Figure 10.3: Issues affecting indigenous groups worldwide. There are about 5000 distinct indigenous groups in the world. On this map, each color represents one or more of these groups that are related by language, culture, or an affinity to a geographic location. Many of these peoples have participated in community mapping projects, similar to those of the Sarawak forest dwellers, in order to identify and protect their rights to their traditional lands. The symbols reflect some of the global issues that affect a particular group.
[Sources consulted: “Struggling Cultures,” National Geographic Atlas of the World, 8th ed. (Washington, DC: National Geographic Society, 2005), p. 15; “Globalization: Effects on Indigenous Peoples” map, in Jerry Mander and Victoria Tauli-