Indigeneity and the sacred: indigenous revival and the conservation of sacred natural sites in the Americas

Indigeneity and the Sacred -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Dedication -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Part I - Geographies of Indigenous Revival and Conservation -- Introduction: Whose Sacred Sites? Indigenous Political Use of Sacred Sites, Mythology, and Religion -- Chapter 1 - Connecting Policy and Practice for the Conservation of Sacred Natural Sites -- Chapter 2 - Structural Changes in Latin American Spirituality -- Part 2 - Framing Sacred Sites in Indigenous Mindscapes -- Introduction to Part 2: Framing Sacred Sites in Indigenous Mindscapes -- Chapter 3 - El Buen Vivir and "the Good Life" -- Chapter 4 - Sacred Mountains -- Chapter 5 - Frozen Mummies and the Archaeology of High Mountains in the Construction of Andean Identity -- Chapter 6 - Sacred Sites and Changing Dimensions of Andean Indigenous Identities in Space and Time -- Chapter 7 - National Park Service Approaches to Connecting Indigenous Cultural and Spiritual Values to Protected Places -- Part 3 - Case Studies -- Introduction to Part 3: Case Studies -- Chapter 8 - Collaborative Archaeology as a Tool for Preserving Sacred Sites in the Cherokee Heartland -- Chapter 9 - Biocultural Sacred Sites in Mexico -- Chapter 10 - New Dimensions in the Territorial Conservation Management in Ecuador -- Chapter 11 - Sustainability and Ethnobotanical Knowledge in the Peruvian Amazon -- Conclusion -- Index

Machine generated contents note:pt. 1Geographies of Indigenous Revival and Conservation --Introduction. Whose Sacred Sites? Indigenous Political Use of Sacred Sites, Mythology, and Religion /Randall Borman --ch. 1Connecting Policy and Practice for the Conservation of Sacred Natural Sites /Gerard Verschoor --ch. 2Structural Changes in Latin American Spirituality: An Essay on the Geography of Religions /Axel Borsdorf --pt. 2Framing Sacred Sites in Indigenous Mindscapes --Introduction to Part 2. Framing Sacred Sites in Indigenous Mindscapes /Sarah Hitchner --ch. 3El Buen Vivir and "the Good Life": A South -- North Binary Perspective on the Indigenous, the Sacred, and Their Conservation /Larry M. Frolich --ch. 4Sacred Mountains: Sources of Indigenous Revival and Sustenance /Edwin Bernbaum --ch. 5Frozen Mummies and the Archaeology of High Mountains in the Construction of Andean Identity /Constanza Ceruti --ch. 6Sacred Sites and Changing Dimensions of Andean Indigenous Identities in Space and Time /Christoph Stadel --ch. 7National Park Service Approaches to Connecting Indigenous Cultural and Spiritual Values to Protected Places /Charles W. Smythe --pt. 3Case Studies --Introduction to Part 3. Case Studies /Sarah Hitchner --ch. 8Collaborative Archaeology as a Tool for Preserving Sacred Sites in the Cherokee Heartland /Benjamin A. Steere --ch. 9Biocultural Sacred Sites in Mexico /Geraldine Patrick Encina --ch. 10New Dimensions in the Territorial Conservation Management in Ecuador: A Brief Political View of Sacred Sites in Ecuador /Xavier Viteri --ch. 11Sustainability and Ethnobotanical Knowledge in the Peruvian Amazon: New Directions for Sacred Site Conservation and Indigenous Revival /Fernando Roca Alcazar --pt. 4Conclusion --Conclusion /John Schelhas.

This book presents current research in the political ecology of indigenous revival and its role in nature conservation in critical areas in the Americas. An important contribution to evolving studies on conservation of sacred natural sites (SNS), the book elucidates the complexity of development scenarios within cultural landscapes related to the appropriation of religion, environmental change in indigenous territories, and new conservation management approaches. Indigeneity and the Sacred explores how these struggles for land, rights, and political power are embedded within physical landscapes, and how indigenous identity is reconstituted as globalizing forces simultaneously threaten and promote the notion of indigeneity

This book presents current research in the political ecology of indigenous revival and its role in nature conservation in critical areas in the Americas. An important contribution to evolving studies on conservation of sacred natural sites (SNS), the book elucidates the complexity of development scenarios within cultural landscapes related to the appropriation of religion, environmental change in indigenous territories, and new conservation management approaches. Indigeneity and the Sacred explores how these struggles for land, rights, and political power are embedded within physical landscapes, and how indigenous identity is reconstituted as globalizing forces simultaneously threaten and promote the notion of indigeneity.