The Indispensable Function of the Sacred

Authors

Erica-Irene A. Daes, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Heritage of Indigenous Peoples

First Page

29

Document Type

Article

Abstract

Distinguished elders, scholars and guests, I am greatly honored by your invitation to present the Susan J. Ferrell keynote address at this important gathering. It is, of course, particularly appropriate that we meet together on this very timely topic in the city of Miami, location of one of the more recent (and, I am happy to say, successful) struggles to protect the heritage of indigenous peoples, and that we meet at the invitation of Professor Weissner, who played a significant role in that struggle.

Recommended Citation

Erica-Irene A. Daes, The Indispensable Function of the Sacred, 13 St. Thomas L. Rev. 29 (2000).
Available at: https://scholarship.stu.edu/stlr/vol13/iss1/8