Hostel Backpackers

Someone asking a serious question…I’m impressed. Some of factors and facts you explore were addressed by the late Dr. David Maybury-Lewis, co-founder of Cultural Survival, in his book and television series:
“Millennium: Tribal Wisdom and the Modern World” (1992) ISBN 0670829358,
and subsequent publications, such as:
“Indigenous Peoples, Ethnic Groups, and the State” (2001) ISBN 0205337465

“The Politics of Ethnicity:Indigenous Peoples in Latin American States” (2003) ISBN 0674009649

I would suggest checking out the following websites:

Cultural Survival:

David Maybury-Lewis:

There is a selected bibliography of his publications on the latter website