ABSTRACT

In this chapter we explore how development for and by indigenous peoples can be enabled, and we and reflect on how this bears on ideas about the ends and means of development. Indigenous self-determination entails institutional transformation consistent with the creation of (cultural, economic, political, and environmental) conditions conducive to enabling its pursuit and realization. While the details of such institutional transformation depend on specific contexts and histories, it nonetheless entails transformation that nourishes the well-being of indigenous communities. Decolonization and indigenous philosophies are vital to these goals. The chapter concludes by outlining how the opportunities and challenges for achieving self-determination for indigenous peoples transform how development ethicists should think about, and undertake to design and implement, well-being and development ideas today.