Endangered Peoples of Oceania: Struggles to Survive and Thrive

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Judith M. Fitzpatrick
Bloomsbury Academic, 2001 - Social Science - 264 pages
The peoples of Oceania are struggling to be economically independent and autonomous while maintaining their distinctive cultural traditions. Each chapter in Endangered Peoples of Oceania: Struggles to Survive and Thrive is devoted to a specific people, including a cultural overview of their history, subsistence strategies, social and political organization, and religion and world view; threats to their survival; and their response to these threats. A section entitled Food for Thought poses questions that encourage a personal engagement with the experience of these peoples, and a resource guide suggests further reading and lists films and videos as well as pertinent organizations and web sites. As the curriculum expands to include more multicultural and indigenous peoples, this unique volume will be valuable to both students and teachers.

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The Anuta Islanders
17
The East Indians of Fiji
33
The Marshall Islanders
61
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Pacific Studies, Volume 24

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JUDITH M. FITZPATRICK has worked in the Pacific for the last 25 years investigating health and environment issues from a cultural perspective./e Recent projects include advising indigenous community organizations in Torres Strait on cultural heritage management and protection, cultural mapping, and indigenous property rights.

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