Indigeneity In India

Contents
Acknowledgements
1 Introduction • Bengt G. Karlsson and T. B. Subba
Part I: Concepts
	2 What Should We Mean by “Indigenous People”’? • André Béteille
	3 The Politics of Being ”Indigenous” • Amita Baviskar
	4 Anthropology and the “Indigenous Slot”: Claims to and Debates about Indigenous Peoples’ Status in India • Bengt G. Karlsson
	5 Tribe, Caste and the Indigenous Challenge in India • Tiplut Nongbri
Part II: Cases
	6 ”We are Van Gujjars” • Pernille Gooch
	7 “Sons and Daughters of India”: Ladakh’s Reluctant Tribes • Martijn Van Beek
	8 Indigenising the Limbus: Trajectory of a Nation Divided into Two Nation-States • T. B. Subba
	9 The Aboriginal Toda: On Indigeneity, Exclusivism and Privileged Access to Land in the Niligiri Hills, South India • Gunnel Cederlöf and Deborah Sutton
Part III: Comparisons
	10 Self-Government, Indigeneity and Cultural Authenticity: A Comparative Study of India and the United States • Selma K. Sonntag
	11 Indigenous Peoples in Insular Southeast Asia: Definitions and Discourses in Indonesia and the Philippines • Gerard A. Persoon
	12 Politics Unlimited: The Global Adivasi and the Debate About the Political • Dipesh Chakrabarty
List of Contributors
Index