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Assessing inclusiveness for indigenous communities in mineral rights allocation in Ghana

Heliyon
Ghana is blessed with an abundance of mineral resources. These mineral resources are situated in indigenous communities, but the ownership is vested in the government.
Emmanuel Mensah Aboagye
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Towards reconciliation: 10 Calls to Action to natural scientists working in Canada

FACETS, 2020
In 2015, after documenting testimonies from Indigenous survivors of the residential school system in Canada, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission released 94 Calls to Action to enable reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Canadians ...
Carmen Wong, Kate Ballegooyen, Lawrence Ignace, Mary Jane (Gùdia) Johnson, Heidi Swanson   +4 more
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Adaptation of Remote Indigenous Communities of Mentawai and Rupat Islands to National Religious Regulations

Society
This study examines two contrasting cases: the remote indigenous communities on Mentawai and Rupat Islands (Riau), where the majority of the original populations have formally adopted Christianity and Buddhism as their religious identities.
Syahril Syahril, Ahmad Nurhuda, Suryadi Fajri, Ilhamdi Yusra, Aulia Rahmi Putri   +4 more
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Righting Names: The Importance of Native American Philosophies of Naming for Environmental Justice [PDF]

, 2018
Controlling the names of places, environments, and species is one way in which settler colonial ontologies delimit the intelligibility of ecological relations, Indigenous peoples, and environmental injustices.
Sinclair, Rebekah
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Mental illness stigma among indigenous communities in Bangladesh: a cross-sectional study

BMC Psychology, 2023
Background Mental illnesses stigma is a universal and transcultural phenomenon. While mental illnesses stigma is pervasive in Bangladesh, very little research exists on stigma toward mental illnesses among indigenous communities.
Md. Omar Faruk, Simon Rosenbaum
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Repeated Disasters and Chronic Environmental Changes Impede Generational Transmission of Indigenous Knowledge [PDF]

, 2019
Indigenous coastal communities are interdependent with the environment and families are vulnerable to the environmental changes that disrupt culture, continuity, and livelihood.
Billiot, Shanondora, Burnette, Catherine E, Kwon, Soonhyung   +2 more
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Indigenous peoples and renewable energy: impacts, contestations, and collective action

Environmental Research Letters
Although renewable energy (RE) transitions offer pathways to sustainability, their implementation often exacerbates existing injustices, particularly for Indigenous communities.
Le Anh Nguyen Long, Dasom Lee, Rakhyun E Kim, Frank van Laerhoven, Antonio La Viña, Abigail Nieves Delgado, Damayanti Buchori   +6 more
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How does the media portray drinking water security in Indigenous communities in Canada? An analysis of Canadian newspaper coverage from 2000-2015

BMC Public Health, 2017
Background Drinking water insecurity and related health outcomes often disproportionately impact Indigenous communities internationally. Understanding media coverage of these water-related issues can provide insight into the ways in which public ...
Steven Lam, Ashlee Cunsolo, Alexandra Sawatzky, James Ford, Sherilee L. Harper   +4 more
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Pathways to Revitalization of Indigenous Food Systems

Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 2020
The 2019 Canadian Food Guide (CFG) was launched in January 2019 with a promise to be inclusive of multicultural diets and diverse perspec­tives on food, including the food systems of Indigenous communities.
Taylor Wilson, Shailesh Shukla
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Rewriting Human History and Empowering Indigenous Communities with Genome Editing Tools. [PDF]

, 2020
Appropriate empirical-based evidence and detailed theoretical considerations should be used for evolutionary explanations of phenotypic variation observed in the field of human population genetics (especially Indigenous populations). Investigators within
Fox, Keolu, Komor, Alexis C, Rallapalli, Kartik Lakshmi   +2 more
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