This volume interrogates the politics surrounding the category of peoples in India known as adivasis and more recently as "indigenous peoples." It explores how this category is being constituted and labeled, and the rights and present predicament of communities designated as such. Acknowledgements vii 1 Introduction 1(18) BENGT G. KARLSSON AND T.B. SUBBA Part I Concepts 2 What Should We Mean by "Indigenous People"'? 19(14) ANDRÉ BÉTEILLE 3 The Politics of Being "Indigenous" 33(18) AMITA BAVISKAR 4 Anthropology and the "Indigenous Slot": Claims to and Debates about Indigenous Peoples' Status in India 51(24) BENGT G. KARLSSON 5 Tribe, Caste and the Indigenous Challenge in India 75(22) TIPLUT NONGBRI Part II Cases 6 "We are Van Gujjars" 97(20) PERNILLE GOOCH 7 "Sons and Daughters of India": Ladakh's Reluctant Tribes 117(26) MARTIJN VAN BEEK 8 Indigenising the Limbus: Trajectory of a Nation Divided into Two Nation-States 143(16) T.B. SUBBA 9 The Aboriginal Toda: On Indigeneity, Exclusivism and Privileged Access to Land in the Niligiri Hills, South India 159 GUNNEL CEDERLÖF AND DEBORAH SUTTON Part III Comparisons 10 Self-Government, Indigeneity and Cultural Authenticity: A Comparative Study of India and the United States 187(22) SELMA K. SONNTAG 11 Indigenous Peoples in Insular Southeast Asia: Definitions and Discourses in Indonesia and the Philippines 209(26) GERARD A. PERSOON 12 Politics Unlimited: The Global Adivasi and the Debate About the Political 235(12) DIPESH CHAKRABARTY List of Contributors 247(4) Index 251