Native Nations

Below are resources related to Sharlotte Neely's "What It Means to Be Indigenous" chapter of Native Nations: The Survival of Indigenous Peoples, edited by Sharlotte Neely and Douglas W. Hume.

Agencies & Organizations

• International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples (UN)
  • Indigenous Peoples Day – Australia
  • Indigenous Peoples Day – Brazil
  • Indigenous Peoples Day – Canada
  • Indigenous Peoples Day – Norway
  • Indigenous Peoples Day – Taiwan
  • Indigenous Peoples Day – USA
• Native American and Indigenous Studies Association

Discussion Questions

• What is the meaning of indigenousness, and why is it sometimes difficult to identify Indigenous People?
• Why is indigenousness at the heart of many world conflicts?
• Why are seemingly pro-human rights nations like the United States and Sweden sometimes reluctant to defend the land rights of Indigenous Peoples?

Documentary Films

• Snowbird Cherokees

Further Reading

• Barth, Fredrik. 1969. Ethnic Groups and Boundaries: The Social Organization of Culture Difference. Boston: Little, Brown and Co.

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