Decolonizing Native Histories: Collaboration, Knowledge, and Language in the Americas

by Florencia E. Mallon

Book Overview

Decolonizing Native Histories is an interdisciplinary collection that grapples with the racial and ethnic politics of knowledge production and indigenous activism in the Americas. It analyzes the relationship of language to power and empowerment, and advocates for collaborations between community members, scholars, and activists that prioritize the rights of Native peoples to decide how their knowledge is used. The contributors--academics and activists,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: B00A2PZ7AG
• ISBN13: 9780822351528
• Release Date: December 2011
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"