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Kenneth Madsen, Arizona State University "Cross-Border Solidarity: The Case of the Tohono O'odham Nation" Territorially split by the Gadsden Purchase in the mid 1800s, the Tohono O’odham Nation is a community politically straddling two countries. On the periphery of the U.S. and Mexico, the Nation has long struggled to interact as a whole across the international boundary. As a result of increased contemporary border fortification, the search for a way to alleviate the present situation has taken on new urgency. Working within the political system, the Nation is asserting a renewed indigenous identity that seeks to breach the ever more noticeable border that runs through their lands. This paper seeks to understand and convey the cross-border political and social geography of the Tohono O’odham through local understandings. The primary issue addressed is how contemporary Tohono O’odham maintain and express solidarity across the U.S.-Mexico border. Email: kmadsen (at) asu.edu
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