“These are not cultures destined to fade away. On the contrary, in virtually every instance, these peoples are being torn from their past and propelled into an uncertain future because of specific political and economic decisions made by powerful outside entities. The ultimate tragedy, as anthropologist David Maybury-Lewis has written, is not that archaic societies are disappearing but rather that vibrant, dynamic living cultures and languages are being forced out of existence. It is not change that threatens the integrity of cultures; it is power, the crude face of domination. Genocide, the physical elimination of a people, is universally condemned by all nations. Ethnocide, the destruction of a people’s way of life, is too often embraced as appropriate development policy.”

—	Wade Davis  Book of Peoples of the World: A Guide to Cultures