El reclamo territorial Ayoreo Totobiegosode

the legal-administrative process started in 1993 before the paraguayan governmental powers to claim part of the land of the totobiegosode, an indigenous local group of the ayoreo people, is a unique experience in the country. in the process, the legal instruments that guarantee the rights of the indigenous people are not only tested with regards to the coherence of its principles, regulations and procedures, but also with regards to the constraints of the socio-political context. this paper explains the interdisciplinary approach of joint management between the ayoreo totobiegosode and non-indigenous team of professionals, such as the different aspects managed during the land claims: ethnic, environmental, cultural heritage and human rights. the existence of sub-groups of totobiegosode without contact with the surrounding society, currently called "in isolation", and the accelerated transformation of the paraguayan chaco region, are particular conditions of the ongoing procedures.