Indigenous Mobilization, Organization, and Political Participation

This panel involves paper on Indigenous political mobilization, organization, and political participation, and may involve studies at the local, national, or international level. Worldwide, scholars study the current and historical mobilization and organization of Indigenous peoples and Indigenous interests. There is also increasing interest in Indigenous voter turnout, political knowledge, and other participation in state electoral systems, or in the creation of such systems for Indigenous groups. Past works in these areas have focused on the status of states vs. peoples, the political tools and relative power of Indigenous NGOs, and the mechanisms that Indigenous groups use for claims of Indigenous sovereignty, rights, and injustice. This panel also welcomes studies of mobilization in non-conventional political spaces such as art, popular culture, media, and museums. In addition, legal mobilization attracts special attention within the field, as Indigenous scholarship often illustrates the use of settler legal discourses and institutions, which reinforce the structures of Indigenous oppression. The panel will encourage and accommodate all types of research on Indigenous mobilization, organization, and political participation, across all research methods and contexts.