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Who is an Indian? : race, place, and the politics of indigeneity in the Americas / edited by Maximilian C. Forte.

Summary:

"Who is an Indian? This is possibly the oldest question facing Indigenous peoples across the Americas, and one with significant implications for decisions relating to resource distribution, conflicts over who gets to live where and for how long, and clashing principles of governance and law. For centuries, the dominant views on this issue have been strongly shaped by ideas of both race and place. But just as important, who is permitted to ask, and answer this question?

This collection examines the changing roles of race and place in the politics of defining Indigenous identities in the Americas. Drawing on case studies of Indigenous communities across North America, the Caribbean, Central America, and South America, it is a rare volume to compare Indigenous experience throughout the western hemisphere. The contributors question the vocabulary, legal mechanisms, and applications of science in constructing the identities of Indigenous populations, and consider ideas of nation, land, and tradition in moving indigeneity beyond race."--Pub. desc.

Record details

ISBN: 9780802098184
ISBN: 0802098185
ISBN: 9780802095527
ISBN: 0802095526
Physical Description: xii, 254 pages ; 24 cm
Publisher: Toronto ; University of Toronto Press, [2013]
Copyright: ©2013

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction: "Who is an Indian?" : the cultural politics of a bad question / Maximilian C. Forte -- Inuitness and territoriality in Canada / Donna Patrick -- Federally unrecognized Indigenous communities in Canadian contexts / Bonita Lawrence -- The canary in the coal mine : what sociology can learn from ethnic identity debates among American Indians / Eva Marie Garroutte and C. Matthew Snipp -- "This sovereignty thing" : nationality, blood, and the Cherokee resurgence / Julia M. Coates -- Locating identity : the role of place in Costa Rican Chorotega identity / Karen Stocker -- Carib identity, racial politics, and the problem of indigenous recognition in Trinidad and Tobago / Maximilian C. Forte -- Encountering indigeneity : the international funding of indigeneity in Peru / José Antonio Lucero -- The colour of race : Indians and progress in a centre-left Brazil / Jonathan W. Warren -- Conclusion: Seeing beyond the state and thinking beyond the state of sight / Maximilian C. Forte.