Decolonising indigenous rights / edited by Adolfo de Oliveira

Outgrowth of the Virtual Seminar on Indigenous and Minority rights held in September 1998, which was organized by the Centre for Indigenous American Studies and Exchange (CIASE) of the University of St. Andrews, UK, and by the Study Group for Inter-Ethnic Relations (GERI) of the University of Brasilia, Brazil

Includes bibliographical references and index

Introduction : decolonising approaches to indigenous rights / Adolfo de Oliveira -- Indigenous peoples and their territories / Andrew Gray -- The reconstruction of Waimiri-Atroari territory / Stephen G. Baines -- Legal process of abolition of collective property : the Mapuche case / Jorge Calbucura -- Religion, belief and action : the case of Ngarrindjeri'Women's Business' on Hindmarsh Island, South Australia, 1994-1996 / James F. Weiner -- American Indian sovereignty : now you see it, now you don't / Peter d'Errico -- A possible indigenism : the limits of the constitutional amendment in Argentina / GELIND -- Strategies for equities in indigenous education : a Canadian First Nations case study / Marlene R. Atleo -- Notes on the role of the teacher in indigenous school education / Edmundo Antonio Peggion -- Disease versus genocide : the debate over population / Paula Sherman -- Indigenous peoples, civil society and the environment : the struggle for sustainability / Mario Blaser -- Contributors