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Book SynopsisUnpapered brings together personal narratives of Indigenous writers to explore the meaning and limits of Native American identity beyond its legal margins.
Trade Review“This remarkable collection of stories and essays about Indigenous identity shakes off the tired tropes established under colonial dominion to bring urgency and honesty to a divisive topic. Each of the contributors brings an incredible wealth of personal narratives and emotional integrity to a much-needed conversation that is a necessary balm to the vitriol of our internet age.”—Lee Francis, executive director of Native Realities
Table of ContentsIntroduction by Diane Glancy
Show Your Papers Paperwork
Kim Shuck
Things You Can Do with Your Chart for Calculating Quantum of Indian Blood
Deborah Miranda
The White Box
Kimberly L. Becker
Seeking the Indian Gravy Train
Steve Russell
Unpapered
Diane Glancy
Finding the Way On Chumash Land
Terra Trevor
A Salmon-Fishing Story
Abigail Chabitnoy
Confessions of a Detribalized Mixed-Blood
Jeanetta Calhoun Mish
Thinking with Bigfoot about a Jackpine Savage: Cryptogenealogical Reflections
Carter Meland
Identity Wars “You Don’t Look Indian”
Michele Leonard
Pretend Indian Exegesis: The Pretend Indian Uncanny Valley Hypothesis in Literature and Beyond
Trevino Brings Plenty
Dead Indians. Live Indians. Legal Indians.
Ron Querry
The Animals’ Ballgame
Geary Hobson
We Never Spoke
Linda Boyden
Why We Matter On Being Chamorro and Belonging to Guam
Craig Santos Perez
Aunt Ruby’s Little Sister Dances
Kimberly Wieser
Buffalo Heads in Diners: Remnant Populations
Denise Dotson Low
And Thus the Tribes Diminish
Linda Rodriguez Source Acknowledgments
Contributors
