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      Autonomy in Nicaragua and Nunavut : a comparative study in self-determination

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      Date
      1996-09-01
      Author
      Pino, Rodolfo
      Type
      Thesis
      Degree Level
      Masters
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      Abstract
      This thesis examines the concept of self-determination, as defined by competent international agencies. Analyzing the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement and the Estatuto de Ia Autonomia de las Regiones de Ia Costa Atlantica de Nicaragua (Autonomy Statute for the Regions of the Atlantic Coast of Nicaragua), this work proposes that these two laws of legislation do provide a starting point for the Inuit and the Miskitu-nani to definitely begin to work towards achieving a degree of self-determination within the nation-states in which these peoples live. After analyzing the historic development of the concept of self-determination and placing the Inuit and the Miskitu-nani in a theoretical framework of internal colonization, this work looks at the history and background of both peoples as well as at the final documents: the Law of Autonomy, the Nunavut Final Agreement and the Nunavut Law. Following a comparison and an analysis of these agreements, it is proposed that they represent an initial political step that, by providing some self- administration, potentially opens a road to self-determination for these Aboriginal nations —self-determination as defined by international agencies and accepted by most member states of the United Nations.
      Degree
      Master of Arts (M.A.)
      Department
      Native Studies
      Program
      Native Studies
      Supervisor
      Tough, Frank
      Copyright Date
      September 1996
      URI
      http://hdl.handle.net/10388/etd-06212006-094211
      Subject
      Self-determination
      Autonomy
      Inuit
      Miskitu-nani
      native americans
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