Who is an indian? : race, place, and the politics of indigeneity in the Americas

Summary: "Who is an Indian? This is possibly the oldest question facing Ingigenous 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 of this issue have been strongly shaped by ideas of both race and place. Who is permitted to ask, and answer this question? This collection examines the changing roles of race adn 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, this unique volume compares Indigenous experience throughout the western hemisphere. The contributors question the vocabulary, legal mechanisms, and applications of science used to construct the identities of Indigenous populations, and consider ideas of nation, lang, and tradition in moving indigeneity beyond race." -- BOOK JACKET

Record details

ISBN: 9780802095527 (pbk.)
ISBN: 9780802098184 (bound)
Physical Description: print
ix, 254 p.
Publisher: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2013]
Copyright: ©2013

Content descriptions

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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 -- Contributors -- Index.