Book Reviews by Redactie KITLV

“…-Lennox Honychurch, Samuel M. Wilson, The indigenous people of the Caribbean. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 1997. xiv + 253 pp. …”
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Developing a Child and Youth Mental Health and Addictions Framework for Yukon as a Foundation for Policy Reform: Engaging Stakeholders Through a Policy and Research Partnership by Gillian Mulvale, Stanley K. Kutcher, Paddy (Patricia) Meade

“…Implementation is underway with some training of front line Health and Social Service and First Nations workers, a new mental wellness strategy for Yukon founded on CYMHAF scheduled for release in spring 2016, and may be accelerated by federal government promises of a new Health Accord and a new relationship with indigenous people.   Le gouvernement du Yukon a promulgué en avril 2015 une nouvelle approche de la santé mentale et des addictions des enfants et jeunes (CYMHAF), dans le but d'améliorer l'accès aux soins de base en santé mentale sur tout les territoire ainsi que la coordination des services pour les enfants et leurs familles. …”
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CARACTERIZACIÓN MORFOLÓGICA Y FANERÓPTICA DE HEMBRAS OVINO DE PELO CRIOLLO COLOMBIANO “OPC” ETIOPE // Morphological And Phaneroptical Characterization Of Etiope Colombian Creole Wo... by Julio Mateo Flórez-Murillo, Marcos de Jesús Hernández-Pérez, Moris de Jesús Bustamante-Yánez, Oscar David Vergara-Garay

“…ABSTRACT Etiope Colombian creole woolless sheep (OPC) have been suppliers of animal protein throughout years for peasant and indigenous people. However, the breed status of this animal genetic resource has not been agreed yet, which has favored to accentuate the menace produced by the introduction of foreign breeds since without clarity about the breed classification of Etiope and OPC in general, it is difficult to create awareness among farmers about what they should conserve, improve and why. …”
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Investigating and analyzing the level of responsibility of rural tourism entrepreneurs (Case study: Binalood city) by Hamid Shayan, hamdolah sojasi, fahimeh jafari

“…The most important issue is that tourism entrepreneurs have not been able to create many job opportunities for Indigenous people, and due to gender orientation, fewer women have been used in the business environment. …”
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Prevalence of HIV-1 infection and associated characteristics in a Brazilian indigenous population: a cross-sectional studyResearch in context by Erica C.S. Schnaufer, Marcelo S. Barbosa, Michele F.R. Marques, Gabriel T. Brito, Tiago S. Ferreira, Anny D.C. Ribeiro, Anna C. Valiente, Indianara R. Machado, Crhistinne C.M. Gonçalves, Tayana S.O. Tanaka, Monick L. Guimarães, Suzana M. Ribeiro, Julio Croda, Simone Simionatto

“…The prevalence of HIV-1 was higher in single indigenous people [10/617 (1.62%)], who received government benefits [14/1021 (1.37%)], had less than five years of formal education [11/685 (1.61%)], had sexual intercourse with users of injectable drugs [2/21 (9.52%)], with history of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) [10/62 (16.2%)] and incarceration [3/62 (4.84%)]. …”
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População indígena com deficiência no Brasil: Análise do censo demográfico de 2010 by Michele Aparecida de Sá, Guilherme Donini Armiato

“…However, little is discussed about indigenous people with disabilities. Within this context, this paper aims at presenting, by means of data from the Demographic Census (2010), the prevalence of visual, hearing, physical and mental disabilities in Brazilian indigenous population. …”
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Palestine…It Is Something Colonial by Shelby Perez

“…Bazian has contributed a full-bodied analysis of primary sources to defend his assertion that Zionism has always been a settler colonial movement with its goal being a land devoid of the indigenous people. The organization of the text, the lack of sectioning in the chapters, and the technical insertion and citation of primary sources could be improved for clearer reading. …”
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Time to treat the climate and nature crisis as one indivisible global health emergency by Kamran Abbasi, Parveen Ali, Virginia Barbour, Thomas Benfield, Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, Stephen Hancocks, Richard Horton, Laurie Laybourn-Langton, Robert Mash, Peush Sahni, Wadeia Mohammad Sharief, Paul Yonga, Chris Zielinski

“…Fish provide more than half of dietary protein in many African, South Asian and small island nations, but ocean acidification has reduced the quality and quantity of seafood.16 Changes in land use have forced tens of thousands of species into closer contact, increasing the exchange of pathogens and the emergence of new diseases and pandemics.17 People losing contact with the natural environment and the declining loss in biodiversity have both been linked to increases in non-communicable, autoimmune, and inflammatory diseases and metabolic, allergic and neuropsychiatric disorders.10,18  For Indigenous people, caring for and connecting with nature is especially important for their health.19 Nature has also been an important source of medicines, and thus reduced diversity also constrains the discovery of new medicines. …”
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Analyzing the discourse of tourism development with a justice-oriented and moderate approach by Mostafa Ghodrati, Mehraban Hadipeykani, Reza Ebrahimzadeh

“…The participation of indigenous people in the development of tourism is one of the main criteria of social power. …”
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Improving the Environmental Qualities of City Entrances According to People's Views (A Case Study: Saqqez City Entrances) by Akbar Rahimi, Seyyed Ramin Naqshbandi

“…Therefore, this study tried to examine the current situation of Saqqez entrances by considering the factors affecting the qualities of the entrance environments of cities from the perspectives of the indigenous people of Saqqez, travelers, and tourists. Materials & MethodsStudy areaSaqqez City is located to the northwest of Sanandaj City (the province center) with a distance of approximately 190 km. …”
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Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation: Creating Public Sentiment

“…He was building on a then centuries-old Doctrine of Discovery in the Papal Bull issued by Pope Alexander VI on May 4, 1493, which became the basis for all land acquisition by non-indigenous people in the New World. Linnaeus codified a biological system of superiority and inferiority for diverse humans from different geographic locations into ?…”
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Addressing Racism and Its Deeply Entrenched Dynamics: A 21st Century Imperative

“…We have become a nation of people believing in invisibility and the retelling of history, a place where divisiveness is dominant and seeing truth is too painful. While indigenous people have paid the highest price, all others who share this land, must understand the devastation will be and is being shared with each of us.? …”
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Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki Commission): Briefing on Truth, Reconciliation, and Healing Toward a Unified Future Thursday, July 18, 2019

“…Our country has a history of enslaving people, committing genocide among Indigenous people, and embracing centuries of institutionalized racism. …”
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