Скачать или смотреть Will Nepal ever see a “Land Back” movement? Biswash Chepang on Politics, Identity & Representation

The “Land Back” movement — as it’s known in places like North America and Australia — is a movement where Indigenous communities seek the return of ancestral lands taken during colonization and settler expansion. This movement focuses on returning land rights and sovereignty to Indigenous peoples.
In Nepal’s context:

Nepal has a complex history of Indigenous and marginalized communities (often referred to as Adivasi Janajatis, including Chepang, Tharu, Tamang, Newar, Rai, Limbu, and others).

Many of these communities have faced loss of land, land alienation, and marginalization over centuries.

There could be a movement toward greater land rights, justice, and recognition of Indigenous autonomy — but it would likely take a form shaped by Nepal’s social, legal, and political context rather than simply copying the “Land Back” model from settler-colonial nations.

A push for land rights/resettlement in Nepal would probably involve constitutional reform, local governance strengthening, and legal recognition of customary land ownership.

In short:
While a formal international-style “Land Back” movement hasn’t emerged widely in Nepal yet, there is potential for strong Indigenous land rights activism and cultural renewal, and many activists and communities are already working on related issues.
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