Real Indians : identity and the survival of Native America / Eva Marie Garroutte.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Garroutte, Eva Marie, 1962-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of North America--Ethnic identity.

Indians of North America.

Indians of North America--Tribal citizenship.

Indians of North America--Legal status, laws, etc.

Identification (Psychology).

Self-determination, National--United States.

Self-determination, National.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (240 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Identity and the survival of Native America

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, c2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

At the dawn of the twenty-first century, America finds itself on the brink of a new racial consciousness. The old, unquestioned confidence with which individuals can be classified (as embodied, for instance, in previous U.S. census categories) has been eroded. In its place are shifting paradigms and new norms for racial identity. Eva Marie Garroutte examines the changing processes of racial identification and their implications by looking specifically at the case of American Indians.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Illustrations

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction: The Chief Who Never Was

1. Enrollees and Outalucks: Law

2. "If He Gets a Nosebleed, He'll Turn into a White Man": Biology

3. What If My Grandma Eats Big Macs? Culture

4. If You're Indian and You Know It (but Others Don't): Self-Identification

5. "Whaddaya Mean 'We,' White Man?": Identity ConXicts and a Radical Indigenism

6. Allowing the Ancestors to Speak: Radical Indigenism and New/Old Definitions of Identity

Conclusion: Long Lance's Ghost and the Spirit of Future Scholarship

Appendix

Notes

Selected Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-212) and index.

ISBN:

9786612762529

9780520935921

0520935926

9781282762527

1282762524

9781597348522

159734852X

9781417520459

1417520450

OCLC:

475931904