Indigenous peoples and borders / edited by Sheryl Lightfoot and Elsa Stamatopoulou.
"Indigenous Peoples and Borders considers the problem of state borders, which are frequently legacies of colonialism, and their impact on Indigenous Peoples around the world. Indigenous lands are frequently divided by such borders creating difficulties for their Native inhabitants that were unt...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Durham :
Duke University Press,
2024.
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| Summary: | "Indigenous Peoples and Borders considers the problem of state borders, which are frequently legacies of colonialism, and their impact on Indigenous Peoples around the world. Indigenous lands are frequently divided by such borders creating difficulties for their Native inhabitants that were until recently largely disregarded by international law and international relations scholars. The contributors, including many Indigenous rights practitioners, take up issues of sovereignty, power, globalization, economic integration, and self-determination in areas from Bangladesh to the Russian Arctic to Mexico. The collection takes a comparative, multidisciplinary, and global approach showing the ways Indigenous Peoples are challenging and working around borders, even as they are constrained by them"-- |
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| Physical Description: | x, 371 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 1478020695 9781478020691 |