Indigenous Peoples and Borders [Paperback]

The legacies of borders are far-reaching for Indigenous Peoples. This collection offers new ways of understanding borders by departing from statist approaches to territoriality. Bringing together the fields of border studies, human rights, international relations, and Indigenous studies, it features a wide range of voices from across academia, public policy, and civil society. The contributors explore the profound and varying impacts of borders on Indigenous Peoples around the world and the ways borders are challenged and worked around. From Bangladesh’s colonially imposed militarized borders to resource extraction in the Russian Arctic and along the Colombia-Ecuador border to the transportation of toxic pesticides from the United States to Mexico, the chapters examine sovereignty, power, and obstructions to Indigenous rights and self-determination as well as globalization and the economic impacts of borders.Indigenous Peoples and Bordersproposes future action that is informed by Indigenous Peoples’ voices, needs, and advocacy.

Contributors. Tone Bleie, Andrea Carmen, Jacqueline Gillis, Rauna Kuokkanen, Elifuraha Laltaika, Sheryl Lightfoot, David Bruce MacDonald, Toa Elisa Maldonado Ruiz, Binalakshmi “Bina” Nepram, Melissa Z. Patel, Manoel B. do Prado Junior, Hana Shams Ahmed, Elsa Stamatopoulou, Liubov Suliandziga, Rodion Sulyandziga, Yifat Susskind, Erika M. YamadaUSThe contributors to this volume explore the profound and varying impacts of borders on Indigenous Peoples around the world and the ways they challenge and work around them.Sheryl Lightfoot is Professor of Political Science at the University of British Columbia and author ofGlobal Indigenous Politics: A Subtle Revolution. She was Canada Research Chair in Global Indigenous Rights and Politics from 2013 to 2023.

Elsa Stamatopoulou is Director of the Indigenous Peoples’ Rights Program at the Institute for the Study of Human Rights at Columbil3'