1 Preface 2 Part I: Indigenous Identity and the State 3 Chapter 1: Rethinking Native Relations with Contemporary Nation-States 4 Chapter 2: Crossing Borders/Border Crossings: Native American Identity 5 Chapter 3: Status Indian: Who Defines You? 6 Chapter 4: Discussion of Indigenous Identity and the State 7 Part II: Culture and Economics 8 Chapter 5: The Culture of Leadership: Indigenous Leadership in a Changing Economy 9 Chapter 6: Doing our Share: Employment and Entrepreneurship in Canada's Aboriginal Community 10 Chapter 7: Discussion of Culture and Economics 11 PART III. Trilateral Discussions: Canada, the United States and Mexico 12 Chapter 8: We Come to Ask for Justice, Not Crumbs 13 Chapter 9: Competing Narratives: Barriers Between Indigenous Peoples and the Canadian State 14 Chapter 10: The Mayan Quest for Pluricultural Autonomy in Mexico and Guatemala 15 Chapter 11: Indigenous, Cosmopolitan, and Integrative Medicine in the Americas 16 Chapter 12: Discussion of Trilateral Exchanges between Canada, the United States and Mexico 17 Index 18 About the Authors.