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INDEX activism: environmental, 66–71; fishing , 116, 150; indigenous, 6, 13; linguistic , 147 Agua del Coyote, 49 alliances, 57–60, 69, 73, 82; ambivalence of, 69 alligator boots, 84, 106 Americans, 2; gringos, 92, 118, 153 American West, 30, 190 amnesia, 19, 121–123, 141 Arizona v. California, 42 Arizona Water Summit, 4, 15 arrowweed, 56, 184n1 articulation, 6–7, 14, 60, 73, 78–79, 99, 117–118, 147–177; disarticulation, 7, 175–178; as enunciation and expression , 7, 146–148, 178; failure of, 6, 77; inarticulate, 7, 178 assimilation, 12, 13, 56, 126, 148–150 authenticity, 7, 18–19, 56–61; authenticators , 157, 161, 166–167; and fishing practices, 68, 76, 78, 120, 148–151; and language, 157–168, 171–174 barbarism, 40 Basso, Keith, 49–50, 52–53 Bechtel Corporation: privatization of water in Bolivia, 14. See also privatization ; water binational water agreements, 6 biomedicine, 122, 142. See also amnesia biosphere, 3, 4, 55, 64–65, 73, 76, 82, 92, 186n11 blankness, 28 boats: painting of, 114; registration of, 16, 96; smuggling with, 96 border: antagonism, 96, 106; economy of, 100; folklore of, 107–111 Boulder Dam, 30, 33–37. See also Hoover Dam boundary marking, 134, 148, 155–156, 187n4 Bourgois, Philippe, 111, 138 Braun, Bruce, 67 Briggs, Charles, 50, 182n10 Bureau of Reclamation, 4, 15, 28–31, 35–38, 45–46, 185. See also reclamation burrero, 85, 101, 187. See also mules cachanilla, 56, 184n1 Campbell, Howard, 95, 185n4 campesinos, 12 canals, 27, 185; Panama, 36; Suez, 36 capitalism, 60, 66, 69, 111 Cárdenas, Lázaro, 10, 184n4 cartels, 85–86, 95, 116 Center for Biological Diversity, 45 Centro de Investigación y Estudios Superiores de Ensenada, 66 Cerro Prieto, 2, 26, 47 chakira, 88, 123, 125, 132 cheros, 107, 184n2 chief: gender of, 134; Supreme Chiefs, 182n8; traditional chief, 10, 153, 182n8 civilization, 32, 39–41, 44 216 Index class: -based organizing, 12, 76–77; hierarchy, 5; Mexican working, 96, 122, 165–166; and narco-culture, 107–110; and women’s rights, 137–138 Cli√ord, James, 78 climate change. See global warming Cocopah, 7, 15, 22, 42, 48, 53, 133, 182n12, 184n6; casino, 1, 22, 53, 183n12 colonialism, 27, 68, 117, 127, 137, 142, 144, 167 colonias, 2, 26–27, 84, 93, 127, 182n1 Colorado compact, 31, 161 Colorado River and Hardy River Water Users’ Association, 79, 83, 85, 89–91 Colorado River Land Company, 10 comisario, 10, 125, 153 Comisión Nacional para el Desarrollo de los Pueblos Indígenas, 11, 182n9 Commision for Indigenous Development (cdi), 62, 90–91 comunidad indígena, 176 conquest: of the Colorado River, 32, 34, 36, 39–42; of indigenous people, 25, 41, 107, 142 Consejo Supremo de los Pueblos Indígenas , 182n8 Conservation International, 66 Corey, Herbert, 36, 39 corvina, 56, 61, 64–65, 71–72, 79, 81, 111, 140 covert prestige, 154 coyote, 47, 49 creation myth: Cucapá, 2, 27, 47 criminalization: of fishing, 6, 18, 25, 82, 117, 179; of identity, 84–85, 96 crisis of masculinity, 135 cristal. See crystal meth Cruikshank, Julie, 52 crystal meth, 9, 88–89, 124, 132 cultural performance theory, 111–113 cultural recovery, 51, 58, 148 cultural restoration projects, 158 Defenders of Wildlife, 45, 70 Department of the Interior, 28, 30, 46 depression: Great Depression, 37; symptom of withdrawal, 89 discrimination: cultural and linguistic, 149, 169; environmental, 73, 81–82, 99; gendered and ethnic, 101–102, 104, 112, 114 domestic violence, 61, 131–132 Drug Enforcement Agency, 95, 103, 107, 109 drugs: cocaine, 84, 95, 109; marijuana, 88 drug trade, 84–86, 94, 97, 105–107, 117, 178 earthquakes, 8 ecotourism, 66, 69, 77, 85, 92, 158 ejido, 10, 93, 153, 182n7 elders: on Cucapá language, 156, 165, 187; on maps, 50–54; on swearwords, 165 endangerment: of culture and language , 141–149, 184n7; of species, 43–46, 61, 70 engineers: dam construction, 43, 47– 49; waterspeak, 31 environmental degradation, 10, 30, 61, 70, 90, 136, 171, 188n1; gendered e√ects, 136 environmental discourses, 18, 57, 60– 61, 66–69, 82, 171, 176 environmental impact: of burning garbage , 61; of fishing, 65, 71 environmental movements, 13, 45–46, 56, 60, 67–69, 159, 171, 174 essentialism: strategic, 69, 78 ethnography: access and methodology, 15–17; of conflicting accounts, 120; of Cucapá, 132; of illegal activities, 16– 17, 85, 99; of language, 152; of lines, 22; of place, 46; reversal of, 140–145 expletives. See swearwords [18.189.2.122] Project MUSE (2024-04-24 10:40...

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