Indigenous People in the Global Context

There are 350 million indigenous people in the world, all are in a similar circumstance. They are still classically colonized, robbed of their territory and live on the periphery of a globalized imperial economy that is threatening the globe. Generally speaking the Indigenous people have been 'dumbed down' to a pre-civilized state. It is generally agreed that Indigenous people were non-scientific, non-theoretical, incapable of abstraction and so forth. In fact, science is just now catching up to some key understandings that Indigenous people have had for a very long time. For the most part, Indigenous people are oral and therefore cannot be believed, nor studied by western intellectuals. Why is this a problem? About the Lecturer: Ms. Maracle is the author of a number of critically acclaimed literary works including: Ravensong [novel], Canadian Scholar's Press, Bobbi Lee [autobiographical novel], Three O'clock Press, Daughters Are Forever, [novel] Theytus Will's Garden [young adult novel] Theytus books, 'Bent Box' [poetry] Theytus books, 'I Am Woman' [non-fiction], Polestar/Raincoast and the co-editor of a number of anthologies including the award winning publication, 'My Home As I Remember' [anthology] Natural Heritage books. Ms. Maracle is widely published in anthologies and scholarly journals worldwide. Ms. Maracle is a member of the Sto: Loh nation.