Silih tunggil laporan Perserikatan Bangsa-Bangsa warsa 2009 sane katerbitang olih Sekretariat Forum Permanen   anggen wicara ngenenin adar ngawedarang: Sampun meabad-abad, risampune masa penjajahan, krama mued sampun  nyatet sejarah perlawanan, napike ngeraja utawi mapaiguman sareng  Negara, mawinan nyihnayang  kakukuhan kramane mangda prasida maurip manut ring identitas dane sane mabinayan.
A 2009 United Nations report published by the Secretariat of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues stated: For centuries, since the time of their colonization, conquest or occupation, Indigenous peoples have documented histories of resistance, interface or cooperation with states, thus demonstrating their conviction and determination to survive with their distinct sovereign identities.