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1. Music in Latin America and the
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2. Non-resident Indian and Person
 
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3. Religion: Indigenous Peoples'
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4. Guinea pig breed: Breed, Guinea
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5. The Indians of the Paraguayan
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6. Indigenous Peoples of the World
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7. Social Welfare with Indigenous
 
8. Parmana: Prehistoric Maize and
 
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9. Out of the Amazon
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10. The Shawnee Indians
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11. The Potosi Mita, 1573-1700: Compulsory
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12. The Stroessner Regime and Indigenous
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13. Venezuelans of Indigenous Peoples
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14. Between Resistance and Adaptation:
 
15. Amazon Frontier: The Defeat of
 
16. No Longer Nomads: The Siriono
 
17. The Ecological Native: Indigenous
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18. Cambridge History of the Native
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19. Peoples of the Earth: Ethnonationalism,
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1. Music in Latin America and the Caribbean: An Encyclopedic History: Volume 1: Performing Beliefs: Indigenous Peoples of South America, Central America, ... Latin American and Latino Art and Culture)
Hardcover: 448 Pages (2004-12-01)
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The music of the peoples of South and Central America, Mexico, and the Caribbean has never received a comprehensive treatment in English until this multi-volume work. Taking a sociocultural and human-centered approach, Music in Latin America and the Caribbean gathers the best scholarship from writers all over the world to cover in depth the musical legacies of indigenous peoples, creoles, African descendants, Iberian colonizers, and other immigrant groups that met and mixed in the New World. Within a history marked by cultural encounters and dislocations, music emerges as the powerful tool that negotiates identities, enacts resistance, performs belief, and challenges received aesthetics. This work, more than two decades in the making, was conceived as part of "The Universe of Music: A History" project, initiated by and developed in cooperation with the International Music Council, with the goals of empowering Latin Americans and Caribbeans to shape their own musical history and emphasizing the role that music plays in human life. The four volumes that constitute this work are structured as parts of a single conception and gather 150 contributions by more than 100 distinguished scholars representing 36 countries. Volume 1, Performing Beliefs: Indigenous Cultures of South America, Central America, and Mexico, focuses on the inextricable relationships between worldviews and musical experience in the current practices of indigenous groups. Worldviews are built into, among other things, how music is organized and performed, how musical instruments are constructed and when they are played, choreographic formations, the structure of songs, the assignment of gender to instruments, and ritual patterns. Two CDs with 44 recorded examples illustrate the contributions to this rich volume. ... Read more


2. Non-resident Indian and Person of Indian Origin: Indian nationality law, Emigration, Indigenous peoples of theAmericas, South Asia, Demographics of India, Multiplecitizenship, Indian subcontinent.
Paperback: 208 Pages (2009-09-21)
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Non- resident Indian and Person of Indian Origin. Indiannationality law, Emigration, Indigenous peoples of theAmericas, South Asia, Demographics of India, Multiplecitizenship, Indian subcontinent, Indian Australian, Indo-Canadians, Indo- Caribbean, Indian diaspora in East Africa,Indian Indonesian, Indians in Madagascar, Malaysian Indian,Chitty, Indo- Mauritian, South Asians in the Philippines,Indo- Réunionnais, Indians in Singapore, Indian SouthAfricans, British Indian, Indian community of London, IndianAmerican. ... Read more


3. Religion: Indigenous Peoples' View, South America: An entry from Charles Scribner's Sons' <i>New Dictionary of the History of Ideas</i>
by Norman, Jr. Whitten
 Digital: 3 Pages (2005)
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This digital document is an article from New Dictionary of the History of Ideas, brought to you by Gale®, a part of Cengage Learning, a world leader in e-research and educational publishing for libraries, schools and businesses.The length of the article is 2124 words.The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase.You can view it with any web browser.The publication of the New Dictionary of the History of Ideas marks the return of a reference work that is an essential tool to make the often complex history of what we think accessible to students and general readers. The original 1974 Dictionary of the History of Ideas has long been admired as a landmark document encapsulating the thinking of an era. This thoroughly re-envisioned New Dictionary of the History of Ideas brings fresh intelligence and a global perspective to bear on timeless questions about the individual and society. A distinguished team of international scholars explore new thinking in areas previously covered (communism, linguistics, physics) and present cross-cultural perspectives on more recent topics such as postmodernism, deconstruction and post-colonialism ... Read more


4. Guinea pig breed: Breed, Guinea pig, Domestication, Model organism, Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire, Indigenous peoples in South America, Animal fancy, American Cavy Breeders Association
Paperback: 72 Pages (2009-12-09)
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles!There are many breeds of Guinea pig which have been developed since its domestication ca. 5000 BC. Breeds vary widely in appearance and purpose, ranging from show breeds with long, flowing hair to those in use as model organisms by science. From ca. 1200 AD to the Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire in 1532, selective breeding by indigenous South American peoples resulted in many varieties of domestic guinea pigs, which form the basis for some of the modern domestic breeds. Early Andean breeds were primarily kept as agricultural stock for food, and efforts at improving the Guinea pig as a food source continue to the modern era. With the export of Guinea pigs to Europe in the 15th century, the goal in breeding shifted to focus on the development of appealing pets. To this end, various competitive breeding organizations were founded by fanciers. The American Cavy Breeders Association, an adjunct to the American Rabbit Breeders Association, is the governing body in the United States and Canada. The British Cavy Council governs cavy clubs in the United Kingdom. Similar organizations exist in Australia (Australian National Cavy Council) and New Zealand (New Zealand Cavy Club). ... Read more


5. The Indians of the Paraguayan Chaco: Identity and Economy
by John Renshaw
Hardcover: 305 Pages (2002-10-01)
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Some forty thousand Native people live in the vast region of the Chaco in western Paraguay. They belong to five linguistic families and thirteen ethnic groups but share a common sense of ethnic identity founded on enduring values of reciprocity and equality. At the same time the Indians of the Chaco are one of the poorest groups in Paraguay, situated on the margins of the global economic system.

Based on extensive fieldwork and ongoing contact with local indigenous organizations in Paraguay, John Renshaw presents an overview of contemporary Indian life in the Paraguayan Chaco. He describes the subsistence and market economies, household and kinship systems, political organization, and the challenges of economic development. Renshaw also examines the experiences of indigenous organizations and the impact of development projects and considers whether it is possible to envisage a program of social and economic development that would respect and strengthen the Indians' sense of identity.

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6. Indigenous Peoples of the World - The Amazon
by Anne Wallace Sharp
Library Binding: 96 Pages (2003-10-17)
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The Amazon River Basin, covering more than half the continent of South America, is home to hundreds of indigenous groups. These Amerindians continue their struggle to survive and save their rainforest homelands and their ways of life against overwhelming odds. ... Read more


7. Social Welfare with Indigenous Peoples (Comparative Social Welfare Series)
Hardcover: 360 Pages (1994-12-13)
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In many areas of the world, there has been an earlier indigenous population which has been conquered by a more recent population group. In Social Welfare with Indigenous Peoples, the editors and contributors examine the treatment of many indigenous populations from five continental areas: Africa (Sierra Leone, Zimbabwe); Australia, New Zealand; Central and South America (Brazil, Mexico); Europe (Scandinavia, Spain) and North America.

They found that regardless of whether the newer immigrants became the majority population, as in North America, or the minority population, such as in Africa, there were many similarities in how the indigenous peoples were treated in their situations. ... Read more


8. Parmana: Prehistoric Maize and Manioc Subsistence Along the Amazon and Orinoco (Studies in Archaeology)
by Anna Curtenius Roosevelt
 Hardcover: 320 Pages (1980-12)
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9. Out of the Amazon
by Sue Cunningham
 Hardcover: 121 Pages (1992-09)
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10. The Shawnee Indians
by Randolph Noe
Hardcover: 736 Pages (2001-02-07)
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The result of years of painstaking research, this outstanding compilation reflects the wealth of material available on the Shawnee, from contact through the 20th century. The historical introduction provides a succinct but comprehensive narrative of Shawnee history. The bibliography itself is arranged in three broad subject areas. The first covers general history and affairs, anthropology, and linguistics; the second moves through history with the Shawnee, providing easy access to materials that document and analyze each period of their history; and the third references a plethora of primary documents-judicial, administrative, and Congressional material not generally found in existing guides. This latter section lends a particular strength to the work with its annotations of the Annual Reports of the Commissioners of Indian Affairs, which give unparalleled views of Shawnee life in the 19th century. Although intended primarily as a guide to the literature, the entries are generous in scope and description and often contain quotations from the primary sources. Intended for historians, anthropologists, researchers, and students, both graduate and undergraduate. ... Read more

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5-0 out of 5 stars Comprehensive and Scholarly
Simply put, Mr. Noe's comprehensive presentation is an intellectually clear and concise treatment of the Shawnee. The breadth of his study of the subject is remarkable.

5-0 out of 5 stars Comprehensive and Scholarly
Simply put, Mr. Noe's comprehensive presentation is an intellectually clear and concise treatment of the Shawnee. The breadth of his study of the subject is remarkable.

5-0 out of 5 stars The Most Important Work of Shawnee Research Ever Published
I've been researching Shawnee history and genealogy for decades, and I can think of no single work more valuable in that endeavor than this descriptive bibliography.Every metropolitian, university, and genealogical library in the United States ought to have at least one copy.

The descriptions and quotations get at the heart of the work at hand and are so generous and interesting that you want to read it from cover to cover--and there are 2779 entries.An amazing work, destined to be a collecters' item at a much higher price--get one now while you still can. ... Read more


11. The Potosi Mita, 1573-1700: Compulsory Indian Labor in the Andes
by Jeffrey Cole
Hardcover: 224 Pages (1985-08-01)
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12. The Stroessner Regime and Indigenous Resistance in Paraguay
by Rene Harder Horst
Hardcover: 232 Pages (2007-06-03)
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"Engaged, nuanced, and accessible--this untold story of Paraguay's indigenous peoples constitutes an important addition to the English-language literature on this understudied country."--John Charles Chasteen, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

"Provides original insights into the makings of indigenous policy during Paraguay's Stroessner era and the democratic opening after 1989 . . . shows how state policies were buffeted by external actors but also how indigenous peoples fought back. A must-read for those interested in indigenous policy in Latin America."-- Erick D. Langer, Georgetown University

"A significant contribution to the field . . . It develops a rich understanding of continuities and change in Paraguayan history, including the role of religious missions in indigenous assimilation and/or cultural preservation."--Virginia Garrard Burnett, University of Texas, Austin

Native groups have played an important historical role in Paraguay, the most homogenous and the only officially bilingual country in Latin America. This book analyzes their complex relationship with the corrupt Alfredo Stroessner regime (1954-89), which framed its policies as inclusive but excluded Paraguay's indigenous people from the benefits of national development and the most basic human rights. However, this is not a history of oppression and victimhood but rather a study in manipulation. Horst argues that while native people struggled daily to secure food and work under Stroessner's often contradictory and heavy-handed policies, they refused to disappear anonymously into the larger peasant population. As savvy actors who manipulated difficult circumstances to foil exclusionary policies, they succeeded in publicly embarrassing the regime as often as possible through exposures of state corruption.

Working in close cooperation with the Catholic Church, indigenous peoples capitalized on Catholic legal advocacy in their struggles to defend their territories and resources. The church became the strongest defender of native land claims, drawing international attention to the plight of indigenous peoples as well as abuses of human rights. While indigenous resistance weakened support for the Stroessner regime, it also drove native leaders and peoples into closer interaction with and dependency upon the very national institutions they opposed.

Contributing their own vision of a multiethnic state, the native people of Paraguay created multiple alliances with regime opponents, found ways to draw attention to human rights, and by demanding tolerance of ethnic plurality helped lead the nation toward greater democracy in 1992. Horst's study--the only history to focus on recent social policies and national political strategies for indigenous populations in modern Paraguay-- provides an important narrative for historians of Paraguay and other parts of Latin America, as well as for anthropologists and others interested in the intersection of identity politics and human rights. ... Read more


13. Venezuelans of Indigenous Peoples Descent: Hugo Chávez
Paperback: 32 Pages (2010-05-31)
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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías (Spanish pronunciation: ; born 28 July 1954) is the President of Venezuela. As the leader of the Bolivarian Revolution, Chávez promotes a political doctrine of participatory democracy, socialism and Latin American and Caribbean cooperation. He is also a critic of neoliberalism, globalization, and United States foreign policy. A career military officer, Chávez founded the left-wing Fifth Republic Movement after orchestrating a failed 1992 coup d'état against former President Carlos Andrés Pérez. Chávez was elected President in 1998 with a campaign centering on promises of aiding Venezuela's poor majority, and was reelected in 2000 and in 2006. Domestically, Chávez has maintained nationwide Bolivarian Missions, whose goals are to combat disease, illiteracy, malnutrition, poverty, and other social ills. Abroad, Chávez has acted against the Washington Consensus by supporting alternative models of economic development, and has advocated cooperation among the world's poor nations, especially those in Latin America. His political influence in South America partly due to his use of Venezuela's oil wealth and his adversarial relationship with the United States have given him a comparatively high geopolitical profile, leading Time magazine to include him among their list of the world's 100 most influential people in 2005 and 2006. Chávez was born on July 28, 1954 in Sabaneta, Barinas to schoolteachers Hugo de los Reyes Chávez and Elena Frías de Chávez. He is the younger brother of both Barinas governor Adán Chávez and Sabaneta mayor Anibal José Chávez Frías. The Chávez family is of mixed Amerindian, Afro-Venezuelan, and Spanish descent. Chávez was born in a mud hut near Sabaneta. Due to the Chávez family's impoverished condition... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=48874 ... Read more


14. Between Resistance and Adaptation: Indigenous Peoples and the Colonisation in the Choco, 1510-1753 (Liverpool University Press - Liverpool Latin American Studies)
by Caroline A. Williams
Paperback: 256 Pages (2005-04-15)
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Between Resistance and Adaptation explores the Spanish colonization of the Chocó, a lowland region of present-day Colombia that was crucial to Spanish interests in Latin America because of its large gold deposits. Controlling the gold required the Spanish to subdue the native population of the Chocó; the author considers the strategies used by the colonizers, as well as the subtle, pragmatic responses of indigenous peoples. This book will interest anyone studying the colonial history of Latin America and the struggle of indigenous peoples against colonial powers.
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15. Amazon Frontier: The Defeat of the Brazilian Indians
by John Hemming
 Hardcover: 640 Pages (1987-11-20)
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Amazon Frontier covers the 150 years when the first European scientists expolred the natural riches of Amazonia and became fascinated by its tribal peoples. Exciting and murderous encounters with new tribes continued throughout the nineteenth century, particularly when the Amazon's rubber monopoly made Manaus a frontier boom town. However, the Indian population, once so feared by the Europeans, began to decline and they became little more than objects of anthropological study or romantic literature. John Hemming ends his account in 1910 with the creation of Brazil's famous Indian Protection Service, a subject he resumes in Die If You Must ... Read more


16. No Longer Nomads: The Siriono Revisited
by Allyn MacLean Stearman
 Paperback: 160 Pages (1987-06)
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17. The Ecological Native: Indigenous Peoples' Movements and Eco-governmentality in Columbia
by Astrid Ulloa
 Hardcover: 318 Pages (2010-07-19)
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This text analyzes indigenous peoples' processes of identity construction as ecological natives. It opens space for reconstructing all the different networks, conditions of emergence, and implications (political, cultural, social and economic) of one specific event: the consolidation of the relationship between indigenous peoples and environmentalism. This text is based on ethnographic information and focused on the historical process of the emergence of indigenous peoples' movements in Latin America, in general, and indigenous peoples of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta do Columbia (SNSM), in particular. It demonstrates the process of the construction of indigenous peoples' environmental identities as an interplay of local, national and transnational dynamics among indigenous peoples and environmental movements and discourses in relation to global environmental policies. ... Read more

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5-0 out of 5 stars important contribution

This book is an important contribution to the analysis of how indigenous peoples and their environments have become central to the debate on how transnational and national governmental institutions, NGOs, corporations and the indigenous peoples themselves (particularly those of Colombia) are interacting in the emergent process of forming the means to govern the global environment. The great virtue of the book is its linkage of practical activities at the local, national and transnational levels to cultural imagery (pictorial, filmic, textual, etc.)in a manner that demonstrates the importance of the media or the imaginary at all those levels of practical activity. The book also makes good use recent and contemporary French and American social and anthropological theory, Foucault being put to particularly good use in the first chapter.

The focus is on the indigenous peoples' role in this emergent governmentality. The book is of particular interest to anthropologists, ecologists and those responsible for development programs. The book addresses the manner in which indigenous peoples have responded to the growing interest and concern of the West in those areas of cultural diversity and biodiversity that exist in Colombia--the Kogui people and the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta being of central importance. Particular emphasis is given to the effects of colonial and post-colonial imagery that affects the power dynamic between indigenous peoples in their relationship with the West, both historically and with respect to contemporary events. The analysis is empirical with respect to recounting policies, social movements and historical developments, and it is theoretical with respect to western images of indigenous peoples and how they have impacted the indigenous as elements in the western imaginary. It addresses the development of both indigenous and western history in terms of social movements and institutional policies as well as the manner in which western imagery and desire regarding the indigenous has affected those practical arenas.

The basic focus is on the extent to which the indigenous and their environments have been subsumed under conceptions of western development and the needs and desires of western peoples. The book examines a variety of options to western development and eco-governmentality originating among the indigenous and their western supporters that may offer practical alternatives to current western models of development. The main point of the book is to emphasize how the status of indigenous peoples of Colombia serves as a focal point and microcosm of the larger issues surrounding the management of the environment on a global scale.

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18. Cambridge History of the Native Peoples of the Americas: Volume III: South, PART 1
by Stuart Schwartz
Hardcover: 1056 Pages (2000-02)
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This is the first major survey of research on the indigenous peoples of South America from the earliest peopling of the continent to the present since Julian Steward's Handbook of South American Indians was published half a century ago. Although this volume concentrates on continental South America, peoples in the Caribbean and lower Central America who were linguistically or culturally connected are also discussed. The volume's emphasis is on self-perceptions of the indigenous peoples of South America at various times and under differing situations. ... Read more

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5-0 out of 5 stars a beautiful and very important book
This is a very important book, because is concerned with a contemporaty issue because of the 500 years of american colonization. Since the Handbook of South American Indians,organized by Julian Steward no other enterpriseof this kind was made. It is very important to us, american, to know betterour indians. From the academic point of view, this book contributes withwide informations congregating researchers and the results of itsreflexions together in only one place. It is really good to find in onevolume informations about several country. We have in this volume,contrasting views from the theoretical aproach that enrichs, we have,besides of historical perspectives, archeological focus about empires suchas the Inka and discussions about colonialism and its damages upon theindigenous people. And neither the indigenous organization is forget inthis volume, in this historical moment a surprisengly movement of thismassacrated people who is strugling for their rights by their own voices.I would recommend this book to students, to specialists in anthropologyand ethnologist and towhom is interested in history of America and in ourpresent days. Last, I would mention the beauty of the volume and of thehardcover.

5-0 out of 5 stars a beautiful and very important book
This is a very important book, because is concerned with a contemporaty issue because of the 500 years of american colonization. Since the Handbook of South American Indians,organized by Julian Steward no other enterpriseof this kind was made. It is very important to us, american, to know betterour indians. From the academic point of view, this book contributes withwide informations congregating researchers and the results of itsreflexions together in only one place. It is really good to find in onevolume informations about several country. We have in this volume,contrasting views from the theoretical aproach that enrichs, we have,besides of historical perspectives, archeological focus about empires suchas the Inka and discussions about colonialism and its damages upon theindigenous people. And neither the indigenous organization is forget inthis volume, in this historical moment a surprisengly movement of thismassacrated people who is strugling for their rights by their own voices.I would recommend this book to students, to specialists in anthropologyand ethnologist and towhom is interested in history of America and in ourpresent days. Last, I would mention the beauty of the volume and of thehardcover. ... Read more


19. Peoples of the Earth: Ethnonationalism, Democracy, and the Indigenous Challenge in "Latin'' America
by Martin Edwin Andersen
Hardcover: 296 Pages (2010-02-15)
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Peoples of the Earth employs a comparative history of ethno-nationalism to examine Indian activism and its challenges to the political, social and economic status quo in the countries of Central and South America. It explores the intersect between problems of democratic empowerment and security-including the appearance of radical Islam among Indians in two important countries-arising from the re-emergence of dormant forms of ethnic militancy and unprecedented internal challenges to nation-states. The institutions and practices of Indian self-government in the United States and Canada are examined as a means of comparison with contemporary phenomena in Central and South America, suggesting frameworks for the successful democratic incorporation of the region's most disenfranchised peoples. European models emerging from "intermestic" dilemmas are considered, as are those involving the Inuit people (or Eskimos) in the Canadian far north, as policymakers there "think outside the box" in ways that include more robust roles for both sub-national and international bodies. Finally, the work challenges policymakers to broaden the debate about how to approach the issues of political and economic empowerment and regional security concerning Native peoples, to include consideration of new ways of protecting both land rights and the environment, thus avoiding a zero-sum solution between the region's 40 million Indians and the rest of its peoples.

Peoples of the Earth has the potential to become a pioneer study addressing ethnic activism, characterized by multiple, small groups pressing for state recognition and democratic participation, while also promoting a defence of the environment and natural resources. Part of its attractiveness is the likelihood that the work will lead to further investigations and will become an authoritative point of departure for the fertile area of ethnonationalism studies in Latin America. Each country chapter provides a succinct but substantial presentation of the basic issues and challenges facing the Native peoples of the country. Overall, the book has an excellent mix of historical and contemporary analysis. ... Read more

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4-0 out of 5 stars Required reading
Andersen's book will make many people uncomfortable, but it is also required reading for those who are interested in security and indigenous issues in Latin America. His central point is that if long neglected indigenous grievances are not addressed soon in a fair and balanced manner, the result could be a new round of ethnic conflicts and bloodletting with serious consequences for the estimated 40 million Native Americans remaining.This security focus on the issue of ethnicity in the Americas is novel and long overdue, as it indicates how resolving the indigenous issue is in the national self-interest of regional governments.

Andersen is one of the few who dares question the indigenous credentials of Bolivian President Evo Morales, showing how the Bolivian MAS is really a mestizo (mixed race with a European cultural orientation) Marxist organization that has used the indigenous issue as a smokescreen to propel itself to power. Rather than unify the country a la Nelson Mandela, the Morales government has fomented division by encouraging reverse racism, indigenous persecution of European-descended Bolivians who represent the majority of Morales ideological opposition, while at the same time excluding truly indigenous leaders from the top levels of government in favor of European and mestizo leaders and advisers who share his Marxist ideology.

Andersen also develops an excellent discussion on the penetration of radical Islam among indigenous communities, a recent and still isolated phenomenon whose potential for growth and impact can be exponential if solutions are not found and the spiral of conflict keeps escalating.

5-0 out of 5 stars A comprehensive and sensitive portrait of the historic and contemporary struggles of the First Peoples of the 'New World'
Peoples of the Earth: Ethnonationalism, Democracy, and the Indigenous Challenge in "Latin'' America by Martin Edwin Andersen presents a fascinating and comprehensive perspective on Latin American history focusing on the lesser told but nonetheless important story of indigenous rights across the hemisphere.

This comparative study presents a sweeping journey across the Americas, from end to end, with important insights for the fields of indigenous studies, comparative politics, and strategic studies, helping to rebalance the field of 'Latin' American studies so that it includes the indigenous 'Peoples of the Earth' who survived the arrival of European settlers and conquerors, and who have long been a submerged but potent political force that is now emerging to transform the political dynamics of many Central and South American nations, united in their aspiration to reclaim their often unacknowledged, and at times suppressed, contribution to the history and politics of our hemisphere.

One of this book's many strengths is its sheer breadth of study, chock-full of country case studies based on meticulous research, with impressive use of sources. The author is familiar with 'Latin' America, having covered the region as a journalist and author, with two prior books published on the region's political and military history. Peoples of the Earth combines his wealth of knowledge and insight spanning numerous countries, primarily in Central and South America but with insights also drawn from the struggles of Native peoples in the United States and Canada. This makes for fascinating comparative observations and analyses, connecting a long series of dots dating back half a millennium and stretching from the high north to the far south, in a rare but much needed retelling of the story of the 'New World.'

Andersen's work follows impressively in the tradition of esteemed scholars like Donna Lee Van Cott, author of Radical Democracy in the Andes and From Movements to Parties in Latin America: The Evolution of Ethnic Politics. To his credit, Andersen writes an engaging, lively, non-ideological, terminologically-uncluttered language that will make this work appeal beyond the narrow confines of the 'Latin' American studies subfield of political science. This work deserves a broad readership both within and beyond academia. Peoples of the Earth will help to offset the dearth of literature addressing the issue of native rights from a broad, and comprehensive, perspective.

The narrative flows naturally and smoothly, and with a rapid pace and energetic style making the manuscript a delight to read, blending the best of academic analysis with a refreshing journalistic pacing. For those with an interest in the indigenous chapters of inter-American history, this will be a true page-turner. Andersen's scholarship is sound, and the research that went into this book is meticulous and comprehensive, showing a unique depth and breadth of knowledge. The author brings in a wide range of sources including numerous classic works from the fields of Latin American and indigenous studies, as well as blending additional contemporary observations from journalists, columnists, native rights activists, tribal law practitioners, and indigenous leaders -- augmenting secondary sources with fresh current affairs insights and primary perspectives. The breadth of sources enriches the depth of storytelling, with numerous examples and anecdotes provided throughout.

The work's historical depth is impressive, incorporating not just current texts but reaching back to numerous classics and earlier events in the history that have informed the historical development of the Americas, including the emergence of the modern state system as well as the influences of other international dynamics including the worldwide struggle against fascism and the abhorrent racial policies that drove aggression during World War II as well as the long and painful legacy of colonial history and the perpetuation of colonial-era social divisions into the contemporary period in the New World that pitted indigenous interests against those of the newcomers. The author's historical expertise, intimate regional awareness, and comprehensive knowledge of the literature is evident throughout. The documentation of the sources used is also impressive, with the lengthy bibliography chock-full of important sources, including a rich and comprehensive assortment of books, journal articles, news articles, and author interviews in addition to government reports. Numerous and highly detailed endnotes are a further reflection of the depth of scholarship and the meticulousness of the author's research.

This book will be of interest to scholars, researchers, policy analysts, policy makers, governmental decision-makers, and indigenous rights activists in the Americas as well as in other regions such as Asia, Africa and Oceania where similar issues and challenges exist. It will also be of interest to cultural anthropologists and human terrain mapping specialists thrust into the world's hot spots and endeavoring to navigate their complex ethnocultural undercurrents and forge sub-state coalitions with tribal and local communities, often discovering much untold, and untaught, history along the way. Peoples of the Earth makes important contributions to the literatures of several distinct subfields -- notably native studies, Latin American studies, and comparative politics -- as well as strategic and security studies, with relevance to the ongoing GWOT struggle and the many ethnic and civil conflicts around the world where indigenous people continue to struggle to assert their rights, and to protect their proud cultural traditions, from the more populous, modern state.

What is refreshing to this reader is the author's openness to literature not only from different fields, but also from a wide range of ideologies and worldviews, revealing an openness to diversity that enriches the analysis considerably. This work breaks free from any singular ideological lens and reframes indigenous history, culture and tradition as the center of the story. The tone and presentation are both balanced and fair, and the historical detail combines for a unique and much needed contribution to the field. This work deserves to be widely read, from the classroom to the forward operating base, and to remain in print for many years to come, as it fills a need in the field for such a holistic and comprehensive approach to state-tribe relations, in the Americas and around the world.

Barry Zellen is the author of Breaking the Ice: From Land Claims to Tribal Sovereignty in the Arctic; On Thin Ice: The Inuit, the State, and the Challenge of Arctic Sovereignty; and On Thin Ice: The Inuit, the State, and the Challenge of Arctic Sovereignty.

5-0 out of 5 stars Essential book for understanding ethnic politics in Latin America
Martin Andersen's book is timely, well research, and well written. This book is essential for anyone who is interested in understanding the politics of ethnic nationalism in Latin America, and by extension the developing world. Andersen makes extensive use of primary and secondary sources to weave an interesting and thoughtful narrative that analyzes the roots of ethnic nationalism in Latin America, and places key national cases into comparative perspective. The book's interdisciplinary approach helps it bridge various academic traditions, and provides a more comprehensive picture of this most important topic. Understanding ethnic nationalism is essential to understanding politics in contemporary Latin America; from the rise of Evo Morales in Bolivia to civil wars in Peru and Guatemala, ethnic nationalism has been at the heart of social and revolutionary movements in the region for the past 50 years. Finally, Andersen addresses the critical, but seldom touched, issue of the connection between current security problems and explicitly ethnic nationalist appeals. The concerns in this area go far beyond irrendist movements, and may affect questions of terrorism and territorial integrity. Andersen's book is an essential component for those interested in the answer to a fundamental question for Latin American politics: How do countries incorporate ethnic groups (in some cases forming majorities of the population) into the political, social and economic life of the nation-state while maintaining political stability and territorial integrity? How nations respond to that challenge will affect the prospects for democratic regimes in Latin America. ... Read more


20. The Globalization of Contentious Politics: The Amazonian Indigenous Rights Movement (Indigenous Peoples and Politics)
by Pamela Martin
Hardcover: 176 Pages (2002-11-08)
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This dissertation argues that Amazonian indigenous peoples organized via transnational networks due to the domestic blockages presented to them in their respective countires. Due to these blockages and the growing number of transnational political opportunity structures, such as national and international non-govermental organizations, multi-lateral development banks, and multinational corporation, indigenous peoples mobilized through transnational advocacy networks and eventually formed transnational social movement organizations. Through a comparative-historical analysis of five Ecuadorian Amazonian indigenous organizations, this work illustrates the processes of transnational collective action and its outcomes. ... Read more


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