Indigenous peoples and the modern state / edited by Duane Champagne, Karen Jo Torjesen, and Susan Steiner.

Other author Champagne, Duane.
Other author Torjesen, Karen Jo, 1945-
Other author Steiner, Susan.
Format Book
Publication InfoWalnut Creek, CA : AltaMira Press, ©2005.
Descriptionxi, 172 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Subjects
Indians of North America--Politics and government.
Indians of North America--Government relations.
Indians of North America--Social conditions.
Self-determination, National--North America.

SeriesContemporary Native American communities ; 14
Contemporary Native American communities 14. ^A410125
Contents Rethinking native relations with contemporary nation-states / Duane Champagne -- Border crossings/crossing borders : Native American and the issue of border crossing / Steven J. Crum -- Status Indian : who defines you? / L. James Dempsey -- Discussion of indigenous identity and the state -- The culture of leadership : North American indigenous leadership in a changing economy / Brian Calliou -- Doing our share : employment and entrepreneurship in Canada's aboriginal community / Cora Voyageur -- Discussion of culture and economics -- We come to ask for justice, not crumbs / Sylvia Marcos -- Competing narratives : barriers between indigenous peoples and the Canadian state / Patricia A. McCormack -- The Mayan quest for pluricultural autonomy in Mexico and Guatemala / June Nash -- Indigenous, cosmopolitan, and integrative medicine in the Americas / Barbara Tedlock -- Discussion of trilateral exchanges between Canada, the United States, and Mexico.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2004029088
ISBN075910798X (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0759107998 (pbk. : alk. paper)