Introduction 1. Mayhem and Mutiny: The 2000 Crisis Introducing the players Paving the way: anxieties and destabilization plots The opportunistic coup: not according to plan Confronting the President Confronting the mutiny Confronting the chiefs The military strikes back Fijian disunity: fear, loathing and mutiny 2. Indigenous Nationalism and the Quest for Fijian Paramountcy The indigenous Fijians Fijian perceptions of the threat of Indian domination Containing the threat with 'Fijian paramountcy' Paramountcy and multiracialism: foil and folly Towards 2000 3. Disadvantage and Indigenous Rights: Myths, Realities and Strategies Economic disadvantage Affirmative Action 1: education and the professions Affirmative Action 2: Fijians in business Globalization and the limits of affirmative action 4. Drawing Threads Together for the Future Indigenousness: meaning and uses Indigenousness and human rights Indigenousness and identity Indigenousness and governance: tradition and democracy Indigenousness and economic development Developing the Nation: a framework initiative Addressing the indigenous question Building the nation Source Index