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This article analyzes the effectiveness of public pedagogical practices underpinning urban Indigenous cultural identity, recognition, and historical awareness carried out by four generations of people who are members of the Indigenous organization Casa Kinde, located in northwestern Quito, Ecuador. I argue that these practices create a definition of Indigeneity not dependent upon territory and language but rather on practices of enactment, intention, and revitalization. [Andes, Quito, Ecuador, Indigenous pedagogy, cultural revitalization] For a special issue of AEQ: Indigenous Pedagogies in a Global World and Sustainable Futures. Introduction: Performance and PedagogyThis article contributes to a growing body of research regarding emergent and revitalized Indigenous identities by providing an ethnographically grounded study of educational activities carried out by members of Casa Kinde (Hummingbird House), 1 a cultural collective located in Quito, the capital city of Ecuador. The goal of this piece is to contribute to critical and collaborative ethnographic work 2 regarding the role of Indigenously grounded pedagogies, discourse, and other applied strategies in addressing ongoing effects of practices such as discrimination, racism, and invalidation of Indigenous claims to rights, recognition, and territories, particularly in urban areas (e.g.,

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This article asks why suspicion regarding the aims of anthropology has been heightened in an era when anthropologists are perhaps engaged in more advocacy work than ever. While it may seem contradictory or even 'unfair' that anthropology continues to get a 'bad rap', this perception (of and about all parties involved) is itself an important focus for anthropological reflection. In this article, I examine an event that has contributed to this issue in important ways -the passage of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) in 1990 -to illustrate why suspicions about anthropologists have taken on new dimensions, and to suggest what kind of approach anthropologists might take in responding to these issues.

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