Day: March 29, 2012
The Kadar and their Forests
The work of numerous Kadar in helping ornithological research on South Asian hornbills has inspired them to formally request greater involvement in the overall management of forest resources in Kerala. The Indian Forest Service appears to be favorably inclined to support their initiative. The Deccan Chronicle reported last week that eight Kadar communities in the […]
Canadian Indian Residential School System
Recent hearings conducted by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada prompted shocking testimony about the horrors of the Canadian residential Indian school system. Numerous individuals stepped forward to report on the rampant sexual abuses by the officials, priests, and clergy who ran the residential schools to which the Inuit and Metis children, as well […]
