By Hani Abidi
Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (AIPP)
Public Statement
By Nathan Williams
A few kilometres from the Burmese border in northern Thailand, Anchalee Katipatoom is attempting to close a sale. “Not made in a factory. Made by the hill tribe.” At her roadside stall, backed by an avocado grove and with views across to the forested curves of the Daen Lao mountain range, Anchalee is selling garments hand-woven by the Kachin people, an ethnic group Indigenous mainly to northern Burma.