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<p>This essay argues that situating the term <i>frontera</i> within the context of Indigenous history is a necessary precondition for denaturalizing the US spatial epistemologies that reinforce statist citizenship. The essay examines Luis Humberto Crosthwaite’s Baja California story collection <i>Instrucciones para cruzar la frontera</i> (2011), set in Kumeyaay and Cocopah tribal lands, as a case study for creating non-statist citizenship frameworks. To support the argument, the essay reads <i>Instrucciones</i> as an evocation of Kumeyaay and Cocopah lifeways that inform undocumented movement patterns. In turn, attending to undocumented experiences of <i>frontera</i> crossing underscores that multilingual language practices, coupled with Indigenous knowledge, can help decolonize punitive statist citizenship. At stake in this argument is the creation of more functionally inclusive substantive citizenship practices that ultimately recognize the political and ecological contributions of Indigenous and undocumented communities.</p>

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Learning from Indigenous and undocumented peoples: Local citizenship in Instrucciones para cruzar la frontera

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    2025年6月4日

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  • Gibran Escalera

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This essay argues that situating the term frontera within the context of Indigenous history is a necessary precondition for denaturalizing the US spatial epistemologies that reinforce statist citizenship. The essay examines Luis Humberto Crosthwaite’s Baja California story collection Instrucciones para cruzar la frontera (2011), set in Kumeyaay and Cocopah tribal lands, as a case study for creating non-statist citizenship frameworks. To support the argument, the essay reads Instrucciones as an evocation of Kumeyaay and Cocopah lifeways that inform undocumented movement patterns. In turn, attending to undocumented experiences of frontera crossing underscores that multilingual language practices, coupled with Indigenous knowledge, can help decolonize punitive statist citizenship. At stake in this argument is the creation of more functionally inclusive substantive citizenship practices that ultimately recognize the political and ecological contributions of Indigenous and undocumented communities.