The Destruction of Identity: Cultural Genocide and Indigenous Peoples

Under international law, violence is defined as "intention to destroy ethnic, ethnic, ethnic, or religious organizations in whole or in part", but this method does not fully recognize the impact of cultural destruction. The lack of international debate on the "cultural massacre" is a particular threat to the ethnic minorities of the world's indigenous peoples. Despite the recent adoption of the UN Declaration on Human Rights that acknowledges culture, diversity and self-determination right, the assertions of cultural genocide are often ridiculed, and their indicators are moderate and moderate It is regarded as an influence. . In this article, through the analytical lens of genocide we are considering destruction of indigenous culture and indigenous people 's assimilation. Two case studies - unrecognized Winnemem Wintu tribe in federal state in northern California and Inuit in northern Canada - are emphasized as an example of a group facing these challenges. Finally, the purpose of this paper is to promote a serious discussion about infringement of cultural rights often without direct actual killings and acts of violence, as a tool for promoting and protecting human rights "cultural It is to consider the concept of "genocide".

The genocide of indigenous peoples is a massive destruction of the entire indigenous community. Indigenous peoples are understood as a country whose history and current territory are occupied by colonial expansion or by major groups such as colonial countries. The concept of carnage was developed by Raphael Lemkin in the middle of the 20th century, but in the early expansion of European colonial countries such as Spain and the British Empire, and in subsequent colonies in the territory, the genocide violence is involved was doing. Native community in the Americas, Australia, Africa and Asia. According to Lymekin, colonization itself is "essential genocide". He thinks that this massacre is a two-step process. The first step is to destroy people's lives. In the second stage, new immigrants will impose their lifestyle on indigenous peoples.

Cultural genocide or cultural purification is the concept that lawyer Rafael Lemkin viewed it as an integral part of the massacre in 1944. This term was considered in the 2007 UN Declaration on Human Rights and was juxtaposed with the term "genocide", but it was deleted in the final document and was called "genocide". The exact definition of "cultural massacres" is still unknown. Some ethnologists such as Robert Jaulin use the term "genocide" instead of "cultural massacre", but this usage has the danger of causing confusion between race and culture It is criticized as having.