Sovereignty matters : locations of contestation and possibility in indigenous struggles for self-determination / edited by Joanne Barker.

Other author Barker, Joanne, 1962-
Format Book
Publication InfoLincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2005.
Descriptionix, 235 pages ; 23 cm.
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Subjects
Indians--Politics and government.
Indians--Government relations.
Indigenous peoples--Pacific Area. --Politics and government.
Indigenous peoples--Pacific Area. --Government relations.
Self-determination, National.
Sovereignty.

SeriesContemporary indigenous issues
Contemporary indigenous issues. ^A535606
Contents For whom sovereignty matters / Joanne Barker -- Sovereignty / Taiaiake Alfred -- Backgrounding Maori views on genetic engineering / Fiona Cram -- First Peoples/African American connections / Guillermo Delgado-P. and John Brown Childs -- The politics of Hawaiian blood and sovereignty in Rice v. Cayetano / J. Kēhaulani Kauanui -- The passive resistance of Samoans to U.S. and other colonialisms / Dan Taulapapa McMullin -- Tribal cultural self-determination and the Makah whaling culture / Robert J. Miller -- A spiritual definition of sovereignty from a Kanaka Maoli perspective / Kilipaka Kawaihonu Nahili Pae Ontai -- Chamorro resistance and prospects for sovereignty in Guam / Michael P. Perez -- Asserting indigenous theories of change / Leonie Pihama -- Indigenous identity and the struggle for independence in Puerto Rico / Déborah Berman Santana.
General noteChiefly papers presented at a conference entitled "Sovereignty 2000: Locations of Contestation and Possibility" held May 2000 at the University of California, Santa Cruz.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2005016499
ISBN0803262515 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN9780803262515