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Blood politics : race, culture, and identity in the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma / Circe Sturm.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sturm, Circe, 1967-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cherokee Indians--Ethnic identity.
- Cherokee Indians.
- Cherokee Indians--Mixed descent.
- Cherokee Indians--Social conditions.
- Ethnohistory--Oklahoma.
- Ethnohistory.
- Oklahoma.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 249 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Berkeley : University of California Press, [2002]
- Summary:
- In a contribution to contemporary debates over race and identity, an anthropologist examines the meaning of blood in the Cherokee nation as a symbolic and literal tool for determining who's a "real" Cherokee. Includes an insightful look at the conflicts over black Cherokees' membership on the tribal rolls.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-244) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0520230965
- 0520230973
- OCLC:
- 48032826
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