Edith Mirante is author of “The Wind in the Bamboo: Journeys in Search of Asia's 'Negrito' Indigenous Peoples” and two books about Burma (Myanmar). In 1986 she founded of Project Maje (www.projectmaje.org), which distributes information on Burma’s human rights and environmental issues. You can follow Edith on Twitter at @edithmirante for her History Threads on topics including armed struggle, mining and land rights.