
Hemispheric Indigeneities
Native Identity and Agency in Mesoamerica, the Andes, and Canada
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- English
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Hemispheric Indigeneities
Native Identity and Agency in Mesoamerica, the Andes, and Canada
About this book
Hemispheric Indigeneities is a critical anthology that brings together indigenous and nonindigenous scholars specializing in the Andes, Mesoamerica, and Canada. The overarching theme is the changing understanding of indigeneity from first contact to the contemporary period in three of the world's major regions of indigenous peoples. Although the terms indio, indigène, and indian only exist (in Spanish, French, and English, respectively) because of European conquest and colonization, indigenous peoples have appropriated or changed this terminology in ways that reflect their shifting self-identifications and aspirations. As the essays in this volume demonstrate, this process constantly transformed the relation of Native peoples in the Americas to other peoples and the state.This volume's presentation of various factors—geographical, temporal, and cross-cultural—provide illuminating contributions to the burgeoning field of hemispheric indigenous studies. Hemispheric Indigeneities explores indigenous agency and shows that what it means to be indigenous was and is mutable. It also demonstrates that self-identification evolves in response to the relationship between indigenous peoples and the state. The contributors analyze the conceptions of what indigeneity meant, means today, or could come to mean tomorrow.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part 1
- 1. The Early Colonial Origins of Indigeneity in and around the Basin of Mexico
- 2. Existing Ancestralities and the Failure of Colonial Regimes
- 3. “We Do the Same Thing among Ourselves”
- Part 2
- 4. Everything Must Change so that Everything Can Stay the Same
- 5. From Prosperity to Poverty
- 6. Nation Making / Nation Breaking
- Part 3
- 7. Asserting Indigeneity in Contemporary Mexico and Central America
- 8. Against Coloniality
- 9. Reel Visions
- Postface
- 10. Travels of a Métis through Spirit Memory, around Turtle Island, and Beyond
- Contributors
- Index
- About the Authors