[1(c)] The aborigines shall be allowed to retain their own
customs, political system, laws and institutions when they
are not incompatible with the national legal system.
[1(d)] The special position of aborigines in respect of land
usage and land rights shall be recognized …. Aborigines
will not be moved from their traditional areas without
their full consent.
[1(e)] Measures should be taken to ensure that they have
the opportunity to acquire education at all levels on an
equal footing with the other sections of the population. At
the same time care must be taken to ensure that their own
dialects are preserved and measures should be introduced
to enable the teaching of these dialects.
[1(g)] Adequate health services should be provided … and
special facilities should be provided for the training of their
own people as health workers and medical personnel.
[1(j)] In all matters concerning the welfare and development of the aboriginal peoples, the Government will seek
the collaboration of the communities concerned or their
representatives.
[2(iii)(a)] In the implementation of forest conservation
requirements, the special position of these communities
is to be ack–nowledged provided any relaxation exercised
in their favour will not be detrimental to the effective and
proper implementation of accepted Forest policy and
objectives.
[2(iii)(b)] The basic requirements for settled agriculture
are a sufficiency of food crops and a dependable cash crop
…. This requires a degree of permanency of occupation,
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