Provides a comparative perspective on aboriginal rights movements in North America.

A timely study of the Aboriginal rights movements, this collection of essays explores the situation in Canada and Mexico, where demands by Native peoples for political autonomy and sovereignty are increasing, and suggests why there is little corresponding activity in the United States. The contributors address practical questions about the viability of multiple governments within one political system and epistemological questions about recognizing and understanding the "other." Curtis Cook is professor of political science, The Colorado College. Juan D. Lindau is professor of political science, The Colorado College.

Contents
One Continent, Contrasting Styles: The Canadian Experience in North American Perspective -- Juan D. Lindau and Curtis Cook
A Just Relationship Between Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal Peoples of Canada -- James Tully (University of Victoria) Indigenous Movements and Politics in Mexico and Latin America -- Rodolfo Stavenhagen (Colegio de Mexico) Rights and
Self-Government for Canada's Aboriginal Peoples -- C.E.S. Franks (Queen's) Liberalism's Last Stand: Aboriginal Sovereignty and Minority Rights -- Dale Turner (Dartmouth) First Nations and the Derivation of Canada's Underlying Title: Comparing Perspectives on Legal Ideology -- Michael Asch Quebec's Conceptions of Aboriginal Rights -- Andree Lajoie, Hugues Melacon, Guy Rocher (Universite de Montreal) and Richard Janda (McGill) The Revolution of the New Commons -- Gustavo Esteva (Instituto de la Naturaleza y la Sociedad de Oaxaca) Indian Policy: Canada and the United States Compared -- C.E.S. Franks.