Description
Book SynopsisThis collection examines the changing roles of race and place in the politics of defining Indigenous identities in the Americas.
Table of ContentsPreface Introduction: "Who Is an Indian?" The Cultural Politics of a Bad Question Maximilian C. Forte (Concordia University, Sociology and Anthropology) Chapter One Inuitness and Territoriality in Canada Donna Patrick (Carleton University, Sociology and Anthropology and the School of Canadian Studies) Chapter Two Federally-Unrecognized Indigenous Communities in Canadian Contexts Bonita Lawrence (York University, Equity Studies) Chapter Three The Canary in the Coalmine: What Sociology Can Learn from Ethnic Identity Debates among American Indians Eva Marie Garroutte (Boston College, Sociology) and C. Matthew Snipp (Stanford University, Sociology) Chapter Four "This Sovereignty Thing": Nationality, Blood, and the Cherokee Resurgence Julia Coates (University of California Davis, Native American Studies) Chapter Five Locating Identity: The Role of Place in Costa Rican Chorotega Identity Karen Stocker (California State University, Anthropology) Chapter Six Carib Identity, Racial Politics, and the Problem of Indigenous Recognition in Trinidad and Tobago Maximilian C. Forte (Concordia University, Anthropology) Chapter Seven Encountering Indigeneity: The International Funding of Indigeneity in Peru Jose Antonio Lucero (University of Washington, The Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies) Chapter Eight The Color of Race: Indians and Progress in a Center-Left Brazil Jonathan Warren (University of Washington, International Studies, Chair of Latin American Studies) Conclusion Seeing Beyond the State and Thinking beyond the State of Sight Maximilian C. Forte (Concordia University, Sociology and Anthropology) Contributors Index
