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In the last two decades the issues of the indigenous peoples have come to the fore. From late 1980s, there have been consistent and systematic attempts to highlight the situation of the indigenous people.Along with this, there is also the attempt to highlight the various attempts made by the indigenous peoples to resist the discrimination and exploitation they are subjected to and also to assert their right for self-determination. This book, gIndigenous People's Struggles for Self-Determinationh is an attempt to foreground the various initiatives of the indigenous people to determine their life, resources, dignity and rights. About The Author:- Prakash Louis is an action researcher, writer, facilitator of development organisations, consultant to bilateral and multi-lateral funding agencies, consultant to regional and national governments on development and governance. His works include, The Political Sociology of Dalit Assertion, Peoples Movement: The Naxalite Movement in Central Bihar, Acts, Schemes and Special Provisions enacted for the Scheduled Castes of India and Rights of Scheduled Tribes of India: Acts, Commissions and Recommendations. Contents:- Table of Contents,Preface Introduction Part-I: Initiatives by Indigenous Peoples,Kari-Oca Declaration,Indian Confederation of Indigenous and Tribal Peoples (ICITP) Second General Assembly,Beijing Declaration of Indigenous Women,No to Patenting of Life,Indigenous Peoples' Scattle Declaration,Declaration of the First International Forum of Indigenous Peoples in Climate Change,The Kimberly Declaration,Indigenous Delegates' Statement to the World Bank at the Indigenous Peoples' Reoundtable,The International Cancun Declaration of Indigenous Peoples,Towards a Consensus of the Peoples,The Asian Development Bank's Indigenous Peoples' Policy and its Impact on Indigenous Peoples of Asia,Part-II: United Nations and Indigenous Peoples,International Labour Organisation (ILO) Convention 107,International Labour Organisation Conv