Indigenous political resistance teaches us how to rethink politics for the twenty-first century, and social anthropology has a role to play in this project.
A claim of dominion was used, in turn, to legitimise the town's right to call on the indigenous population for labour service.
First, political elites may respond selectively to indigenous claims, meeting specific types of demands, while marginalising or punishing other types of claims.
Its implications are worth considering, particularly in the light of the post-processualist rush to embrace alternative, indigenous voices throughout the world.
Insistence on an entirely local quality to indigenous movements therefore suggests that indigenous peoples are being held to a different standard.
The political participation of indigenous peoples is often a difficult issue for states.
The indigenous heritage industry reacted to the repeated local resistance by withdrawing their commitment to the development of the site.
A good number of local constitutions have been reformed, and a few state laws on indigenous rights and culture have been enacted.
