Identity politics of difference : the mixed-race American Indian experience

Summary: "A multidisciplinary approach to questions of identity construction and multiracialism through the experiences of mixed-race Native American students at a tribal. Explores the multiple ways in which students navigate, experience, and understand their racial status and how this affects their educational success and social interactions"--Provided by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 9781607325437
ISBN: 1607325438
ISBN: 9781607325444
Physical Description: print
vi, 158 pages ; 24 cm
Publisher: Boulder, Colorado : University Press of Colorado, [2017]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-151) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Part I. The Politics of Multiracialism. History of Racial Hierarchy and Race "Mixture" -- Overview of Literature on Mixed-Race/Multiracial Students -- Methodology of Study -- Part II. American Indian Mixed-Race Experience. Racial(ized) Self-Perceptions -- Peer Interactions and Influences -- The Impact of Race on Academic Experiences -- Part III. Undoing "Indianness". The Notion of "Indianness" -- Reenvisioning Tribal Colleges through CRT and Tribal Critical Race Theory -- Appendix A. First Participant Interview -- Appendix B. Second Participant Interview -- Appendix C. Participant Characteristics.