ABSTRACT
First published in 2006. Who and what are the 'indigenous people'? The question has become highly contentious in India today, where eighty million peoples belonging to the state category of 'scheduled tribes' are attempting to gain international recognition as indigenous people as a part of struggle for recognition and rights in land and resources. This volume interrogates the politics surrounding the category of peoples in India known as 'tribals' or 'adivasis' and more recently 'indigenous peoples'.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |77 pages
Concepts
chapter |23 pages
Anthropology And The “Indigenous Slot”
Claims To And Debates About Indigenous Peoples' Status In India
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part |88 pages
Cases
part |59 pages
Comparisons
chapter |22 pages
Self-Government, Indigeneity And Cultural Authenticity
A Comparative Study Of India And The United States
chapter |26 pages
Indigenous Peoples In Insular Southeast Asia
Definitions And Discourses In Indonesia And The Philippines