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The most prominently documented instances of Indigenous people’s resistance against the Marcos administration’s appropriation of indigenous lands involve cases where indigenous land rights were threatened by dam construction projects, [1] [2] most famously the Chico River Dam Project and the Manila Water Supply III project on the Kaliwa River watershed.
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The Oka Crisis (French: Crise d'Oka), [8] [9] [10] also known as the Kanehsatà:ke Resistance (French: Résistance de Kanehsatà:ke), [1] [11] [12] or Mohawk Crisis, was a land dispute between a group of Mohawk people and the town of Oka, Quebec, Canada, over plans to build a golf course on land known as "The Pines" which included an indigenous burial ground.
The Indigenous Guard (Kiwe Thegnas in the Páez or Nasa Yuwe language) are a group of Indigenous men, women and children in Colombia who volunteer to defend their ancestral lands. [8] The group originated in the violence-ridden Cauca Department [ 10 ] and became an organized force in 2001, during a surge in armed conflict.
It is thus important to note that biases and prejudices along racial lines will continue to exist in society. Hence, policies and measures fashioned by state and non-state actors will play a critical role in managing racism in Singapore. There is a real need to shift away from the current use of laws to police and suppress racial conflicts.
Others came into conflict with other Indigenous groups as they were forcefully displaced and occupied territory that was inhabited by other Indigenous groups. [47] On occasions, the reaction of Indigenous peoples to attacks resulted in their transformation into warrior horse cultures that used European fire guns to resist further invasion of ...
Indigenous land rights are the rights of Indigenous peoples to land and natural resources therein, either individually or collectively, mostly in colonised countries. Land and resource-related rights are of fundamental importance to Indigenous peoples for a range of reasons, including: the religious significance of the land, self-determination, identity, and economic factors. [1]
The Gustafsen Lake standoff was a land dispute that led to a confrontation between the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), Indigenous protestors (Tsʼpeten Defenders) and non-Indigenous protestors in the interior of British Columbia, Canada, at Gustafsen Lake (known as Tsʼpeten in the Shuswap language).