Tribal Peoples for Tomorrow’s World

Why does the government think they are more important than the people?

self-sufficient way of life,

prehistory,

‘a people’ meaning an identifiable society.

presumed betterment that comes with ‘civilization’.

Indigenous peoples are the descendants of those who were there before others who now constitute the mainstream and dominant society. They are defined partly by descent, partly by the particular features that indicate their distinctiveness from those who arrived later, and partly by their own view of themselves.

irrespective of their legal status, retain some or all of their own social, economic, cultural and political institutions.

the human need to belong,

enforced schooling is the most powerful weapon used by governments and missionaries to instil in tribal children values which are different, often contradictory, to those held by their own societies.