Nicaragua was one of the first countries in Latin America to give constitutional rights to its
Indigenous peoples and its laws to protect their territories are justly famous (especially the
Autonomy Law of 1986 and the Demarcation Law of 2003). Some 40,000 Indigenous families live in
areas that are legally owned and administered by over 300 Indigenous communities, covering almost
a third of the country. Governmental recognition of land rights was the first step in tackling
incursions by non-Indigenous settlers from western Nicaragua and the violent conflicts they
sometimes produce.

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