indigenous sovereignty and sui generis authority

Question 1

what does the claimed sovereignty of the state mean?

Answer 1

that they have final and supreme authority

Question 2

what is the Doctrine of Discovery?

Answer 2

any lands discovered by Christians can be claimed if there are no signs of other Christians

Question 3

what is Terra Nullius?

Answer 3

unoccupied land can be appropriated

Question 4

what is conquest?

Answer 4

through military efforts, a right to sovereignty can be acquired

Question 5

what is cession?

Answer 5

indg. people should have ceded their land and sovereignty in the process of treaty making

Question 6

what does Sui Generis mean?

Answer 6

“of its own kind”, generated by itself

Question 7

third space of sovereignty

Answer 7

Indigenous groups claim sui generis authority instead of sovereignty. Their resistance and mobilization are neither completely inside or outside the state

Question 8

what should Indigenous sovereignty entail??

Answer 8

taking Indigenous traditions seriously, enacting governance on the basis of Indigenous worldviews