Hemispheric Indigeneities

MilÉna Santoro is an associate professor of French and Francophone studies at Georgetown University. She is the author of Mothers of Invention: Feminist Authors and Experimental Fiction in France and Quebec. Erick D. Langer is a professor of history at Georgetown University. He is the author of Expecting Pears from an Elm Tree: Franciscan Missions on the Chiriguano Frontier in the Heart of South America, 1830–1949 and coeditor of The New Latin American Mission History (Nebraska, 1995).

"One of the strengths of this collection is that the articles reference one another, providing critical links between the geographic regions and highlighting areas of similarity and difference between Indigenous agency and activism in diverse locales. The range of contributions with regard to content, writing style, and sources used makes the edited collection Hemispheric Indigeneities an excellent text for a course in contemporary Indigenous studies and one that would be of interest to students and scholars in the fields of folklore, history, theatre, literary studies, and anthropology."-Sarah Campbell, Journal of Folklore Research "Innovative in its effort to bring scholars from these different regions together, Hemispheric Indigeneities offers a solid contribution on which future comparative scholarship can build."-David Carey Jr., Hispanic American Historical Review “This collection makes a tremendous contribution to burgeoning discussions of Indigeneity. In rich and fascinating detail, each chapter elaborates processes and meanings of ‘being’ and ‘becoming’ Indigenous across time and geographic space in the Americas. It is sure to enrich hemispheric and global dialogue about the nuances, diversity, complexities, and contradictions of Indigeneity both historically and in the contemporary world.”-Laura R. Graham, professor of anthropology at the University of Iowa and coeditor of Performing Indigeneity: Global Histories and Contemporary Experiences

• List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart 1. First Contacts, First Nations1. The Early Colonial Origins of Indigeneity in and around the Basin of MexicoSusan Kellogg2. Existing Ancestralities and the Failure of Colonial RegimesSusan Elizabeth RamÍrez3. “We Do the Same Thing among Ourselves”: Becoming Indigenous in Atlantic CanadaDavid T. McNabPart 2. Indigenous Survival and Selfhood in the Long Nineteenth Century4. Everything Must Change so that Everything Can Stay the Same: Miscegenation, Racialization, and Culture in Modern MesoamericaLuis Fernando Granados5. From Prosperity to Poverty: Andeans in the Nineteenth CenturyErick D. Langer6. Nation Making / Nation Breaking: “Effective Control” of Aboriginal Lands and Peoples by Settlers in TransitionKarl S. HelePart 3. Asserting Indigeneity in the Contemporary Era7. Asserting Indigeneity in Contemporary Mexico and Central America: Autonomy, Rights, and Confronting Nation-StatesLynn Stephen8. Against Coloniality: AndrÉs Jach’aqullu’s Indigenous Movement in the Era of the Bolivian National Revolution of 1952Waskar T. Ari-Chachaki9. Reel Visions: Snapshots from a Half Century of First Nations CinemaMilÉna SantoroPostface. Indigenous Experience and Legacies10. Travels of a MÉtis through Spirit Memory, around Turtle Island, and BeyondDavid T. McNabContributorsIndex