Encyclopedia of Opinion
Question
What are the positions on indigenous people's collective rights to their native lands?
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Indigenous people should have collective rights to their native lands

This position holds that Indigenous peoples should hold rights to their native lands as peoples rather than as individuals: proponents argue that collective title matches how those lands are held and used, and is the form of right their continuity depends on.

Supporting arguments · 2

  1. Collective title matches the way the land is actually held and used
  2. Breaking collective holdings into individual parcels has functioned as a route to dispossession