What Is Your Indigeneity?

Indigeneity as it has expanded in its mean- ing to define an international category is taken to refer to peoples who have great moral claims on nation-states and on international society, often because of inhumane, unequal, and exclusionary treatment.

How is Indigeneity defined?

Indigeneity is often defined either in criterial terms – such as being first inhabitants of a territory, or having a particular relationship with the land – or relational terms – such as the power dynamics between colonializers and Indigenous communities or between Indigenous groups and the state (Merlan, 2009).

What does Indigeneity mean to you?

b) self-identification and identification by others as members of a distinct cultural group; c) an indigenous language, often different from the national language; d) presence of customary social and political institutions; and. e) primarily subsistence-oriented production.

Maya Lin-Takahashi

Maya Lin-Takahashi

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Maya is a hardware enthusiast who tests and reviews smart home devices, smartphones, wearables, and audio gear. She focuses on practical consumer value and build quality.