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An accurate definition of '''indigenous peoples''' is particularly hard to produce because of the great diversity amongst the peoples to whom the term has been applied. Even the [[United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples]] does not provide a formal definition. Rather, it identifies elements of historical experiences that indigenous peoples generally have in common. Much of this comes from the lengthy preamble; in particular, the sixth paragraph reads:<blockquote>''Concerned'' that indigenous peoples have suffered from historic injustices as a result of, inter alia, their colonization and dispossession of their lands, territories and resources, thus preventing them from exercising, in particular, their right to development in accordance with their own needs and interests,</blockquote>Scholars who write about indigenous peoples or [[indigenous rights]] often implicitly follow the definition also implied here by the UN declaration. | |||
==Indigeneity== | |||
The term "indigenous" come to the social sciences from [[biology]], in which field it indicates a species that originates in or is native to a particular place. This meaning is retained in the social sciences when indigeneity is ascribed to groups of people, but it also acquires connotation of [[ethnicity|ethnic]], [[politics|political]] and [[history|historical]] positionality. | |||
Revision as of 10:28, 11 December 2010
An accurate definition of indigenous peoples is particularly hard to produce because of the great diversity amongst the peoples to whom the term has been applied. Even the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples does not provide a formal definition. Rather, it identifies elements of historical experiences that indigenous peoples generally have in common. Much of this comes from the lengthy preamble; in particular, the sixth paragraph reads:
Concerned that indigenous peoples have suffered from historic injustices as a result of, inter alia, their colonization and dispossession of their lands, territories and resources, thus preventing them from exercising, in particular, their right to development in accordance with their own needs and interests,
Scholars who write about indigenous peoples or indigenous rights often implicitly follow the definition also implied here by the UN declaration.
Indigeneity
The term "indigenous" come to the social sciences from biology, in which field it indicates a species that originates in or is native to a particular place. This meaning is retained in the social sciences when indigeneity is ascribed to groups of people, but it also acquires connotation of ethnic, political and historical positionality.