01037nas a2200097   4500000000100000008004100001100001800042245007800060856015400138520064700292       2024                            d1 aAnita Vaivade00aClaiming Indigeneity in Europe: Livonian activism for language protection  uhttps://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85192569606&doi=10.1080%2f01629778.2024.2339875&partnerID=40&md5=3ee016823233b0b3988bce1c4001f08e3 aThis article addresses the impact of international law in the fields of intangible cultural heritage safeguarding and the protection of the rights of Indigenous peoples on national legislative and policymaking processes related to the legal status of the Livonian language and the Livonian people in Latvia. As argued in this article, recent international law developments and purposeful claims of Indigeneity have served as an efficient argument used through Livonian activism at the national level to strengthen their language protection and to gain increased policy support for the practice and continuity of Livonian language and culture.