Who is an Indian? race, place, and the politics of indigeneity in the Americas /

Who is an Indian? race, place, and the politics of indigeneity in the Americas / edited by Maximilian C. Forte. - Toronto : University of Toronto Press, (c)2013. - 1 online resource (xii, 254 pages.)

Includes bibliographies and index.

Introduction: "Who Is an Indian?" The Cultural Politics of a Bad Question -- Inuitness and Territoriality in Canada -- Federally Unrecognized Indigenous Communities in Canadian Contexts -- The Canary in the Coal Mine: What Sociology Can Learn from Ethnic Identity Debates among American Indians -- "This Sovereignty Thing": Nationality, Blood, and the Cherokee Resurgence -- Locating Identity: The Role of Place in Costa Rican Chorotega Identity -- Carib Identity, Racial Politics, and the Problem of Indigenous Recognition in Trinidad and Tobago -- Encountering Indigeneity: The International Funding of Indigeneity in Peru -- The Colour of Race: Indians and Progress in a Centre-Left Brazil -- Conclusion: Seeing beyond the State and Thinking beyond the State of Sight.



9781442667990


Ethnicity--Political aspects--America.
Indians of North America--Ethnic identity.
Indigenous peoples--Ethnic identity.--America
Politics and culture--America.


Electronic Books.

GN550 / .W465 2013