Even anthropologists were often guilty of ethnocentrism rega…

Even anthropologists were often guilty of ethnocentrism regarding the need for native peoples to “improve” or “develop” lifestyles and values that were part of the “modern” world, such as Lord Raglan and Arthur Hippler, who were disturbed by ‘backwards superstitions’ and the “terrors of shamanism.”  

Victoria Tauli-Corpuz wrote about the most surprising thing…

Victoria Tauli-Corpuz wrote about the most surprising thing she discovered when moving from her rural Philippine village to attend high school in Manila, which was that her teachers and classmates embraced her tribal identity so warmly, she became a minor celebrity because of that Igorot wisdom passed down from time immemorial.