For decades, indigenous people around the world have persistently worked to establish indigenous rights for their communities and rights for other indigenous people around the world. Consequently, it has been hard to distinguish exactly what rights indigenous people should be entitled and how indigenous rights should be enforced. To confront the complex issue of establishing indigenous rights one must first take into consideration several challenges that arise such as acknowledgment of existence; the impact of language; debates around power and governance; and false promises that are never set in motion. Overall, the authors of the various articles on the topic all have strengths and weaknesses in their arguments for their position on the issue of what the challenges are for establishing indigenous rights except for Lightfoot’s argument which has no apparent…show more content… (Morris, 2011). This arguments strength is that it focuses on political equality, specifically inherent human equality which is reflected in the treatment of all people in equal rights and equality before the law. (Macdonald, Power). In their article Morris writes: “Recognition is required for reconciliation. This means mutual cultural respect and acknowledgment of prior and continuing existence. But equality is required if we are to close the gap.” (Morris, 2011). Equality is a difficult but essential obstacle in overcoming and establishing indigenous rights in society. In order to establish rights for a group of people they have to be seen as equal in the eyes of society and the constitution of a country largely determines how society is going to treat others because it is the basis of
