A/74/149 many factors, considering that, in some cases, indigenous peoples have or may have the resources to fully or partially provide for their autonomous functions themselves, while, in others, dispossession has rendered them dependent upon exter nal support until they can regain control over their lives. Special measures may be necessary in that regard. 30. Financial arrangements with formalized indigenous autonomies exist in several countries, but in most cases it is the State that decides upon t he priorities for the use of State funding inside indigenous territories. Moreover, transfers are sometimes channelled through local State authorities who control and condition their use and take over the administration of the resources and use a good part of them for other purposes. Culturally inadequate and highly bureaucratic administrative procedures for gaining access to and making use of the funds are also a problem. 22 31. At the same time, it has been claimed that the State provision of necessary special measures and basic services has been used as a control and assimilation mechanism, weakening, instead of strengthening, the enjoyment by indigenous peoples of their autonomy or self-government. It is essential to fully integrate into those measure and services the goal of ultimately empowering indigenous peoples to take control of their own affairs in all spheres of life. 23 32. In that context, the Special Rapporteur reiterates that the ability of indigenous peoples to decide on and control their own paths of development is a key element for the functioning of autonomous societies. Indigenous peoples ’ own priorities, models and proposals should be respected and supported, taking into account that, in most cases, fulfilment of the right to autonomy or self-government depends upon indigenous peoples’ capacity to control and use their lands, territories and natural resources. D. Indigenous autonomy or self-government: a variety of contexts and arrangements 33. Indigenous peoples around the world are extraordinarily diverse. They have different histories of colonization and relations with surrounding societies, different world views and different social, political, economic and cultural structures. They occupy different ecosystems and thus have developed different livelihood systems best adapted to their lands and territories. Furthermore, they live in different legal and political contexts, in States that have undergone nation-building processes resulting in structures that are generally discriminatory towards certain sectors of society and less tolerant of diversity. Those diversities are dynamic and are constantly evolving and adapting to broad historical and social processes. 34. In this extremely varied context, indigenous peoples are exercising or s eeking to exercise their right to autonomy or self-government, translating it from paper into reality. The Special Rapporteur is conscious that, in most cases, the existing formalized arrangements are ongoing processes and respond only partially to the ful l dimension of the right to self-determination. Nonetheless, there is value in examining and assessing existing realities to draw conclusions and recommendations that could be taken into account by both States and indigenous peoples for the realization of the right to autonomy or self-government and the implementation of related State duties. 35. The present section provides an overview of some existing practices, including legal and other measures, which enable progress in or may be conducive to the __________________ 22 23 10/23 A/HRC/27/52/Add.2, paras. 42–45; A/HRC/21/47/Add.1, para. 70; A/HRC/15/37/Add.3, para. 83. A/HRC/12/34/Add.2, paras. 25 and 61; A/HRC/15/37/Add.4, paras. 32–49 and 66–70; A/HRC/36/46/Add.2; CAN 2/2012; CAN 2/2016. 19-11889