Whitt, Laurelyn.

Science, colonialism, and indigenous peoples : the cultural politics of law and knowledge / Laurelyn Whitt. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2009. - xviii, 265 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-254) and index.

Imperialism then and now -- Indigenous knowledge, power, and responsibility -- Value-neutrality and value-bifurcation : the cultural politics of science -- The rhetoric of research justification -- Indigenist critiques of biocolonialism -- The commodification of knowledge -- Intellectual property rights as means and mechanism of imperialism -- Transforming sovereignties.

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Indians of North America--Legal status, laws, etc.
Indigenous peoples--Legal status, laws, etc.
Intellectual property.
Traditional ecological knowledge--Law and legislation.
Sociological jurisprudence.