Indonesia鈥檚 indigenous people take a stand
After years of being ignored Indonesian tribal leaders seized their chance to gather together at the first ever Congress of Indigenous People of the Archipelago in 1999.
In 1998 President Suharto of Indonesia resigned after more than thirty years of military rule. It meant people from indigenous communities were finally free to speak out after years of being ignored.
Tribal leaders seized their chance to gather together at the first ever Congress of Indigenous People of the Archipelago in Jakarta in 1999.
Laura Jones has been speaking to Rukka Sombolinggi.
(Photo: People in tribal dress at the Congress of Indigenous People of the Archipelago in 1999. Credit: Aliansi Masyarakat Adat Nusantara, the Indigenous Peoples' Alliance of the Archipelago)
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