It is important to specify that when a person shares different indigenous origins—in other words, when, for instance, his or her mother belongs to one ethnic group and his or her father belongs to another—his or her belonging to one or another of those indigenous peoples may only be defined according to the traditions involved. In other words, to determine an individual’s belonging to a given indigenous people, the cultural patterns that determine family ties, authority, and ethnic attachment must be examined on a case-by-case basis. A case of contact between two matrilineal traditions is not the same as a contact between a matrilineal tradition and a patrilineal one. Similarly, the jurisdiction within which the individual lives, the obligations arising from the regime of rights contained in that jurisdiction, and the sociogeographical context in which he or she specifically carries out his or her everyday cultural and political activities must be established. The paragraph to which this note refers is transcribed below: ••• 56 • • •