Native studies keywords / edited by Stephanie Nohelani Teves, Andrea Smith, and Michelle H. Raheja.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Teves, Stephanie Nohelani, editor.

Smith, Andrea, 1966- editor.

Raheja, Michelle H., editor.

Series:

Critical issues in indigenous studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Anthropological linguistics--North America.

Anthropological linguistics.

Indians of North America--Study and teaching--Terminology.

Indians of North America.

Indians of North America--Study and teaching.

North America.

Genre:

Terminology.

Physical Description:

xi, 356 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Tucson : The University of Arizona Press, 2015.

Summary:

Native Studies Keywords explores selected concepts in Native studies and the words commonly used to describe them, words whose meanings have been insufficiently examined. This edited volume focuses on the following eight concepts: sovereignty, land, indigeneity, nation, blood, tradition, colonialism, and indigenous epistemologies/knowledge. Each section includes essays and provides definitions, meanings, and significance to the concept, lending a historical, social, and political context. Native Studies Keywords is a genealogical project that looks at the history of words that claim to have no history. The end goal is not to determine which words are appropriate but to critically examine words that are crucial to Native studies, in hopes of promoting debate and critical interrogation. Book jacket.

Contents:

Sovereignty 3

The Place Where We All Live and Work Together: A Gendered Analysis of "Sovereignty" / Leanne Betasamosake Simpson Simpson, Leanne Betasamosake 18

Visual Sovereignty / Michelle H. Raheja Raheja, Michelle H. 25

Postcolonial Sovereignty / Nandita Sharma Sharma, Nandita 35

Land 59

Land as Life: Unsettling the Logics of Containment / Mishuana Goeman Goeman, Mishuana 71

No island Is an Island / Vicente M. Diaz Diaz, Vicente M. 90

Indigeneity 109

Analytics of Indigeneity / Maile Arvin Arvin, Maile 119

Genomic Articulations of Indigeneity / Kim TallBear TallBear, Kim 130

Nation 157

Nationalism / Scott Richard Lyons Lyons, Scott Richard 168

Indigenous Nationhood / Chris Andersen Andersen, Chris 180

Blood 199

Blood Policing / Cedric Sunray Sunray, Cedric 209

Mixed-Blood / Andrea Smith Smith, Andrea 221

Tradition 233

Tradition and Indigenous Languages: Accessing Traditions Epistemologically Through Critical Analysis of Indigenous Languages / Marcus Briggs-Cloud Briggs-Cloud, Marcus 243

Tradition and Performance / Stephanie Nohelani Teves Teves, Stephanie Nohelani 257

Colonialism 271

Settler Colonialism / Dean Itsuji Saranillio Saranillio, Dean Itsuji 284

Decolonization / Kimitina Sailiata Sailiata, Kimitina 301

Indigenous Epistemologies/Knowledges 309

Native American Knowledges, Native American Epistemologies: Native American I languages as Evidence / Jane H. Hill Hill, Jane H. 319

Epistemology / Dian Million Million, Dian 339.

Notes:

"This is an edited volume that provides definitions, meanings, and significances of select key concepts often used in Native studies. These concepts include: sovereignty, land, indigeneity, nations, blood, tradition, colonialism, and indigenous epistemologies/knowledges. The manuscript is divided into eight sections, and each section includes three or four essays about one of the concepts. The essays provide an historical, social, and political context for the concepts and indicate how they have been drawn upon by scholars of Native studies."--Provided by the publisher.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780816531509

0816531501

OCLC:

894747960