List of Figures List of Tables Acknowledgments 1. Introduction: Indigenous Stewardship of Environment and Alternative Development 2. Free to Decide Their Own Destiny: The Ngäbé and the Buglé of the Isthmus of Panama and Their Struggle for Self-Determination 3. Recovering Yrmo: The Yshir Nation's Life Project 4. Responding to Environmental Decline in Eastern James Bay: Indigenous Knowledge and Transdisciplinary Research 5. Intangible Heritage, Forest Conservation, and Identity: A Complex Challenge for Totonac Livelihood Continuity 6. Between Development and Buen Vivir ("Living Well"): The Struggles of the Mapuche in Defence of Their Environmental and Cultural Heritage 7. "La Gente Fantasma": Relational Sustainability and Mining in Guatemala 8.

Miyopimaatisowin, Living a Good Life in Bigstone Cree Nation Territory: Consultation in the Canadian Boreal Forest 9. Mapping the Aspirations and Challenges of the Hul'q'umi'num' Peoples 10. Forests, Governance, and the Struggle for Political Autonomy: Perspectives from the Cree First Nation of Waswanipi 11. "We Kicked Your Ass at CP146!": Visions for Living and Protecting the Tsal'alhmec St'át'ímc Way of Life 12. Git lax m'oon: Indigenizing Research and Natural Resource Management on the Northwest Coast of Canada 13. Sumaq Kawsay and Biocultural Conservation: The Experience of the Potato Park (Cusco, Peru) 14. "How Are We Going to Keep People Informed?": IsumaTV, Digital Indigenous Democracy, and Inuit Language Media Activism 15. Conclusion Index.