Submission to the Working Group on Indigenous Populations at its Fifth Session, by the National Indian Youth Council, Inc. and the Indian Law Resource Center

Paper discussing debates over indigenous self-determinaiton concerning the autonomy demands of the Miskito, Sumo and Rama Indians of the Atlantic Coast region of Nicaragua. The indigenous people of this area have been rejected for self-rule by Nicaragua’s Sandinista government. Also included is a proposal by the Misurasata regaring a treaty of peace between the Republic of Nicaragua and the Indian Nations of Yapti Tasba