American Indians and the urban experience

Lobo, Susan. (Added Author). Peters, Kurt, 1939- (Added Author).

Record details

ISBN: 0742502759 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN: 0742502740 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN: 9780742502758 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN: 9780742502741 (cloth : alk. paper)
Physical Description: xvi, 312 p. : ill ; 23 cm.
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Publisher: Walnut Creek, CA : Altamira Press, c2001.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Foreword / Donald Fixico -- Introduction / Susan Lobo -- The Path to the Milky Way Leads through Los Angeles / Joy Harjo -- Pt. I. Overview of Urbanism -- Introduction / Susan Lobo -- Ch. 1. The Urban Tradition among Native Americans / Jack D. Forbes -- Two Worlds / Dugan Aguilar -- Ch. 2. Telling the Indian Urban: Representations in American Indian Fiction / Carol Miller -- Coyote as a Simple Man / L. Frank Manriquez -- Ch. 3. Yaqui Cultural and Linguistic Evolution through a History of Urbanization / Octaviana V. Trujillo -- Pt. II. Structuring and Dynamics of Urban Communities -- Introduction / Susan Lobo -- Ch. 4. Is Urban a Person or a Place?: Characteristics of Urban Indian Country / Susan Lobo -- Ch. 5. Retribalization in Urban Indian Communities / Terry Straus and Debra Valentino -- Ch. 6. And the Drumbeat Still Goes On ... Urban Indian Institutional Survival into the New Millennium / Joan Weibel-Orlando -- Cities / Carter Revard and Nompewathe -- Ch. 7. Continuing Identity: Laguna Pueblo Railroaders in Richmond, California / Kurt M. Peters -- Ch. 8. Feminists or Reformers? American Indian Women and Community in Phoenix, 1965-1980 / Paivi Hoikkala -- Metropolitan Indian Series #1 / Hulleah Tsinhnahjinne -- Ch. 9. The Cid / Julian Lang -- Derek and Peter Discuss the Pro's Con's of City Life / L. Frank Manriquez -- Ch. 10. An Urban Platform for Advocating Justice: Protecting the Menominee Forest / David R. M. Beck -- Pt. III. Individuals and Families in Urban Contexts -- Introduction / Susan Lobo -- Ruby Roast / Esther Belin -- Ch. 11. Urban (Trans)Formations: Changes in the Meaning and Use of American Indian Identity / Angela A. Gonzales -- Ironworker I & Ironworker II / Pena Bonita -- Ch. 12. "This Hole in Our Heart": The Urban-Raised Generation and the Legacy of Silence / Deborah Davis Jackson -- Living Room of an Indian Family in the San Francisco Bay Area: Mantelpiece & Girl Watching T.V. / John Collier, Jr. Quiet Desperation / Floyd Red Crow Westerman and Jimmy Curtiss -- Ch. 13. Weaving Andean Networks in Unstable Labor Markets / Alex Julca -- A Poem Maybe for Tina Deschenie / Michael Thompson -- Kokopeli Gigging in the City / Larry Rodriguez, Sr -- Ch. 14. Red Wit in the City: Urban Indian Comedy / Darby Lipo Price -- Indian Pride / Mike Rodriguez -- Ch. 15. Healing through Grief: Urban Indians Reimagining Culture and Community / Renya Ramirez -- Red White & Blue / Chris Lamarr -- Youngest Trapper on 7th Street / Pena Bonita -- My Uncle / Taweah Garcia -- Ch. 16. Downtown Oklahoma City - 1952 / Victoria Bomberry -- Letter Home / Edgar Jackson / Anawrok -- Ch. 17. Rejection and Belonging in Addiction and Recovery: Four Urban Indian Men in Milwaukee / Christine T. Lowery -- Excerpt from a Work in Progress / Parris Butler -- Mattie Goes Traveling / Hulleah Tsinhnahjinnie.