Competing for the 'indigenous' slot: layered histories and positionings in peninsular Malaysia

• Main Author: Idrus, Rusaslina
• Format: Article
• Published: ISEAS - Yusof Ishak Institute 2022
• Subjects: H Social Sciences (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/43409/; https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85129034006&doi=10.1355%2fsj37-1c&partnerID=40&md5=759c048f76048296846be5b4ce9f3886
• Institution: Universiti Malaya

In Malaysia, multiple discourses of Indigenous rights have long existed in different forms: Malay, Orang Asli, bumiputera, natives, pribumi, Orang Asal, aboriginal—these are all terms that can be translated as ‘Indigenous’. New international Indigenous rights discourses are layered upon these existi...