News and Reviews
2009
News and reviews of publications relating to peaceful societies—and sometimes to related topics—are normally posted on the News and Reviews page Thursday mornings (U.S. time) and are kept there for one week. News and reviews for 2009 are listed below, and ones from previous years are listed on the News and Reviews 2004-2005 page, the 2006 page, the 2007 page, and the 2008 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.
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December 31, 2009. Five Years of Peaceful Societies
December 31, 2009. Social Changes in Rural Thailand [journal article review]
December 24, 2009. Pacific Island Atolls at Copenhagen, Part 2
December 24, 2009. Cambria County Amish Defy the Laws
December 17, 2009. Land Grants to Orang Asli, Who Complain about Representation
December 17, 2009. Pacific Island Atolls at Copenhagen, Part 1
December 10, 2009. Inuit Life on the Land: Photographic Exhibition
December 10, 2009. Amish Relations to Technology [magazine article review]
December 3, 2009. Chief Minister of Sikkim Becomes an Environmentalist
December 3, 2009. Mining Project Derailed in the Philippines
November 26, 2009. Seal Meat at the Canadian Parliamentary Restaurant
November 26, 2009. The Amish and the American Flag
November 19, 2009. Woman Jailed for Remark about Botswana
November 19, 2009. Semai Village Protects Rafflesia Flowers
November 19, 2009. Most Nomadic Batek Still Cling to their Traditions
November 12, 2009. Lepcha Organization Congratulates Itself
November 12, 2009. New Studies of the Chalakudy River
November 12, 2009. Legal Negotiations in Namibia over Invasion of Ju/’ hoansi Territory
November 5, 2009. Tristan Islanders Featured on a Major American Radio Program
November 5, 2009. Paliyan Child Marriages [journal article review]
October 29, 2009. Prominent Writer on Anabaptist Societies to Speak Next Thursday
October 29, 2009. Hutterites Suffer Final Defeat in Photo ID Issue
October 29, 2009. Cheating Tribal Peoples in India
October 22, 2009. Negotiations Begin in Sikkim
October 22, 2009. Amish Appeal Judicial Lockout Orders
October 22, 2009. Ladakhi Movies
October 15, 2009. Guelaguetza Festival Organized in Oregon
October 15, 2009. Inuit Uses of Miniature Objects [journal article review]
October 8, 2009. ACT Suspends Hunger Strike
October 8, 2009. Development of the Orang Asli Societies
October 1, 2009. Landless Birhor Misrepresented at Major Exhibition
October 1, 2009. New Reports Depict Discrimination Against the G/wi
September 24, 2009. Prominent Inuit Storyteller to Perform on Saturday
September 24, 2009. Tourist Trust for Ladakhi Shopkeepers [anthology chapter review]
September 17, 2009. Amish Newspaper Avoids the Internet
September 17, 2009. Promises to the Nubians
September 10, 2009. Hutterites to Appeal Photo License Decision
September 10, 2009. Dance Performances Relieve Social Stresses [journal article review]
September 3, 2009. New Inuit Exhibit Opens in San Francisco
September 3, 2009. Confirmed: Botswana Persecutes San People for Diamonds
August 27, 2009. Hutterite Women Lifeguards Challenged in Manitoba
August 27, 2009. Birhor Dancing
August 20, 2009. Ju/’hoansi Film Archive Honored by UNESCO
August 20, 2009. Recollections of Tristan Islanders [journal article review]
August 13, 2009. Amish Men Held by Submachine Gun
August 13, 2009. Power Dams in the Dzongu Reserve
August 6, 2009. G/wi Hunters Jailed for Hunting
August 6, 2009. Uranium Mining in Nunavut
July 30, 2009. Awards for Music among the Lepchas and the Semai
July 30, 2009. Hutterites Lose Supreme Court Case
July 23, 2009. Growing Popularity of Amish Fiction
July 23, 2009. Piaroa Envy, Revenge, and Nonviolence [anthology chapter review]
July 16, 2009. Birhor Learn Competitive Boxing
July 16, 2009. An Innovative School in Ladakh
July 16, 2009. Ju/’hoansi Demand that the Invaders Leave
July 9, 2009. Containing the Odors from Hutterite Hogs
July 9, 2009. Traditional Knowledge of the Yanadi Should Be Protected
July 2, 2009. Performances of Amish Play to Continue into Mid July
July 2, 2009. Second Anniversary of Lepcha Hunger Strike
July 2, 2009. Invasion of Ju/’hoansi Lands Unresolved
June 25, 2009. Amish Victims of Cambria County, Pennsylvania
June 25, 2009. Back River Proposed for Heritage Status
June 18, 2009 . Egyptian President Pledges to Help Nubians
June 18, 2009. New Play Dramatizes Amish Forgiveness
June 11, 2009. Human Rights Report Analyzes Birhor Deaths
June 11, 2009. The Badass Governor General
June 4, 2009. Birhor Man Receives Care in Major Medical Center
June 4, 2009. Play among the Batek
June 4, 2009. Giving Gifts in the Kalahari
May 28, 2009. Hassle the G/wi: Take Away their Goats
May 28, 2009. More Herero Invade Ju/’hoansi Lands
May 21, 2009. Prime Minister of Tanzania Condemns Witchcraft
May 21, 2009. Pregnant Woman Dies in a Birhor Village
May 21, 2009. Major Report Condemns New Dams in the Himalayas
May 14, 2009. Kadar Villagers Unaware of Elections
May 14, 2009. Ju/’hoansi Reserve Invaded
May 14, 2009. Persecute the Pennsylvania Amish — and Compromise
May 7, 2009. Diamond Mining on G/wi Lands Delayed
May 7, 2009. Conditions that Foster Peacefulness in Polynesia
April 30, 2009. Sikkim Voters Today May Decide the Dam Issue
April 30, 2009. Operation Sadbhavana in Ladakh [journal article review]
April 23, 2009. Birhor in Jharkhand Do Not Vote
April 23, 2009. Taro Crops Destroyed on Ifaluk
April 16, 2009. Combating Bullying in Nunavut
April 16, 2009. Farmer/Rancher Violence in Ufipa
April 9, 2009. Manitoba Hutterite Colonies Help with Sandbagging
April 9, 2009. Zapotec Discrimination Against Women—Update
April 2, 2009. PRP Rallies for Andhra Pradesh Campaign
April 2, 2009. Rural Thailand Featured in Recent Blog Posts
April 2, 2009. Nubian Society Discussed by the BBC
March 26, 2009. Assistance for the Birhor in Jharkhand State
March 26, 2009. Amish Man Sent to Prison in Pennsylvania
March 19, 2009. Possible Government Support for the Semai
March 19, 2009. Rural Thai Politics and the 2006 Military Coup [journal article review]
March 12, 2009. Paliyans Continue to Grow Pepper
March 12, 2009. Prominent Buddhist Scholar to Lecture in Colorado
March 12, 2009. Racist Remark on BBC Raises Protests
March 5, 2009. First Anniversary of Satyagraha in Kerala
March 5, 2009. Malaysian Politics and the Rights of the Orang Asli
February 26, 2009. Photos of Flooded Hutterite Colony on View at Calgary Museum
February 26, 2009. Conference on Violence and Promoting Peaceful Societies
February 26, 2009. Batek Information Posted in Anthropology Blog
February 19, 2009. Birhor Village Has a Drinking Problem
February 19, 2009. Lepcha Activists Arrested for Protesting Dam Construction
February 19, 2009. Survival International Agitates on Behalf of San People
February 12, 2009. Amish Respond to Kentucky Power Blackout
February 12, 2009. Batek Ways of Walking [anthology chapter review]
February 5, 2009. Birhor Development Projects in Jharkhand
February 5, 2009. Irrigation and Sharing in Ladakh [anthology chapter review]
January 29, 2009. New photos of Ju/’hoansi Added to Flickr
January 29, 2009. DR Congo Cancels Logging Concessions
January 29, 2009. Schwartzentruber Amish Man Faces Jail Time
January 22, 2009. Dog Sled Race in Nunavut Scheduled for March
January 22, 2009. President Obama and a Tristan Baby
January 15, 2009. Novela by Oddoul Parodies Nubian Situation
January 15, 2009. Ladakhi Amchi Rituals Consecrate Medicines [anthology chapter review]
January 8, 2009. Amish Farmers Refuse to Register their Herds
January 8, 2009. Is a Nonkilling Society Possible? [unpublished paper review]
January 1, 2009. Tristan Islanders Welcome the New Year
January 1, 2009. New Year Celebrations in Ladakh [anthology chapter review]