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Children’s Images of Identity pp 41–56Cite as

Being and Seeing Chakma

Constructing Self and Other through Images

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Part of the book series: Transgressions: Cultural Studies and Education ((TRANS,volume 107))

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The increased politicisation of the question of ‘who is Indigenous’ can be seen as a result of success in the attainment of legal recognition – often through international laws – of Indigenous peoples around the world. Consequently, international organisations, host states, non-governmental organisations and researchers have each attempted to develop their own definitional standards of native peoples over the last five decades, although, as Corntassel (2003) points out, this is best answered by Indigenous communities themselves.

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  1. Monash University, Australia

    Jill Brown

  2. Federation University, Australia

    Nicola F. Johnson

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Chowdhury, R. (2015). Being and Seeing Chakma. In: Brown, J., Johnson, N.F. (eds) Children’s Images of Identity. Transgressions: Cultural Studies and Education, vol 107. Springer, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-124-3_4

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