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This book addresses indigenous peoples' claims to autonomy and self-determination with a focus on the Caribbean Coast of Nicaragua. It demonstrates the tensions between nation states and indigenous peoples seeking to realize these rights and offers important lessons for similar projects across Latin America.
List of contents
Chapter 1. Indigenous Struggles for Autonomy: The Caribbean Coast of Nicaragua
Luciano Baracco
Chapter 2. From the Kingdom of Mosquitia to the Mosquito Reservation: The Demise of British Imperialism on the Mosquito Coast and the Challenge of Nicaraguan Nation-Building
Luciano Baracco
Chapter 3. The Company Times: Neocolonialism and Ethnic Relations on Nicaragua's Caribbean Coast in the Twentieth Century
Eric Rodrigo Meringer
Chapter 4. The Sandinista Revolution and the Caribbean Coast of Nicaragua: Revolution, Counter-Revolution, and Indigenous Struggles for Autonomy
Luciano Baracco
Chapter 5. Leasing Communal Lands...In "Perpetuity": Post-Titling Scenarios on the Caribbean Coast of Nicaragua
Miguel González
Chapter 6. Negotiating Consultation: The Duty to Consult and Contestation of Autonomy in Nicaragua's Rama-Kriol Territory
Joshua L. Mayer
Chapter 7. Autonomy in the Caribbean Coast: Neoliberalism, Landless Peasants and the Resurgence of Ethnic Conflict
Govand Khalid Azeez and Alejandra Gaitán-Barrera
Chapter 8. Strong Women: Memories of Miskitu Women forging Peace and Autonomy
Dolores Figueroa Romero and Arelly Barbeyto
Chapter 9. Cocaine Money, Cement Houses, and New Residential Arrangements in a Coastal Miskitu Village
Mark Jamieson
Chapter 10. The Role of Autonomy in the Revitalization of the Languages of Nicaragua's
Caribbean Coast
Jane Freeland and Colette Grinevald
Index
About the Editor
About the Contributors
About the author
Edited by Luciano Baracco - Contributions by Govand Khalid Azeez; Luciano Baracco; Arelly Barbeyto; Dolores Figueroa Romero; Jane Freeland; Alejandra Gaitán-Barrera; Miguel González; Colette Grinevald; Mark Jamieson; Joshua L. Mayer and Eric Rodrigo Merin
