The indigenous people are not at the fault for climate change, because they live off of the land and use natural resources to sustain themselves. We contribute to the climate changes around the world due to our way of living. We pollute the environment without thought and are causing climate change
throughout the world. But the indigenous people also have a disadvantage when it comes to living within their cultures. For example: In the case of the Azande people of Africa, which is the indigenous group I chose, they were driven out of their land due to a disease that plagued their environment. Later, the Sudanese war started, and the Arabs forced the Sudanese to accept Islam. This caused the Sudanese to flee from their homes. The civil war was the longest war fought and millions of Sudanese died because of it.
Climate change poses a threat to the indigenous people and in the case of the Azande people their resources brought them to war with other countries. We need to work together into helping the indigenous hold on to their traditions and work along with them to decrease the danger of climate change. The government tends to take over resources from other countries and forget about the people and their livelihoods. It is our duty to help preserve their traditions and we can also learn from them about how to preserve our climate. Sadly, keeping tradition or culture has been lost. There
are many of whom are from other countries, and we come here to the United
States and become Americanized to the point that we tend to forget our culture and where we come from. And in the case of the indigenous people, we forced them to change their culture or even drive them out of their environment.
“Social and Economic Inequality: Why Poor Neighborhoods and Marginalized People Face the Greatest Environmental Risks” (pp.185-186)
“Anthropology Confronts Climate Change (p. 190)
