CO-SPONSORSHIP: Native Traditions in the Americas Unit and Religion and Human Rights Unit

We are interested in how Indigenous thinkers and communities in the Americas use the language of human rights to advocate for respect for religious practices, honor for the land, and more, while recognizing that discourses of  “human rights” often have complicated historical relationships with colonial ideas and institutions. We invite proposals that explore how members and leaders of Indigenous communities in the Americas navigate these nuances, reshaping thinking about “rights” and the well-being of human communities embedded in kinship ties with other species and the world around us.