Genetic Research: Guard your DNA, expert cautions

From: The Native Voice | Date: May 9, 2002| Author: | Copyright information

Debra Harry (Northern Paiute) is the executive director of the Indigenous Peoples Council on Biocolonialism, which offers educational and technical support to indigenous people to help them protect their genetic resources, indigenous knowledge, cultural and human rights from the negative effects of biotechnology. The following is excerpted from a recent presentation she gave on the Rosebud Reservation.

The Indigenous Peoples Council on Biocolonialism (IPCB) provides information about genetic research to Native communities so they can examine the issue from their own cultural perspective in ...

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