Indigenous Peoples and the Modern State

by Champagne, Duane; Torjesen, Karen Jo; Steiner, Susan

• ISBN13: 9780759107991
• ISBN10: 0759107998
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-06-03
• Publisher: AltaMira Press

Summary

Champagne and his coauthors reveal how the structure of a multinational state has the potential to create more equal and just national communities for Native peoples around the globe. In the U.S., Canada, Mexico, and Guatemala, they show how indigenous people preserve their territory, rights to self-government, and culture. A valuable resource for Native American, Canadian, and Latin American studies; comparative indigenous governments; and international relations.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Part I. Indigenous Identity and the State
Rethinking Native Relations with Contemporary Nation-States	3	(21)
Duane Champagne
Border Crossings/Crossing Borders: Native Americans and the Issue of Border Crossing	24	(9)
Steven J. Crum
Status Indian: Who Defines You?	33	(6)
L. James Dempsey
Discussion of Indigenous Identity and the State	39	(8)
Part II. Culture and Economics
The Culture of Leadership: North American Indigenous Leadership in a Changing Economy	47	(22)
Brian Calliou
Doing Our Share: Employment and Entrepreneurship in Canada's Aboriginal Community	69	(17)
Cora Voyageur
Discussion of Culture and Economics	86	(11)
Part III. Trilateral Discussions: Canada, the United States, and Mexico
We Come to Ask for Justice, Not Crumbs	97	(12)
Sylvia Marcos
Competing Narratives: Barriers between Indigenous Peoples and the Canadian State	109	(12)
Patricia A. Mccormack
The Mayan Quest for Pluricultural Autonomy in Mexico and Guatemala	121	(23)
June Nash
Indigenous, Cosmopolitan, and Integrative Medicine in the Americas	144	(11)
Barbara Tedlock
Discussion of Trilateral Exchanges between Canada, the United States, and Mexico	155	(4)
Index	159	(10)
About the Contributors	169