The law of the mother : protecting indigenous peoples in protected areas /

There are approximately 6000 distinct cultural groups or indigenous peoples in the world. Each has its own language, customs, religion, and homeland. Many are also endangered. Davidson traveled around the world, interviewing indigenous peoples on all continents and the Pacific Islands. In Endangered Peoples , he presents compelling stories of these endangered cultures that tell of ``the land that lives in their songs and oral histories. They are people born of specific places on the land.'' In The Law of the Mother , editor Kemf provides stories of a different but diverse group of cultures; a major concern expressed by many indigenous peoples is ``property and the scope of government power to define what does and does not extinguish native title by law.'' Native title to land is the theme that binds the accounts of conservation projects in this book. These projects were implemented through joint efforts of the World Wildlife Fund and the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Reserves-The World Conservation Union. Since 1993 is the United Nations' Year of the World's Indigenous Peoples, both books are especially timely, and they will interest anyone concerned with ecosystem conservation and the survival of indigenous groups. For large general collections.-- Mary J. Nickum, MAXIMA Corp., Lanham, Md. (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.