Synopses & Reviews
Champagne and his distinguished 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. Many countries still face extreme differences among ethnic groups and submerged nations, leading to marginalization and violence. Examining these inherent instabilities in multicultural nations such as the U.S., Canada, Mexico, and Guatemala, the authors confront problems of coerced assimilation for indigenous communities whose identities predate the formation of the nation states, often by thousands of years. The contributors show how indigenous people seek to preserve their territory, their rights to self-government, and their culture. This book is a valuable resource for Native American, Canadian and Latin American studies; comparative indigenous governments; constitutional law; and international relations.
Synopsis
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
Rethinking native relations with contemporary nation-states / Duane Champagne -- Border crossings/crossing borders : Native American and the issue of border crossing / Steven J. Crum -- Status Indian : who defines you? / L. James Dempsey -- Discussion of indigenous identity and the state -- The culture of leadership : North American indigenous leadership in a changing economy / Brian Calliou -- Doing our share : employment and entrepreneurship in Canada's aboriginal community / Cora Voyageur -- Discussion of culture and economics -- We come to ask for justice, not crumbs / Sylvia Marcos -- Competing narratives : barriers between indigenous peoples and the Canadian state / Patricia A. McCormack -- The Mayan quest for pluricultural autonomy in Mexico and Guatemala / June Nash -- Indigenous, cosmopolitan, and integrative medicine in the Americas / Barbara Tedlock -- Discussion of trilateral exchanges between Canada, the United States, and Mexico.