Champagne and his distinguished coauthors reveal how the structure of a multinational state has the potential to create more equal and just national communities for Native peoples around the globe. Many countries still face extreme differences among ethnic groups and submerged nations, leading to marginalization and violence. Examining these inherent instabilities in multicultural nations such as the U.S., Canada, Mexico, and Guatemala, the authors confront problems of coerced assimilation for indigenous communities whose identities predate the formation of the nation states, often by thousands of years. The contributors show how indigenous people seek to preserve their territory, their rights to self-government, and their culture. This book is a valuable resource for Native American, Canadian and Latin American studies; comparative indigenous governments; constitutional law; and international relations.

Decades ago, nearly 80 million Boomers came in together with similar energy, dreams and visions for a better world. They "bonded" in their youth and laid the groundwork for what they could become later in life. Boomers are in now reaching their full spiritual, mental, emotional, psychological power. This is a generation who knew how to dream together. How can they remember and reclaim those dreams as they approach and enter retirement? In an easy-to-use combination of essays and thought-provoking questions, this book provides a process for reclaiming that energy, creating an intentionally meaningful retirement regardless of one's financial situation, and becoming a living legacy for those who follow. As Boomers, dreamers, pathfinders we can know the answers if we ask the deep questions. Enlightened Retirement gives you those questions to find your unique answers.