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Indigenous Peoples and the Modern State
. Ed(S): Champagne, Duane; Torjesen, Karen Jo; Steiner, Susan
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Description for Indigenous Peoples and the Modern State
Paperback. Reveals 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 US, Canada, Mexico, and Guatemala, this work shows how indigenous people preserve their territory, rights to self-government, and culture. Editor(s): Champagne, Duane; Torjesen, Karen Jo; Steiner, Susan. Series: Contemporary Native American Communities. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 166 x 12. Weight in Grams: 295.
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.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Series
Contemporary Native American Communities
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
California, United States
ISBN
9780759107991
SKU
V9780759107991
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99-15
About . Ed(S): Champagne, Duane; Torjesen, Karen Jo; Steiner, Susan
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.
Reviews for Indigenous Peoples and the Modern State
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
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