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At the dawn of the twenty-first century, America finds itself on the brink of a racial consciousness. This title examines the processes of racial identification and their implications by looking at the case of American Indians.

Table of Contents
List of Illustrations Preface Acknowledgments Introduction: The Chief Who Never Was 1. Enrollees and Outalucks: Law 2. "If He Gets a Nosebleed, He'll Turn into a White Man": Biology 3. What If My Grandma Eats Big Macs? Culture 4. If You're Indian and You Know It (But Others Don't): Self-Identification 5. "Whaddaya Mean 'We,' White Man?": Identity Conflicts and a Radical Indigenism 6. Allowing the Ancestors to Speak: Radical Indigenism and New/Old Definitions of Identity Conclusion: Long Lance's Ghost and the Spirit of Future Scholarship Appendix Notes Bibliography Index

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      Publisher: University of California Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 31/07/2003
      ISBN13: 9780520229778, 978-0520229778
      ISBN10: 0520229770

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      At the dawn of the twenty-first century, America finds itself on the brink of a racial consciousness. This title examines the processes of racial identification and their implications by looking at the case of American Indians.

      Table of Contents
      List of Illustrations Preface Acknowledgments Introduction: The Chief Who Never Was 1. Enrollees and Outalucks: Law 2. "If He Gets a Nosebleed, He'll Turn into a White Man": Biology 3. What If My Grandma Eats Big Macs? Culture 4. If You're Indian and You Know It (But Others Don't): Self-Identification 5. "Whaddaya Mean 'We,' White Man?": Identity Conflicts and a Radical Indigenism 6. Allowing the Ancestors to Speak: Radical Indigenism and New/Old Definitions of Identity Conclusion: Long Lance's Ghost and the Spirit of Future Scholarship Appendix Notes Bibliography Index

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