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Jessika Eichler, Philippe Boucher, Max Virupaksha Katner, Freddy Sebastián Medina, Lorena Albornoz

• One of Indigenous peoples’ most vehement demands certainly lies in their collective endeavours toOne of Indigenous peoples’ most vehement demands certainly lies in their collective endeavours to decolonise their relations with (the) State(s) in the most classical sense, including their related efforts to exercise territorial autonomies and political self-determination. Less attention is spent on the very sources of recognised forms of knowledge, on Indigenous knowledge, on Indigenous approaches to science, and also Indigenous peoples’ own justice systems, starting with legal terminology. Decolonising efforts hence require a rethinking (‘despensar’) of key terminology, of pluralising epistemological spaces and with it, they require entire justice systems of States to be critically approached, and to be ultimately transformed into a new, more inclusive framework. This publication builds on the debates and results emerging from the 11th edition of the Multidisciplinary Meeting on Indigenous Peoples (EMPI) held in early June 2024 at Sciences Po Paris, carrying the title “Indigenous Responses to Global Crisis Contexts: Decolonising the Law, Indigenising Methodologies, Exploring Legal Orders, Pursuing Environmental Justice, Categorising Vulnerabilities”. The conference was co-funded by the German Foundation for Peace Research (DSF) and the université franco-allemande (ufa). It brings together scholars from different world regions bringing in distinguished insights from the field of Indigenous studies. Key terminology is introduced, allowing for critical reflection on hegemonic standards, and the eventual pluralisation of epistemes, of justice conceptions and orders, of entire cosmovisions and ontologies.…