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Latin America: Indigenous Movements

(see also Native American Movements, Brazil: Indigenous Peoples & Movements, Chile: Mapuches, Colombia: Indigenous Peoples & Movements, Ecuador: Indigenous Peoples & Movements)


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Basics

On the Web: Articles

Indigenous Movements. A Century from Now, the Indian Americas? Andrew Reding, Pacific News Service (3/16/98).

Gaining Ground: The Indigenous Movements in Latin America. NACLA Report (3-4/96).

On the Web: Specialized Sites

Abya Yala Net.

Indigenous Environmental Network.

Resource Center of the Americas. News links.

South & Meso American Indigenous Rights Center (SAIIC).

In the Library: Articles

Berdichewsky, Bernardo. "Del indigenismo a la indianidad y el surgimiento de una ideología indígena en Andinoamérica," Canadian Journal of Latin American & Caribbean Studies 12 (1987):25-44.

Berger, Thomas R. "Native rights movements," Cultural Survival Quarterly 11,1 (1987):13-15.

Brysk, Alison. "Turning weakness into strength: the internationalization of Indian rights," Latin American Perspectives 23,2 (spr 96).

Clarac N., Gerald. "Indigenismo de dominación o indigenismo de liberación?" América Indígena 34,1 (1974):161-69.

Corvalán, Graziella. "El bilingualismo en América Latina," Revista Paraguaya de Sociología 21,59 (1984):151-98.

Delgado-P., Guillermo. "Latin America: the Internet & indigenous texts," Cultural Survival Quarterly 21,4 (win 98).

__________. "Solidarity in cyberspace: indigenous peoples online," NACLA Report 35,5 (3-4/02):49-51.

__________. "The making of a transnational movement," NACLA Report 35,6 (5-6/02):36-38.

Field, Les. "Who are the Indians? Reconceptualizing indigenous identity, resistance & the role of social science in Latin America," Latin American Research Review 29,3 (1994):237-48.

__________. "Mired positionings: moving beyond metropolitan authority & indigenous authenticity," Identities 3 (8/96).

Kearney, Michael & Stéfano Varese. "Latin America's indigenous peoples: changing identities & forms of resistance," in Sandor Halebsky & Richard L. Harris (eds.) Capital, Power & Inequality in Latin America (Boulder: Westview, 1995).

__________. "Indigenous ethnicity & mobilization in Latin America," Latin American Perspectives 23,2 (spr 96).

León-Portilla, Miguel. "Antropolgía y culturas en peligro," América Indígena 35,1 (1-3/75):15-37.

__________ (coord.) "Simposio sobre los métodos y resultados de la acción indigenista en América," Proceedings of the International Congress of Americanists 35,2 (1962), pp. 291-384.

Lipschutz, Alejandro. "La noción o definición del indio en la reciente legislación protectora en las Américas," Journal de la Societé des Américanistes de Paris, n.s. 41 (1952).

Nahmad Sitton, Salomón. "Continuidad del dominio colonial entre los pueblos indígenas de Latinoamérica," Proceedings of the Pacific Coast Council on Latin American Studies 14,2 (fall 87):1-8.

Roy, Chandra K. "The International Labour Organization & indigenous peoples," Abya Yala News 10,4 (fall 97):6-19, 31. Convention 169 on autonomy, consultation & participation in relations between states & indigenous groups, & the state of its implementation in Mexico, Guatemala & Costa Rica.

Sarmiento, Henry. "El dilema indígena: desarrollismo vs. desarrollo auténtico," América Indígena 34,1 (1974):171-79.

Stavenhagen, Rodolfo. "Amerindian ethnic movements & state policies in Latin America," in W. Page (ed.) The Future of Politics: Governance, Movements & World Order (London, 1983).

__________. "Ethnocide or ethnodevelopment: the new challenge," Ethnicity Today (1988):61-69.

Varese, Stéfano. "Multiethnicity & hegemonic construction: Indian plans & the future," in R. Guidieri & Others (eds.) Ethnicities & Nations: Processes of Interethnic Relations in Latin America, Southeast Asia & the Pacific (Houston: Rothko Chapel, 1988).

__________. "The ethnopolitics of Indian resistance in Latin America," Latin American Perspectives 3,2 (spr 96).

In the Library: Non-Fiction Books

Barre, Marie-Chantal. Ideologías indigenistas y movimientos indios (México, 1983).

Bonfil Batalla, Guillermo. Utopía y revolución: el pensamiento político contemporáneo de los indios en América Latina (México, 1981).

__________; Domingos Veríssimo, Mario Ibarra, Julio Tumiri, Stéfano Vares y otros. América Latina: Etnodesarrollo y etnocidio (San José: FLACSO, 1982).

__________. Identidad y pluralismo cultural en América Latina (Buenos Aires, 1992).

Browman, David & Ronald Schwarz (eds.) Peasants, Primitives & Proletarians: The Struggle for Identity in South America (The Hague: Mouton, 1979).

Brysk, Alison. From Tribal Village to Global Village: Indian Rights & International Relations in Latin America (Stanford CA: Stanford, 2003).

Grünberg, Georg (coord.) Articulación de la diversidad: pluralidad étnica, autonomías y democratización en América Latina (Quito, 1995).

Himelblau, Jack J. (ed.) The Indian in Spanish America: Two Centuries of Removal, Survival, & Integration, A Critical Anthology (2 vols.; Lancaster CA: Labyrinthos, 1993-95).

Instituto Indigenista Interamericano. Entre la ley y la costumbre: el derecho consuetudinario indígena en América Latina (México, 1990).

Jaulin, Robert (comp.) El etnocidio a través de las Américas: textos y documentos (México: Siglo XXI, 1976).

Kicza, John (ed.) The Indian in Latin American History: Resistance, Resilience & Acculturation (Wilmington DE: Scholarly Resources, 1993).

Langer, Erick D. & Elena Muñóz (eds.) Contemporary Indigenous Movements in Latin America
(Wilmington DE: Scholarly Resources, 2002).

Lecaillon, Jean François. Résistances indiennes en Amériques (Paris, 1989).

Léger, Marie (ed.) Aboriginal Peoples: Toward Self-Government (Montreal: Black Rose, 1994). México, Colombia, Nicaragua, Panamá & Brazil.

Materne, Yves (ed.) The Indian Awakening in Latin America [1976] (NY, 1980).

Maybury-Lewis, David (ed.) The Politics of Ethnicity: Indigenous Peoples in Latin American States (Cambridge MA: Harvard, 2002).

McCarty, Teresa L. & Ofelia Zepeda (eds.) Indigenous Language Use & Change in the Americas (NY, 1998).

Minority Rights Group. The Amerindians of South America (Report No. 15; London, 1987).

Salomon, Frank & Harold O. Sklar (eds.) Natives & Neighbors in Indigenous South America (Gothenburg, 1987).

Sieder, Rachel. Multiculturalism in Latin America: Indigenous Rights, Diversity & Democracy (NY: Palgrave Macmillan, 2002).

Singh, Priti. The Governance of Indigenous People in Latin America (Delhi: Authors, 2000).

South American Indian Information Center. Working Commission Reports: Second Conference of Indian Nations & Organizations of South America (Tiwanaku, Bolivia, 1983) (Berkeley, 1984).

Urban, Greg & Joel Scherzer (eds.) Nation-States & Indians in Latin America (Austin: U. of Texas, 1992).

van Cott, Donna Lee (ed.) Indigenous Peoples & Democracy in Latin America (London, 1994).

Vincent, André. Derecho de indios y desarrollo en hispanoamérica (Madrid, 1975).

Warren, Kay B. & Jean E. Jackson. Indigenous Movements, Self-Representation & the State in Latin America (Austin: U. of Texas, 2003).

Wright, Ronald. Stolen Continents: The Americas Through Indian Eyes since 1492 (Boston, 1992).

In the Library: Fiction

In the Library: For Young Readers

In the Library: Poetry

In the Library: Drama

In the Library: Photography

CD & Audio

Film & Video

"The Last Trace" [2001], dir. Paola Castillo, 67m. From Latin America Video Archives. Elderly sisters, the last surviving Yagans of far southern Chile, come to terms with disappearance of their language & culture.



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