Description
Book SynopsisExplores Indian (as opposed to tribal) ethnic identity among Native American people in Oklahoma through their telling, in their own words, of how they became Indian and what being Indian means to them. This book features Oklahoma Indians' constructions of their histories and their view of native populations.
Trade Review"In this very readable and accessible study, James Hammill examines one specific instance of the construction of modern American Indian ethnicity and identity."--
Journal of American Ethnic History"Anthropologist James Hamill's work comes as close as any to explaining how an ethnic Indian identity can supplant a tribal one. . . . A highly original book that will be of interest to both scholar and general reader."--
Great Plains Quarterly"Hamill's work is valuable for its inclusion of many Indigenous voices from the 1930s, 1960s-1970s, and 1990s and is commendable for the author's painstaking process of compiling and arranging the data."--
Journal of the American Studies Association of Texas"An excellent exploration of ethnic and social identity."--
Multicultural Review"Richly textured and palpably human. . . .
Going Indian is a remarkable book."--
Journal of the West"Hamill's contributions are two-fold. First, he shows how Native peoples in the twentieth century have re-crafted the colonial experiences of removal and forced assimilation into stories of not just sorrow, but also of hope and survival. . . . Second, Hamill succeeds in his nuanced, yet accessible, discussion of Indian blood politics."--
Western Historical Quarterly
