Indigenous Community Property as a Social Issue. Analysis of Previous Draft Laws in Argentina (2015 to the Present)

Abstract

The article analyzes the process of construction of a social issue, Indigenous Community Property, delving into how it has been defined, its characteristics and scope based on draft laws at the nationa level in an emergency framework of indigenous rights. The trigger has been the follow-up of the process of elaboration of one of these during the year 2015 through participant observation, semi-rigid interviews and analysis of files. The key points of debate were: the concepts “Territory-land”; possession-Property; the subject of law and politics: Indigenous/Native People or Indigenous Communities?; rural and / or urban areas; and the debate on “other suitable and sufficient lands”. The results, analyzed togetherwith other PCI proposals, are indicative and proactive for new discussions by showing the progress and obstacles in the approach to access and titling of lands and territories that challenges other public and private social sectors.