Abstract
After centuries of struggles, discrimination and annihilation, many Indigenous Peoples and Nations across the world are still de jure or de facto denied their sovereignty and the exercise of their right to self-determination. The current global pandemic has served to expose the vulnerabilities of Indigenous Peoples and Nations, in particular, by exacerbating chronic health disparities, revealing the precarity of tribal economies, and highlighting the limits of inter-governmental cooperation and support. At the same time, the pandemic has afforded Indigenous Peoples and Nations the opportunity to demonstrate, once again, their resilience and adaptability to changing times and conditions.
Against this background, this Roundtable gathered established and mid-career Indigenous and non-Indigenous scholars from different disciplines to discuss the challenges and opportunities experienced by Indigenous Peoples and Nations from various corners of the globe in confronting this pandemic.