Editing Indigenous peoples (section)

===Racism and discrimination===
[[File:Mokka and their house.jpg|thumb| "Savages of Mokka and Their House in Formosa", pre-1945, [[Taiwan under Japanese rule]]]]
Indigenous peoples have frequently been subjected to various forms of [[racism]] and [[discrimination]]. Indigenous peoples have been denoted as being ''[[Barbarian|barbaric]]'', ''primitive'', ''savage''<ref>{{cite book | url= https://books.google.com/books?id=eJxABLtxX60C&q=1880%20cincinnati&pg=PA35 | title= Centennial History of Cincinnati and Representative Citizens, Volume 1 | publisher= Biographical Publishing Company | year= 1904 | access-date= 22 May 2013 | author= Charles Theodore Greve | page= 35}}</ref> or ''uncivilized''. These terms were commonly used during the heyday of European colonial expansion, and they are still being used by certain societies in modern times.<ref>''See'' ''Oliphant v. Suquamish Indian Tribe'', 435 U.S. 191 (1978); also see Robert Williams, ''Like a Loaded Weapon''</ref>

During the 17th century, Europeans commonly labeled Indigenous peoples "uncivilized". Some philosophers, such as [[Thomas Hobbes]] (1588–1679), considered Indigenous people mere "savages". Others (especially literary figures in the 18th century) popularized the concept of "[[noble savage]]s". Those who were close to the Hobbesian view tended to believe that they had a duty to "civilize" and "modernize" the Indigenous.

[[Survival International]] runs a campaign to stamp out media portrayals of Indigenous peoples as "primitives" or "savages".<ref name=survivalinternationalfaq>[http://www.survivalinternational.org/info Survival International website – About Us/FAQ] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170519142147/http://www.survivalinternational.org/info |date=19 May 2017 }}. Survivalinternational.org. Retrieved on 28 March 2012.</ref>

After [[World War I]] (1914–1918), many Europeans came to doubt the morality of the means which were used to "civilize" peoples. At the same time, the anti-colonial movement, and advocates for the rights of Indigenous peoples, argued that words such as "civilized" and "savage" were products and tools of [[colonialism]], and they also argued that colonialism itself was savagely destructive. In the mid-20th century, European attitudes began to shift to the view that Indigenous and tribal peoples are the only peoples who should have the right to decide what should happen to their ancient cultures and their ancestral lands.<ref>{{cite web
|url= https://www.un.org/development/desa/indigenouspeoples/declaration-on-the-rights-of-indigenous-peoples.html
|title= United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples {{!}} United Nations For Indigenous Peoples
|website= www.un.org
|date= 5 June 2015
|access-date= 22 January 2020
|archive-date= 1 November 2015
|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20151101044521/http://undesadspd.org/IndigenousPeoples/DeclarationontheRightsofIndigenousPeoples.aspx
|url-status= live
}}</ref>