IKS Jeziorak
IKS or Iks may mean: * the members of the Ik people, Ik tribe in Uganda *IKS magazine (InformCourier-Svyaz) - Russian telecommunications, media, and IT magazine * "Imperial Klingon Starship", a ship prefix used by Klingon starships in ''Star Trek'' * Indian Knowledge Systems, an Indian governmental division for indigenous knowledge {{disambiguation ...
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Ik People
The Ik people (sometimes called Teuso although that term is derogatory) are an ethnic group in northeastern Uganda near the border with Kenya. The group is unarmed and habitually peaceful, numbering approximately 13,939 people. They have experienced and been affected by various human rights violations, including forced evictions and/or exclusions from ancestral lands and natural resources, with 70% of the land lost to conservation initiatives, as well as violence and destruction of property, which result in continued impoverishment, social and political exploitation and marginalisation. Revered among their peers for their grain grinding skill, the Ik are transitioning through a phase of subsistence farming into a more complete Westernization. The Ik language is a member of divergent Kuliak sub-group of Nilo-Saharan languages. Community structure The Ik people live in several small villages arranged in clusters comprising their community. Each village is surrounded by an outer w ...
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