Who Defines Indigenous?
Subtitle: Identities, Development, Intellectuals, And the State in Northern Mexico
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Published: December 30, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 187
ISBN-13: 9780813536699
Subjects: Indigenous peoples; Sociology; Race And Ethnic Relations; Social Science; Ethnic Issues; Mexico; Sociology - General; Ethnic Studies - Native American Studies; Discrimination & Racism; Latin America - Mexico; Economic conditions; Ethnic identity; Mixtec Indians; Social conditions; Tijuana (Baja California)
First sentence: Before Spanish colonization, the Baja California peninsula was sparsely populated by hunting, fishing, and gathering native groups referred to as Cochimis or Yumans (Leon Portilla 1970, 1972).