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| Founded | 1999 |
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| Focus | Indigenous rights |
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| Website | ipcb.org/ |
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TheIndigenous Peoples Council on Biocolonialism (IPCB) is anon-profit organization based inNixon,Nevada for the purpose ofpolitical activism against the emergent field ofpopulation genetics forhuman migration research. The term "biocolonialism" is aneologism —aportmanteau of "bio-" and "colonialism" —used by the IPCB to pejoratively characterize population genetics research as part of invasive and destructiveassimilation againstindigenous peoples.
The group claims to advocate for the interests of indigenous peoples, to assist "in the protection of theirgenetic resources,indigenous knowledge, cultural and human rights from the negative effects ofbiotechnology."[1] In particular, the IPCB's protests were based on a rejection of participating in scientific research that would negate or otherwise contradict traditionalNative American accounts and narratives about theirancestral origins, and lend support to other alternate views.
IPCB was a signatory of theIndigenous Peoples' Seattle Declaration in 1999.[2]
The IPCB was founded in 1999 by the current Executive Director Debra Harry, following her growing concerns over a perceived impact of genetic colonialism on the lives of indigenous peoples.[3] The organization objects to genetic variation research on isolated populations, as well as its prospective commercial exploration; claiming it as aglobal threat, not only to the self-determination of all indigenous peoples, but also to the non-indigenous world and to the earth itself.
In 2005 and 2006, the group protested against theNational Geographic'sGenographic Project.
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