Indigenous peoples / Indigeneity Books

Book SynopsisRed Jacket was an Iroquois diplomat who, as a representative of the Seneca and Six Nations, met and negotiated with American presidents from George Washington to Andrew Jackson. This book covers his career and reflects on the treaty negotiations between Indian nations and other parties.

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Book SynopsisLiteratures, Communities, and Learning: Conversations with Indigenous Writers gathers nine conversations with Indigenous writers about the relationship between Indigenous literatures and learning, and how their writing relates to communities.Relevant, reflexive, and critical, these conversations explore the pressing topic of Indigenous writings and its importance to the well-being of Indigenous Peoples and to Canadian education. It offers readers a chance to listen to authors' perspectives in their own words. This book presents conversations shared with nine Indigenous writers in what is now Canada: Tenille Campbell, Warren Cariou, Marilyn Dumont, Daniel Heath Justice, Lee Maracle, Sharron Proulx-Turner, David Alexander Robertson, Richard Van Camp, and Katherena Vermette. Influenced by generations of colonization, surrounded by discourses of Indigenization, reconciliation, appropriation, and representation, and swept up in the rapid growth of Indigenous publishing and Indigenous literary studies, these writers have thought a great deal about their work. Each conversation is a nuanced examination of one writer's concerns, critiques, and craft. In their own ways, these writers are navigating the beautiful challenge of storying their communities within politically charged terrain. This book considers the pedagogical dimensions of stories, serving as an Indigenous literary and education project.Table of Contents Acknowledgements Introduction: Writing-in-Relation 'Being able to tell stories from the North' / A Conversation with Richard Van Camp 'It starts from a place of knowledge and truth' /A Conversation with David Alexander Robertson 'I realized that I could write what I see' /A Conversation with Katherena Vermette 'It comes back to relationship' /A Conversation with Warren Cariou 'That's the purpose of story' /A Conversation with Lee Maracle 'I hope my writing can help others' /A Conversation with Sharron Proulx-Turner 'Indigenous literatures matter' / A Conversation with Daniel Heath Justice 'A beautiful bomb' /A Conversation with Tenille Campbell 'To write myself back into visibility' /A Conversation with Marilyn Dumont Conclusion: Listening to Writers Notes Bibliography

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Book SynopsisIn 1980, when the Cabazon Band first opened a small poker club on their Indian reservation in the isolated desert of California, they knew local authorities would challenge them. The Cabazon persisted and ultimately won, defeating the State of California in a landmark case before the Supreme Court. By fighting for their right to operate a poker club, the Cabazon secured the possibility for native nations across the United States to open casinos on their own reservations, spurring the growth of what is now a $30 billion industry.Cahuilla Nation Activism and the Tribal Casino Movement tells the bigger story of how the Cahuilla nations—including the Cabazon—have used self-reliance and determination to maintain their culture and independence against threats past and present. From California’s first governor’s “war of extermination” against native peoples through today’s legal and political challenges, Gordon shows that successful responses have depended on the Cahuilla’s ability to challenge non-natives’ assumptions and misconceptions.Trade Review“Cahuilla Nation Activism and the Tribal Casino Movement broadens the narrative about tribal gaming through its application of settler colonialism as an interpretive frame. This framework explicates why non-Natives misunderstand tribal sovereignty and tribal self-determination, and it illustrates methods Cahuilla activists past and present have employed to counter outdated assumptions about Native Americans. Gordon demonstrates that casino gaming represents only the most recent manifestation of Cahuilla cultural and political sovereignty and persistence, not the first, nor the last.”—Laurie Arnold (Colville), Gonzaga University

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Book SynopsisPresents an analysis of the rich spiritual and artistic traditions of the Carib-speaking Yekuana Indians of Venezuela, who live in the dense rain forest of the upper Orinoco.Table of ContentsIllustrations Acknowledgements 1 . INTRODUCTION: The Syntax of Culture 2· THE PEOPLE 'The Ones of This Earth" Ihuruna, "The Headwater Place" Ethnographic History 3· CULTURE AND ETHOS: A Play of Forces The IIouse Economic Activities The Dual Nature of Reality The Garden The Geography of the Body Ahacbito !Jato, 'The New Person" The Six Souls The First People The Manipulation of the Invisible Magic Herbs Body Paints Singing 4· "ALL THINGS MADE" Tidi'uma A Cycle of Baskets Marriage The Tradition The Poetics of Basketry 5· ORIGIN AND DESIGN Myths of the Origins of Artifacts The Devil's Face Paint The Designs Shifting Fields 6· THE FORM OF CONTENT Yododai Edodicha Fasting The Fast Baskets Weed Out Mawadi: The Tingkui Yechamatojo 7· TO WEAVE THE WORLD A GALLERY OF BASKETS Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisUncommon Schools explores the emergence of postsecondary institutions for indigenous peoples worldwide over the past fifty years.Trade Review"Cole has produced a landmark book that is unprecedented in the study of indigenous people. It represents a new benchmark for comparative studies of Native people. Although a few books have attempted to compare government policies for indigenous people across nation-states, Cole's book is the first to compare how Native people have attempted to structure institutions of higher education to serve their communities. This is a one-of-a-kind book that cannot be overlooked by scholars of Native people." -- C. Matthew Snipp * Stanford University *"Cole's book is important precisely because it is so cognizant of the wider social and political milieu of indigenous claims making vis-à-vis modern nation states. . .A book with a rare combination of elements—it is diachronic, interdisciplinary, theoretically strong, empirically grounded, and (particularly unusual for those books that focus primarily on the U.S. context) also consciously international." -- Stephen May * American Journal of Sociology *"Cole has written a masterful and comprehensive analysis of the modern rise of post-secondary schools for indigenous peoples. He analyzes the phenomenon at a global and historical level, but also examines national and organizational variations. The book is unique—a most impressive addition to the field." -- John W. Meyer * Stanford University *"Wade Cole's innovative, comparative Uncommon Schools illuminates how destitute and poorly educated groups of indigenous people have come to use quasi-sovereignty and the political authority of higher education to form unique colleges to increase their people's cultural survival. This is a fascinating story of local adaptation of global ideas, subjective self-identification, and the rising power of higher education in increasingly schooled societies worldwide." -- David P. Baker * The Pennsylvania State University *

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Book SynopsisAn investigation into how indigenous rights are conceived in legal language and doctrineIn the twenty-first century, it is politically and legally commonplace that indigenous communities go to court to assert their rights against the postcolonial nation-state in which they reside. But upon closer examination, this constellation is far from straightforward. Indigenous communities make their claims as independent entities, governed by their own laws. And yet, they bring a case before the court of another sovereign, subjecting themselves to its foreign rule of law.According to Jonas Bens, when native communities enter into legal relationships with postcolonial nation-states, they become indigenous. Indigenous communities define themselves as separated from the settler nation-state and insist that their rights originate from within their own system of laws. At the same time, indigenous communities must argue that they are incorporated in the settler nation-state to beTrade Review"The Indigenous Paradox provides a valuable reference tool for scholars and activists working in the Americas and in other postcolonial settings around the world. It provides a strong basis for comparing the multiple valences of indigeneity and the distinct meanings that Indigenous communities ascribe to its cultural and juridical contexts." * Latin American Research Review *"Jonas Bens’ ambitious book...explores the political impact of state recognition for indigenous and tribal peoples enacting indigenous rights claims...As a contribution to scholarship examining local and international human rights systems, the book makes a strong argument for a comparative ethnographic approach to legal texts in showing how indigeneity is both emergent within and constructed against national and international legal systems." * The New Rambler *"For legal historians interested in an overall vision of indigenous rights in the Americas, this is an indispensable work because it questions current paradigms—both the strict division between North and South America as well as the supposed authenticity and ancestry that is often attributed to rights historically subject to what Bens calls the indigenous paradox. For this reason, it is a recommendable book for ethnohistorians, anthropologists and Americanists dedicated to the study of the problems of native peoples. For sure, it is a work that contributes to the attempts to decolonize history and law because such attempts are likewise subject to the indigenous paradox the author describes…This is an original book, very well written and researched." * Rechtsgeschichte / Legal History *"Through an anthropological reading of landmark indigenous rights cases in the Americas, Jonas Bens illuminates central features of indigenous identity and clarifies central contradictions of indigenous political engagement, providing a sense of what is at stake regarding aboriginal rights today." * David Dinwoodie, University of New Mexico *Table of ContentsList of Abbreviations A Note on Terminology Chapter 1. Indigeneity and the Law Chapter 2. The Invention of the Sovereignty Approach to Indigenous Rights: Johnson v. McIntosh Chapter 3. "Domestic Dependent Nations" and Indigenous Identity: Cherokee Nation v. Georgia Chapter 4. How to Win with the Sovereignty Approach: Worcester v. Georgia Chapter 5. "Rooted Legal Pluralism" and Its Culturalized Boundaries: Delgamuukw v. British Columbia Chapter 6. "De Facto Legal Pluralism" and the Problem of Not Being "Different Enough": Aloeboetoe v. Suriname Chapter 7. The Invention of the Culture Approach to Indigenous Rights: Awas Tingni v. Nicaragua Chapter 8. Expansions and Limits of the Culture Approach: Saramaka v. Suriname Chapter 9. Sovereignty, Culture, and the Indigenous Paradox Chapter 10. Indigeneity and the Politics of Recognition Notes References Index Acknowledgments

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Book SynopsisTrade Review[M]eticulously researched and steeped in contemporary theory...This fascinating, important book is a vital contribution to the developing field of extinction studies within the environmental humanities. * Choice *Timothy Sweet has deep experience thinking about the intersection of American environmental, cultural, and intellectual history, from the first decades of European colonization through the nineteenth century. He is perfectly prepared to tackle questions around megafauna extinction narratives and debates in the Americas. Extinction and the Human is compelling, learned, wide-ranging, trustworthy, and thorough. * Susan Scott Parrish, University of Michigan *Timothy Sweet has written a richly researched, theoretically sophisticated, and ultimately engrossing book. Filled with scenes of literary and cultural exchange, his accounts of the near or complete extinction of mastodons, whales, and bison have the power to stop us in our tracks, forcing us to rethink the roles and relationships of the human and nonhuman in new, sometimes visceral ways. * Randall Fuller, University of Kansas *Table of ContentsIntroduction. From the Pleistocene to the Anthropocene Chapter 1. A Prehistory of Extinction Chapter 2. Mammoths, the "Oeconomy of Nature," and Human Ecology Chapter 3. Does the Whale Diminish? Will He Perish? Chapter 4. Buffalo Commons, Buffalo Nation Reprise. The Human Exception Revisited Notes Bibliography Index Acknowledgments

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Book SynopsisTrade Review".Indigenous Language Politics in the Schoolroom is an accessible book that shares valuable insights learned from comparative and collaborative research engagement with Zapotec and Yurok educators across several years, including pandemic years, which attest to the commitment of the researcher to Indigenous education. Engaging with this book can inspire readers to consider how we can engage in Indigenous education research and practice to benefit its diverse actors and how we can do so by drawing on a wide range of knowledges and ways of knowing—across cultures, across disciplines and across methodological paradigms." * Revista: Harvard Reiew of Latin America *"Mneesha Gellman shows how Indigenous language programs in high schools operate as collaborative platforms for Indigenous identity reclamation, multicultural empowerment, and decolonization, and demonstrates how Indigenous languages and cultures are relevant issues to anyone interested in forging a fairer society." * Américo Mendoza Mori, Harvard University *"This book shows why language matters so much for Indigenous identity, and how communities like mine are keeping our language alive. Mneesha Gellman demonstrates how important it is for young people to learn about themselves and their cultures, and for schools to make a place for everyone in the schoolroom." * Victoria Carlson, Yurok Language Program Manager for the Yurok Tribe *Table of ContentsList of Abbreviations Acknowledgments Chapter 1. Contemporary Culturecide: Why Language Politics Matters for Youth Participation Chapter 2. Collaborative Methodology: Research With, Not On, Indigenous Communities Chapter 3. Language Regimes, Education, and Culturecide in Mexico and the United States Chapter 4. Weaving Resistance: Zapotec Language Survival in Teotitlán del Valle, Oaxaca, Mexico Chapter 5. “My Art Is My Participation”: Language and Rights in Oaxaca de Juárez, Mexico Chapter 6. Like Water Slipping Through Cracks in a Basket: Teaching and Learning Yurok at Hoopa Valley High School, California Chapter 7. “We Are Still Here”: Navigating Cultural Rights and Discrimination at Eureka High School, California Conclusion. Advocating for Multilingual, Pluricultural Democracy Appendix 1. Informational Letter for Students, Parents, Guardians, and Community Members Appendix 2. Permission Form Appendix 3. Examples of Qualitative Interview Questions for Research Appendix 4. Examples of Focus Group Questions Appendix 5. Survey, English Version for Use in Language Classes (V1) Appendix 6. Discussion of Survey Data in Relation to Language and Identity Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisThe contributors to this book analyze Latin American indigenous women’s engagements with different legal forums and language to secure greater justice and security, and aim to set out a series of key concepts and issues for analyzing these mobilizations, in order to present innovative, engaged research on constructions of justice and security. Trade Review“Demanding Justice and Security offers a panoramic view of Latin American indigenous women’s strategies for combating gendered violence and of creating constructive justice alternatives grounded in indigenous concepts of collective rights and autonomy. Beautifully written ethnography and crisp theory make this a particularly useful classroom book.” -- Lynn Stephen * author of We are the Face of Oaxaca: Testimony and Social Movements *"Demanding Justice and Security constitutes a milestone in the study of indigenous women’s organizing, understanding and engaging legal pluralities in Latin America. Drawing on rich fieldwork from Bolivia, Mexico, Colombia, Ecuador and Guatemala, the authors of this collaborative research-action experience have crafted an outstanding multi-sited ethnography of gender, violence, injustice and insecurity in these countries. This remarkable volume allows for a unique opportunity to consider structural violence and its comparative effects on the gendered body politic." -- Pamela Calla * Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, New York University *"Demanding Justice and Security...brings into focus communities often overlooked in much of the research on political institutions, particularly in political science. An important contribution of this work is its emphasis on intersectionality: the ways that indigenous women negotiate multiple identities of class, gender, and ethnicity and their struggles to balance gender and ethnic claims." * Politics & Gender *Table of ContentsPreface Introduction Indigenous Women and Legal Pluralities in Latin America: Demanding Justice and Security Rachel Sieder Part I Gender and Justice—Between State Law and International Norms Chapter 1 Between Community Justice and International Litigation: The Case of Inés Fernández before the Inter-American Court Rosalva Aída Hernández Castillo Chapter 2 Domestic Violence and Access to Justice: The Political Dilemma of the Cuetzalan Indigenous Women’s Home (CAMI) Adriana Terven Salinas Chapter 3 Between Participation and Violence: Gender Justice and Neoliberal Government in Chichicastenango, Guatemala Rachel Sieder Part II Indigenous Autonomies and Struggles for Gender Justice Chapter 4 Indigenous Autonomies and Gender Justice: Women’s Dispute for Security and Rights in Guerrero, Mexico María Teresa Sierra Chapter 5 Gender Inequality, Indigenous Justice, and the Intercultural State: The Case of Chimborazo, Ecuador Emma Cervone y Cristina Cucuri Chapter 6 Let Us Walk Together”: Chachawarmi [Male-Female] Complementarity and Indigenous Autonomies in Bolivia Ana Cecilia Arteaga Böhrt Chapter 7 Participate, Make Visible, Propose: The Wager of Indigenous Women in the Organizational Process of the Regional Indigenous Council of the Cauca (CRIC) Leonor Lozano Part III Women’s Alternatives in the Face of Racism and Dispossession Chapter 8 Voices within Silences: Indigenous Women, Security, and Rights in the Mountain Region of Guerrero Mariana Mora Chapter 9 Grievances and Crevices of Resistance: Maya Women Defy Goldcorp Morna Macleod Chapter 10 Intersectional Violence: Triqui Women Confront Racism, the State, and Male Leadership Natalia De Marinis Part IV Methodological Perspectives Chapter 11 Methodological Routes: Toward a Critical and Collaborative Legal Anthropology Rosalva Aída Hernández Castillo and Adriana Terven Notes on Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisThe American Revolution was a struggle not only for independence, but for the lands of American Indians. This is an account of the events surrounding the scorched-earth campaign against the Iroquois of New York and the eastern territories in 1779.Trade Review"Packed with juicy nuggets of detail and clearly the result of prodigious research in primary sources." * William and Mary Quarterly *"In an unsparing and meticulously researched narrative, Mintz confronts the hard facts of a seamy side of the Revolution, a warfare in which both sides aimed at desolation and succeeded." -- Edmund S. Morgan,Yale University"Max Mintz's fascinating account is packed with colorful details. A lively narrative that succinctly traces the twists and turns of the wilderness warfare that raged on the northwestern frontier of the Confederation. A wonderful, fast paced read about an important dimension of the revolutionary struggle that has finally received the attention it deserves." -- Richard Buel Jr.,Wesleyan University"Max Mintz, in sparkling prose, reminds us that war on the frontier of Revolutionary America was vitally important and that the Iroquois side of the story demands further investigation." -- Don Higginbotham,University of North Carolina"A valuable addition to American history." * Fore Word *"Mintz's extensive knowledge of Revolutionary War figures and his gift to make them live illuminates descriptions of Gen. John Sullivan, Mohawk Joseph Brant, and others." * Library Journal *

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Book SynopsisThe first comprehensive exploration of Native American filmmaking and video production. Native Americans have thrown themselves into filmmaking since the mid-1970s, producing hundreds of films and videos, and their body of work has had great impact on Native cultures and filmmaking itself. With their cameras, they capture the lives of Native people, celebrating community, ancestral lifeways, and identity. Not only artistic statements, the films are archives that document rich and complex Native communities and counter mainstream media portrayals. Wiping the War Paint off the Lens traces the history of Native experiences as subjects, actors, and creators, and develops a critical framework for approaching Native work. Singer positions Native media as part of a larger struggle for cultural sovereignty-the right to maintain and protect cultures and traditions. Taking it out of a European-American context, she reframes the discourse of filmmaking, exploring oral histories and ancient li

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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsForeword: The Tribal Law Revolution in Indian Country Today, Robert A. Williams, Jr. Acknowledgments Introduction: Modern Issues, Ancient Traditions: Going Back to Fundamental Values 1. The Navajo Nation Court SystemBrief Navajo History History of the Navajo Nation Courts Modern Navajo Nation Courts2. Foundational Diné Law PrinciplesReturning to Traditional Navajo Laws and Methods3. Hózh= (Peace, Harmony, and Balance)Hózh= in Navajo Culture Hózh= in the Navajo Nation Courts4. K é (Kinship Unity through Positive Values)K é in Navajo Culture K é in the Navajo Nation Courts K é Informs Individual and Community Rights K é as the Basis for Equitable Rights5. K éí (Descent, Clanship, and Kinship) K éí in Navajo Culture K éí Informs Traditional Domestic Matters K éí in the Navajo Nation Courts Descent and DistributionConclusion: Law Is the Product of Human Experience Glossary of Navajo Names and Kinship Terms Notes Index Index to Navajo Nation Court Cases, Council Resolutions, and Statutes

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Book SynopsisWhat might be gained from reading Native literatures from global rather than exclusively local perspectives of Indigenous struggle? In Trans-Indigenous, Chadwick Allen proposes methodologies for a global Native literary studies based on focused comparisons of diverse texts, contexts, and traditions in order to foreground the richness of Indigenous self-representation and the complexity of Indigenous agency. Through demonstrations of distinct forms of juxtapositionacross historical periods and geographical borders, across tribes and nations, across the Indigenoussettler binary, across genre and mediaAllen reclaims aspects of the Indigenous archive from North America, Hawaii, Aotearoa New Zealand, and Australia that have been largely left out of the scholarly conversation. He engages systems of Indigenous aestheticssuch as the pictographic discourse of Plains Indian winter counts, the semiotics of Navajo weaving, and Maori carving traditions, as well as Indigenous technologies like larTrade Review"Chadwick Allen’s articulation of a Trans-Indigenous methodology is clear-minded, robust, and urgent. A committed focus on specific texts is underpinned by deep and genuinely reflective intellectual, ethical, and political commitments. Trans-Indigenous both emphasizes and will be a key player in the configuration of global Indigenous literary studies; yet it is able, through its sheer specificity, to speak provocatively and productively beyond a singular discipline or nation." —Alice Te Punga Somerville, Victoria University of WellingtonTable of ContentsContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Ands turn Comparative turn Trans-Part I. Recovery/Interpretation1. “Being” Indigenous “Now”: Resettling “The Indian Today” within and beyond the U.S. 1960s2. Unsettling the Spirit of ’76: American Indians Anticipate the U.S. BicentennialPart II. Interpretation/Recovery3. Pictographic, Woven, Carved: Engaging N. Scott Momaday’s “Carnegie, Oklahoma, 1919” through Multiple Indigenous Aesthetics4. Indigenous Languaging: Empathy and Translation across Alphabetic, Aural, and Visual Texts5. Siting Earthworks, Navigating Waka: Patterns of Indigenous Settlement in Allison Hedge Coke’s Blood Run and Robert Sullivan’s Star WakaNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Like the stone walls of the ancient irrigation ditches rebuilt by the Halau Ku Mana Native Hawaiian Charter School that Noelani Goodyear-Ka‘opua writes of, this book channels the pain, struggle, hope, and mana (power and authority) of the Hawaiian people into a place of life and growth. Drawing deftly upon Native studies, history, anthropology, gender studies, cultural studies, and education, The Seeds We Planted redefines the meaning and purpose of ethnography." —Ty P. Kawika Tengan, University of Hawai’i, Manoa"In this powerfully told story of Indigenous language, education, and cultural reclamation, Goodyear-Ka‘opua documents how the seeds of resistance to colonial schooling have brought forth a remarkable educational enterprise, the Halau Ku Mana public charter school. The school exemplifies a strengths-based, Indigenous self-determined pedagogy. This beautifully written book is one that all those concerned with education for a critical, sustainable, pluricultural democracy will want to read, use, and share widely." —Teresa L. McCarty, University of California, Los Angeles Table of ContentsContentsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Indigenous Education, Settler Colonialism, and Aloha ‘Āina1. The Emergence of Indigenous Hawaiian Charter Schools2. Self-Determination within the Limits of No Child Left Behind3. Rebuilding the Structures that Feed Us: ʻAuwai, Loʻi Kalo, and Kuleana4. Enlarging Hawaiian Worlds: Waʻa Travels against Currents of Belittlement5. Creating Mana through Students’ VoicesConclusion: The Ongoing Need to Restore Indigenous VesselsNotesGlossaryBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisStudies the stirring literature of "Red Power," an era of Native American organizing that began in 1969 and expanded into the 1970s. This title shows instead that the movement engaged historical memory and oral tradition to produce more enabling knowledge of American Indian lives and possibilities.Trade Review“Red Land, Red Power is an exciting and important book. . . . It is an important book for students invested in how the written word and real-world politics connect, including those in Native studies, (anti-)colonial studies, postcolonial studies, third-world studies, and ecocriticism. Red Land, Red Power also celebrates just how much literature and literary studies can do in understanding and resisting colonization—in the book, in the classroom, and in material places where marginalized voices are still trying to be heard.” - Melinda DiStefano, Contemporary Literature“Teuton has a keen ability to convey how tribal relationships that are based in kinship and that have endured long histories of colonial confrontations with the United States are essential to understanding these novels’ characters and dramatic tensions.” - Kendall Johnson, American Literature“[Teuton’s] work is a powerful text that debunks old myths and creates a framework for seeing the world for what it is. Red Land, Red Power is a must-read.” - Lee Maracle, Times Higher Education Supplement“Informative from the start, [Teuton] interrogates essentialist critiques of Native literary culture by Native intellectuals, problematizes trickster critical discourse, and parries the vocabulary of Native studies while acknowledging how Indians have transformed English, achieving pantribal meanings manifest in prose. . . . Philosophically challenging yet reader friendly, this book is a must read. Essential.” - R. Welburn, Choice“His interpretive work will be particularly valuable to historians considering the use of these red power novels, because his approach is carefully grounded in historical context and deeply informed by prior criticism. . . . Teuton offers tangible evidence of not only red power, but also the power of literary language in the indigenous struggle with a legacy of colonialism that remains visible throughout Indian country.” - Michael A. Elliot, The Journal of American History“Red Land, Red Power is a terrific book. Sean Kicummah Teuton offers a critique and reconstruction of current theoretical discussions in literary studies about identity and experience as they affect the reception and production of Native literature. He argues for a ‘tribal realist’ approach as the critical framework that allows for a sophisticated, nuanced, and empowering analysis of American Indian literature.”—Paula Moya, author of Learning from Experience: Minority Identities, Multicultural Struggles“Sean Kicummah Teuton offers a powerful vision of American Indian literary studies and its dialogue with contemporary literary criticism. He understands how to connect theoretical discussion to the practical politics of Indian culture and literature. Every scholar in the field will want to read this book.”—Robert Dale Parker, author of The Invention of Native American Literature“Red Land, Red Power is an exciting and important book. . . . It is an important book for students invested in how the written word and real-world politics connect, including those in Native studies, (anti-)colonial studies, postcolonial studies, third-world studies, and ecocriticism. Red Land, Red Power also celebrates just how much literature and literary studies can do in understanding and resisting colonization—in the book, in the classroom, and in material places where marginalized voices are still trying to be heard.” -- Melinda DiStefano * Contemporary Literature *“[Teuton’s] work is a powerful text that debunks old myths and creates a framework for seeing the world for what it is. Red Land, Red Power is a must-read.” -- Lee Maracle * Times Higher Education *“His interpretive work will be particularly valuable to historians considering the use of these red power novels, because his approach is carefully grounded in historical context and deeply informed by prior criticism. . . . Teuton offers tangible evidence of not only red power, but also the power of literary language in the indigenous struggle with a legacy of colonialism that remains visible throughout Indian country.” -- Michael A. Elliot * Journal of American History *“Informative from the start, [Teuton] interrogates essentialist critiques of Native literary culture by Native intellectuals, problematizes trickster critical discourse, and parries the vocabulary of Native studies while acknowledging how Indians have transformed English, achieving pantribal meanings manifest in prose. . . . Philosophically challenging yet reader friendly, this book is a must read. Essential.” -- R. Welburn * Choice *“Teuton has a keen ability to convey how tribal relationships that are based in kinship and that have endured long histories of colonial confrontations with the United States are essential to understanding these novels’ characters and dramatic tensions.” -- Kendall Johnson * American Literature *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments xi Preface xiii Introduction: Imagining an American Indian Center 1 Part I. Red Land 1. Embodying Lands: Somatic Place in N. Scott Momaday's House Made of Dawn 43 2. Placing the Ancestors: Historical Identity in James Welch's Winter in the Blood 79 Part II. Red Power 3. Learning to Feel: Tribal Experience in Leslie Marmon Silko's ` 119 4. Hearing the Callout: American Indian Political Criticism 157 Conclusion: Building Cultural Knowledge in the Contemporary Native Novel 197 Notes 235 Bibliography 257 Index 281

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Book SynopsisHistorians, anthropologists, and sociologists examine how race and racism have mattered in Andean and Mesoamerican societies from the early colonial era to the present day.Trade Review“This timely and important collection should appeal not just to historians of Latin America but also to scholars interested in colonialism, subaltern studies, social policy, modernization, and nation building. Focusing on race and racism in five countries over several centuries, the contributors address themes such as education, cultural nationalism, and definitions of mestizaje and hybridity, enabling readers to see how similar concerns played out in different places and times.”—Mary Roldán, author of Blood and Fire: La Violencia in Antioquia, Colombia, 1946–1953“This valuable collection delves into issues of racism and indigenous identity at a regional level, in a way that no other book does. Focusing on Mesoamerica and the Andes, where most indigenous Latin Americans live, well-known specialists in their fields offer interesting, up-to-date scholarship on the discrimination that indigenous peoples have suffered from the colonial period to the present.”—Erick D. Langer, editor of Contemporary Indigenous Movements in Latin America“While the temporal distribution of the collection favors the twentieth century, scholars of all time periods will benefit from the varied methodologies and perspectives presented by the contributors. Ultimately, this volume represents a very valuable collection of cutting-edge research into the permutations of race and racism throughout the history of Latin America.” -- Robert C. Schwaller * Ethnohistories *“This volume’s strength lies in its detailed and, in many cases, very local analysis of specific historical moments. This is less a history of race than a collection of essays about the persistence of racism, and no one reading this volume will be in any doubt about its centrality to understanding the continent’s history.” -- Rebecca Earl * Hispanic American Historical Review *“This is a superior and important book, which will be widely used and cited.” -- Peter Wade * Journal of Latin American Studies *“A major contribution of this volume is the way in which it puts into dialogue histories of race from colonial times to the present, including current indigenous mobilizations. For this reason, it will be an excellent addition to undergraduate surveys and courses on race in Latin American history.” -- Waskar T. Ari-Chachaki * Social History *“The importance of this volume is multiple. It is timely, answering a need for deeper understanding of race/racism in the region given the growing number of violent racist incidents…Moreover, the volume brings together debates relevant to history as well as colonialism, subaltern studies, development studies, sociology, social policy and international relations.” -- Karem Roitman * Ethnic and Racial Studies *“This book performs the useful service of introducing the work of many of these scholars—especially the Latin American scholars—to an English-speaking audience. It does this while also crafting a whole that is more unified, with its various parts in dialogue with one another, than is usual in an edited collection. Laura Gotkowitz should be complimented on the accomplishment.” -- Robert L. Smale * A Contracorriente *“Histories of Race and Racism offers significant, accessible and clearly written contributions from the fields of history and cultural anthropology to the study of Indigenous identities and politics that will be useful for those teaching or writing about race and the colonial legacies of Latin America.” -- Elizabeth Shesko * Journal of Colonialism & Colonial History *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Introduction: Racisms of the Present and the Past in Latin America / Laura Gotkowitz 1 Part I. The Uses of "Race" in Colonial Latin America Unfixing Race / Kathryn Burns 57 Was There Race in Colonial Latin America?: Identifying Selves and Others in the Insurgent Andes / Sinclair Thomson 72 Part II. Racialization and the State in the Long Nineteenth Century From Assimilation to Segregation: Guatemala, 1800–1944 / Arturo Taracena 95 The Census and the Making of a Social "Order" in Nineteenth-Century Boliva / Rossana Barragán 113 Forging the Unlettered Indian: The Pedagogy of Race in the Bolivian Andes / Brooke Larson 134 Part III. Racialization and Nationalist Mythologies in the Twentieth Century Indian Ruins, National Origins: Tiwanaku and Indigenismo in La Paz, 1897–1933 / Seemin Qayum 159 Mestazaje, Distinction, and Cultural Presence: The View from Oaxaca / Deborah Poole 179 On the Origin of the "Mexican Race" / Claudio Lomnitz 204 Part IV. Antiracist Movements and Racism Today Politics of Place and Urban Indigenas in Ecuador's Indigenous Movement / Rudi Colloredo-Mansfield 221 Education and Decolonization in the Work of the Aymara Activist Eduardo Leandro Nina Quispe / Esteban Ticona Alejo 240 Mistados, Cholos, and the Negation of Identity in the Guatemalan Highlands / Charles R. Hale 254 Authenticating Indians and Movements: Interrogating Indigenous Authenticity, Social Movements, and Fieldwork in Contemporary Peru / Maríia Elena García and José Antonio Lucero 278 Transgressions and Racism: The Struggle over a New Constitution in Bolivia / Andrés Calla and Khantuta Muruchi 299 Epilogue to "Transgressions and Racism": Making Sense of May 24th in Sucre: Toward an Antiracist Legislative Agenda / Pamela Calla and the Observatorio del Racismo 311 Part V. Concluding Comments A Postcolonial Palimpsest: The Work Race Does in Latin America/ Florencia Mallon 321 Bibliography 337 Contributors 377 Index 381

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Book SynopsisLynn Stephen uses the Oaxaca social movement of 2006 to illustrate how oral testimony is central to rights-claiming, participatory democracy, knowledge creation, and the production of new political subjects in contemporary social movements.Trade Review"We Are the Face of Oaxaca is a magnificent book. A model of engaged scholarship and the best work yet by Lynn Stephen, it is an original analysis of the massive popular rebellion in Oaxaca, Mexico, during 2006–07. Given her deep, long-term ties to Oaxacans in both Mexico and the United States, Stephen is uniquely positioned to analyze the social movement and the significance of participants' testimonials in its production and reception."—Patricia Zavella, author of I'm Neither Here nor There: Mexicans' Quotidian Struggles with Migration and Poverty"Given the new visibility of protest, Lynn Stephen's fascinating book offers a valuable opportunity to understand how protest movements work at the grass roots. This ethnography of the Oaxacan protest of 2006 focuses on testimony: the performed, embodied act of telling a story. Protesters’ courageous testimonies broadcast over the radio made a difference. The book and its website with recordings provide a wonderful opportunity to hear the testimonies of those with courage to speak."—Sally Engle Merry, author of Human Rights and Gender Violence: Translating International Law into Local Justice“We Are the Face of Oaxaca is well suited for upper- or graduate-level courses, and is supported by the web site contents which are a welcome additions for interactive teaching. The work is unique in that the author has a personally informed view of the area of study and was able to capture testimonies and events on video and tape to create the book’s accompanying web site. . . . We are the Face of Oaxaca is an engaged ethnography that represents what the struggle was about, the voice of the people.” -- Paulette F. Steeves * North American Dialogue *“The analysis of testimony and human rights is valuable well beyond the case of Oaxaca. Woven throughout the text are segments of testimonies from the activists involved in the APPO, and links to a bilingual website containing video clips, maps, and photos, which will be particularly useful for university classes. Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above.” -- C. M. Kovic * Choice *"Readers who are familiar with conditions in Oaxaca as well as those who were unaware of recent events will appreciate Stephen’s masterful weaving of scholarship in English and Spanish to provide a concise yet probing summary of 50 years of social unrest across a diverse state." -- Jayne Howell * Journal of Anthropological Research *“This work will be of upmost interest to the numerous anthropologists and other researchers who work in Oaxaca, from senior scholars to aspiring graduate students. It will also appeal to scholars of social movements, human rights, and testimony. Nevertheless, others seeking critical perspectives on the political terrain and social unrest that constantly threaten to destabilize the multicultural tourist fantasyland promoted by the Oaxacan state will also benefit from this well-written ethnography.” -- Ronda Brulotte * American Anthropologist *“Through the lens of oral history, Stephen offers a new way of looking at how the state engages with native peoples. . . . [T]his rich and innovative book offers an incredible contribution to social movement literature. It will be of interest to activists and scholars alike.” -- Kathleen M. McIntyre * The Latin Americanist *“While Oaxacan journalists and scholars have published articles and anthologies about the 2006 movement, We Are the Face of Oaxaca is the most important English language study on the movement to date. The pages of this book are seeped with the insights of a distinguished scholar with years of fieldwork and personal ties to Oaxacan transnational communities.” -- Luis Sánchez-López * Biography *“[A] good book is one that provokes thought, new questions, and new research. Lynn Stephen’s book chronicles one of the most important contemporary Latin American social movements and raises many questions key to their analysis. For that she is deserving of much praise and a wide readership.” -- Howard Campbell * The Americas *"This book contains a new and important analysis of social movements, emphasizing the way contemporary heterogeneous movements are organized and what their impact can be, especially bringing those on the margins to the center and creating multiple political subjects. This book is a model of the kind of engaged anthropology that is the future of our discipline." -- Louise Lamphere * North American Dialogue *“[Stephen] presents many of the testimonials in relatively unvarnished form so as to allow activists to speak for themselves and to come alive to an enlarged audience…. It is this kind of innovative ethnographic approach and politically engaged scholarship that marks this book as an important work that will be of interest to scholars studying social movements within Mexico and around the world.” -- Rick López * Hispanic American Historical Review *"Few scholars are better qualified than is Stephen to write about the arc of social protest that led to the formation of APPO, and its eventual unraveling." -- Marc Becker * Latin American Research Review *Table of ContentsMaps, Illustrations, and Videoclips vii Acronyms and Abbreviations xi About the Website xv Acknowledgments xvii 1. Testimony: Human Rights, and Social Movements 1 2. Histories and Movements: Antecedents to the Social Movement of 2006 36 3. The Emergence of the APPO and the 2006 Oaxaca Social Movement 66 4. Testimony and Human Rights Violations in Oaxaca 95 5. Community and Indigenous Radio in Oaxaca: Testimony and Participatory Democracy 121 6. The Women's Takeover of Media in Oaxaca: Gendered Rights "to Speak" and "to Be Heard" 145 7. The Economics and Politics of Conflict: Perspectives from Oaxacan Artisans, Merchants, and Business Owners 178 8. In Indigenous Activism: The Triqui Autonomous Municipality, APPO Juxtlahuaca, and Transborder Organizing in AAPO-L.A. 209 9. From Barricades to Autonomy and Art: Youth Organizing in Oaxaca 245 Conclusions 276 Notes 289 Bibliography 303 Index 323

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Book SynopsisCombining political theory with ethnographic research among the Mohawks of Kahnawake, a reserve community in what is now southwestern Quebec, this book examines their struggles to articulate and maintain political sovereignty through centuries of settler colonialism.Trade Review“In her brilliant study of Kahnawà:ke, a Mohawk reserve outside Montréal, anthropologist Simpson rejects this dominant image of indigenous nationhood on the brink and ‘starts with a grounded refusal, not a precipice.’ The author problematizes long-standing assumptions to position the actions of the Kahnawà:ke nation as that of refusal, a valid alternative to political recognition. Through in-depth ethnographic research, Simpson identifies what is important to the community, as evidenced by her discussion of important intellectual Louis Hall, whose analysis of Mohawk nationhood has deeply influenced Haudenosaunee people, yet has been largely ignored by scholars. . . . Such incisive analysis promises that this study will be influential and widely read. . . . Essential. All levels/libraries.” -- K. L. Ackley * Choice *“Simpson accomplishes what she set out to do in this text, namely to offer a critical evaluation of settler colonialism as experienced by Kahnawà:ke Mohawk. Her book is beautifully written: her prose is elegant, and she interweaves ethnographic research with political history and theory to build her argument. … Simpson enhances our understanding of how a community of people struggle to understand, and why they must continually fight for, their political independence after centuries of settler colonialism.” -- Ruth Burgett Jolie * Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism *“[A]n essential read for any study of settler colonialism, native/indigenous/first-nation studies, or the study of sovereignty, and also stands on its own as an important narrative of North America’s ongoing colonial history.” -- Ian Kalman * Comparative Studies in Society and History *“Mohawk Interruptus deftly interrogates how settler colonialism and anthropological practice in the United States and Canada have circumscribed Iroquoian (Haudenosaunee) identities—and Mohawk identities, in particular—in ways that ignore contested interpretations of indigeneity and serve to erase indigenous nationhood. … A major takeaway from Simpson’s account is that anthropologists, political scientists, historians, and those of us in Native American studies need to theorize and examine how people experience and feel membership, citizenship, and nationhood while not replicating colonial projects of erasure in our scholarly research and writing." -- Lisa K. Neuman * American Ethnologist *“[A] tour de force exploration of contemporary Kahnawa:ke political life. . . . In its examination and sustained critique of the settler colonialism and the politics of nationhood, recognition, and refusal, and its vision of more productive and inclusive understandings of Kahnawa:ke citizenship, Mohawk Interruptus joins some of the most provocative and cutting-edge work taking place in Native/indigenous studies today. We would be wise to heed its challenge to develop similarly rigorous and critical studies of indigenous self-determination throughout the hemisphere, in whatever forms they might take.” -- Kirby Brown * American Indian Culture and Research Journal *"Mohawk Interruptus, was recently voted 'Best First Book Published in 2014' by the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, and after reading it I can understand why.... The complexities of Indigenous life in Mohawk Interruptus are given neither the security of romanticization nor the comfort of the scholarly pulpit." -- Brendan Hokowhitu * Native American and Indigenous Studies *"Rather than merely a book of and for anthropology, then, Mohawk Interruptus calls upon its reader to rethink action and collectivity through a different modality than the current political registers presume. Refusal, both as a political theoretical concept and as a quotidian shared practice, may allow a continued, powerful, and even potentially joyful relationship to state power." -- Kennan Ferguson * Theory & Event *"[Simpson] offers a highly nuanced and theoretically sophisticated ethnographical study illustrating the kinds of critical research questions insider researchers can ask that lead to new understandings and challenge the orthodoxy. Simpson has made a significant contribution as an insider researcher, an Indigenous studies scholar, an anthropologist, that highlights the exciting new era of Indigenous research we have entered." -- Robert Alexander Innes * Journal of Colonialism & Colonial History *"I expect Mohawk Interruptus will assert its place in the Haudenosaunee canon, which will compel subsequent scholars to take a closer look at how Indigenous communities in general struggle to maintain their political integrity under the pressure of a variety of colonially created borders and the laws that enforce them over the sovereign rights of others." -- David Martínez * Wicazo Sa Review *"This marvelous book is a searing exposition of a Kahnawà:ke Mohawk subjectivity hardened in opposition to social 'facts' taken for granted by millions in settler societies. . . . Readers will appreciate Simpson’s passionately argued and provocative thesis, in-depth and intimate ethnographic descriptions, incisive prose, and iconoclastic engagements with anthropological history and political theory." -- Nicholas Copeland * North American Dialogue *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix 1. Indigenous Interruptions: Mohawk Nationhood, Citizenship, and the State 1 2. A Brief History of Land, Meaning, and Membership in Iroquoia and Kahnawà:ka 37 3. Constructing Kahnawà:ka as an "Out-of-the-Way" Place: Ely S. Parker, Lewis Henry Morgan, and the Writing of the Iroquois Confederacy 67 4. Ethnographic Refusal: Anthropological Need 95 5. Borders, Cigarettes, and Sovereignty 115 6. The Gender of the Flint: Mohawk Nationhood and Citizenship in the Face of Empire 147 Conclusion. Interruptus 177 Appendix. A Note on Materials and Methodology 195 Notes 201 References 229 Index 251

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Book SynopsisNancy van Deusen examines over one hundred lawsuits that indio slaves brought to the Spanish court in the mid-sixteenth century to gain their freedom. The category indio was largely constructed during these lawsuits, and van Deusen emphasizes the need to situate colonial indigenous subjects and slavery in a global context. Trade Review"Weaving names and fragments of lives into a richly textured narrative, Van Deusen does justice to their stories, placing the reader in the heart of the empire, facing its darkest moment." -- Kathryn Lehman * AlterNative *"Van Deusen concentrates her attention on the microcosm of a village society in the area of Seville and on the part played in it by indios imported from America, but she also gives consideration to the indio menials of the New World and to the Asian context from which some slaves were drawn. The evidence throws light mainly on the southern part of Castile, but the book’s perspective is global, sophisticated, admirable, and pathbreaking." -- Henry Kamen * Common Knowledge *"Nancy van Deusen has written a masterpiece of early modern ethnohistory that brings to light a veritable diaspora of indigenous slaves in Spain, while expanding the meaning of indio as a global and changing identifier constructed outside the colonial confines of America." -- Alcira Dueñas * Hispanic American Historical Review *"I consider van Deusen’s work to be highly relevant for legal historians interested in interdisciplinary approaches, for example, by taking a bottom-up perspective, or for cultural and social historians who are interested in understanding past legal orders. Needless to say, her work makes a substantial contribution to the historiography about the Spanish and Portuguese empires in a global perspective, and about the indigenous people placed under its authority." -- Karla Luzmer Escobar Hernández * H-Law, H-Net Reviews *[T]hese chapters paint an elegant canvas, carefully foregrounding the meticulousness of [van Deusen's] records against a well-rendered background of imperial structure and ideology." -- Brian P. Owensby * Ethnohistory *"This meticulously researched and thoughtfully argued volume provides an accomplished historian’s analysis of the implications of enslaved American indigenous peoples, or indios, efforts in Spain to obtain or regain their freedom through the judicial system. . . . Solidly based on archival research and a rich secondary literature, this book offers a fascinating perspective on the Spanish monarchy’s evolving policy toward its indios in the 16th century, as well as the varied understanding of what indio meant in an interconnected globe. Essential. Most college and university libraries." -- M. A. Burkholder * Choice *"Global Indios will prompt historians and scholars in other fields to rethink crucial themes around the beginnings of Spanish colonialism and beyond in a new light: the meaning of indio, the complex form in which many social relations were created and cemented, the shaping of ideas about race, the idea of justice as a universal value, and how pertinent it is to think of the concept of global history at this early stage. This book is indeed a major contribution to the historiography on colonialism." -- Gabriela Ramos * Journal of Latin American Studies *"[V]an Deusen’s book is especially timely. As we struggle through a period of heightened scrutiny on migration and personhood, it is helpful to look back on similar episodes from the past to see how we might act differently. Van Deusen’s work, then, not only provides fascinating insights into a turbulent and formative period in Western history, but provides a lens through which we can critically consider our current situation as well." -- Stanton Kidd * AmeriQuests *"Global Indios is an erudite and well-researched book that offers a great contribution to the study of indigenous slavery in early modern Spain, the Spanish legal system, and the development of imperial identities." -- Yanay Israeli * Journal of Early Modern History *“An historian’s historian, van Deusen makes broad connections and speaks to a range of historiographical questions, making Global Indios a must read for anyone interested in the Early Modern World.” -- Heather R. Peterson * Journal of World History *“Van Deusen’s book is a stellar and stimulating piece of important world-historical research. . . . This book is an essential point of reference for all serious investigations into the importance of ‘Indianness’ as an early modern construct with world-historical consequences.” -- Fabio López Lázaro * Bulletin of Spanish Studies *Table of ContentsPreface xi Acknowledgments xv Introduction 1 1. All the World in a Village: Carmona 34 2. Crossing the Atlantic and Entering Households 64 3. Small Victories? Gregorio López and the Reforms of the 1540s 99 4. Into the Courtroom 125 5. Narratives of Territorial Belonging, Just War, and Ransom 147 6. Identifying Indios 169 7. Transimperial Indios 192 Conclusions 219 Notes 231 Bibliography 289 Index 319

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Book SynopsisDrawing from ethnographic fieldwork and postcolonial theory, Sarah A. Radcliffe centers the experiences of rural indigenous women in Ecuador to show how the efforts of development agencies to reduce social and economic equality fail because they do not reckon with the legacies of colonialism.Trade Review"Radcliffe’s book, well grounded in theory and research, is an important read for scholars of Latin American development and gender. Highly recommended." -- E. E. O'Connor * Choice *"Sarah Radcliffe's recent book offers a rich ethnography of indigenous women in Ecuador which specifically addresses how they encounter and experience development interventions." -- Jessica Hope * Journal of Development Studies *"Dilemmas of Difference represents a timely contribution to the critical literature on indigenous women and development and to the debate of neoliberal instrumentalization of difference.... Overall, with a genealogy of development frameworks contrasted with indigenous women’s experience, Radcliffe demonstrates the persistence of postcolonial stereotypes and colonial assumptions of social difference that produce indigenous women’s dissatisfaction with development." -- María Moreno * American Anthropologist *"Radcliffe’s book represents a powerful contribution to critical development studies and the discipline of geography." -- Emily Billo * Journal of Latin American Geography *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Introduction. Development and Social Heterogeneity 1 1. Postcolonial Intersectionality and the Colonial Present 37 2. The Daily Grind: Ethnic Topographies of Labor, Racism, and Abandonment 75 Interlude I 121 3. Crumbs from the Table: Participation, Organization, and Indigenous Women 125 4. Politics, Statistics, and Affect: "Indigenous Women in Development" Policy 157 Interlude II 189 5. Women, Biopolitics, and Interculturalism: Ethnic Politics and Gendered Contradictions 193 6. From Development to Citizenship: Rights, Voice, and Citizenship Practices 225 7. Postcolonial Heterogeneity: Sumak Kawsay and Decolonizing Social Difference 257 Notes 291 Glossary 295 Bibliography 329 Index 359

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Book SynopsisIn Indian Given María Josefina Saldaña-Portillo provides a sweeping historical and comparative analysis of racial ideologies in Mexico and the United States from 1550 to the present to show how indigenous peoples provided the condition of possibility for the emergence of each nation.Trade Review"Saldana-Portillo’s monograph makes critical contributions to the fields of indigenous studies, borderlands studies, American studies, Mexican studies, Chicano/a studies, gender studies, transnational studies, western legal studies, and Southwest studies—just to name a few. Indian Given truly has the potential to help set the agenda in multiple disciplines." -- John Gram * H-Net Reviews *"An eclectic, informative, and entertaining work. . . . Saldaña-Portillo’s work will certainly be an eye-opener for anyone who picks it up." -- F. Todd Smith * American Historical Review *“Indian Given will be of great interest to scholars and university students who explore issues of Indigeneity in Mexico and the United States. Its interdisciplinary inquiry makes an important contribution to the field of Indigenous studies.” -- Emilio del Valle Escalante * Native American and Indigenous Studies *"Saldaña-Portillo illuminates the racial process in which indigenous people have been central to the continuous colonial and national space-making projects of Mexico and the United States." -- Jorge Ramirez * Radical History Review *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Introduction. It Remains to Be Seen: Indians in the Landscape of America 1 1. Savages Welcomed: Imputations of Indigenous Humanity in Early Colonialisms 33 2. Affect in the Archive: Apostates, Profligates, Petty Thieves, and the Indians of the Spanish and U.S. Borderlands 66 3. Mapping Economies of Death: From Mexican Independence to the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo 108 4. Adjudicating Exception: The Fate of the Indio Bárbaro in the U.S. Courts (1869–1954) 154 5. Losing It! Melancholic Incorporations in Aztlán 195 Conclusion. The Afterlives of the Indio Bárbaro 233 Notes 259 Bibliography 299 Index 319

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Book SynopsisDrawing from ethnographic fieldwork and postcolonial theory, Sarah A. Radcliffe centers the experiences of rural indigenous women in Ecuador to show how the efforts of development agencies to reduce social and economic equality fail because they do not reckon with the legacies of colonialism.Trade Review"Radcliffe’s book, well grounded in theory and research, is an important read for scholars of Latin American development and gender. Highly recommended." -- E. E. O'Connor * Choice *"Sarah Radcliffe's recent book offers a rich ethnography of indigenous women in Ecuador which specifically addresses how they encounter and experience development interventions." -- Jessica Hope * Journal of Development Studies *"Dilemmas of Difference represents a timely contribution to the critical literature on indigenous women and development and to the debate of neoliberal instrumentalization of difference.... Overall, with a genealogy of development frameworks contrasted with indigenous women’s experience, Radcliffe demonstrates the persistence of postcolonial stereotypes and colonial assumptions of social difference that produce indigenous women’s dissatisfaction with development." -- María Moreno * American Anthropologist *"Radcliffe’s book represents a powerful contribution to critical development studies and the discipline of geography." -- Emily Billo * Journal of Latin American Geography *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Introduction. Development and Social Heterogeneity 1 1. Postcolonial Intersectionality and the Colonial Present 37 2. The Daily Grind: Ethnic Topographies of Labor, Racism, and Abandonment 75 Interlude I 121 3. Crumbs from the Table: Participation, Organization, and Indigenous Women 125 4. Politics, Statistics, and Affect: "Indigenous Women in Development" Policy 157 Interlude II 189 5. Women, Biopolitics, and Interculturalism: Ethnic Politics and Gendered Contradictions 193 6. From Development to Citizenship: Rights, Voice, and Citizenship Practices 225 7. Postcolonial Heterogeneity: Sumak Kawsay and Decolonizing Social Difference 257 Notes 291 Glossary 295 Bibliography 329 Index 359

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Book SynopsisIn Indian Given María Josefina Saldaña-Portillo provides a sweeping historical and comparative analysis of racial ideologies in Mexico and the United States from 1550 to the present to show how indigenous peoples provided the condition of possibility for the emergence of each nation.Trade Review"Saldana-Portillo’s monograph makes critical contributions to the fields of indigenous studies, borderlands studies, American studies, Mexican studies, Chicano/a studies, gender studies, transnational studies, western legal studies, and Southwest studies—just to name a few. Indian Given truly has the potential to help set the agenda in multiple disciplines." -- John Gram * H-Net Reviews *"An eclectic, informative, and entertaining work. . . . Saldaña-Portillo’s work will certainly be an eye-opener for anyone who picks it up." -- F. Todd Smith * American Historical Review *“Indian Given will be of great interest to scholars and university students who explore issues of Indigeneity in Mexico and the United States. Its interdisciplinary inquiry makes an important contribution to the field of Indigenous studies.” -- Emilio del Valle Escalante * Native American and Indigenous Studies *"Saldaña-Portillo illuminates the racial process in which indigenous people have been central to the continuous colonial and national space-making projects of Mexico and the United States." -- Jorge Ramirez * Radical History Review *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Introduction. It Remains to Be Seen: Indians in the Landscape of America 1 1. Savages Welcomed: Imputations of Indigenous Humanity in Early Colonialisms 33 2. Affect in the Archive: Apostates, Profligates, Petty Thieves, and the Indians of the Spanish and U.S. Borderlands 66 3. Mapping Economies of Death: From Mexican Independence to the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo 108 4. Adjudicating Exception: The Fate of the Indio Bárbaro in the U.S. Courts (1869–1954) 154 5. Losing It! Melancholic Incorporations in Aztlán 195 Conclusion. The Afterlives of the Indio Bárbaro 233 Notes 259 Bibliography 299 Index 319

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