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Identity, violence, and authenticity: Challenging static conceptions of indigeneity

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Acknowledgements

Special thanks to Paloma Diaz for helping me to coordinate the logistics for the Critical Latino Indigeneities Symposium held at the University of Texas at Austin’s Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies (LLILAS) in March of 2015. Gracias a San Miguelito y a la comunidad de San Miguel Nocutzepo.

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Urrieta, L. Identity, violence, and authenticity: Challenging static conceptions of indigeneity. Lat Stud 15, 254–261 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1057/s41276-017-0063-1

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