First Nations First

Synopsis: Made to promote the ‘UN Decade of Indigenous People’, the film looks at the fundamental questions affecting the survival of indigenous peoples, who currently number 300 million, living in over 70 countries. Once dismissed as ‘too primitive’ to cope with modernisation, and for centuries the victims of discrimination, land seizures and wars, indigenous peoples have at last begun to be recognised for their skills in environmental management and for their knowledge of plant medicines. Land is central to their way of life and their culture, but today, as throughout history, governments around the world invoke the law as they allow the violation of indigenous groups’ land rights.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video; Videocassette. VHS. col. 21 min.
Year of production: 1993
Availability: Hire (SI)
Sale (TVE); 2000 hire: £5.00 (+p&p) for 2 weeks 2000 sale: £30.00 (+VAT +p&p)
Subjects: Anthropology; Development studies
Keywords: indigenous peoples; land rights

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