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It prompted the sociologist, who was then working at the Northwest University for Nationalities in Lanzhou, to visit 50 Tibetan boarding schools to see if other children were the same.

From BBC • Mar. 9, 2024

“We don’t want oil,” said Leonidas Iza, president of the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador, which helped lead the protests.

From New York Times • Jan. 14, 2023

But this time, the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador is asking for more.

From Washington Post • Jun. 24, 2022

Leónidas Iza, president of the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador, was arrested in Pastocalle, in the Andean center of the country, according to police.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 14, 2022

Nationalities have developed a new self-consciousness, a new impulse to regain their old territories or to acquire new territories.

From Essays in War-Time Further Studies in the Task of Social Hygiene by Ellis, Havelock