American Indian ethnic renewal : Red power and the resurgence of identity and culture / Joane Nagel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nagel, Joane, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of North America--Ethnic identity.

Indians of North America.

Indians of North America--Politics and government.

Indians of North America--Civil rights.

Self-determination, National--United States.

Self-determination, National.

Red Power movement--United States.

Red Power movement.

Indigenous peoples--Ethnic identity.

Indigenous peoples--Politics and government.

Indigenous peoples--Civil rights.

North America.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 298 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

Oxford University Press paperback.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 1997.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"AMERICAN INDIAN ETHNIC RENEWAL traces the growth of the American Indian population over the past forty years, when the number of Native Americans grew from fewer than one-half million in 1950 to nearly two million in 1990. This is not simply the result of rising birth rates, declining death rates, or immigration. Rather, such growth reflects an increased willingness of Americans to identify themselves as Indians. What is driving this increased ethnic identification, and where and how did it begin? Joane Nagel identifies several historical forces that have converged to create an urban Indian population base, a reservation and urban Indian organizational infrastructure, and a broad cultural climate of ethnic pride and militancy. The book offers a general theory of ethnic resurgence which stresses both structure and agency--the role of politics and the importance of collective and individual action--in understanding how ethnic groups revitalize and reinvent themselves." -- Publisher's website.

Contents:

A Note on Terminology

Introduction: American Indian Ethnic Renewal

PART I ETHNIC RENEWAL

Constructing Ethnic Identity

Constructing Culture

Deconstructing Ethnicity

PART II RED POWER AND THE RESURGENCE OF INDIAN IDENTITY

American Indian Population Growth: Changing Patterns of Indian Ethnic Identification

The Politics of American Indian Ethnicity: Solving the Puzzle of Indian Ethnic Resurgence

Red Power: Reforging Identity and Culture

PART III LEGACIES OF RED POWER: RENEWAL AND REFORM

Renewing Culture and Community

Reconstructing Federal Indian Policy: From Termination to Self-Determination

The Problematics of American Indian Ethnicity.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-285) and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Nagel, Joane. American Indian ethnic renewal.

ISBN:

9780195353020

0195353021

9780195120639

0195120639

OCLC:

609831997