Decolonizing Native Histories by Florencia E. Mallon, Gladys ... - 9780822351528

Decolonizing Native HistoriesCollaboration, Knowledge, and Language in the Americas\nAuthor(s): Florencia E. Mallon, Gladys McCormick\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Duke University Press, United States\nImprint: Duke University Press\nISBN-13: 9780822351528, 978-0822351528\nSynopsis\nDecolonizing 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, indigenous and nonindigenous, from disciplines including history, anthropology, linguistics, and political science-explore the challenges of decolonization. These wide-ranging case studies consider how language, the law, and the archive have historically s.