International Perspective on Indigenous Religious Rights

Claude Gélinas, Ph.D. (Anthropology, 1998), is a full-time Professor at the University of Sherbrooke. He is a founding member of the Société, Droit et Religions (SoDRUS) research center and has published several monographs and articles in the field of indigenous studies. Sébastien Lebel-Grenier, Ph.D. (Law, 2002), is Principal and Vice-Chancellor of Bishop's University. He is a founding member of the Société, Droit et Religions (SoDRUS) research center and has published in the field of constitutional law and fundamental rights. Raphaël Mathieu Legault-Laberge, Ph.D. (Religious Studies, 2014), is Adjunct Professor at the University of Sherbrooke. He has published several monographs and articles in the field of Anabaptist and contemporary religious studies, including Quatre essais d'anthropologie des religions (PUL, 2022).

Foreword





Introduction


 Claude Gélinas, Sébastien Lebel-Grenier and Raphaël Mathieu Legault-Laberge





The Pachamama, the Trojan Horse of an Indigenous Ontological Diplomacy at the Convention of Biological Diversity?


 Ingrid Hall





Spiritual, Religious or Cultural? Religion and Sámi Human Rights in the Nordic Countries


 Helge Årsheim





Indigenous Religious Rights in India


 Virginius Xaxa





Australia Has Failed to Protect the Religious Rights of Its Indigenous People


 Ernst Willheim





Kanak Custom and Ancestral Culture in Colonial Context


 François Féral





The Ainu Struggle for Sovereignty and Religious Freedom


 Takeshi Kimura





Indigenous Religious Rights in the United States


 Allison M. Dussias





The Colonial Overtones of Indigenous Religious Rights in Canada


 Claude Gelinas





The Fundamental Right to Freedom of Religion for Indigenous Peoples in Chile: Intersections with Territorial Rights and Cultural Integrity


 Leslie Cloud





Exploring the Historical Impact of Colonialism on Indigenous Religious Rights in Nigeria


 Abiodun Akeem Oladiti





Recognition and Denial of Indigenous Religious Rights in East and Central Africa


 Guy Bucumi





Indigenous Religious Rights in Taiwan: The Invisibility of Animism in Modern State Law


 Scott Simon





Integration or Separation? Religious Freedom in Post-Authoritarian Indonesia:The Case of the Indigenous Kaharingan Religion in Central Kalimantan


 Mirza Satria Buana





From Marginalisation to Self-determination: The Long Walk of First Nations’ Religious Rights in Bolivia


 Raphaël Mathieu Legault-Laberge





Index