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H. Okri, chief of the Kasepuhan Cisitu indigenous community in Banten province on the island of Java. The neighboring Kasepuhan Karang community was one of those to secure recognition of its customary forest last week. Photo by Marit Hverven/Norad/Flickr

Jokowi grants first-ever indigenous land rights to 9 communities

11 Ene 2017 - 00:18

The archipelago nation's constitution recognizes its indigenous peoples, but the government has ignored their rights for most of the country's 71-year existence