Research Catalog

Title

Foundations of First Peoples' sovereignty : history, education & culture / edited by Ulrike Wiethaus.

Publication

New York : Peter Lang, ©2007.

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Details

Additional Authors

Wiethaus, Ulrike.

Description

x, 254 pages : illustrations; 23 cm

Summary

"Foundations of First Peoples' Sovereignty is a collection of essays offering interdisciplinary perspectives on the topic of sovereignty for Indigenous nations. Presenting contemporary initiatives and scholarship in the humanities on behalf of First Peoples, the volume affirms and explores the dynamic interplay between tribal community action and reflection, academic work, and the commonalities shared by Indigenous nations globally."--Jacket.

Subject

• Indians of North America > Government relations
• Indians of North America > History
• Indians of North America > Social life and customs
• Self-determination, National > North America
• Mayas > Government relations
• Mayas > History
• Mayas > Social life and customs
• Self-determination, National > Mexico
• Droit des peuples à disposer d'eux-mêmes > Amérique du Nord
• Mayas > Relations avec l'État
• Mayas > Histoire
• Mayas > Mœurs et coutumes
• Droit des peuples à disposer d'eux-mêmes > Mexique
• Indians of North America
• Indians of North America > Government relations
• Indians of North America > Social life and customs
• Mayas
• Mayas > Government relations
• Mayas > Social life and customs
• Self-determination, National
• Indigenes Volk
• Souveränität
• Iwi taketake
• Ureinwohner > Selbstbestimmung > Amerika > Geschichte > Aufsatzsammlung
• Selbstbestimmung > Ureinwohner > Amerika > Geschichte > Aufsatzsammlung
• Mexico
• North America
• Amerika > Ureinwohner > Selbstbestimmung > Geschichte > Aufsatzsammlung

Genre/Form

• Aufsatzsammlung.
• History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Indigenous self-determination: a global perspective / David E. Wilkins -- "The making of relatives": sovereignty and cosmopolitan democracies / Matthew D. Herman -- Pondering sovereignty for Native Hawaiians / Kauila Clark -- Practicing sovereignty: Lumbee identity, tribal factionalism, and federal recognition, 1932-1934 / Malinda M. Maynor -- The Catawba Nation under siege: a troubled history of tribal sovereignty / E. Fred Sanders, Thomas J. Blumer -- Reclaiming health as an act of self-determination: tobacco addiction resistance / Lawrence Shorty -- 'Ike Pono: promoting learning from a Native Hawaiian perspective / David Kekaulike Sing -- Foundations of Lakota sovereignty / Harry Charger, Ione V. Quigley, Ulrike Wiethaus -- "Full circle gathering": the healing of a nation / J. T. Garrett -- Speaking difference to power: the importance of linguistic sovereignty / Thomas Belt, Margaret Bender -- Pathway to autonomy: women's testimony of the Chiapas experience / Jeanne Simonelli, Josifa Hernandez Perez, La Fomma -- Challenging authenticity: contemporary artists' contributions to American Indian intellectual sovereignty / Eva Marie Garroutte.

ISBN

• 9780820481692
• 0820481696

LCCN

2007051197

OCLC

• ocn190784902
• 190784902
• SCSB-1484782

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library