Indigenous people and the modern state
By: edited by Duane Champagne, Karen Torjesen, Susan Steiner.
Contributors: Champagne, Duane.; Torjesen, Karen Jo, 1945-; Steiner, Susan.
Series: Contemporary Native American communities ;; 10
Publisher: AltaMira Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Walnut Creek, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 172
Subjects: Indians of North America -- Politics and government; Indians of North America -- Government relations; Indians of North America -- Social conditions; Self-determination, National -- North America
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Rethinking native relations with contemporary nation-states / Duane Champagne; title: Crossing borders/border crossings : Native American identity / Steven Crum; title: Status Indian : who defines you? / James Dempsey; title: Discussion of indigenous identity and the state; title: The culture of leadership : indigenous leadership in a changing economy / Brian Calliou; title: Doing our share : employment and entrepreneurship in Canada's aboriginal community / Cora Voyageur; title: Discussion of culture and economics; title: We come to ask for justice, not crumbs / Sylvia Marcos; title: Competing narratives : barriers between indigenous peoples and the Canadian state / Patricia McCormack; title: The Mayan quest for pluricultural autonomy in Mexico and Guatemala / June Nash; title: Indigenous, cosmopolitan, and integrative medicine in the Americas / Barbara Tedlock; title: Discussion of trilateral exchanges between Canada, the United States, and Mexico.