1 Preface 2 Part I: Indigenous Identity and the State 3 Chapter 1: Rethinking Native Relations with Contemporary Nation-States 4 Chapter 2: Crossing Borders/Border Crossings: Native American Identity 5 Chapter 3: Status Indian: Who Defines You? 6 Chapter 4: Discussion of Indigenous Identity and the State 7 Part II: Culture and Economics 8 Chapter 5: The Culture of Leadership: Indigenous Leadership in a Changing Economy 9 Chapter 6: Doing our Share: Employment and Entrepreneurship in Canada's Aboriginal Community 10 Chapter 7: Discussion of Culture and Economics 11 PART III. Trilateral Discussions: Canada, the United States and Mexico 12 Chapter 8: We Come to Ask for Justice, Not Crumbs 13 Chapter 9: Competing Narratives: Barriers Between Indigenous Peoples and the Canadian State 14 Chapter 10: The Mayan Quest for Pluricultural Autonomy in Mexico and Guatemala 15 Chapter 11: Indigenous, Cosmopolitan, and Integrative Medicine in the Americas 16 Chapter 12: Discussion of Trilateral Exchanges between Canada, the United States and Mexico 17 Index 18 About the Authors
Duane Champagne is Professor of Sociology and Director of the Native Nations Law and Policy Center at the University of California, Los Angeles. Karen Jo Torjesen is Dean of the School of Religion, and Margo L. Goldsmith Professor of Women's Studies in Religion, Claremont Graduate University. Susan Steiner is Associate Vice President for Research and Sponsored Programs at Claremont Graduate University and has received degrees in both literature and religion. She has long been active in civil rights, grass roots community, and political, as well as academic and cultural, issues. A writer, as well as a speaker, she has given workshops throughout the United States and has a novel and play in progress.
Finally, a book on indigenous peoples of the North American
continent, from the Arctic to Mesoamerica, a distinctly different
version of the North American Free Trade Agreement—NAFTA—the cause
of the Zapatista indigenous uprising in Mexico. Indigenous Peoples
and the Modern State is a valuable addition to indigenous
literature and will be a useful text for indigenous studies
courses.
*Roxanne Dunbar Ortiz, California State University, Hayward,
Director of Indigenous World Association*
Indigenous Peoples and the Modern State offers a broad and richly
comparative study critically analyzing the generally contentious
but occasionally cooperative relationships between aboriginal
peoples and three contemporary states—U.S., Canada, and Mexico.
Utilizing a 'trilateral' approach, the contributors focus on
cultural identity, land, sovereignty, leadership, economics,
intellectual property, and other topics that continue to animate
the evolving relationship between Native nations and the states
that formed in their midst.
*University of Minnesota*
This innovative collection is the only one I know of that examines
indigenous issues in all three North American states: Canada, the
U.S., and Mexico. While the three situations are very different,
they are ripe for comparative analysis. The lens here is
wide-angled, providing welcome introductions to a host of issues
from politics to economy, from culture to intellectual property and
indigenous knowledge.
*Stephen Cornell*
These essays and discussions collected fill a critical gap in our
understanding of indigenous peoples. The collection, via
comparative examination of Canada, Mexico, and the United States,
break out of an overly narrow focus on indigenous peoples within
one state, to subtly highlight the similarities and differences
among indigenous peoples in various states.
*Thomas D. Hall, Lester M. Jones Professor of Sociology, DePauw
University, and editor of A World-Systems Reader*
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