The Indigenous Experience: Global Perspectivesintroduces upper-level undergraduate students to some of the richness and heterogeneity of Indigenous cultures. Written by top scholars in the field, the readings explore common themes and experiences of indigeneity that persist across geographic borders. The first section examines the processes of conquest and colonization, while the second section addresses genocide and the problem of intention. The remaining readings interrogate the social constructs and myths promulgated by colonialism and explore the politics of resistance, struggles for justice, and future models of constructive engagement.

The examples span the globe from the Indigenous nations of Turtle Island-such as the Plains Cree, the Haudenosaunee nation of Kahnawake, and the Métis-to the original peoples of the South Pacific, including Aboriginal Australians, the Maori of Aotearoa, and the Rapanui. Other Indigenous peoples represented in this volume include the Guaraní, the Saami, the Ainu, and the Ogoni people. Combining historical narratives with complex conceptual issues and strong pedagogical support,The Indigenous Experienceis a welcome addition to the literature of Indigenous Studies.

Preface
Introduction

PART I: COLONIZATION AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
Chapter 1: Indigenous Peoples -David Maybury-Lewis
Chapter 2: Trade, Slavery, and Colonialism -Grant McCall
Chapter 3: The Ecology of Ainu Autonomy and Dependence -Brett L. Walker
Chapter 4: Hawai'i Under Non-Hawaiian Rule -Michael Kioni DudleyandKeoni Kealoha Agard
Chapter 5: Colonizing Knowledges -Linda Tuhiwai Smith

PART II: COLONIALISM, GENOCIDE, AND THE PROBLEM OF INTENTION
Chapter 6: Extract from A Little Matter of Genocide: Holocaust and Denial in the Americas 1492 to the Present -Russell Means
Chapter 7: Settling In: Epidemics and Conquest to the End of the First Century -Noble David Cook
Chapter 8: Confronting Australian Genocide -Colin Tatz
Chapter 9: "Killing the Indian in the Child": Four Centuries of Church-Run Schools -Suzanne Fournier and Ernie Crey
Chapter 10: The Guarani: The Economics of Ethnocide -Richard H. Robbins

PART III: SOCIAL CONSTRUCTS OF COLONIALISM
Chapter 11: The West and the Rest: Discourse and Power -Stuart Hall
Chapter 12: Paths Toward a Mohawk Nation: Narratives of Citizenship and Nationhood in Kahnawake -Audra Simpson
Chapter 13: The Criminalization of Indigenous People -Chris Cunneen
Chapter 14: The Indians Are Coming to an End: The Myth of Native Desolation -Matthew Restall
Chapter 15: "We Must Farm to Enable Us to Live": The Plains Cree and Agriculture to 1900 -Sarah A. Carter

PART IV: THE INDIGENOUS STRUGGLE AND THE POLITICS OF INDIGENEITY
Chapter 16: Imagining Civilization on the Frontiers of Aboriginality -Anthony J. Hall
Chapter 17: Saami and Norwegians: Symbols of Peoplehood and Nationhood -Trond Thuen
Chapter 18: The New Politics of Resistance -Ronald Niezen
Chapter 19: Politics within the Metis Association of Alberta -Joe Sawchuk
Chapter 20: "Sovereignty" - An Inappropriate Concept -Gerald Taiaiake Alfred
Chapter 21: Indigeneity at the Edge: Towards a Constructive Engagement -Roger C.A. MaakaandAugie Fleras

Appendix: Relevant Websites