Who Is An Indian
Race, Place, and the Politics of Indigeneity in the Americas
by Maximillan Forte
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Pub Date Jul 23 2013 | Archive Date Aug 14 2013
University of Toronto Press | UNiversity pof Toronto Press
Description
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. 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, 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, land, and tradition in moving indigeneity beyond race.
MAXIMILIAN C. FORTE is an associate professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Concordia University.
Advance Praise
“A significant addition to research, Who Is an Indian? provides an extended examination and a clear picture of Indigenous identity issues in the Americas. Among the book’s important contributions are its examination of the site of interface between the modern state and Indigenous peoples, as well as its analysis of how state discourses of identities are interpolated by Indigenous peoples and come to be important sites of tension.”
David Newhouse, Department of Indigenous Studies, Trent University
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| EDITION | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9780802095527 |
| PRICE | CA$27.95 (CAD) |
