Indigeneity and autochthony - in between claiming and defending rights

The paper examines the tension between claims for indegeneity and autochthony for both claiming rights fro racialised minorities and defending rights in a racialsed way by hegemonic majorities. It examines the ways these two political project of belonging interpenetrate each other as well as affect and are affected by changes in governability of states and governmentality of citizens in contemporary neo-liberal globalised world.