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Who are indigenous and tribal peoples? -- Genesis and exodus -- Life-giving land -- What's in a name? -- Africa -- Asia -- Australasia & Oceania -- North America -- Central America -- South America -- Europe -- Lifestyles : variations on a theme -- What are their problems? -- The world's response -- Throught a looking glass -- What on earth do they want? -- Should they have it? The treatment of indigenous and tribal peoples -- the world's largest minority -- is a major humanitarian issue. It shapes world history and raises profound questions about what it really means to be human. This book explains who these peoples are, how they live, why governments hate them, and why their disappearance is far from inevitable.