Abstract
The issue of indigenous land rights has assumed increased importance as the colonial legacy is critically scrutinized. Indigenous peoples were dispossessed of their lands in many parts of the world as European colonists settled permanently in the other continents. Their degree of dispossession depended upon the legal regime adopted and the extent of settlement. Often decimation and banishment to reservations ensued. In the present century the fate of the indigenes has been reassessed by national governments within the English-speaking world. As a result attempts have been made to effect some restitution of rights and even lands in mid-latitude countries, where the immigrant populations are now in the majority. In contrast, in Africa and other areas where the indigenes retained a numerical majority, the issue has not been significant.
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