The Indigenous Paradox: Rights, Sovereignty, and Culture in the Americas 0812252306, 9780812252309

Table of contents :
Cover
The Indigenous Paradox
Title
Copyright
CONTENTS
List of Abbreviations
A Note on Terminology
Chapter 1. Indigeneity and the Law
Chapter 2. The Invention of the Sovereignty Approach to Indigenous Rights
Chapter 3. “Domestic Dependent Nations” and Indigenous Identity
Chapter 4. How to Win with the Sovereignty Approach
Chapter 5. “Rooted Legal Pluralism” and Its Culturalized Boundaries
Chapter 6. “De Facto Legal Pluralism” and the Problem of Not Being “Different Enough”
Chapter 7. The Invention of the Culture Approach to Indigenous Rights
Chapter 8. Expansions and Limits of the Culture Approach
Chapter 9. Sovereignty, Culture, and the Indigenous Paradox
Chapter 10. Indigeneity and the Politics of Recognition
Notes
References
Index
Acknowledgments

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