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More than half of all native Americans live in cities yet urban Indians have not received the same attention as "traditional" Indians who dwell on reservations. This is a study of a midsized city where shaping a distinct identity has been complicated by economic misfortune and social [deprivation.

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"Magnificent.... Elusive issues of ethnic identity are explored sensitively and in depth."—Choice
"Exquisitely crafted."—Joan Weibel-Orlando, University of Southern California



Table of Contents

Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction: The Question of Identity
1. Identity and the City
2. Institutions and Identities
3. "Assimilated Indians"
4. "Paper Indians"
5. Family Ties
Conclusion: A Matter of Community
Appendix: Quoted Anishinaabe People
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Our Elders Lived It

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      Publisher: Cornell University Press
      Publication Date: 01/12/2001
      ISBN13: 9780875805917, 978-0875805917
      ISBN10: 0875805914
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      Indigenous peoples / Indigeneity Urban communities / city life

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      More than half of all native Americans live in cities yet urban Indians have not received the same attention as "traditional" Indians who dwell on reservations. This is a study of a midsized city where shaping a distinct identity has been complicated by economic misfortune and social [deprivation.

      Trade Review

      "Magnificent.... Elusive issues of ethnic identity are explored sensitively and in depth."—Choice
      "Exquisitely crafted."—Joan Weibel-Orlando, University of Southern California



      Table of Contents

      Table of Contents
      Preface
      Introduction: The Question of Identity
      1. Identity and the City
      2. Institutions and Identities
      3. "Assimilated Indians"
      4. "Paper Indians"
      5. Family Ties
      Conclusion: A Matter of Community
      Appendix: Quoted Anishinaabe People
      Notes
      Bibliography
      Index

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