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Book SynopsisAmendments to the Canadian Constitution in 1982 recognize and affirm “the existing aboriginal and treaty rights of the aboriginal peoples of Canada”, specifically the Indian, Inuit and Métis peoples. A 1996 report from The Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples laid out a process to recognize and define Canada’s Aboriginal peoples according to the Constitution. The federal government has ignored these recommendations and continues to maintain and develop the Indian Act, an out-of-date legislative mechanism created for colonial control over Indian reserves and their residents. In this collection, preeminent authors in the field canvass a range of issues, including who defines Aboriginality, interpretations of the Constitution, and the concept of recognition internationally.Trade ReviewAll-in-all, Who Are Canada's Aboriginal Peoples? is a solid introduction to the key legal and policy issues facing Aboriginal politicians, individuals and communities, and federal and provincial governments. The issues raised are still pertinent to the times.... [I]t offers some interesting lessons and comparative explorations for policy developers and community leaders alike, and even provides some suggestions for govenment.... For the most part, the authors write with skill and clarity, aiming to capture all the prisms of an issue to the reader's benefit. * Ottawa Law Review, Vol. 35, No. 1, 2003-2004 *Chartrand and his collaborators are some of Canada's important thinkers in Aboriginal law. The book is recommended as a valuable resource for constitutional lawyers, policy analysts, professors, and students. * Saskatchewan Law Review, Vol. 66, 2003 *Table of ContentsForeword / Harry W. DanielsIntroduction / Paul L. A. H. Chartrand1. Background / Paul L. A. H. Chartrand2. Collective and Individual Recognition in Canada: The Indian Act Regime / John Giokas & Robert K. Groves3. Who are the Métis? A Review of the Law and Policy / John Giokas & Paul L. A. H. Chartrand4. Domestic Recognition in the United States and Canada / John Giokas5. Métis and Non-status Indians and Section 91(24) of the Constitution Act, 1867 / Robert K. Groves & Bradford W. Morse6. Political Recognition: An Assessment of American Practice / Russel L. Barsh7. When is a Métis an Indian? Some Consequences of Federal Constitutional Jurisdiction over Métis / Dale Gibson8. Defining "The Métis People": The Hard Case of Canadian Aboriginal Law / Paul L. A. H. Chartrand & John GiokasConclusion / Paul L. A. H. ChartrandIndex

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Book SynopsisWith an abundance of buffalo, other game, and lodge pole pine, the hills straddling the Alberta/Saskatchewan/United States border were a natural gathering point for First Nations and Métis peoples. Their presence drew the Hudson Bay Company and American free traders, whiskey traders, and wolfers, resulting in a clash of cultures culminating in the 1873 Cypress Hills massacre, an armed ambush of a Nakoda camp by a group of drunken wolfers and whiskey traders. This event brought the Northwest Mounted Police to maintain peace in the west, and led to the creation of Fort Walsh, today a national historic site. Hildebrandt and Hubner uncover the history, stories, and people to establish a historical narrative of this significant region.Table of ContentsIntroduction1. The Cypress Hills and their PeopleThe HillsThe People2. The Buffalo and the Fur TradeThe BuffaloThe HBC and the Fur Trade to 1870Indian Women in the Fur Trade3. Whoop-Up CountryThe American TradersThe Trading Cycle4. The Cypress Hills MassacreThe Personalities5. Fort Walsh and the NWMPThe Fort EstablishedThe Life of the Mounties6. Treaties and ReservationsThe Prairies in TransitionThe Downstream People and Treaty 4Sitting Bull and the Dakota in Canada7. The NakodaThe Nakoda and the HillsThe Nakoda and Treaty 4The Cypress Hills Reserve 1879-82The Relocation of the Nakoda from the Cypress HillsThe Indian Head Reserve8. The Modern AgeReserve LifeThe Nekaneet BandAboriginal Women on the ReserveThe Ranching EraFort Walsh National Historic SiteNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisBuilding on the success of the first two editions, this volume briefly recaps the historical development and public acceptance of the concept of Aboriginal self-government, and then proceeds to examine its theoretical underpinnings, the state of Aboriginal self-government in Canada today, and the many practical issues surrounding implementation. Various self-government arrangements already in existence are examined including the establishment of Nunavut, the James Bay Agreement, and the Treaty Land Entitlement settlements. The 31 comprehensive essays address many interdisciplinary topics such as justice innovations, initiatives in health and education to grant greater Aboriginal control, Aboriginal-municipal government relations, Métis rights, and the intersection of women’s rights and self-government.Table of ContentsForeword / John H. HyltonIntroduction / Yale D. BelangerPart I: An Introduction to Aboriginal Self-Government1 Reconciling Solitudes: A Critical Analysis of the Self-Government Ideal / Yale D. Belanger & David R. Newhouse2 Treaty Governance / James (Sa’ke’j) Youngblood Henderson3 Regaining Recognition of the Inherent Right of Aboriginal Governance / Bradford W. Morse4 Contesting Indigenous Peoples Governance: The Politics of State-Determination vs. Self-Determining Autonomy / Roger Maaka & Augie FlerasPart II: Understanding Aboriginal Self-Government5 From Panacea to Reality: The Practicalities of Canadian Aboriginal Self-Governance Agreements / Ken S. Coates & W.R. Morrison6 A Critical Analysis of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples Self-Government Model / James Frideres7 “We Rise Again:” Métis Traditional Governance and the Claim to Métis Self-Government / Larry Chartrand8 The Future of Fiscal Federalism: Funding Regimes for Aboriginal Self-Government / Frances Abele & Michael J. PrincePart III: Trends in the Implementation of Self-Government9 Community Healing and Aboriginal Self-Government / Josee Lavoie, John O’Neil, Jeff Reading, & Yvon Allard10 Unfinished Business: Self-government and the James Bay Northern Quebec Agreement Thirty Years Later / Gabrielle Slowey11 Self-Government in Nunavut / Ailsa Henderson12 Cowessess First Nation: Self-Government, Nation Building, and Treaty Land Entitlement / Robert Alexander Innes & Terrence Ross Pelletier13 Government on the Métis Settlements: Foundations and Future Directions / Catherine Bell & Harold Robinson 14 First Nations Satellite Reserves: Capacity-Building and Self-Government in Saskatchewan / Joseph GarceaPart IV: Issues and Debates15 Constitutionalizing the Space to be Aboriginal Women: The Indian Act and the Struggle for First Nations Citizenship / Jo-Anne Fiske16 The Significance of Building Leadership and Community Capacity / Brian Calliou17 Where is the Law in Restorative Justice / Val Napoleon, Angela Cameron, Colette Arcand, & Dahti Scott18 Aboriginal Education and Self-Government: Assessing Success and Identifying the Challenges to Restoring Aboriginal Jurisdiction for Education / Jean Paul RestoulePart V: Future Prospects19 Future Prospects for Aboriginal Self-Government in Canada / Yale D. BelangerContributorsIndex

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Book SynopsisCanada’s Supreme Court has established a new legal framework requiring governments to consult with Aboriginal peoples when contemplating actions that may affect their rights. Professor Newman examines Supreme Court and lower court decisions, legislation at various levels, policies developed by governments and Aboriginal communities, and consultative round tables that have been held to deal with important questions regarding this duty. He succinctly examines issues such as: when is consultation required; who is to be consulted; what is the nature of a “good” consultation; to what extent does the duty apply in treaty areas; and what duty is owed to Métis and non-status Indians? Newman also examines the philosophical underpinnings of the duty to consult, and the evolving framework in international law and similar developments in Australia.Table of ContentsPreface1. Doctrine and TheoryThe Supreme Court TrilogyUnderstanding the Duty to ConsultTheoretical Approaches to the Duty to Consult2. Legal Parameters of the Duty to ConsultIntroductionTriggering the Duty to Consulta. Knowledge of the Aboriginal Title, Right, or Treaty Rightb. Adverse Effect Element of the Triggering Testc. Contemplated Government Conductd. Summary on Triggering TestConsultation PartnersJudicial and Quasi-Judicial Intervention on the Duty to ConsultConclusion3. The Doctrinal Scope and Content of the Duty to ConsultIntroductionContent of the Duty to Consulta. Introducing the Spectrum of Requirements on the Duty to Consultb. Specific Factors within the Consultation Requirementsc. The Consultation Spectrum Table: Matrix on Consultation Intensityd. An Example: The Keystone Pipeline CaseThe Duty to AccommodateThe Duty to Consult and Economic AccommodationLegally Acceptable Consultation and Good Consultation4. The Law in Action of the Duty to ConsultIntroduction: The Concept of the Law in ActionDevelopment of Governmental Consultation PoliciesAboriginal Communities' Consultation PoliciesDevelopment of Corporate Consultation PoliciesPolicies, Practices, and the Formation of "Law"Conclusion5. International and Comparative Perspectives for the FutureIntroductionInternational Law and the Duty to ConsultComparative Law: Australia's Experience with the "Right to Negotiate"Conclusion6. Understanding the Duty to ConsultNotesIndex

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Book SynopsisIn 1999 the Nisga’a First Nation in northwestern British Columbia signed a landmark agreement which not only settled their land claim but outlined significant powers that could be exercised by its government. The Nisga’a Final Agreement granted powers over land, resources, education, and cultural policy to the Nisga’a government, a major departure from previous land claims agreements. However, it was not without opposition and Scott also outlines the opposition, including two court challenges, mounted against the agreement. This book concisely examines the major terms of the agreement then deeply analyzes the impact the agreement has on federal/provincial/First Nations relations.Table of ContentsIntroductionHow far have we come?How far we have to go1: Postcolonial Sovereignty?A Very Canadian LiberalismPostcolonial sovereignty?2: LandLand and Sovereignty in the Nass: the Historical ContextLand Provisions in the NFA3: RightsForest ResourcesFisheriesWildlife and Migratory BirdsMines and Minerals4: PowerThe Nisga’a Nation, Sovereignty, Self-Determination, and Self-GovernmentNisga’a Lisims Government: Structure and ConstitutionSocial Jurisdiction of the NLG5: The CourtsThe Campbell CaseThe Chief Mountain Case6: Conclusion: Postcolonial Sovereignty?The Limits of Liberalism?Postcolonial Sovereignty?Notes; Glossary; Bibliography

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Book SynopsisIn order to interpret and implement a treaty between the Crown and Canada’s First Nations, we must look to its spirit and intent, and consider what was contemplated by the parties at the time the treaty was negotiated, argues Aimée Craft. Using a detailed analysis of Treaty One – today covering what is southern Manitoba – she illustrates how negotiations were defined by Anishinabe laws (inaakonigewin), which included the relationship to the land, the attendance of all jurisdictions’ participants, and the rooting of the treaty relationship in kinship. While the focus of this book is on Treaty One, Anishinabe laws (inaakonigewin) defined the settler-Anishinabe relationship well before this, and the principles of interpretation apply equally to all treaties with First Nations.Table of ContentsForeword / John Borrows Introduction: Treaty Interpretation and Implementation: Entwined DisconnectionPart One: What Came Before Treaty One1 Skilled Negotiators and Diplomats: The Anishinabe and Indigenous, Fur Trade, and Crown Treaties2 Manito Api — this “Piece of Land”: Treaty Making with the Indians of ManitobaPart Two: Making the Stone Fort Treaty3 The Anishinabe at the Stone Fort: The People that Belong to this Land4 Building on Stone Foundations: Relationships and ProtocolsPart Three: Anishinabe Inaakonigewin5 Gizhagiiwin: The Queen’s Obligations of Love, Caring, Kindness and Equality among her Children6 “The Land Cannot Speak for Itself”: Relationships To and About LandPart Four: Living the Treaty7 Implementing the Treaty: Outside Promises and Post-treaty Disputes in the Immediate Post-treaty YearsConclusion: Re-kindling the Fire: Finding and Embracing the Spirit and Intent of Treaty One TodayAppendix: Treaty No. 1Endnotes; Bibliography; Index

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Book SynopsisAt the place known as Head-Smashed-In in southwestern Alberta, Aboriginal people practiced a form of group hunting for nearly 6,000 years before European contact. The large communal bison traps of the Plains were the single greatest food-getting method ever developed in human history. Hunters, working with their knowledge of the land and of buffalo behaviour, drove their quarry over a cliff and into wooden corrals. The rest of the group butchered the kill in the camp below.Author Jack Brink, who devoted 25 years of his career to "The Jump," has chronicled the cunning, danger, and triumph in the mass buffalo hunts and the culture they supported. He also recounts the excavation of the site and the development of the Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump Interpretive Centre, which has hosted 2 million visitors since it opened in 1987. Brink’s masterful blend of scholarship and public appeal is rare in any discipline, but especially in North American pre-contact archaeology.Brink attests, "I love the story that lies behind the jump—the events and planning that went into making the whole event work. I continue to learn more about the complex interaction between people, bison and the environment, and I continue to be impressed with how the ancient hunters pulled off these astonishing kills."Trade ReviewBrink takes readers on an exploration of the site, telling its story in an irresistible personal voice into which he pours his heart and soul. What comes through is the author's deep respect for his subject. -- Ken Tingley * Edmonton Journal *Pick up this book and add it to your collection; it is a must read for anyone interested in the past, anyone studying history of the plains, and everyone just looking for some fresh, new and upbeat reading material. Imagining Head-Smashed-In is a tale about courage, ingenuity and the struggle for survival. -- John Copley * Alberta Native News *A writer committed to a subject that most of the world considers marginal, yet approaches it with I-will-be-heard confidence, can win the heart of even the most recalcitrant reader. Jack W. Brink, a curator at the Royal Alberta Museum in Edmonton, has that ability. He's spent 25 years studying the way Prairie natives kept themselves alive for millennia by hunting buffalo, a subject that in his hands becomes absorbing, dramatic and almost urgent. -- Robert Fulford * National Post *Imagining Head Smashed-In brings alive the past as well as the archaeological process, in an engaging description of how archaeology really happens, which complements Brink's impressive command of the data. -- Citation from the Society for American Archaeology Public Audience Book AwardTable of ContentsForeward by Eldon YellowhornPrefaceAcknowledgements1. The Buffalo JumpCommunal Buffalo HuntingNot Just Any CliffThe SiteThe CliffHow Long Have Buffalo Jumped?Blood on the Rocks: The Story of Head-Smashed-In2. The BuffaloIs it Bison or Buffalo?In Numbers, NumberlessTricks of the TradeThe Fats of Life3. A Year in the LifeCalvesMothersFathersThe Big PictureScience and the Historic RecordThe Seasonal RoundSummerFall and WinterSpringThe Season of Buffalo Jumping4. The Killing FieldsFinding BisonDrive LanesPoints in TimeAncient KnowledgeBack to the Drive LanesDeadmenIn Small Things Forgotten5. Rounding UpThe Spirit SingsThe Nose of the BuffaloFire this TimeLuring the BuffaloBuffalo RunnersLost CalvesBilly’s StoriesThe End of the DriveOf Illusions, Pickup Trucks, and Curves in the Road6. The Great KillLeap of FaithOverkill?Drop of DeathBones on FireLet the Butchering BeginBison Hide as InsulatorBack to the Assembly Line7. Cooking up the SpoilsThe Processing SiteDay Fades to NightDried GoodsGrease is the WordHigh Plains CookingHazel Gets SlimedBuffalo ChipsHot RocksTime for a RoastWhere are the Skulls?Packing Up, Among the Bears8. Going HomeBuffalo HidesPemmicanSnow Falling on Cottonwoods9. The End of the Buffalo HuntThe Skin of the AnimalThe Last of the Buffalo JumpsRivers of BonesFinal Abandonment of Head-Smashed-In10. The Future of the PastBeginningsA Beer-Soaked Bar NapkinCranes on the CliffA Rubber CliffAnd a Rubber DigThe Blackfoot Get InvolvedMeeting with the PiikaniJoe CrowshoeA Painted SkullWhere are the Blood?Hollywood NorthOpening and AftermathOf Time and TraditionEpilogue: Just a Simple StoneNote SourcesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisTotaling approximately 40,000 objects, the University Museum's ethnographic holdings represent native peoples from ten North American culture areas—the Arctic, Subarctic, Northwest Coast, California, Plateau, Great Basin, Southwest, Great Plains, Northeast, and the Southeast. This guide highlights the strength of the collections and demonstrates how objects are tied to history and people living within different cultural and social contexts. It also underscores that objects have different multiple meanings. Some objects illustrate intertribal relations; others best reflect collecting attitudes at the turn of the century when much of the Museum's collections was acquired. Visitors and off-site readers will learn about such related archival resources as documentation and photographs, past and present Museum exhibitions, current research, repatriation, and contemporary collections development.

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Book SynopsisWhen Charles Ohiyesa Eastman, a degreed Dakota physician with an East coast university education, met Elaine Goodale, a teacher and supervisor of education among the Sioux, they were about to witness one of the worst massacres in U.S. history: The Wounded Knee Massacre of unarmed Indians participating in a religious ritual. Their bond began there as they witnessed the horror. It carried them across the U.S. advocating for Native Americans and whistleblowing the corruption and racism of the nation's Indian policy. They wrote 22 books while organizing a national organization of and for Indians that paralleled the NAACP. They lobbied Congress, made speeches, wrote articles and protested the steady erosion of Native rights and resources. Their books, excerpted here, make the history of this very bleak time for Americans of color come alive.This book connects the experiences and responses of Indigenous Americans with those of African Americans and white progressives during the period from the Civil War to World War II. Social and political history combine here to paint vivid pictures of this time. Tensions between the Eastmans mirror the dilemmas of gender, cultural pluralism and ethnic differences that Charles and Elaine faced as they worked to make their homeland care about Indian impoverishment. Their story is a national story. It is also intensely personal. It reveals the price American reformers paid for their activism and the cost exacted for American citizenship. Effectively written, this book will keep you reading and thinking about the connections between their time and ours.Table of Contents Preface List of Illustrations PART 1 1 Beginnings 3 2 Retribution 3 Lincoln's ""War of Races"" and Dakota Conscientious Objectors 4 Mis-Trials, Death Camps, Flight, Mass Execution, and Removal 5 Refugees PART 2 6 Sky Farm, Western Massachusetts, and Homesteading in South Dakota 7 Military Pacification, the Churches and Dakota Resistance 8 Reunion 9 The Black Hills and Little Big Horn 10 Parallel Policies: The South and The West 11 Nonviolent Forms of Resistance 12 The Politics of Indian Policy 13 Ghost Dance and Wounded Knee: 1890 PART 3 14 The Consequences of Whistleblowing, a Pan-Indian Identity, and Lobbying Congress 15 ""Scholarship"" and the New Racism 16 Working for Pratt, at Crow Creek, and Writing Endnotes Bibliography About the Author

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Book SynopsisFor over 150 years the Lakota have tenaciously defended their culture and land against white miners, settlers, missionaries, and the U.S. Army, and paid the price. Their economy is in shambles and they face serious social issues, but their culture and outlook remain vibrant. Basketball has a role to play in the way that people on Pine Ridge Indian Reservation configure their hopes for a better future, and for pride in their community. In Lakota Hoops, anthropologist Alan Klein trains his experienced eye on the ways that Lakota traditions find a seamless expression in the sport. In a variety of way such as weaving time-honored religious practices into the game or extending the warrior spirit of Crazy Horse to the players on the court, basketball has become a preferred way of finding continuity with the past. But the game is also well suited to the present and has become the largest regular gathering for all Lakota, promoting national pride as well as a venue for the community to creatively and aggressively confront white bigotry when needed. Richly researched and filled with interviews with Pine Ridge residents, including both male and female players, Lakota Hoops offers a compelling look at the highs and lows of a community that has made basketball its own.Trade Review"Basketball is so much more than just a game; it is a cultural resource that allows the Pine Ridge community to express their identity against a social landscape of poverty, racism, and domination. In Lakota Hoops, Klein provides an important statement about sport in Indian Country, sketching out the larger structural landscape in which the actions of some Lakota basketball players unfold. In learning about the individuals, we learn the logic behind their actions and how they interact with the larger context of ongoing US colonization of native lands." -- Jeffery Montez de Oca * author of Discipline and Indulgence *"I've long thought that Alan Klein might be the most important anthropologist of sport in our midst. Lakota Hoops confirms that. Unflinchingly honest, brilliantly argued, and gracefully written, it's a tour de force about sport, Lakota culture, and a reality this nation has yet to fully confront." -- Rob Ruck * Tropic of Football: The Long and Perilous Journey of Samoans to the NFL *Alan Klein interview with Ramon Maclin about Lakota Hoops * Alan Klein interview with Ramon Maclin *Basketball is so much more than just a game; it is a cultural resource that allows the Pine Ridge community to express their identity against a social landscape of poverty, racism, and domination. In Lakota Hoops, Klein provides an important statement about sport in Indian Country, sketching out the larger structural landscape in which the actions of some Lakota basketball players unfold. In learning about the individuals, we learn the logic behind their actions and how they interact with the larger context of ongoing US colonization of native lands. -- Jeffery Montez de Oca * author of Discipline and Indulgence *I've long thought that Alan Klein might be the most important anthropologist of sport in our midst. Lakota Hoops confirms that. Unflinchingly honest, brilliantly argued, and gracefully written, it's a tour de force about sport, Lakota culture, and a reality this nation has yet to fully confront. -- Rob Ruck * Tropic of Football: The Long and Perilous Journey of Samoans to the NFL *Alan Klein interview with Ramon Maclin about Lakota Hoops * Alan Klein interview with Ramon Maclin *Table of ContentsPreface Chapter 1: Landmarks in Lakota LifeTHE GOOD Chapter 2: SWEATING, SMUDGING, AND SUN DANCING: Dusty LeBeau’s Fusion of Basketball and Tradition Chapter 3: THE LAKOTA NATION INVITATIONAL: Bryan Brewer’s Invented Tradition Chapter 4: “MANNING UP:” Jess Heart, Lakota Manhood and Hoops Chapter 5: LAURA BIG CROW: Coming Back, to Pass It ForwardTHE BAD Chapter 6: PINE RIDGE - RED CLOUD RIVALRY: The Tip of a Factional Ice Berg Chapter 7: CRABS IN A BUCKET: Lakota Factionalism and BasketballTHE UGLY Chapter 8: ENGAGING ACRIMONY: Racism and Lakota Basketball in South Dakota Index

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Book SynopsisWhen oil and gas exploration was expanding across Aotearoa New Zealand, Patricia Widener was there interviewing affected residents and environmental and climate activists, and attending community meetings and anti-drilling rallies. Exploration was occurring on an unprecedented scale when oil disasters dwelled in recent memory, socioecological worries were high, campaigns for climate action were becoming global, and transitioning toward a low carbon society seemed possible. Yet unlike other communities who have experienced either an oil spill, or hydraulic fracturing, or offshore exploration, or climate fears, or disputes over unresolved Indigenous claims, New Zealanders were facing each one almost simultaneously. Collectively, these grievances created the foundation for an organized civil society to construct and then magnify a comprehensive critical oil narrative--in dialogue, practice, and aspiration. Community advocates and socioecological activists mobilized for their health and well-being, for their neighborhoods and beaches, for Planet Earth and Planet Ocean, and for terrestrial and aquatic species and ecosystems. They rallied against toxic, climate-altering pollution; the extraction of fossil fuels; a myriad of historic and contemporary inequities; and for local, just, and sustainable communities, ecologies, economies, and/or energy sources. In this allied ethnography, quotes are used extensively to convey the tenor of some of the country’s most passionate and committed people. By analyzing the intersections of a social movement and the political economy of oil, Widener reveals a nuanced story of oil resistance and promotion at a time when many anti-drilling activists believed themselves to be on the front lines of the industry’s inevitable decline.Trade Review"The care that Widener takes in her research is outstanding– she manages to convey a strong sense of the real nature of ethnographic and case study research: unpredictable, problematic, and exciting." -- Sherry Cable * author of Sustainable Failures: Environmental Policy and Democracy in a Petro-dependent World *"A gripping analysis of the motivations of those who protested against the surge in oil and gas exploration in Aotearoa New Zealand’s oceans and lands in the 2010s. Drawing from her own experiences in the field, Widener immerses the reader in the physical and emotional realities of protest action, and shows how the interplay of culture, identity, politics, and environmental concerns gave rise to a multi-faceted resistance to an expansionist oil and gas program." -- Janet Stephenson * Centre for Sustainability, University of Otago *"Unlike others who have experienced an oil spill, or hydraulic fracturing, or offshore oil and gas exploration, or climate fears, or disputes over unresolved Indigenous claims, New Zealanders were facing each one almost simultaneously. Collectively, these grievances mobilized civil society to construct and then to magnify a comprehensive critical oil narrative – in dialogue, local practice, and national aspiration. In this allied ethnography, quotes are used extensively to convey the tenor of some of the country’s most passionate and committed people, including many community advocates and anti-drilling activists who believed themselves to be on the front lines of the oil industry’s promotions and inevitable decline." * ASA Environmental Newsletter *Table of ContentsTable of Contents Acknowledgements Chapter 1: Which Way Aotearoa New Zealand?Kia Ora: Welcome to the Bottom of the World Becoming another Oil Story A Social Analysis of Oil Advocacy & Resistance Chapter 2: An Allied Ethnography Critical Place Ethical Comparisons Surveillance Banking Time Chapter 3: Dominant & Critical Oil Narratives Three Flows of Oil New Zealand’s O&G History Dominant Oil Paradigm Critical Oil Paradigm Chapter 4: Oil at the Bottom of the World Cultural Capture & Conflict Regulatory Capture & Toxic Alliances Accommodating Extraction: Then & Now Preserving Cultural or Capital Taonga? Chapter 5: License to Criticize: From Disasters to Resistance Routinization of Violence Oil Promises, Human LossesRena: An Oil & Cargo Spill “A Little Government Waits” Sweat Equity, 8000-Strong Distinctly Māori National Resistance: Now-or-never Focusing Events Illusions of Recovery & Safety Chapter 6: Marine Justice: Defending the Seas, Claiming the Coastline Coastal & Saltwater Sociology A Harbinger: Punching beyond the Shoreline Māori vs Petrobras The “Dodgy Bullshit” of Anadarko Greenpeace: An Ideal Type of Resistance Kaikoura: Kaitiaki & Whale-watching Otago’s Natural Gas & Divided Alliances Marine Justice: Whose Ocean? Our Ocean? Chapter 7: Mobilizing the Middle: Ka Nui! “No Mining, No Drilling, No Fracking, Enough!” Unconventional Technologies, Controversial Impacts Rousing the Middle “Their Truth:” Global Flow of Citizen Knowledge From Taranaki, with Intent Problematizing Taranaki Enabling a Sacrifice Chapter 8: Tainting a Clean, Green Image Pure Products, Green Jobs Generational Pride, Ecocultural Consciousness Realism or a “Green Mirage”? Greenies Silenced by Association Hypocrite Drivers “Feeling a Bit Under Siege” Aotearoa Justice Chapter 9: Oil: Catalyst for Reviving Climate Activism Inverse Accounting “The Failure of the World” Re-energizing the Frontlines “Bubbling Away Underneath” Bind of a Spill Struggle to Localize Impacts Intergenerational Worry Chasing Global Justice Chapter 10: Disrupting Oil for Transformative Justice Applying Critical Environmental Justice Advancing Just Transitions About the Author References Index

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Book SynopsisA Contested Caribbean Indigeneity is an in-depth analysis of the debates surrounding Taíno/Boricua activism in Puerto Rico and the Caribbean diaspora in New York City. Drawing on in-depth ethnographic research, media analysis, and historical documents, the book explores the varied experiences and motivations of Taíno/Boricua activists as well as the alternative fonts of authority they draw on to claim what is commonly thought to be an extinct ethnic category. It explores the historical and interactional challenges involved in claiming membership in, what for many Puerto Ricans, is an impossible affiliation. In focusing on Taíno/Boricua activism, the books aims to identify a critical space from which to analyze and decolonize ethnoracial ideologies of Puerto Ricanness, issues of class and education, Puerto Rican nationalisms and colonialisms, as well as important questions regarding narrative, historical memory, and belonging.Trade Review"Sherina Feliciano-Santos has written a compelling and vital book on the multiplicity of ways of being Puerto Rican Taino—at once rigorous and theoretically sophisticated, highlighting again the value of language-centered work to the concerns of anthropology more broadly, it is also deeply personal, highlighting again the value of doing anthropology that matters." -- Anthony K. Webster * author of Intimate Grammars: An Ethnography of Navajo Poetry *"Sherina Feliciano-Santos’ ethnography offers us a beautifully written account that models rigorous scholarly analysis and ethical ethnographic practice as she examines controversial and critically important questions of Taino activism and identity claims within broader negotiations of Puerto Rican racial, ethnic and national identity. She reminds us of the generative value of embracing ambiguity, and incongruity and of listening carefully to what people have to say about their lives and their worlds." -- Gina Pérez * author of Citizen, Student, Soldier: Latina/o Youth, JROTC, and the American Dream *Table of ContentsContents List of Figures List of Abbreviations and Acronyms Glossary Transcription Conventions Prologue Introduction Part I: Competing historical narratives regarding Taíno extinction 1 The Stakes of Being Taíno 2 Historical Discourses and Debates about Puerto Rico’s Indigenous Trajectory Part II: The Puerto Rican Nation and Ethnoracial Regimes in Puerto Rico 3 Jíbaros and Jibaridades, Ambiguities and Possibilities 4 Impossible Identities Part III: Taíno Heritage and Political Mobilization 5 (Re)Constructing Heritage, Narratives of Linguistic Belonging 6 How Do You See the World as a Taíno? Conceptualizing the Taíno Gaze 7 Protest, Surveillance, and Ceremony Conclusion Acknowledgements Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisIndigenous Motherhood in the Academy highlights the experiences and narratives emerging from Indigenous mothers in the academy who are negotiating their roles in multiple contexts. The essays in this volume contribute to the broader higher education literature and the literature on Indigenous representation in the academy, filling a longtime gap that has excluded Indigenous women scholar voices. This book covers diverse topics such as the journey to motherhood, lessons through motherhood, acknowledging ancestors and grandparents in one’s mothering, how historical trauma and violence plague the past, and balancing mothering through the healing process. More specific to Indigenous motherhood in the academy is how culture and place impacts mothering (specifically, if Indigenous mothers are not in their traditional homelands as they raise their children), how academia impacts mothering, how mothering impacts scholarship, and how to negotiate loss and other complexities between motherhood and one’s role in the academy.Trade Review“This book on Indigenous Motherhood eloquently weaves together the beauty, strength, and resilience of those who transform academic spaces for the benefit of Indigenous students, families, and communities. This is the book I yearned for as a graduate student and Indigenous mother-scholar.” -- Jennifer Brant * University of Toronto, co-editor of 'Forever Loved: Exposing the Hidden Crisis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls in Canada' *"Indigenous Motherhood in the Academy is a brilliantly felt and witnessed act of collective Indigenous scholarship from a fiercely honest new generation of teachers and intellectual leaders who affirm their whole selves as the heart of nurturing present and future Indigenous generations." -- Dian Million, (Tanana) * author of Therapeutic Nations: Healing in an Age of Indigenous Human Rights *“This book on Indigenous Motherhood eloquently weaves together the beauty, strength, and resilience of those who transform academic spaces for the benefit of Indigenous students, families, and communities. This is the book I yearned for as a graduate student and Indigenous mother-scholar.” -- Jennifer Brant * University of Toronto, co-editor of 'Forever Loved: Exposing the Hidden Crisis of Missing and Murder *"Indigenous Motherhood in the Academy is a brilliantly felt and witnessed act of collective Indigenous scholarship from a fiercely honest new generation of teachers and intellectual leaders who affirm their whole selves as the heart of nurturing present and future Indigenous generations." -- Dian Million, (Tanana) * author of Therapeutic Nations: Healing in an Age of Indigenous Human Rights * "A much need contribution to Indigenous scholarship, Indigenous Motherhood in the Academy weaves together rich, powerful stories of Indigenous women who have navigated through the colonized, patriarchal spaces of academia while centering their Indigenous motherhood at the core of their journeys. A very inspirational and critical read for those seeking to understand the experiences of Indigenous women in academia." -- Susana Geliga * PhD, Lakota/Taino, Assistant Professor, Department of History and Naive American Studies Program, Un *Table of ContentsIntroductionSection I: East-ThinkingAn Indigenous boy occupying the academy and the intergenerational (motherly) teachings that led him thereChristine A. Nelson (K’awaika/Diné)“She had no use for fools”: Stories of Dibé Łizhiní mothersTiffany S. Lee (Diné/Lakota)Nine Months of Indigenous Motherhood in the Academy: A Rainbow Journey From the Islands to Na’NeelzhíínLeola Tsinnijinnie-Paquin (Diné)M(othering) and the AcademySusan Faircloth (Coharie Tribe of North Carolina)My Children Are My Teachers: Lessons Learned as a Kanaka Maoli Mother-ScholarNicole Reyes (Native Hawaiian)Dreams of Hózhó Within the Womb: A Navajo Mother’s Letter to Her Newest LoveNizhoni Chow-Garcia (Diné)Section II: South-PlanningHollo Micha Oh Chash: Drawing from our Choctaw ancestors’ wisdom to decolonize motherhood within the academyMichelle Johnson-Jennings (Choctaw), Alayah Johnson-Jennings (Choctaw, Quapaw, Sac & Fox, Miami Nations), & Ahnili Johnson-Jennings (Choctaw, Quapaw, Sac & Fox, Miami Nations)Mvskoke Eckvlke (Muscogee Motherhood) in Academic SpacesDwanna L. McKay (Mvskoke)The (Time) Line in the SandMiranda Belarde-Lewis (Tlingit/Zuni)Protection and the Power of ReproductionShelly Lowe (Diné)A Glint of Decolonial Love: An Academic Mother's Meditation on Navigating and Leveraging the UniversityTria Blu Wakpa (Powhatan Descent)Honoring our Relations (Collective Stories)Section III: West-LivingWidening the Path: Reflection of Two Generations in AcademiaSymphony Oxendine (Cherokee/Choctaw) & Denise Henning (Cherokee/Choctaw)Mothers and Daughters are ForeverRenée Holt (Diné and Nimiipuu)A Journey of Indigenous Motherhood Through the Love, Loss and the P&T ProcessRobin Zape-tah-hol-ah Minthorn (Kiowa/Apache/Umatilla/Nez Perce/Assiniboine)Indigenous Motherhood in STEMOtakuye Conroy Ben (Oglala Lakota)Kuhkwany Kuchemayo ‘Aaknach, An Iipay Mother’s/Teacher’s StoryTheresa Gregor (Iipay/Yoeme)Impact of a Pandemic on Indigenous MotherhoodSection IV: North-AssuringOur Journey Through HealingSloan Woska-pi-mi Shotton (Otoe-Missouria/Iowa/Wichita/Kiowa/Cheyenne) & Heather J. Shotton (Wichita/Kiowa/Cheyenne)Motherhood, Re-ImaginedPearl Brower (Iñupiaq/Armenian/Chippewa)Weaving Fine Baskets of Resilience:Resilient Mothering in the Academy as Kanaka Nation BuildingErin Kahunawaikaʻala Wright (Native Hawaiian)Hā‘ena-i-ku‘u-poli: A Letter to My DaughterKaiwipuni Lipe (Native Hawaiian)A Hidden Cartography: Matrilinealizing the Terrain of AcademeCharlotte Davidson (Diné)Berries and Her Many Lectures: The Work of StoryworkStephanie Waterman (Onondaga/Turtle Clan)Tying The BundleNotes on Contributors

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Book SynopsisThis book is part of a concentrated series of books that examines child maltreatment across minoritized, cultural groups.Specifically, this volume addresses American Indian and Alaska Native populations. However, in an effort to contextualize the experiences of 574 federally recognized tribes and 50+ state recognized tribes, as well as villages, the authors focus on populations within rural and remote regions and discuss the experiences of some tribal communities throughout US history. It should be noted that established research has primarily drawn attention to the pervasive problems impacting Indigenous individuals, families, and communities. Aligned with an attempt to adhere to a decolonizing praxis, the authors share information in a strength-based framework for the Indigenous communities discussed within the text. The authors review federally funded programs (prevention, intervention, and treatment) that have been adapted for tribal communities (e.g., Safecare) and include cultural teachings that address child maltreatment. The intention of this book is to inform researchers, practitioners, policy makers, and advocates about the current state of child maltreatment from an Indigenous perspective.Trade Review“A thoughtful read on the history of child maltreatment. Origin stories are important, and this book presents a native perspective that shifts the questions of how, what, and why from individual families to the broader perspective of nation building that degraded and, in many ways, eliminated support networks and destroyed tribal identity for many children. This book clearly illustrates these heartbreaking outcomes while also giving hope by restoring the origin stories of identity and reclaiming lost children.” -- Dolores Subia BigFoot * Presidential Professor and Director of the Indian Country Child Trauma Center at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center *"This book by Royleen Ross, Julii Green, and Milton Fuentes is essential reading for anyone interested in the prevention of child maltreatment in American Indian/Alaska Native communities. The stories in this book highlight the loving, rich history of these communities and how they care for and protect their children today." -- Marlyn Bennett * co-editor of Imagining Child Welfare in the Spirit of Reconciliation: Voices from the Prairies *“A thoughtful read on the history of child maltreatment. Origin stories are important, and this book presents a native perspective that shifts the questions of how, what, and why from individual families to the broader perspective of nation building that degraded and, in many ways, eliminated support networks and destroyed tribal identity for many children. This book clearly illustrates these heartbreaking outcomes while also giving hope by restoring the origin stories of identity and reclaiming lost children.” -- Dolores Subia BigFoot * Presidential Professor and Director of the Indian Country Child Trauma Center at the University of O *"This book by Royleen Ross, Julii Green, and Milton Fuentes is essential reading for anyone interested in the prevention of child maltreatment in American Indian/Alaska Native communities. The stories in this book highlight the loving, rich history of these communities and how they care for and protect their children today." -- Marlyn Bennett * co-editor of Imagining Child Welfare in the Spirit of Reconciliation: Voices from the Prairies *Table of ContentsForeword Introduction 1 Understanding American Indian and Alaska Native Families from the Precolonial and Contemporary Context 2 Systemic, Institutional, and Historical Implications of Child Maltreatment 3 Protective and Risk Factors 4 Current Policies and Laws Impacting Native Children, Adolescents, and Women 5 Child Maltreatment Best Practices: Implications for Native Children 6 Contemporary Cultural and Ethical Issues in Child Maltreatment 7 Bringing It All Together: Not about Us without Us Recommended Readings and Resources References Index

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Book SynopsisWith the rise of digital tools used for media entrepreneurship, media outlets staffed by only one or two individuals and targeted to niche and super-niche audiences are developing across a wide range of platforms. Minority communities such as immigrants and refugees have long been pioneers in this space, operating ethnic media outlets with limited staff and funding to produce content that is relevant and accessible to their specific community. Micro Media Industries explores the specific case of Hmong American media, showing how an extremely small population can maintain a robust and thriving media ecology in spite of resource limitations and an inability to scale up. Based on six years of fieldwork in Hmong American communities in Wisconsin, Minnesota, and California, it analyzes the unique opportunities and challenges facing Hmong newspapers, radio, television, podcasts, YouTube, social media, and other emerging platforms. It argues that micro media industries, rather than being dismissed or trivialized, ought to be held up as models of media innovation that can counter the increasing power of mainstream media. Trade Review“Micro Media Industries accomplishes the difficult task of describing the media worlds of Hmong Americans with depth and complexity while also analyzing the broader phenomenon of micro media production to give us a new way of understanding the importance of self-representation and the structuring role of media in creating social ties.” -- LeiLani Nishime * author of Undercover Asian: Multiracial Asian Americans in Visual Culture *"A brilliant and moving account of what the vibrant Hmong American mediascape tells us about promises and perils of minority media production and circulation in an era of platform capitalism." -- Aswin Punathambekar * University of Virginia *“Micro Media Industries accomplishes the difficult task of describing the media worlds of Hmong Americans with depth and complexity while also analyzing the broader phenomenon of micro media production to give us a new way of understanding the importance of self-representation and the structuring role of media in creating social ties.” -- LeiLani Nishime * author of Undercover Asian: Multiracial Asian Americans in Visual Culture *"A brilliant and moving account of what the vibrant Hmong American mediascape tells us about promises and perils of minority media production and circulation in an era of platform capitalism." -- Aswin Punathambekar * University of Virginia *Table of Contents1 Introduction: The Significance of Micro Media Industries 2 Without a Newsroom: Journalism and the Micro Media Empire 3 TV without Television: YouTube and Digital Video 4 Global Participatory Networks: Teleconference Radio Programs 5 Queer Sounds: Podcasting and Audio Archives 6 Alternative Aspirational Labor: Influencers and Social Media Producers 7 Conclusion: Beyond Hmong American Media Acknowledgments Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisFirst-Generation Faculty of Color: Reflections on Research, Teaching, and Service is the first book to examine the experiences of racially minoritized faculty who were also the first in their families to graduate college in the United States. From contingent to tenured faculty who teach at community colleges, comprehensive, and research institutions, the book is a collection of critical narratives that collectively show the diversity of faculty of color, attentive to and beyond race. The book is organized into three major parts comprised of chapters in which faculty of color depict how first-generation college student identities continue to inform how minoritized people navigate academe well into their professional careers, and encourage them to reconceptualize research, teaching, and service responsibilities to better consider the families and communities that shaped their lives well before college.Trade Review"Stories of love, affirmation, and resistance can find themselves in many places—real and imagined. We search for those stories, or they find us. Those powerful stories of First-Gen Scholars are here in the pages of this book. These are the chronicles previous generations of First-Gen Scholars would have benefited from reading. I know I would have. First-Gen Scholars of Color today and future generations will see themselves and be served by this gift." -- Daniel Solorzano * author of Racial Microaggressions: Using Critical Race Theory to Respond to Everyday Racism *"This book stands alone in elevating voices of first-generation faculty of color who nuance what it means to gain access to academia while not always thriving in it. This volume unapologetically demands for us to honor the full humanity of first-generation faculty of color as they embark on breaking down traditional notions of research, humanizing teaching, and challenging the overburden of service in inhospitable campus climates. If universities, particularly those seeking designation as minority serving, seek to create an environment where first-generation students of color will feel as though they belong, they need to learn from the varied experiences of first-generation faculty of color who have been doing this work, uncompensated and unacknowledged." -- Elizabeth Montaño * Associate Professor of Teaching at UC Davis and Chair of the Capital Area North Doctorate in Educati *Table of Contents Foreword CAROLINE SOTELLO VIERNES TURNER Preface TRACY LACHICA BUENAVISTA, DIMPAL JAIN, AND MARÍA C. LEDESMA Introduction: Toward a First-Generation Faculty Epistemology MARÍA C. LEDESMA PART ONE Research Illustration: Research with Community, Not on Community 1 Food on the Table: The Hidden Curriculum of the Academic Job Market DIMPAL JAIN 2 Neoliberal Racism and the Experiences of First-Generation Asian American Scholars VARAXY YI AND SAMUEL D. MUSEUS 3 A Nanny’s Daughter in the Academy MARIA ESTELA ZARATE 4 On Navigating with Flavor: A Reluctant Professor on the Pathway Here DARRICK SMITH 5 What Are We Willing to Sacrifice? Mental Health among First-Generation Faculty of Color OMAR RUVALCABA PART TWO Teaching Illustration: “Échale Ganas” 6 The Classroom as Negotiated Space: A Chinese-Vietnamese American Community College Faculty Experience CINDY N. PHU 7 Taking Up Space: Reflections from a Latina and a Filipino American Faculty Teaching for Racial Justice NORMA A. MARRUN AND CONSTANCIO R. ARNALDO JR. 8 Ambitions as a Ridah: Using Lived Experience as a Professional Asset Instead of a Liability PATRICK ROZ CAMANGIAN 9 Sage and Tissue Boxes: Critical Race Feminista Perspectives on Office Hours JOSÉ M. AGUILAR-HERNÁNDEZ AND ALMA ITZÉ FLORES PART THREE Service Illustration: Service Perception versus Service Reality 10 Financial Redistribution as Faculty Service: “The Hustle” and Challenging Racist Classism in the Neoliberal University TRACY LACHICA BUENAVISTA 11 Mexicana and Boricua First-Generation Scholars: Serving Our Communities with Alma, Mente y Corazón JUDITH FLORES CARMONA, IVELISSE TORRES FERNANDEZ, AND EDIL TORRES RIVERA 12 Continuing Cultural Mismatches: Reflections from a First-Generation Latina Faculty Navigating the Academy REBECCA COVARRUBIAS 13 Fugitivity within the University as First-Generation Black-Pinay, Indigenous, and Chicanx Faculty: Cultivating an Undercommons NINI HAYES, DOLORES CALDERÓN, AND VERÓNICA NELLY VÉLEZ Acknowledgments Notes on Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisFirst-Generation Faculty of Color: Reflections on Research, Teaching, and Service is the first book to examine the experiences of racially minoritized faculty who were also the first in their families to graduate college in the United States. From contingent to tenured faculty who teach at community colleges, comprehensive, and research institutions, the book is a collection of critical narratives that collectively show the diversity of faculty of color, attentive to and beyond race. The book is organized into three major parts comprised of chapters in which faculty of color depict how first-generation college student identities continue to inform how minoritized people navigate academe well into their professional careers, and encourage them to reconceptualize research, teaching, and service responsibilities to better consider the families and communities that shaped their lives well before college.Trade Review"Stories of love, affirmation, and resistance can find themselves in many places—real and imagined. We search for those stories, or they find us. Those powerful stories of First-Gen Scholars are here in the pages of this book. These are the chronicles previous generations of First-Gen Scholars would have benefited from reading. I know I would have. First-Gen Scholars of Color today and future generations will see themselves and be served by this gift." -- Daniel Solorzano * author of Racial Microaggressions: Using Critical Race Theory to Respond to Everyday Racism *"This book stands alone in elevating voices of first-generation faculty of color who nuance what it means to gain access to academia while not always thriving in it. This volume unapologetically demands for us to honor the full humanity of first-generation faculty of color as they embark on breaking down traditional notions of research, humanizing teaching, and challenging the overburden of service in inhospitable campus climates. If universities, particularly those seeking designation as minority serving, seek to create an environment where first-generation students of color will feel as though they belong, they need to learn from the varied experiences of first-generation faculty of color who have been doing this work, uncompensated and unacknowledged." -- Elizabeth Montaño * Associate Professor of Teaching at UC Davis and Chair of the Capital Area North Doctorate in Educati *Table of Contents Foreword CAROLINE SOTELLO VIERNES TURNER Preface TRACY LACHICA BUENAVISTA, DIMPAL JAIN, AND MARÍA C. LEDESMA Introduction: Toward a First-Generation Faculty Epistemology MARÍA C. LEDESMA PART ONE Research Illustration: Research with Community, Not on Community 1 Food on the Table: The Hidden Curriculum of the Academic Job Market DIMPAL JAIN 2 Neoliberal Racism and the Experiences of First-Generation Asian American Scholars VARAXY YI AND SAMUEL D. MUSEUS 3 A Nanny’s Daughter in the Academy MARIA ESTELA ZARATE 4 On Navigating with Flavor: A Reluctant Professor on the Pathway Here DARRICK SMITH 5 What Are We Willing to Sacrifice? Mental Health among First-Generation Faculty of Color OMAR RUVALCABA PART TWO Teaching Illustration: “Échale Ganas” 6 The Classroom as Negotiated Space: A Chinese-Vietnamese American Community College Faculty Experience CINDY N. PHU 7 Taking Up Space: Reflections from a Latina and a Filipino American Faculty Teaching for Racial Justice NORMA A. MARRUN AND CONSTANCIO R. ARNALDO JR. 8 Ambitions as a Ridah: Using Lived Experience as a Professional Asset Instead of a Liability PATRICK ROZ CAMANGIAN 9 Sage and Tissue Boxes: Critical Race Feminista Perspectives on Office Hours JOSÉ M. AGUILAR-HERNÁNDEZ AND ALMA ITZÉ FLORES PART THREE Service Illustration: Service Perception versus Service Reality 10 Financial Redistribution as Faculty Service: “The Hustle” and Challenging Racist Classism in the Neoliberal University TRACY LACHICA BUENAVISTA 11 Mexicana and Boricua First-Generation Scholars: Serving Our Communities with Alma, Mente y Corazón JUDITH FLORES CARMONA, IVELISSE TORRES FERNANDEZ, AND EDIL TORRES RIVERA 12 Continuing Cultural Mismatches: Reflections from a First-Generation Latina Faculty Navigating the Academy REBECCA COVARRUBIAS 13 Fugitivity within the University as First-Generation Black-Pinay, Indigenous, and Chicanx Faculty: Cultivating an Undercommons NINI HAYES, DOLORES CALDERÓN, AND VERÓNICA NELLY VÉLEZ Acknowledgments Notes on Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisChildren of the Rainforest explores the lives of children growing up in a time of radical change in Amazonia. The book draws on ethnographic fieldwork conducted with the Matses, a group of hunter-gatherer forest dwellers who have lived in voluntary isolation until fairly recently. Having worked with them for over a decade, returning every year to their villages in the rainforest, Camilla Morelli follows closely the life-trajectories of Matses children, watching them shift away from the forest-based lifestyles of their elders and move towards new horizons crisscrossed by concrete paving, lit by the glow of electric lights and television screens, and centered around urban practices and people. The book uses drawings and photographs taken by the children themselves to trace the children’s journeys—lived and imagined—from their own perspectives, proposing an ethnographic analysis that recognizes children’s imaginations, play, and shifting desires as powerful catalysts of social change.Trade Review"This brief summary of Children of the Forest barely conveys the significance of this grand accomplishment. Seldom has childhood been studied so thoroughly nor yielded so many original findings. This is a must read for anthropologists who study childhood and scholars across the spectrum interested in the process of social change." -- David Lancy * Anthropology Book Forum *"While it is often argued that children are the leading change agents in Indigenous communities, Camilla Morelli provides one of the first and the most thorough documentation of this phenomenon." -- David F. Lancy * author of The Anthropology of Childhood: Cherubs, Chattel, Changelings *"This is a highly innovative book that offers a remarkable perspective on the immense social change facing the Matses since the 1960s through the eyes and lives of children. It is as eminently readable as it is theoretically challenging and offers a truly exceptional ethnography that will appeal to a wide audience. This is one of the most insightful and inspiring books on Indigenous people that I have read in recent years." -- Andrew Canessa * author of Intimate Indigeneities: Race, Sex, and History in the Small Spaces of Andean Life *"Children of the Rainforest is a much awaited and fine-grained analysis of Amazonian childhood! Morelli's ethnographic account is timely, highly informative, and moving." -- Olga Ulturgasheva * coeditor of Animism in Rainforest and Tundra: Personhood, Animals, Plants and Things in Contemporary *Table of ContentsForeword by Roldán Dunú Tumi Dësi Introduction 1 The Child in the Forest: A Glimpse into the Childhood of the Past 2 River Horizons: Moving toward the Big Water 3 The Sound of Inequality: Children as Agents of Economic Change 4 Consuelo’s Dolls: Shifting Desires and the Subversion of Womanhood 5 Jean-Claude Van Damme in the Rainforest: The Spoken Weapons of Masculinity 6 Yearning for Concrete: Children’s Imagination as a Catalyst for Change 7 Urban Futures: When Dreams of Concrete Come True Conclusion Afterword by Roldán Dunú Tumi Dësi Acknowledgments Notes References Index

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