The 300 million indigenous people of the world are in danger of losing their traditional cultures and identities to the advance of civilization. To increase public awareness, the United Nations has declared 1993 as the International Year for the World's Indigenous People.
The bushmen of Botswana, the Ainu of Japan, the Pygmies of central Africa, the Inuits of the Arctic, the Yanomami of Brazil and the Maori of New Zealand may be as different as day and night in their cultures, customs and ...