Mestizaje and law making in indigenous identity formation in northeastern Brazil: "After the conflict came the history"

American Anthropologist

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 663-674

  French, Jan Hoffman ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Indigenous recognition; Land rights; Law and indigenous identity; Mestizaje; Race and ethnicity

Indexed keywords

EID: 10844254795     PISSN: 00027294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/aa.2004.106.4.663     Document Type: Article

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