"In this timely contribution to Latin American history and the study of Indigenous South Americans, Marc Becker documents the long history of Indigenous political activism in Ecuador, reminding us that current events never spring into existence without historical precedent. The impressive amount of new documentary evidence he provides makes this a book that will be immediately read and discussed, and then debated for years to come."--Mary Weismantel, author of "Cholas and Pishtacos: Stories of Race and Sex in the Andes"

Acknowledgments ix
Chronology xiii
Acronyms xxiii
1. What Is an Indian? 1
2. Socialism 17
3. Strike! 50
4. Federacion Ecuatoriana de Indios 77
5. Guachala 105
6. Agrarian ReforM? 123
7. Return of the Indian 144
8. Pachakutik 166
Notes 195
Glossary 251
Biographies 255
Bibliography 261
Index 293

Marc Becker is Associate Professor of History at Truman State University in Kirksville, Missouri. He is the author of Mariátegui and Latin American Marxist Theory and a co-editor of Highland Indians and the State in Modern Ecuador.