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News and Reviews

2010

 

News and reviews of publications relating to peaceful societies—and sometimes to related topics—are normally posted here on Thursday mornings (U.S. time) and are kept on this page for one week. Older news and reviews for 2010 are listed below, and ones from previous years are listed on the News and Reviews 2004-2005 page, the 2006 page, the 2007 page, the 2008 page and the 2009 page. All stories are also included in the News and Reviews Subject Listing. Recent ones are listed at the bottom of each society entry in the Encyclopedia of Selected Peaceful Societies, after the heading: Updates: News and Reviews. News and reviews about peacefulness in general are referred to from the bottom of the Facts page, while news stories about this website are linked from the About This Website page. News and Reviews can also be found with the Google search bar.

 

Older News and Reviews

2010 January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December

December 2010

December 30, 2010. Play about Birhor Receives Award

December 30, 2010. The Inuit Sea Woman and Uncertainty (journal article review)

December 23, 2010. Botswana versus Survival International

December 23, 2010. The Catholic Church and the Politicians

December 16, 2010. Buid Lose their Lands

December 16, 2010. Altruism Is Undercut by Anonymity [journal article review]

December 9, 2010. Tristan Priests from Malvern, England

December 9, 2010. The Amish Like to Work

December 2, 2010. Healthy Forests in a Zapotec Community

December 2, 2010. Community and Government Provide Support in Ladakh

November 2010

November 25, 2010. Will Facebook Foster Peaceful Societies?

November 25, 2010. Birhor Boy Returns to his Village

November 18, 2010. Severe Health Problems in a Piaroa Community

November 18, 2010. Treatment of Hutterite Manufacturing Firms Questioned

November 11, 2010. Strategies for Halting Suicides in Nunavut

November 11, 2010. Survival International Campaigns for the G/wi

November 4, 2010. Rat Control and the Yanadi

November 4, 2010. Amish Enterprises and Religious Practice

October 2010

October 28, 2010. Power Dam Cancelled—Lepcha Religious Beliefs Respected

October 28, 2010. Celebration of Orang Asli Culture this Weekend

October 21, 2010. Inuit Students Seek More Discipline

October 21, 2010. Indian Government Appoints Peace Panel

October 14, 2010. Workshop Next Week on Aggression and Peacemaking

October 14, 2010. The Ju/’hoansi and the Anthropologists: an Overview [journal article review]

October 7, 2010. Hutterite Heritage of Peace

October 7, 2010. Botswana’s Contest with the G/wi

September 2010

September 30, 2010. Tristan Islanders Enjoy Excitement

September 30, 2010. Keeping the Peace, Semai Style [journal article review]

September 23, 2010. Does Drinking Beer Foster Peacefulness?

September 23, 2010. Kadar News Increasingly Upbeat

September 16, 2010. School Starts for the Inuit

September 16, 2010. Leh Rises, Slowly, from the Mud

September 9, 2010. Discrimination against the Mbuti

September 9, 2010. Peace Systems Exist—and More Can Be Developed [journal article review]

September 2, 2010. New Housing for the Nubians

September 2, 2010. Lepcha Festival Celebrates Peaceful Coexistence

August 2010

August 26, 2010. Hutterite Colony Moves Successfully

August 26, 2010. Botswana’s Abuses of the G/wi [journal article review]

August 19, 2010. Tragic Mudslide in Ladakh

August 19, 2010. Amish Newspapers

August 12, 2010. Inuit Fight Seismic Testing in Rich Arctic Waters

August 12, 2010. Piaroa Social Interactions, Past and Present [anthology chapter review]

August 5, 2010. Open Minded L.A. Priests Encourage Zapotec Festivals

August 5, 2010. Viroqua, Wisconsin, Seeks Compromises with the Amish

July 2010

July 29, 2010. Botswana San Lose their Appeal for Water

July 29, 2010. Ju/’hoansi Strive to Expel Invaders—Peacefully

July 22, 2010. Difficulties of Life in a Semai Village

July 22, 2010. Warm Welcome for Amish Migrants into South Dakota

July 15, 2010. Debate Continues in Kerala over Athirappilly Dam

July 15, 2010. Ladakh Confluence Music Festival Cancelled

July 8, 2010. Yanadi Poverty in Andhra Pradesh Blamed on Official Negligence

July 8, 2010. Bushmeat Trade Threatens Mbuti Society

July 1, 2010. Peaceful Societies Joins Facebook

July 1, 2010. Discipline for Hutterite Children [journal article review]

June 2010

June 24, 2010. Tristan Islander Awarded MBE

June 24, 2010. Dissident Catholic Cult Simmers in Fipa Territory

June 17, 2010. Tourist Festival in Ladakh Symbolizes Harmony and Peacefulness

June 17, 2010. Politicians Visit Ju/’hoansi, but Nothing Happens

June 10, 2010. Project in Sikkim Will Honor Lepcha Culture

June 10, 2010. San Peoples Sue for Water

June 3, 2010. Blogger of the Batek is Back

June 3, 2010. Naxalite Violence Advances to New Levels

May 2010

May 27, 2010. Amish Horse Manure Threatens Wisconsin City

May 27, 2010. Mbuti Suffer in Refugee Camps

May 20, 2010. Impact of Chalakudy Dam on Kadar Villages

May 20, 2010. Ju/’hoansi Reserve Overrun by More Invaders

May 13, 2010. Bamboo Music from India

May 13, 2010. Implications of Gulf Oil Blowout for the Arctic

May 6, 2010. Tristan Fishery Applies for Certification

May 6, 2010. Increasing Government Services for the Birhor

April 2010

April 29, 2010. Fipa Witchcraft

April 29, 2010. Amish Farmer Selling Raw Milk is Threatened

April 22, 2010. Tristan da Cunha: Most Remote Spot on Earth

April 22, 2010. Army History in Ladakh

April 15, 2010. Water for Tourists, But None for the San

April 15, 2010. Continued Debate About Proposed Dam in Kerala

April 8, 2010. Tourist Facility for the Chewong

April 8, 2010. Nubian Zar Ceremony Is Changing

April 1, 2010. Traditional Inuit Festival Has Modernized, Somewhat

April 1, 2010. Televised Movie About Nickel Mines Distorts Amish Values

March 2010

March 25, 2010. Corruption in Constructing Yanadi Housing

March 25, 2010. Traditional Tanzanian Healer and his Victims

March 18, 2010. Birhor Disappear in Gujarat

March 18, 2010. Social Uses of Ayahuasca by the Piaroa [journal article review]

March 11, 2010. UN Expert Condemns Treatment of G/wi

March 11, 2010. New TV Movie About Amish Forgiveness

March 4, 2010. Ladakhi Film Industry Portrayed in New Documentary

March 4, 2010. Alberta Hutterites Solve Photo ID Problem

February 2010

February 25, 2010. Kadar Village To Be Spared

February 25, 2010. Protecting Zapotec Corn

February 18, 2010. Death of Last Bo Speaker Worries Birhor

February 18, 2010. Semai Celebrate the Year of the Tiger

February 11, 2010. Missionary to the Buid Honored Again

February 11, 2009. Nubian Elders Still Miss the Old Life

February 4, 2010. Nubian Connections to the Nile Remembered

February 4, 2010. Inuit Throat Singer Performs in Vancouver

January 2010

January 28, 2010. Mbuti Seek Designation as Indigenous People

January 28, 2010. G/wi Take Case to International Court

January 21, 2010. Tristan Policeman Has Quiet Job

January 21, 2010. Amish Exempt from Health Care Insurance

January 14, 2010. Athirappilly Hydroelectric Proposal May Be Halted

January 14, 2010. Hutterites Cheer the Olympics

January 14, 2010. Major Threat to Semai Ecotourism

January 7, 2010. Semai Tourism Develops Sophisticated Outreach

January 7, 2010. Building Glaciers in Ladakh

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