This article discusses the relationships
between international human rights, the
state, and indigenous communities. The author
considers how the formulation of these
relationships affects Indigenous women. She
argues that Indigenous rights as implemented
by the state and adopted in communities may
promote an impoverished form of self-
determination. This result impedes the
capacity of Indigenous women and girls to
determine their political status and control
their social and cultural identity. This
occurs through a translation of self-
determination by the state that undermines