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Deep Sovereignty

A Foundation for Indigenous Sustainability

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Indigenous Innovation

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Sovereignty is generally associated with governmental functions, rights, and responsibilities, particularly in terms of interactions and power relationships within and between nations. In my work as an educational researcher, I have been challenged by discussions in New Mexico Pueblo Indian communities to view sovereignty as a foundation for cultural survival that reaches more in-depth than politics and government and into the very way of life of a people.

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Enos, A.D. (2015). Deep Sovereignty. In: Huaman, E.S., Sriraman, B. (eds) Indigenous Innovation. Advances in Innovation Education. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-226-4_3

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