Real Indians
Subtitle: Identity and the Survival of Native America
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: July 31, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 250
ISBN-13: 9780520229778
Subjects: American studies; Ethnography; History of specific racial & ethnic groups; Indigenous peoples; Legal status, laws, etc; General; Social Science; Ethnic Issues; Tribal citizenship; Sociology; USA; Ethnic Studies - Native American Studies; Sociology - General; Social Science / Sociology / General; Ethnic identity; Identification (Psychology); Indians of North America
First sentence: "The first thing in my life that I can remember is the exciting aftermath of an Indian fight in northern Montana.
Description: At the dawn of the twenty-first century, America finds itself on the brink of a new racial consciousness. The old, unquestioned confidence with which individuals can be classified (as embodied, for instance, in previous U.S. census categories) has been eroded. In its place are shifting paradigms and new norms for racial identity. Eva Marie Garroutte examines the changing processes of racial identification and their implications by looking specifically at the case of American Indians.