Contents

Foreword

Introduction

by Miguel González, Araceli Burguete Cal y Mayor, José Marimán, Pablo Ortiz-T. and Ritsuko Funaki

Part I. Post-multicultural Constrictum

1: The Right to Self-determination and Indigenous Peoples: The Continuing Quest for Equality

by Dalee Sambo Dorough

2: The Implementation Gap for Indigenous Peoples’ Rights to Lands and Territories in Latin America (1991–2019)

by Ritsuko Funaki

3: Framework Law on Autonomy and Decentralization for Native Indigenous Peasant Autonomies (AIOCs): Autonomous Regulation or Institutional Restriction?

by María Fernanda Herrera Acuña

4: Indigenous Autonomy in Bolivia: From Great Expectations to Faded Dreams

by John Cameron and Wilfredo Plata

5: The Tragedy of Alal: Regression of Rights in the Nicaraguan Autonomous Regime

by Miguel González

6: Mapuche Autonomy in Pwelmapu: Confrontation and/or Political Construction?

by Verónica Azpiroz Cleñan

7: A Future Crossroads in Rebellious and Pandemic Times: National Pluralism and Indigenous Self-government in Chile

by José A. Marimán

Part II. Possibilities: Recovering What has Been Lost and Rebuilding

8: Restoring the Assembly in Oxchuc, Chiapas: Elections Through Indigenous Normative Systems (2015-2019)

by Araceli Burguete Cal y Mayor

9: Building Autonomies in Mexico City

by Consuelo Sánchez

10: Neggsed (Autonomy): Progress and Challenges in the Self-government of the Gunadule People of Panama

by Bernal D. Castillo

11: Autonomy, Intersectionality and Gender Justice: From the “Double Gaze” of the Women Elders to the Violence We Do Not Know How to Name

by Dolores Figueroa Romero and Laura Hernández Pérez

12: The Thaki (Path) of Indigenous Autonomies in Bolivia: A View from the Territory of the Jatun Ayllu Yura of the Qhara Qhara Nation

by Magali Vienca Copa-Pabón, Amy M. Kennemore, and Elizabeth López-Canelas

13: Indigenous Jurisdiction as an Exercise of the Right to Self-determination and its Reception in the Chilean Criminal Justice System

by Elsy Curihuinca N. and Rodrigo Lillo V.

14: Indigenous Autonomy in Ecuador: Fundamentals, Loss and Challenges

by Pablo Ortiz-T

Part III. Autonomies as Emancipation: Own Paths

15: Gender Orders and Technologies in the Context of Totora Marka’s Autonomous Project (Bolivia)

by Ana Cecilia Arteaga Böhrt

16: Autonomy as an Assertive Practice and as a Defensive Strategy: Indigenous Shifts in Political Meanings in Response to Extreme Violence in Mexico

by Mariana Mora

17: Building Guaraní Charagua Iyambae Autonomy: New Autonomies and Hegemonies in the Plurinational State of Bolivia

by Pere Morell i Torra

18: The Path to Autonomy for the Wampís Nation

by Shapiom Noningo and Frederica Barclay

19: “¡Guardia, Guardia!”: Autonomies and Territorial Defense in the Context of Colombia’s Post Peace-Accord

by Viviane Weitzner

20: Indigenous Self-Government Landscapes in Michoacán: Activism, Experiences, Paradoxes and Challenges

by Orlando Aragón Andrade

21: Indigenous Governance Innovation in Canada and Latin America: Emerging Practices and Practical Challenges

by Roberta Rice

List of Contributors

Index