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Peop\es.

UN's Landmar\(. oeclaratlon on the Rights of Indigene.

And the Fate of Indigenous peoples In India Dattt 2,0/10107 .

The indigenous peoples have faced the worst \<inds o1exp10ilail011 anddiseriminat\OR all over the world-TheY have~.

dragged Into violent cont\ictS and land diSputes \hat 1\8'10 ~ttreatened \helf way of lite and thelf very surma\.The systematiC.

fonn of exploitation and pogrom of depapu\at\011 of indigenoUS peoples had be!JUR nght from the \1~ when the W~.

Imperialist powers 'd\StOWred' the so called ·new world'. we au kno" what had happened to the 'Nalil/e Amencans afte!the anNal of Chnstopher Columbus in that part of continent Today, they are just asmall minonty in their own land, deprivedof evel'flhing that \hey had possessed: poiitical-riQhts. lands.territories. economic resources, and cu~ural heritage. 1\ is notjust the Native Americans but everywhere around the world the indigenous peoples have always been at the receiving end.

of imperialistic domination..

The establishments of nati n-states have not actually emancipared the indigenous peoples from varioUS forms o1s_ubjugation: instead tt has ~nly agg.,vated the forms of systematic exploitation.The indigenous peoples were not given the.

nght to determine thelf pohbcai status. but torclbiy put under the dominatiOn of \he new~ established natiOn-states-The.

situation of the various nationalities like the Nagas and many other indigenOUS peopleS in the Northeast region is aclassic.

wiftlOUI\heir consent' into the so-called Indian 'nation' that haS nothing in common. The indigenous peoples have been case of how lhe colonial state has recklesslY handled \he fate ofltle Indigenous peoples and lo!Cibly 'integrated' them .

the actor' r' e or .

oonsodered an 'assef or a'property'ltlal could be 'inherited' by one master from another Thus \he advent of 'post-colonial'.

era as such has no significanc f.

or maste the·md'lgenous peoples,as the structure of colonialism still remains unchanged· it is only.

that have changed Iomf ant t f h . . · '.

power and they are yet to experience 'fre .d n ~c dml~bs 0 ! e ln.dlgenous peoples still hve under the domination of foreign.

9 I erty 1n therr own lands. ' .

Allh . .

peo:;:;,~h~!~~~~ declaration has a lot of shortcomings, =;;;;nthe RIQhts of Indigenous Peoples (Sept. 7, 2007). .

In this backdrop th u ·t ..

"'ed NatJons has made alandmark · ·.

culture and trad:,~o~thTh!sddeclaratiOn seeks to protect human righ''::nally acknowledged the rights of indigenous.

peoples have the right to :e'l~-d·~:no~s t~eoples. ~ost significantly, Article 3s~~t~~~~esj temt.'tories, and promote 'unique.

pursue their econom' . errmna ;on. By VIrtue of that right \he f 10 .

ec ara.

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~gllng for 'se1f~~~W,~~d cu~turai. dell91opmant.' " states that: 'Indigenous.

Most of lt}in":ly deterr111ne their political s\a\US and freely~'i!fl asoiration. This deeia ,: soh y thiS declaratiOn \he UN has taken u;"ri"ft{'j'ole around lh world ha~ """".

I ren belonging tO indigeno:S ~;puia:StiOpni'9CISely covered the rights of th.

In India the. d' e groups, commun'f.

. g sep towards the realization of thel'r.

'· tndlvldua~ women and.

on ogenous pe.

that concerns them E 1 ..

any impact on a opes are still deprived of taki.

. ven though they have repre . '.

peoples on mo~Y:~~e~f~egghltsslat~g ~vepart in decision makin.

peoples have b .

1ion. Whereas the ~~~:~~~t~ni:~0P~riiament, their nu~~~=~~~o~!heffic.rucial issues.

· nthe name of . .

v1ng ahead with Its I' · .

u ICient to make.

of 'tige( or -~~f~~t~ake in many cases, of~=:rethe ~st areas_ and wildI:,':,~i~1:p~ing the indigenous.

responded wntl strong milita"ryo:~.~:O·b;~;l:a~nd;g~oou~~~~~~~~~0~"!:tthe ~~ice:co"~:ri~,~~·~~.

Various policies wh' h . .

sae. . .

aln etr pohhcal rights they areE t IC are aimed at ' I.

a~ , ~reatening their cultural i ..cu tural homogenization' have ..

~~~~:;~;.:pies, wl_th th:~~~~~t:,~=~~vetPanchayati~ns~i.'~~n:.~indigenous peoples in the North. with its own Ia .

hlp. Vanous actions of the lnd' g mtgrants Into their areas which.

giving them thv;' and constitutional provisions N~an state towards the indigen;,.,. eoWill consequendy deslroy their land .

. extended to the areas inhabited~ . anon the ,:.~~~m~ol~ove in~o thei ~~aswin~!Jt~~~s~~~~:o~~~· m~vi~~:~~:~~:~~r"!n~~n.

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