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This digital document is an article from NotiCen: Central American & Caribbean Affairs, published by Thomson Gale on September 7, 2006. The length of the article is 1556 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: COSTA RICA DENIES INDIGENOUS RIGHT TO CONSULT ON CAFTA, AND ONLY PRETENDS TO CONSULT ON AUTONOMY.
Author: Gale Reference Team
Publication: NotiCen: Central American & Caribbean Affairs (Newsletter)
Date: September 7, 2006
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Title: Costa Rica.(Country Profile)
Author: Louisa Reynolds
Publication: New Internationalist (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 1, 2007
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Issue: 404Page: 36(1)

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This digital document is an article from Human Biology, published by Thomson Gale on February 1, 2005. The length of the article is 8921 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

From the author: KEY WORDS: CHIBCHAN TRIBES, BRIBRI, CABECAR, GUAYMI, HUETAR, TERIBE, Y CHROMOSOME, MICROSATELLITE LOCI, GENE DIVERSITY, MTDNA, DYS19, DYS389A, DYS389B, DYS390, DYS391, DYS393, DYS199, ALPHOID SYSTEM, ALU POLYMORPHISM, COSTA RICA, PANAMA.

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Title: Genetic variation of the Y chromosome in Chibcha-speaking Amerindians of Costa Rica and Panama.
Author: Edward A. Ruiz-Narvaez
Publication: Human Biology (Magazine/Journal)
Date: February 1, 2005
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Volume: 77Issue: 1Page: 71(21)

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"Testimonios del pueblo indegena de la Reserva KekoLdi, Costa Rica" ... Read more

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While teaching and researching on an indigenous reservation in Costa Rica, Karen Stocker discovered that for Native students who attended the high school outside the reservation, two extreme reactions existed to the predominantly racist high school environment. While some maintained their indigenous identity and did poorly in school, others succeeded academically, but rejected their Indianness and the reservation. Between these two poles lay a whole host of responses.

In "I Won't Stay Indian, I'll Keep Studying," Stocker addresses the institutionalized barriers these students faced and explores the interaction between education and identity. She reveals how overt and hidden curricula taught ethnic, racial, and gendered identities and how the dominant ideology of the town, present in school, conveyed racist messages to students.

"I Won't Stay Indian, I'll Keep Studying," documents how students from the reservation reacted to, coped with, and resisted discrimination. Her interpretation of the experiences of these students makes a significant contribution to anthropology, Latin American studies, critical race theory, and educational theory. ... Read more