Water and Indigenous Peoples
Paris: UNESCO;Local and Indigenous Knowledge Systems (LINKS) (2006), 179 pp.
Contains illustrations
Series: Knowledges of Nature, 2
Other editions: also published in Spanish
"Indigenous peoples from all corners of the globe continue to struggle for acknowledgement and recognition of their unique visions of water, both at home and in national, regional and international forums. But almost without exception, their voices remain obscured by a mainstream discourse rooted in the conception of water as a mere commodity. Water and Indigenous Peoples is based on the papers delivered on the occasion of the Second and the Third World Water Forums (The Hague in 2000 and Kyoto in 2003). It brings to the fore some of the most incisive indigenous critics of international debates on water access, use and management, as well as indigenous expressions of generosity that share community knowledge and insight in order to propose remedies for the global water crisis." (Back cover)
OPENING
Introduction / Douglas Nakashima and Moe Chiba, 12
Water is Siwlkw / Jeanette Armstrong, 18
SECTION I. STRUGGLES FOR RECOGNITION
Message on behalf of the Indigenous Peoples at the Third World Water Forum / Evo Morales, 22
Indigenous Peoples and International Debates on Water: Reflections and Challenges / Victoria Tauli Corpuz, 24
Cultural Diversity and Privatisation of Water / Pablo Solón, 36
Water belongs to Everyone and to No One / Leonidas Iza, 40
Local Rights and Legal Recognition: the Struggle for Indigenous Water Rights and the Cultural Politics of Participation / Rutgerd Boelens, 46
SECTION II. WORLDVIEWS AND WATER MANAGEMENT
Traditional Water Management among the Kankanaeys of Besao, Mountain Province, Philippines / Ellen P. Dictaan Bang-Oa, 64
Sanãmahi - Pãkhangba: a Living Relationship of the Meitei with Water [India] / Debabrata Roy Laifungbam and Anna Pinto, 76
The Flow of Water and the Continuity of Culture: Water Imagery in the Landscape and Rituals of a Mountain Desert Oasis in Ladakh (Indian Himalaya) / Corinne Wacker, 82
"We All Care": the Water for Food Movement in Rural South Africa / Tshepo Khumbane, 96
A History of Water Resource Access in the Southern Kalahari: San Perspectives on the Role of Modern Technology in Dispossession and Poverty [Southern Africa] / Joram-Useb, 100
!Haa - Water: Some Reflections on Water in the Southern Kalahari / Nigel Crawhall, 102
The Guardians of Trees and Water (E chajinel rech le che' ruk le ja') [Guatemala] / Santos Augusto Norato, 106
Water Development and Spiritual Values in Western and Indigenous Societies / David Groenfeldt, 108
SECTION III. WATER RIGHTS AND NATIONAL LEGISLATION
Pluri-, Multi- Issues in the Reform Process: towards New Water Legislation in Bolivia / Rocio Renee Bustamante, 118
Official Water Law versus Indigenous and Peasant Rights in Peru / Armando Guevara-Gil, 130
Water Law and Indigenous Rights / WALIR, 148
Indigenous Peoples and Water Resource Management in Mexico / Francisco Peña, 150
Between Customs and the Establishment of Juridical Pluralism / Paulina Palacios, 160
INDIGENOUS PEOPLES KYOTO WATER DECLARATION, 174
Introduction / Douglas Nakashima and Moe Chiba, 12
Water is Siwlkw / Jeanette Armstrong, 18
SECTION I. STRUGGLES FOR RECOGNITION
Message on behalf of the Indigenous Peoples at the Third World Water Forum / Evo Morales, 22
Indigenous Peoples and International Debates on Water: Reflections and Challenges / Victoria Tauli Corpuz, 24
Cultural Diversity and Privatisation of Water / Pablo Solón, 36
Water belongs to Everyone and to No One / Leonidas Iza, 40
Local Rights and Legal Recognition: the Struggle for Indigenous Water Rights and the Cultural Politics of Participation / Rutgerd Boelens, 46
SECTION II. WORLDVIEWS AND WATER MANAGEMENT
Traditional Water Management among the Kankanaeys of Besao, Mountain Province, Philippines / Ellen P. Dictaan Bang-Oa, 64
Sanãmahi - Pãkhangba: a Living Relationship of the Meitei with Water [India] / Debabrata Roy Laifungbam and Anna Pinto, 76
The Flow of Water and the Continuity of Culture: Water Imagery in the Landscape and Rituals of a Mountain Desert Oasis in Ladakh (Indian Himalaya) / Corinne Wacker, 82
"We All Care": the Water for Food Movement in Rural South Africa / Tshepo Khumbane, 96
A History of Water Resource Access in the Southern Kalahari: San Perspectives on the Role of Modern Technology in Dispossession and Poverty [Southern Africa] / Joram-Useb, 100
!Haa - Water: Some Reflections on Water in the Southern Kalahari / Nigel Crawhall, 102
The Guardians of Trees and Water (E chajinel rech le che' ruk le ja') [Guatemala] / Santos Augusto Norato, 106
Water Development and Spiritual Values in Western and Indigenous Societies / David Groenfeldt, 108
SECTION III. WATER RIGHTS AND NATIONAL LEGISLATION
Pluri-, Multi- Issues in the Reform Process: towards New Water Legislation in Bolivia / Rocio Renee Bustamante, 118
Official Water Law versus Indigenous and Peasant Rights in Peru / Armando Guevara-Gil, 130
Water Law and Indigenous Rights / WALIR, 148
Indigenous Peoples and Water Resource Management in Mexico / Francisco Peña, 150
Between Customs and the Establishment of Juridical Pluralism / Paulina Palacios, 160
INDIGENOUS PEOPLES KYOTO WATER DECLARATION, 174
