Equal in Dignity and Rights: The Struggle of Indigenous Peoples of the Americas in an Age of Migration
Author: Fox, Jonathan
Date Published: 2004
Indigenous communities in the Americas and in other parts of the world are still wondering what happened with the generous intentions of the declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples. What happened with the promise that "indigenous peoples are equal in dignity and rights to all other peoples, while recognizing the rights of all peoples to be different, to consider themselves different, and to be respected as such"? And where does this leave indigenous political thought and indigenous understanding of their rights to land, culture and self-rule? And more questions still remain; can liberal democracy become genuinely intercultural and incorporate the thoughts and visions of indigenous peoples?
Date Published: 2004
Indigenous communities in the Americas and in other parts of the world are still wondering what happened with the generous intentions of the declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples. What happened with the promise that "indigenous peoples are equal in dignity and rights to all other peoples, while recognizing the rights of all peoples to be different, to consider themselves different, and to be respected as such"? And where does this leave indigenous political thought and indigenous understanding of their rights to land, culture and self-rule? And more questions still remain; can liberal democracy become genuinely intercultural and incorporate the thoughts and visions of indigenous peoples?
