1-2/10 DEVELOPMENT AND CUSTOMARY Law INDIGENOUS AFFAIRS Indigenous Affairs 1-2/10 IWGIA 1 contents editorial 4 africa APPLICATION OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES’ CUSTOMARY Law TO PROTECT THEIR LAND RIGHTS IN AFRICA George Mukundi Wachira 6 CUSTOMARY Law AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION AMONG KENYA’S PasTORALIST COMMUNITIES Abraham Korir Sing’oei 16 THE EMANCIPATORY POTENTIAL OF CUSTOMARY Law FOR THE RIGHTS OF WOMEN TO access LAND Wilmien Wicomb 22 asia SELF-DETERMINED DEVELOPMENT OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES John Bamba 28 INDIGENOUS PEOPLES AND CUSTOMARY Law IN SABAH, MALAYSIA Jannie Lasimbang 38 DEFINING CUSTOM COLONIAL INTERPRETATION AND MANIPULATION OF INDIGENOUS CUSTOMS IN INDIA Asoka Kumar Sen 44 latin america “LIVING WELL” THE INDIGENOUS LATIN AMERICAN PERSPECTIVE Mirna Cunningham 52 Cover: Buhid, Philippines – Photo: Christian Erni 2 Indigenous Affairs 1-2/10 MOTHER EARTH AND “LIVING WELL” NEW ANALYTICAL AND STRATEGIC PARADIGMS FOR INDIGENOUS STRUGGLES? Efraín Jaramillo Jaramillo 60 HAPPINESS AS A QuaLITY OF LIFE INDICATOR Alberto Chirif 64 INDIGENOUS JUSTICE IN BOLIVIA IN THE CONTEXT OF THE PLURINATIONAL STATE Elba Flores Gonzáles 70 arctic THE INDIGENOUS HUMAN RIGHT TO DEVELOPMENT Dalee Sambo Dorough 76 THE STATUS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF THE RUSSIAN NORTH IN THE CONTEXT OF LEGAL PLURALISM Natalya Novikova 84 ISSN 1024-3283 INTERNATIONAL WORK GROUP FOR INDIGENOUS AFFAIRS 2010 International secretariat Editor of this issue: Geneviève Rose and Jens Dahl Classensgade 11 E, DK-2100 Proof reading and translation from Spanish: Elaine Bolton Copenhagen, Denmark Translation from Russian: Olga Povoroznyuk Phone.: (+45) 35 27 05 00 Price: Single copies € 7 + postage Fax: (+45) 35 27 05 07 Please note that the views in this journal are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect E-mail:
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