Meaning of transindigenous | Babel Free

Definitions

Moving between, or shared between, multiple indigenous peoples or cultures.

not-comparable

Examples

“Such 'interindigenous' and 'transindigenous' efforts have led to the establishment and the contemporary workings of the International Labour Organization's Indigenous and Tribal People's Convention (ILO 69), the United Nations Permament Forum on Indigenous Issues, and the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, to mention just some of the major achievements.”

“This project posits the concept of transindigenous materialities as the shared though distinct ways that Mexicana and Chicana performances tactically use material items, which have indigenous markers, in ways that strengthen female agency.”

“In Silko’s text, the Messiah’s Mother is granted a prominent role while the Ghost Dance, localized in the Southwest, is largely a feminine gathering. It is also transindigenous, drawing together different tribes in a shared practice.”

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