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Book SynopsisInvestigates the multiple perspectives that exist within indigenous communities regarding the significance of sovereignty as a category of intellectual, political, and cultural work. This book explores the role of sovereignty in fueling cultural memory, theories of history and change, spiritual connections to the land, and repatriation efforts.
Table of ContentsFor Whom Sovereignty Matters Joanne Barker (Lenape); Sovereignty Taiaiake Alfred (Mohawk); Backgrounding Maori Views on Genetic Engineering; Fiona Cram (Maori); Tinkuqniypacha/Crossroads: First Peoples/African American Connections Guillermo Delgado-P. (Quechua) and John Brown Childs (Massachusett/Brothetown-Oneida/Madagascan); The Politics of Hawaiian Blood and Sovereignty in Rice v. Cayetano J. Kehaulani Kauanui (Native Hawaiian); The Shark in the Woods: The Passive Resistance of Samoans to US and Other Colonialisms Dan Taulapapa McMullin (Samoan); Tribal Cultural Self-Determination and the Makah Whaling Culture Robert J. Miller (Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma); What is the Meaning of This Place: A Spiritual Definition of Sovereignty From a Kanaka Maoli Perspective Kilipaka Kawaihonu Nahili Pae Ontai (Native Hawaiian); Chamorro Resistance and Prospects for Sovereignty in Guam Michael P. Perez (Chamorro); Kaupapa Maori Theory: Asserting Indigenous Theories of Change Leonie Pihama (Maori); Indigenous Identity and Political Sovereignty: Tainos and the Puerto Rican Independence Struggle Deborah Berman Santana (Puerto Rican [Boriken])
