Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	117
Ethical Issues in Research Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	132
Indigenous Heritage and Eurocentric Intellectual and Cultural Property Rights Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	145
Existing Legal Régimes and Indigenous Knowledge and Heritage
The International Intellectual and Cultural Property Régime Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	171
The Canadian Constitutional Régime Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	201
The Canadian Legislative Régime Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	216
The Need for Legal and Policy Reforms to Protect Indigenous Knowledge and Heritage
Rethinking Intellectual and Cultural Property Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	241
Current International Reforms Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	251
Enhancing Indigenous Knowledge and Heritage in National Law Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	262
Canadian Policy Considerations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	271
Conclusion
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Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	313
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About the Authors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	326

Language: English
Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 336

eBook

Published: April 1, 2000
ISBN: 9781895830439