Contact with the western world has degraded their traditional culture, possibly beyond repair. Disease and violence against them threatens their survival. This is the first of two articles examining their plight and their future. A short history of the Maori People, their struggles to overcome oppression, and questions they must answer if they are to have a viable future as a people and cultural identity. One third of the world's population belongs to the fourth world.
Native people comprise the fourth world.
They are the first nations. All are struggling to maintain their cultural identity, and to regain at least some degree of autonomy and control of their own destiny. Used under License.