Abstract

AGUILAR CAVALLO, Gonzalo. La aspiración indígena a la propia identidad. Universum [online]. 2006, vol.21, n.1, pp.106-119. ISSN 0718-2376.  http://dx.doi.org/10.4067/S0718-23762006000100007.

One of the key issues in the recognizing process of indigenous people's rights at the international and national levels is the capacity to self-identification, which is part of a wider principle related to the right to cultural identity. This later right, which counts on an increasing social and legal recognition, is currently claimed by a wide number of indigenous peoples all over the world

Keywords : Cultural identity; Indigenous peoples; Right to self-identification; Ethnic specific rights; Right to self-determination; Human rights.