Acknowledgment of Indigenous and Tribal Rights on the American continent recently has been significant. With a long way to go, recognition of their rights, their particular way of understanding society, their connection with the earth, and their conception of identity have achieved exceptional consideration. The trend of international judicial bodies on human rights, particularly the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, takes an anthropological view of the matter. This view emphasizes the analysis of property rights around concepts of identity, diversity and cultural integrity. Likewise, it reveals the importance of the acknowledgement of collective subjects in order to guarantee and respect the effective observance of indigenous and tribal peoples rights in the hemisphere. The document aims to identify the scope of substantial recognition of property rights in traditional lands and criteria for seeking redress based on the jurisprudence of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]