Real Indians : identity and the survival of Native America

Garroutte, Eva Marie 1962- (Author).

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.

Record details

ISBN: 0520229770
ISBN: 0520213106 (alk. paper)
ISBN: 9780520213104 (alk. paper)
ISBN: 0520229770 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN: 9780520229778 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Physical Description: print
xv, 223 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Publisher: Berkeley : University of California Press, c2003.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

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

Formatted Contents Note:

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. "Whatddaya Mean 'We, ' White Man?": Identity Conflicts 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.